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Birthday December 7, 1906

• The temperature on December 7, 1906 was between -4.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • 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.
  • 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 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)
• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)