Family tree Dijkxhoorn » Gosina Johanna Jansen (1906-1995)

Birthday May 2, 1906

• The temperature on May 2, 1906 was between -1.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • 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.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • 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 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist († 1983)
• 1905 » Alan Rawsthorne, British composer († 1971)
• 1905 » Charlotte Armstrong, American author († 1969)
• 1906 » Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer († 1979)
• 1907 » Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host († 1993)
• 1908 » Frank Rowlett, American cryptologist († 1998)