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Birthday December 15, 1906

• The temperature on December 15, 1906 was between -1.8 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • 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 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna († 1938)
• 1907 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1907 » Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília († 2012)
• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian († 2009)
• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)