Historical Events In 1906

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

Oct 19   In the year 1906 georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France  

Oct 20   Dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) in the year 1906.  

Oct 20   In the year 1906 dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube  

Oct 20   William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67 in the year 1906.  

Oct 21   [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Oct 22   In the year 1906 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Phila  

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

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) 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   On this day in history anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles  

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   Jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction) in the year 1906.  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1906 arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer  

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

Nov 14   In the year 1906 hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies  

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

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

Nov 14   In the year 1906 roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1906.  

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   On this day in history joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

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.