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Birthday March 6, 1906

• The temperature on March 6, 1906 was between 7.1 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • 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.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Empress Kōjun of Japan († 2000)
• 1904 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country († 1960)
• 1905 » Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader († 1975)
• 1906 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian († 1959)
• 1909 » Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician († 1987)
• 1909 » Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet and author († 1966)