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Birthday July 6, 1906

• The temperature on July 6, 1906 was between 10.4 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army († 1996)
• 1904 » Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer († 1986)
• 1905 » Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect († 1982)
• 1907 » Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator († 1954)
• 1907 » George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada († 2002)
• 1908 » Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat († 2001)