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Birthday July 3, 1906

• The temperature on July 3, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
  • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1992)
• 1905 » Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach († 2006)
• 1906 » George Sanders, Russian-born British actor († 1972)
• 1908 » M. F. K. Fisher, American author († 1992)
• 1908 » Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey († 1990)
• 1909 » Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (d.1996)