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) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history filip Gershkovich, composer   

Sep 08   Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP on this day in history.   

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

Sep 10   Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 11   Roye England, modeller/museum curator in the year 1906.   

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   Georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1906.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89) on this day in history.   

Sep 17   In the year 1906 playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's   

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

Sep 18   On this day in history semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5]   

Sep 19   Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer on this day in history.   

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   David Sheinfeld, composer in the year 1906.   

Sep 21   Derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance) in the year 1906.   

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

Sep 22   Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor in the year 1906.   

Sep 22   In the year 1906 race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21   

Sep 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong)   

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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   On this day in history 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   Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1906 birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor   

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   In the year 1906 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 13   Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.   

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 on this day in history.   

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.