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   On this day in history aasan Ferit Alnar, composer  

Mar 12   Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast in the year 1906.  

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   Calgary City Rugby Football Club forms in the year 1906.  

Mar 14   Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16   Francisco Ayala, writer in the year 1906.  

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   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   Japan nationalises its railways on this day in history.  

Mar 17   Pres Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake" on this day in history.  

Mar 17   On this day in history president Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker"  

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

Mar 19   Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer in the year 1906.  

Mar 19   On this day in history ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi", premieres in Munich  

Mar 19   On this day in history ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich  

Mar 20   In the year 1906 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   In the year 1906 george Posford, composer  

Mar 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 "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   Alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915) on this day in history.  

Mar 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 01   Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 03   In the year 1906 birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

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

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   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 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 in the year 1906.  

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 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 in the year 1906.