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Birthday September 26, 1906

• The temperature on September 26, 1906 was between 0.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach († 1996)
• 1905 » Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player († 2011)
• 1907 » Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy († 1983)
• 1907 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer († 1992)
• 1907 » Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian († 1984)
• 1909 » Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR († 1992)