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

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   [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55 in the year 1906.  

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

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

Oct 22   Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper) in the year 1906.  

Oct 23   In the year 1906 gertrude Ederle, NYC, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924)  

Oct 24   On this day in history marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter  

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   In the year 1906 anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles  

Oct 28   Belgian-British "Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga" begins in the year 1906.  

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   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   In the year 1906 arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer on this day in history.  

Nov 09   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig  

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

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

Nov 14   On this day in history 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   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 13   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died on this day in history.  

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 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 in the year 1906.  

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