Historical Events In 1906

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

Oct 19   In the year 1906 georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France  

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 in the year 1906.  

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 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   On this day in history cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper)  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 31   On this day in history jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction)  

Nov 02   Luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice) on this day in history.  

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   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) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1906 t Roosevelt is 1st pres to visit other countries (P Rico & Panama)  

Nov 11   Ethel Smyth' "Standrecht," premieres in Leipzig on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Nov 13   Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room) on this day in history.  

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

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

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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   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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)  

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   On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

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

Feb 10   Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died on this day in history.