Historical Events In 1906

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

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

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

Sep 06   In the year 1906 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   Filip Gershkovich, composer on this day in history.  

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

Sep 09   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   In the year 1906 the first airplane flight in Europe  

Sep 15   On this day in history kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)  

Sep 16   On this day in history annie Hermes, Dutch singer  

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

Sep 17   Junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89) in the year 1906.  

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

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

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 in the year 1906.  

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   In the year 1906 phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor  

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

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

Sep 23   In the year 1906 willard F McMurry, musician  

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

Sep 24   In the year 1906 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   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born on this day in history.  

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

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 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.