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Birthday February 18, 1906

• The temperature on February 18, 1906 was between 3.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari († 1988)
• 1899 » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist († 1985)
• 1903 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician († 1983)
• 1905 » Queenie Leonard, English actress († 2002)
• 1906 » Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1980)
• 1909 » Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1993)