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Birthday June 12, 1906

• The temperature on June 12, 1906 was between 10.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). 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.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent († 1973)
• 1905 » Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player († 1988)
• 1906 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet († 1977)
• 1908 » Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian broadcaster († 1988)
• 1908 » Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer († 1975)