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Birthday July 12, 1906

• The temperature on July 12, 1906 was between 10.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1907 » Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon († 1993)
• 1908 » Alain Cuny, French actor († 1994)
• 1908 » Milton Berle, American comedian and actor († 2002)
• 1908 » Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1909 » Joe DeRita, American actor († 1993)