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Birthday May 15, 1906

• The temperature on May 15, 1906 was between 6.1 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist († 1998)
• 1904 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author († 1999)
• 1905 » Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film († 1970)
• 1905 » Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 1976)
• 1905 » Joseph Cotten, American actor († 1994)
• 1907 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist († 1931)