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Birthday September 9, 1906

• The temperature on September 9, 1906 was between 8.0 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • 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 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs († 1975)
• 1904 » Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach († 2005)
• 1905 » Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet († 1981)
• 1905 » Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures († 1987)
• 1906 » Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator († 1971)
• 1907 » Leon Edel, American author and critic († 1997)