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

Oct 20   In the year 1906 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   [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 in the year 1906.  

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

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

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   On this day in history arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer  

Nov 05   In the year 1906 george Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary  

Nov 06   In the year 1906 charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst  

Nov 06   Francis Lederer, Prague Czech, actor (Diary of a Chambermaid) on this day in history.  

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 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   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   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   On this day in history louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box)  

Nov 14   On this day in history roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama)  

Nov 14   In the year 1906 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   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)  

Jan 06   Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 08   In the year 1906 birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08   In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1906 joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

Jan 29   Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies in the year 1906.  

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 on this day in history.