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Birthday April 27, 1906

• The temperature on April 27, 1906 was between -0.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • 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.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist († 1942)
• 1904 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author († 1972)
• 1904 » Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician († 1973)
• 1905 » John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter († 1986)
• 1906 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright († 1966)
• 1910 » Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China († 1988)