Eijsermans family tree » Maria Johanna Embregts (1906-)

Birthday April 9, 1906

• The temperature on April 9, 1906 was between 2.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1905 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1906 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer († 1988)
• 1906 » Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party († 1963)
• 1906 » Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress († 1996)
• 1906 » Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter († 1997)