Historical Events In 1906

Oct 18   On this day in history james Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island)  

Oct 19   Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France in the year 1906.  

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   In the year 1906 william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67  

Oct 21   On this day in history [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   Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper) in the year 1906.  

Oct 23   Gertrude Ederle, NYC, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924) on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter on this day in history.  

Oct 25   US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting in the year 1906.  

Oct 27   Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles on this day in history.  

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

Oct 29   Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home) on this day in history.  

Oct 31   In the year 1906 george Bernard Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in NYC  

Oct 31   On this day in history jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction)  

Nov 02   On this day in history luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)  

Nov 04   In the year 1906 arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer  

Nov 05   In the year 1906 george Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary  

Nov 06   Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer  

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

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

Nov 11   Ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig on this day in history.  

Nov 12   On this day in history c W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps  

Nov 13   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies  

Nov 14   Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box) in the year 1906.  

Nov 14   Roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama) in the year 1906.  

Nov 14   On this day in history roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama)  

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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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 03   In the year 1906 birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist  

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

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

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 18   In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

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

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

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

Feb 10   Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died in the year 1906.