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Birthday June 22, 1906

• The temperature on June 22, 1906 was between 13.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Carl Hubbell, American baseball player († 1988)
• 1903 » John Dillinger, American criminal († 1934)
• 1906 » Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American pilot and author († 2001)
• 1906 » Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1906 » William Kneale, English logician and philosopher († 1990)
• 1907 » Eriks Ādamsons, Latvian writer, poet, and novelist († 1946)