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Birthday April 9, 1906

• The temperature on April 9, 1906 was between 2.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • 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.)
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1905 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1906 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer († 1988)
• 1906 » Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party († 1963)
• 1906 » Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress († 1996)
• 1906 » Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter († 1997)