Historical Events In 1906

Mar 10   Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Mar 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81  

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

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   Kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on this day in history.  

Mar 17   Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actr (Gloria, Gold) in the year 1906.  

Mar 17   Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Mar 17   Japan nationalises its railways on this day in history.  

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

Mar 17   In the year 1906 president Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker"  

Mar 18   Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean) in the year 1906.  

Mar 19   In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil) in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 23   George Posford, composer in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 24   "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world on this day in history.  

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   John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS] in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 27   On this day in history founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba  

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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 in the year 1906.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1906 birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

Jan 06   In the year 1906 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   On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist  

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

Jan 18   On this day in history bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

Jan 25   Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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.