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Birthday April 3, 1906

• The temperature on April 3, 1906 was between -0.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (87%). 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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • 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.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter († 1988)
• 1904 » Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman († 1999)
• 1904 » Russel Wright, American furniture designer († 1976)
• 1904 » Sally Rand, American dancer († 1979)
• 1905 » Robert Sink, American general († 1965)
• 1909 » Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and academic († 1984)