Historical Events In 1906

Jan 01   Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory   

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51.   

Jan 03   Roman Brandstaetter, writer.   

Jan 04   South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win.   

Jan 04   South Africa beat England by one wicket, their inaugural Test win.   

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho   

Jan 06   Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary).   

Jan 06   Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris.   

Jan 08   A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, results in the deaths of 20 people   

Jan 08   Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)   

Jan 11   Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (LSD) is born   

Jan 11   Albert Hofmann, Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD).   

Jan 12   1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26).   

Jan 12   Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...).   

Jan 12   inaugural time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26).   

Jan 13   1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile.   

Jan 13   Maxime Jacob, composer.   

Jan 13   The inaugural radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile   

Jan 14   Walter Knape, composer.   

Jan 15   Aristotle Onassis, Greece, rich shipping magnate   

Jan 16   -13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco).   

Jan 16   Clement Greenberg, art critic.   

Jan 16   Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)   

Jan 18   Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84   

Jan 18   Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours)   

Jan 19   Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin.   

Jan 19   Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)   

Jan 21   Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer.   

Jan 22   Robert E[rvin] Howard, US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror)   

Jan 22   SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130   

Jan 22   US steamer Valencia wrecked on a reef off the coast of Vancouver Island; 126 passengers and crew die at sea;   

Jan 23   Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)   

Jan 24   Norman Cook, museum curator.   

Jan 25   Del Valle Inclans "El Marqués de Bradomin," premieres in Madrid   

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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 in the year 1906.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist   

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70   

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   Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died on this day in history.