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Birthday April 23, 1906

• The temperature on April 23, 1906 was between 0.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 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

• 1904 » Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner († 1980)
• 1904 » Duncan Renaldo, American actor († 1985)
• 1904 » Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter († 2001)
• 1907 » Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church († 1975)
• 1907 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer († 1977)
• 1908 » Myron Waldman, American animator and director († 2006)