Family tree Driessens Zandvliet » Emile Petrus Costermans (1906-)

Birthday August 6, 1906

• The temperature on August 6, 1906 was between 11.2 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator († 1941)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)