Eijsermans family tree » Johannes Hendrikus van Welt (1906-)

Birthday August 10, 1906

• The temperature on August 10, 1906 was between 12.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). 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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • 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.
  • 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 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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• 1907 » Su Yu, Chinese general and politician († 1984)
• 1908 » Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player († 1977)
• 1908 » Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author († 2009)
• 1909 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation († 1991)