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Birthday January 22, 1906

• The temperature on January 22, 1906 was between -3.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (88%). 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.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author († 1941)
• 1904 » George Balanchine, Georgian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1983)
• 1905 » Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic († 1981)
• 1906 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet († 1936)
• 1907 » Dixie Dean, English footballer († 1980)
• 1907 » Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer († 1995)