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Birthday October 13, 1906

• The temperature on October 13, 1906 was between 8.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 12.3 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • 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.)
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • 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.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet († 1973)
• 1904 » Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host († 1978)
• 1905 » Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1905 » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1909 » Art Tatum, American jazz pianist († 1956)
• 1909 » Herblock, American author and illustrator († 2001)