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 on this day in history.  

Oct 20   In the year 1906 dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)  

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

Oct 20   William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Oct 28   Belgian-British "Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga" begins on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home) in the year 1906.  

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   On this day in history luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)  

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

Nov 05   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history 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   Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 13   C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland on this day in history.  

Nov 13   On this day in history conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)  

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

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) in the year 1906.  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)  

Jan 01   In the year 1906 birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1906 birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)  

Jan 06   Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist  

Jan 01   In the year 1906 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

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   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)