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Birthday April 24, 1906

• The temperature on April 24, 1906 was between -1.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator († 1997)
• 1905 » Al Bates, American long jumper († 1999)
• 1905 » Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic († 1989)
• 1906 » Mimi Smith, English nurse († 1991)
• 1906 » William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster († 1946)
• 1907 » Gabriel Figueroa, Mexican cinematographer († 1997)