Historical Events In 1906

Sep 04   On this day in history nY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader   

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

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

Sep 07   Filip Gershkovich, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1906.   

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   In the year 1906 roye England, modeller/museum curator   

Sep 12   On this day in history dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]   

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

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   Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1906 annie Hermes, Dutch singer   

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

Sep 17   Junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89) in the year 1906.   

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

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   In the year 1906 dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer   

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 in the year 1906.   

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

Sep 21   In the year 1906 yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record   

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 in the year 1906.   

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) 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   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   Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1906 birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist   

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

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

Jan 16   Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies   

Feb 09   Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.   

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