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   In the year 1906 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   In the year 1906 filip Gershkovich, composer  

Sep 08   Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP in the year 1906.  

Sep 09   Cpl. Leo Clark (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Pozières France in the year 1906.  

Sep 10   Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 11   On this day in history roye England, modeller/museum curator  

Sep 12   On this day in history dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]  

Sep 12   In the year 1906 the Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.  

Sep 13   1st airplane flight in Europe in the year 1906.  

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

Sep 13   The first airplane flight in Europe in the year 1906.  

Sep 15   In the year 1906 kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)  

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   Junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89) in the year 1906.  

Sep 17   In the year 1906 playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's  

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

Sep 18   Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5] in the year 1906.  

Sep 19   In the year 1906 dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer  

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

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

Sep 21   Derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance) in the year 1906.  

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

Sep 22   Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor in the year 1906.  

Sep 22   Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21 in the year 1906.  

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   In the year 1906 st Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game  

Sep 24   Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong) in the year 1906.  

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Jan 01   Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor  

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   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.  

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

Jan 18   Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1906 joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

Jan 29   On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died in the year 1906.