Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmus Constantinus Hendrikus Vogels (1906-)

Birthday January 5, 1906

• The temperature on January 5, 1906 was between 2.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • 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 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • 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.
  • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
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• 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)
• 1907 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete († 1969)
• 1908 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor († 1963)