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Birthday April 1, 1906

• The temperature on April 1, 1906 was between 2.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1988)
• 1905 » Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia († 1993)
• 1906 » Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau († 1989)
• 1907 » Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist († 2019)
• 1908 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic († 1970)
• 1908 » Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic († 1997)