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Birthday July 6, 1906

• The temperature on July 6, 1906 was between 11.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °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.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
  • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

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)