Page 12: Historical Events In 1906

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 07   On this day in history filip Gershkovich, composer   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Roye England, modeller/museum curator on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1906 dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]   

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

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   On this day in history the first airplane flight in Europe   

Sep 15   On this day in history kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

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

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

Sep 17   On this day in history 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   A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong in the year 1906.   

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

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

Sep 20   In the year 1906 cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England.   

Sep 20   David Sheinfeld, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1906 derrick De Marney, London England, actor (Inheritance)   

Sep 21   Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record in the year 1906.   

Sep 22   Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1906 willard F McMurry, musician   

Sep 24   On this day in history st Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1906 death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)   

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.   

Jan 18   In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84   

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   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio in the year 1906.   

Feb 10   In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)