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Birthday March 31, 1906

• The temperature on March 31, 1906 was between 3.0 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • 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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• 1905 » Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1908 » Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer († 1999)
• 1911 » Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano († 1986)
• 1911 » Freddie Green, American guitarist († 1987)