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Birthday December 4, 1906

• The temperature on December 4, 1906 was between 2.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • 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.
  • 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

• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1910 » Alex North, American composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1910 » R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 2009)
• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)