Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader in the year 1906.  

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

Sep 05   On this day in history peter Mieg, composer  

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

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

Sep 07   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied)  

Sep 11   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1906.  

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

Sep 15   Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1906 annie Hermes, Dutch singer  

Sep 16   On this day in history kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon  

Sep 17   On this day in history junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89)  

Sep 17   On this day in history playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's  

Sep 18   A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong in the year 1906.  

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

Sep 19   On this day in history dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer  

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 in the year 1906.  

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

Sep 21   On this day in history yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record  

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

Sep 22   Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21 on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Willard F McMurry, musician on this day in history.  

Sep 24   St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 01   Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 03   In the year 1906 birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

Jan 05   In the year 1906 birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

Jan 06   In the year 1906 birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)  

Jan 06   Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 13   In the year 1906 death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

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   Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies in the year 1906.  

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 on this day in history.