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Birthday April 4, 1906

• The temperature on April 4, 1906 was between -0.1 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author († 1969)
• 1905 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer († 1987)
• 1905 » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1906 » Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Jewish Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress († 1968)
• 1906 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist († 1995)
• 1907 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales († 1981)