Family tree Bredewout/Bredewold » Gerrit Willem Stijf (1906-)

Birthday May 22, 1906

• The temperature on May 22, 1906 was between 9.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
  • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)