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Birthday September 17, 1906

• The temperature on September 17, 1906 was between 7.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • 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 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe († 1959)
• 1906 » Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist († 2010)
• 1906 » J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka († 1996)
• 1907 » Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States († 1995)
• 1908 » John Creasey, English author and politician († 1973)
• 1908 » Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral († 1973)