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Birthday February 25, 1906

• The temperature on February 25, 1906 was between -1.1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and coach; rated one of the 100 greatest NHL players († 1986)
• 1905 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic († 1963)
• 1906 » Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright; author of Harvey († 1981)
• 1907 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet († 1948)
• 1908 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author († 2001)
• 1908 » Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist († 1975)