Page 14: Historical Events In 1906

Oct 18   James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island) in the year 1906.   

Oct 19   On this day in history georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France   

Oct 20   Dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) on this day in history.   

Oct 20   Dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube on this day in history.   

Oct 20   William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1906 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55   

Oct 22   On this day in history 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Phila   

Oct 22   On this day in history 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Philedalphia   

Oct 22   On this day in history cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper)   

Oct 23   Gertrude Ederle, NYC, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924) in the year 1906.   

Oct 24   Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter in the year 1906.   

Oct 25   US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles in the year 1906.   

Oct 28   In the year 1906 belgian-British "Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga" begins   

Oct 29   In the year 1906 fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)   

Oct 31   George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 31   In the year 1906 jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction)   

Nov 02   In the year 1906 luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)   

Nov 04   Arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 05   On this day in history george Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary   

Nov 06   Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst in the year 1906.   

Nov 06   On this day in history francis Lederer, Prague Czech, actor (Diary of a Chambermaid)   

Nov 07   On this day in history eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)   

Nov 09   Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer in the year 1906.   

Nov 09   On this day in history leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64   

Nov 09   On this day in history t Roosevelt is 1st pres to visit other countries (P Rico & Panama)   

Nov 11   Ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig in the year 1906.   

Nov 12   C W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps in the year 1906.   

Nov 13   On this day in history c W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland   

Nov 13   On this day in history conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)   

Nov 14   Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies in the year 1906.   

Nov 14   In the year 1906 louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box)   

Nov 14   In the year 1906 roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama)   

Nov 14   Roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)   

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   On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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