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Birthday November 10, 1906

• The temperature on November 10, 1906 was between 0.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Josef Kramer, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1907 » Jane Froman, American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1907 » John Moore, English activist and author († 1967)
• 1908 » Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient († 2000)
• 1908 » Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator († 1996)
• 1909 » Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian († 1970)