Page 14: 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1906 william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67   

Oct 21   In the year 1906 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55   

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   On this day in history gertrude Ederle, NYC, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924)   

Oct 24   On this day in history marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter   

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

Nov 04   In the year 1906 arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer   

Nov 05   George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary in the year 1906.   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64   

Nov 09   In the year 1906 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 in the year 1906.   

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   On this day in history hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies   

Nov 14   In the year 1906 louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box)   

Nov 14   In the year 1906 roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama)   

Nov 14   Roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama) in the year 1906.   

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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   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   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   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1906 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 in the year 1906.   

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

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 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)