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Birthday April 14, 1906

• The temperature on April 14, 1906 was between 5.0 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer († 2000)
• 1905 » Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator († 1999)
• 1905 » Georg Lammers, German sprinter († 1987)
• 1905 » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French author and activist († 1999)
• 1906 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king († 1975)
• 1907 » François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti († 1971)