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Birthday October 15, 1906

• The temperature on October 15, 1906 was between 1.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1907 » Varian Fry, American journalist and author († 1967)
• 1908 » Herman Chittison, American pianist († 1967)