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Birthday January 20, 1906

• The temperature on January 20, 1906 was between 0.7 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 1920)
• 1902 » Leon Ames, American actor († 1993)
• 1906 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate († 1975)
• 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)
• 1908 » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)