Page 9: Historical Events In 1906

Jun 16   Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's) on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Thomas G Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)   

Jun 20   On this day in history bob Howard, Newton Mass, singer/pianist (Sing it Again)   

Jun 21   In the year 1906 luis Maria Millet, composer   

Jun 21   In the year 1906 m Wolf discovers asteroid #601 Nerthus   

Jun 22   In the year 1906 anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife   

Jun 22   Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1906 hakon VII crowned king of Norway   

Jun 23   Wolfgang Koeppen, writer in the year 1906.   

Jun 24   Pierre Fournier, Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire) in the year 1906.   

Jun 25   Roger Livesey, Barry Wales, actor (Drums, Life & Death of Col Blimp) in the year 1906.   

Jun 25   In the year 1906 stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit   

Jun 26   On this day in history alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76   

Jun 26   First Grand Prix held at Le Mans in the year 1906.   

Jun 26   In the year 1906 hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France)   

Jun 26   In the year 1906 stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia)   

Jun 27   On this day in history vernon P Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd)   

Jun 28   On this day in history maria Goeppert Mayer, US atomic physicist (Nobel 1963)   

Jun 29   In the year 1906 12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill   

Jun 29   On this day in history canadian Pacific ocean liner Empress of Ireland departs on maiden voyage to Quebec; will sink on 96th voyage, May 29 1914.   

Jun 30   On this day in history john Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College   

Jun 30   John Hope becomes first black president of Morehouse College on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Pure Food &Drug Act &Meat Inspection Act adopted on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1906 edward Lansing Gordon Jr, Jackson Miss, long jumper (Olympic-gold-32)   

Jul 02   Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie) in the year 1906.   

Jul 02   Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time on this day in history.   

Jul 03   On this day in history francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)   

Jul 04   Gr Brit, France & Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia in the year 1906.   

Jul 06   In the year 1906 agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer   

Jul 06   On this day in history the Empress of Ireland arrives at Quebec at 05 30 on maiden voyage from Liverpool; with 215 1st-class passengers, 314 2nd-class passengers and 777 3rd-class passengers; best day's run was 460 knots, a record for the North Atlantic service.   

Jul 06   On this day in history the Empress of Ireland arrives at Quebec at 05:30 on maiden voyage from Liverpool; with 215 1st-class passengers, 314 2nd-class passengers and 777 3rd-class passengers; best day's run was 460 knots, a record for the North Atlantic service.   

Jul 07   Harry Von Zell, sidekick (George Burns Show) on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)   

Jan 08   In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1906 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.