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Birthday January 18, 1906

• The temperature on January 18, 1906 was between 3.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • 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.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1904 » Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer († 2006)
• 1904 » Cary Grant, English-American actor († 1986)
• 1905 » Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss († 2002)
• 1907 » János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor († 1984)
• 1908 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host († 1974)