Historical Events In 1906

Oct 18   James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island) in the year 1906.   

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 in the year 1906.   

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   3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Philedalphia on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1906 jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction)   

Nov 02   In the year 1906 luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)   

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

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

Nov 06   Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst on this day in history.   

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

Nov 07   Eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72) in the year 1906.   

Nov 09   In the year 1906 arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer   

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

Nov 09   In the year 1906 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   In the year 1906 c W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps   

Nov 13   On this day in history c W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland   

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

Nov 14   In the year 1906 hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies   

Nov 14   In the year 1906 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   Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.   

Jan 05   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.   

Jan 06   Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born in the year 1906.   

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   Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)   

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70   

Jan 29   Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio in the year 1906.   

Feb 10   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)