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Birthday July 19, 1906

• The temperature on July 19, 1906 was between 11.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • 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

• 1902 » Samudrala Raghavacharya, Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1904 » Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer and farmer († 1985)
• 1907 » Isabel Jewell, American actress († 1972)
• 1908 » Daniel Fry, American contactee († 1992)
• 1909 » Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate († 2016)