Page 12: 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) in the year 1906.   

Sep 05   On this day in history peter Mieg, composer   

Sep 06   Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building) in the year 1906.   

Sep 07   Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Filip Gershkovich, composer in the year 1906.   

Sep 08   In the year 1906 andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP   

Sep 09   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history roye England, modeller/museum curator   

Sep 12   Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history 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   Annie Hermes, Dutch singer in the year 1906.   

Sep 16   On this day in history kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history a typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

Sep 21   Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor in the year 1906.   

Sep 22   In the year 1906 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   Willard F McMurry, musician on this day in history.   

Sep 24   St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game in the year 1906.   

Sep 24   In the year 1906 victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »

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   In the year 1906 birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer   

Jan 05   In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1906 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   Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born in the year 1906.   

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1906 death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)   

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

Jan 18   Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 in the year 1906.   

Jan 25   In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.   

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