Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1906.  

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   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   Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] in the year 1906.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   In the year 1906 georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66  

Sep 13   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history annie Hermes, Dutch singer  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 19   In the year 1906 dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer  

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   In the year 1906 david Sheinfeld, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 23   On this day in history jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies  

Sep 23   Willard F McMurry, musician in the year 1906.  

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   Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

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   Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) was born in the year 1906.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1906 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   In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

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

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 in the year 1906.  

Feb 10   On this day in history death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)