Eijsermans family tree » Augustinus Adrianus Verhoeven (1906-)

Birthday July 16, 1906

• The temperature on July 16, 1906 was between 10.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (34%). 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.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge († 1968)
• 1904 » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1906 » Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1907 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress († 1990)
• 1907 » Frances Horwich, American educator and television host († 2001)
• 1907 » Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's († 1995)