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Birthday December 6, 1906

• The temperature on December 6, 1906 was between 0.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist († 2007)
• 1905 » Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author († 2001)
• 1907 » John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician († 1989)
• 1908 » Baby Face Nelson, American gangster († 1934)
• 1908 » Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner († 2000)
• 1908 » Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation († 2003)