Historical Events In 1906

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

Jan 27   Radames Gnattali, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 seconds  

Jan 28   Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show) on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29   In the year 1906 coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km  

Jan 29   Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) in the year 1906.  

Jan 30   On this day in history greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill)  

Jan 31   On this day in history benjamin Frankel, composer  

Jan 31   In Ecuador one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes of the World at 8.8 occurs in the year 1906.  

Jan 31   Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter in the year 1906.  

Feb 01   1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas on this day in history.  

Feb 01   In the year 1906 english Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured  

Feb 01   In the year 1906 first federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth KS  

Feb 01   On this day in history hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)  

Feb 02   Pope encyclical against separation of church & state on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Ludvig Nielsen, composer in the year 1906.  

Feb 04   In the year 1906 clyde William Tombaugh, US, astronomer (discovered Pluto)  

Feb 05   John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling) on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1906 henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo  

Feb 08   On this day in history artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein)  

Feb 09   On this day in history gwen Catley, British(?) soprano  

Feb 09   Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising in the year 1906.  

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio in the year 1906.  

Feb 10   Britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Britain's first modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched, it changed the battleship concept fo rthe world in the year 1906.  

Feb 10   Erik Rhodes, [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz) in the year 1906.  

Feb 10   State of siege proclaimed in Zululand in the year 1906.  

Feb 10   On this day in history the birth of Lon Chaney Jr., American actor.  

Feb 11   In the year 1906 denis Barnett, British air chief marshal  

Feb 12   George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1906 british Labour Party organizes  

Feb 15   In the year 1906 stephen Brown, CEO (Stone-Platt Industries)  

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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   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.  

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

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 01   In the year 1906 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 13   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1906 death of marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)  

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 09   On this day in history paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio  

Feb 10   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)