Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader on this day in history.  

Sep 05   On this day in history 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)  

Sep 05   Peter Mieg, composer in the year 1906.  

Sep 06   On this day in history alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building)  

Sep 07   Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully on this day in history.  

Sep 07   On this day in history filip Gershkovich, composer  

Sep 08   On this day in history andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP  

Sep 09   Cpl. Leo Clark (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Pozières France on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied) in the year 1906.  

Sep 11   Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Roye England, modeller/museum curator in the year 1906.  

Sep 12   In the year 1906 dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]  

Sep 12   On this day in history the Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.  

Sep 13   On this day in history 1st airplane flight in Europe  

Sep 13   Georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   The first airplane flight in Europe on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) in the year 1906.  

Sep 16   Annie Hermes, Dutch singer on this day in history.  

Sep 16   Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1906 junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89)  

Sep 17   Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's in the year 1906.  

Sep 18   A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong on this day in history.  

Sep 18   On this day in history semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5]  

Sep 19   Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer in the year 1906.  

Sep 20   On this day in history cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England.  

Sep 20   David Sheinfeld, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 21   Derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance) on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1906 yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record  

Sep 22   Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor on this day in history.  

Sep 22   On this day in history race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21  

Sep 23   In the year 1906 jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies  

Sep 23   On this day in history willard F McMurry, musician  

Sep 24   St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game in the year 1906.  

Sep 24   Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 01   In the year 1906 birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

Jan 03   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06   Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06   Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist  

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.  

Jan 13   On this day in history death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 18   In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

Jan 25   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   In the year 1906 christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio in the year 1906.  

Feb 10   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)