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   On this day in history peter Mieg, composer  

Sep 06   Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1906 cpl. Leo Clark (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Pozières France  

Sep 10   In the year 1906 lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied)  

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   Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66  

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

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

Sep 16   In the year 1906 annie Hermes, Dutch singer  

Sep 16   Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon in the year 1906.  

Sep 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history a typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.  

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

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

Sep 20   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance)  

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   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   Willard F McMurry, musician in the year 1906.  

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

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1906 birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor  

Jan 08   In the year 1906 birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08   Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.  

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 in the year 1906.  

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

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