Historical Events In 1906

Mar 10   On this day in history coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France  

Mar 10   Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 10   In the year 1906 london Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)  

Mar 11   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 12   Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1906 susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85  

Mar 14   Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms on this day in history.  

Mar 14   In the year 1906 calgary City Rugby Football Club forms  

Mar 14   In the year 1906 ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer  

Mar 15   Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 in the year 1906.  

Mar 15   Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd in the year 1906.  

Mar 15   On this day in history brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd  

Mar 16   Francisco Ayala, writer on this day in history.  

Mar 16   In the year 1906 kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.  

Mar 17   In the year 1906 brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actr (Gloria, Gold)  

Mar 17   Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 in the year 1906.  

Mar 17   On this day in history japan nationalises its railways  

Mar 17   On this day in history pres Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake"  

Mar 17   President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker" in the year 1906.  

Mar 18   On this day in history roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)  

Mar 19   On this day in history adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer  

Mar 19   Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi", premieres in Munich on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich on this day in history.  

Mar 20   On this day in history abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor  

Mar 20   On this day in history george B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London  

Mar 21   On this day in history john D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)  

Mar 22   On this day in history martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59  

Mar 23   George Posford, composer on this day in history.  

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

Mar 24   In the year 1906 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world  

Mar 24   In the year 1906 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change!  

Mar 24   On this day in history john Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]  

Mar 25   In the year 1906 alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915)  

Mar 27   Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the year 1906.  

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Jan 01   Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1906 birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor  

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

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

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.