Historical Events In 1906

Oct 18   On this day in history 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 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   On this day in history [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55  

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

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   On this day in history jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction)  

Nov 02   On this day in history luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)  

Nov 04   On this day in history arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer  

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   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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Nov 13   On this day in history 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   Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 14   Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box) in the year 1906.  

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   In the year 1906 birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

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   On this day in history death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)