Page 4: Historical Events In 1906

Mar 10   Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France in the year 1906.   

Mar 10   Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 in the year 1906.   

Mar 10   London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer in the year 1906.   

Mar 12   In the year 1906 heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast   

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

Mar 14   On this day in history calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms   

Mar 14   Calgary City Rugby Football Club forms on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer   

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

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

Mar 15   In the year 1906 brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

Mar 16   On this day in history francisco Ayala, writer   

Mar 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82   

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   On this day in history president Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker"   

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   In the year 1906 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi", premieres in Munich   

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   George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London in the year 1906.   

Mar 21   In the year 1906 john D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)   

Mar 22   Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   George Posford, composer in the year 1906.   

Mar 23   In the year 1906 victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change!   

Mar 24   In the year 1906 john Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]   

Mar 25   On this day in history alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915)   

Mar 27   In the year 1906 founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)   

Jan 03   In the year 1906 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   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   Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.   

Jan 13   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.   

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)