Historical Events In 1906

Jan 25   In the year 1906 joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

Jan 27   On this day in history radames Gnattali, composer  

Jan 27   Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec in the year 1906.  

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) in the year 1906.  

Jan 29   On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

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) on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill) in the year 1906.  

Jan 31   Benjamin Frankel, composer on this day in history.  

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

Jan 31   In the year 1906 strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter  

Feb 01   In the year 1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas  

Feb 01   English Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 02   In the year 1906 pope encyclical against separation of church & state  

Feb 03   On this day in history ludvig Nielsen, composer  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history john Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)  

Feb 07   On this day in history henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo  

Feb 08   Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 09   On this day in history natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising  

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 10   The birth of Lon Chaney Jr., American actor on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal in the year 1906.  

Feb 12   On this day in history george Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC  

Feb 15   In the year 1906 british Labour Party organizes  

Feb 15   Stephen Brown, CEO (Stone-Platt Industries) in the year 1906.  

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Jan 01   Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 01   Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06   In the year 1906 birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 29   Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies in the year 1906.  

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)