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Birthday April 7, 1906

• The temperature on April 7, 1906 was between 2.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral († 1984)
• 1903 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1904 » Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician († 1996)
• 1908 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader († 1976)
• 1908 » Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower († 1994)
• 1909 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic († 1978)