Historical Events In 1906

Oct 18   James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

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   In the year 1906 marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter  

Oct 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)  

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

Oct 31   Jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction) in the year 1906.  

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   On this day in history george Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary  

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

Nov 06   Francis Lederer, Prague Czech, actor (Diary of a Chambermaid) in the year 1906.  

Nov 07   On this day in history eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)  

Nov 09   Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer in the year 1906.  

Nov 09   Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

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

Nov 14   Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies in the year 1906.  

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

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Jan 01   Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born in the year 1906.  

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

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

Jan 25   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 in the year 1906.  

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)