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Birthday June 24, 1906

• The temperature on June 24, 1906 was between 10.8 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • 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.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1995)
• 1905 » Fred Alderman, American sprinter († 1998)
• 1906 » Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator († 1986)
• 1906 » Willard Maas, American poet and educator († 1971)
• 1907 » Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator († 1989)
• 1908 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor († 1942)