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Birthday March 21, 1906

• The temperature on March 21, 1906 was between -1.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (50%). 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.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • 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.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • 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 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author († 1987)
• 1905 » Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet († 1978)
• 1906 » André Filho, Brazilian musician and songwriter († 1974)
• 1906 » Jim Thompson, American businessman († 1967)
• 1906 » John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist († 1978)
• 1907 » Zoltán Kemény, Hungarian sculptor († 1965)