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Birthday August 31, 1906

• The temperature on August 31, 1906 was between 9.6 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator († 1997)
• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1907 » William Shawn, American journalist († 1992)