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Birthday June 23, 1906

• The temperature on June 23, 1906 was between 13.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). 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.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1904 » Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer († 1938)
• 1905 » Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada († 1997)
• 1906 » Tribhuvan of Nepal († 1955)
• 1907 » Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer († 2008)
• 1907 » James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)