Genealogy Brederoo » Adriana Johanna Cornelia Zuijderwijk (1906-)

Birthday March 16, 1906

• The temperature on March 16, 1906 was between 7.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • 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 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • 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.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator († 2009)
• 1906 » Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian († 1998)
• 1906 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player († 1944)
• 1908 » Ernest Rogez, French water polo player († 1986)
• 1908 » René Daumal, French author and poet († 1944)
• 1908 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1966)