Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   In the year 1906 nY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader  

Sep 05   In the year 1906 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)  

Sep 05   Peter Mieg, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building) in the year 1906.  

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   Filip Gershkovich, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa in the year 1906.  

Sep 11   In the year 1906 roye England, modeller/museum curator  

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

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

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

Sep 13   Georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1906.  

Sep 13   On this day in history the first airplane flight in Europe  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Sep 19   Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England in the year 1906.  

Sep 20   On this day in history david Sheinfeld, composer  

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   On this day in history phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor  

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   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) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

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   In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist  

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history death of marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)  

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

Jan 25   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 in the year 1906.  

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 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)