Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader in the year 1906.   

Sep 05   1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history peter Mieg, composer   

Sep 06   On this day in history alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building)   

Sep 07   In the year 1906 alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.   

Sep 07   In the year 1906 filip Gershkovich, composer   

Sep 08   Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP in the year 1906.   

Sep 09   On this day in history cpl. Leo Clark (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Pozières France   

Sep 10   In the year 1906 lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied)   

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

Sep 11   In the year 1906 roye England, modeller/museum curator   

Sep 12   Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] on this day in history.   

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

Sep 13   1st airplane flight in Europe on this day in history.   

Sep 13   In the year 1906 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   In the year 1906 annie Hermes, Dutch singer   

Sep 16   In the year 1906 kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon   

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 in the year 1906.   

Sep 18   A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong on this day in history.   

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

Sep 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 david Sheinfeld, composer   

Sep 21   Derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance) on this day in history.   

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   Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies in the year 1906.   

Sep 23   Willard F McMurry, musician in the year 1906.   

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

Sep 24   Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong) in the year 1906.   

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

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   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   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 in the year 1906.   

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

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   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)