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Birthday October 9, 1906

• The temperature on October 9, 1906 was between 10.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • 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 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist († 1985)
• 1906 » Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal († 2001)
• 1907 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer († 1930)
• 1907 » Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1907 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain († 2001)
• 1908 » Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic († 1961)