Page 14: Historical Events In 1906

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

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) in the year 1906.   

Oct 20   On this day in history dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube   

Oct 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 22   In the year 1906 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 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) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice) on this day in history.   

Nov 04   Arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer in the year 1906.   

Nov 05   George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary on this day in history.   

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

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   Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64 in the year 1906.   

Nov 09   T Roosevelt is 1st pres to visit other countries (P Rico & Panama) in the year 1906.   

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   C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room) on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1906 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 in the year 1906.   

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

Jan 03   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.   

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.   

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 in the year 1906.   

Jan 08   Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 13   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.   

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 in the year 1906.   

Jan 29   In the year 1906 christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies   

Feb 09   In the year 1906 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)