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Birthday September 22, 1906

• The temperature on September 22, 1906 was between 8.3 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Eugen Sänger, Czech-Austrian engineer († 1964)
• 1905 » Haakon Lie, Norwegian lawyer and politician († 2009)
• 1907 » Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic († 1982)
• 1907 » Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author († 2003)
• 1907 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver († 1981)
• 1908 » Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator († 2002)