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Birthday November 25, 1906

• The temperature on November 25, 1906 was between 6.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1904 » Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor († 2000)
• 1905 » Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author († 1993)
• 1906 » Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician († 2001)
• 1907 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot († 1938)
• 1908 » Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality († 1990)