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Birthday October 17, 1906

• The temperature on October 17, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly († 1996)
• 1906 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player († 1987)
• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)
• 1908 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress († 1988)
• 1908 » Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1969)
• 1908 » Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player († 1980)