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Birthday March 28, 1906

• The temperature on March 28, 1906 was between -4.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host († 1986)
• 1905 » Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer († 1996)
• 1906 » Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic († 2010)
• 1906 » Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor († 2002)
• 1906 » Robert Allen, American actor († 1998)
• 1907 » Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun († 2005)