Page 14: Historical Events In 1906

Oct 18   In the year 1906 james Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island)   

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

Oct 20   On this day in history dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)   

Oct 20   Dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube in the year 1906.   

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   In the year 1906 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Phila   

Oct 22   3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Philedalphia in the year 1906.   

Oct 22   Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper) on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary in the year 1906.   

Nov 06   On this day in history charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst   

Nov 06   In the year 1906 francis Lederer, Prague Czech, actor (Diary of a Chambermaid)   

Nov 07   Eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72) in the year 1906.   

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   In the year 1906 t Roosevelt is 1st pres to visit other countries (P Rico & Panama)   

Nov 11   In the year 1906 ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig   

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

Nov 13   C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland in the year 1906.   

Nov 13   In the year 1906 conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)   

Nov 14   Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1906.   

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

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

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 in the year 1906.   

Jan 18   Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio   

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