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Birthday August 22, 1906

• The temperature on August 22, 1906 was between 14.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
  • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger († 1990)
• 1904 » Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1997)
• 1908 » Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach († 1993)
• 1908 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter († 2004)
• 1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)