Page 4: Historical Events In 1906

Mar 10   Coal dust explosion results in the deaths of 1060 at Courrieres France.   

Mar 10   Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67.   

Mar 10   London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)   

Mar 11   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer   

Mar 12   Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast.   

Mar 13   Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85.   

Mar 14   Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms.   

Mar 14   Calgary City Rugby Football Club forms   

Mar 14   Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer   

Mar 15   Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81.   

Mar 15   Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

Mar 16   Francisco Ayala, writer   

Mar 16   Kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

Mar 17   Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actr (Gloria, Gold)   

Mar 17   Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82   

Mar 17   Japan nationalises its railways   

Mar 17   Pres Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake"   

Mar 17   President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker"   

Mar 18   Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)   

Mar 19   Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer   

Mar 19   Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi", premieres in Munich   

Mar 19   Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich   

Mar 20   Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor.   

Mar 20   George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London   

Mar 21   John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)   

Mar 22   Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59.   

Mar 23   George Posford, composer   

Mar 23   Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies.   

Mar 24   "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change!.   

Mar 24   "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world   

Mar 24   John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]   

Mar 25   Alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915).   

Mar 27   Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba.   

Mar 28   Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928).   

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Jan 01   Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born in the year 1906.   

Jan 01   Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 13   In the year 1906 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   Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 in the year 1906.   

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 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.