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Birthday April 19, 1906

• The temperature on April 19, 1906 was between 4.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • 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 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress († 1978)
• 1900 » Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1902 » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1903 » Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent († 1957)
• 1907 » Alan Wheatley, English actor († 1991)
• 1908 » Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress († 1990)