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Birthday June 19, 1906

• The temperature on June 19, 1906 was between 13.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Mary Callery, American-French sculptor and academic († 1977)
• 1905 » Mildred Natwick, American actress († 1994)
• 1906 » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1906 » Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer († 1975)
• 1906 » Walter Rauff, German SS officer († 1984)
• 1907 » Clarence Wiseman, Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army († 1985)