Page 12: Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader on this day in history.   

Sep 05   1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) in the year 1906.   

Sep 05   Peter Mieg, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building) on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1906 filip Gershkovich, composer   

Sep 08   On this day in history andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP   

Sep 09   Cpl. Leo Clark (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Pozières France in the year 1906.   

Sep 10   Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied) in the year 1906.   

Sep 11   Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa in the year 1906.   

Sep 11   On this day in history roye England, modeller/museum curator   

Sep 12   Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] in the year 1906.   

Sep 12   In the year 1906 the Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.   

Sep 13   In the year 1906 1st airplane flight in Europe   

Sep 13   On this day in history georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66   

Sep 13   In the year 1906 the first airplane flight in Europe   

Sep 15   In the year 1906 kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

Sep 16   Annie Hermes, Dutch singer on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon in the year 1906.   

Sep 17   In the year 1906 junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89)   

Sep 17   Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1906 a typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.   

Sep 18   Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5] in the year 1906.   

Sep 19   In the year 1906 dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer   

Sep 20   On this day in history cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England.   

Sep 20   On this day in history david Sheinfeld, composer   

Sep 21   On this day in history derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance)   

Sep 21   Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record on this day in history.   

Sep 22   On this day in history phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor   

Sep 22   Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21 on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1906 jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies   

Sep 23   Willard F McMurry, musician on this day in history.   

Sep 24   St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game in the year 1906.   

Sep 24   Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

Jan 01   In the year 1906 birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies   

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.