Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). [edit] Table of contents
[edit] Events of 1906 [edit] January–February [edit] March–April - March 27 – The Alpine Club of Canada is founded in Winnipeg by Elizabeth Parker and Arthur Oliver Wheeler.
- April 7 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- April 14 – The first service is held at African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, CA by W.J. Seymour, in a series later known as the Azusa Street Revival, an event which launches the Pentecostal Movement in Christianity.
- April 18 – The 1906 San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages.
- April 23 – In Tsarist Russia, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma.
[edit] May–June The cover of the first issue of the Annals of the Natal Government Museum published in June [edit] July–August [edit] September–October - September 5 – Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game.
- September 11 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
- September 18 – A typhoon with a tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 persons in Hong Kong.
- September 22 – Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia result in 27 people killed and the black-owned business district severely damaged.
- September 24 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.
- September 26 – The first concert of the Telharmonium, the first music synthesizer, is presented at Telharmonic Hall, Broadway at 39th St., New York City.
- September 30 – The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire.
- October 1
- October 6 – The Majlis of Iran convenes for the first time.
- October 11 – The San Francisco public school board sparks a United States diplomatic crisis with Japan, by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
- October 16 – Imposter Wilhelm Voigt impersonates a Prussian officer and takes over city hall in Köpenick for a short time, amusing all of Germany and other countries.
- October 23 – An aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off at Bagatelle in France and flies 60 meters (200 feet).
- October 28 – The Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a Belgian mining trust, is created in the Congo.
[edit] November–December - November 3 – SOS becomes an international distress signal.
- November 9 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt leaves for a trip to Panama to inspect the construction progress of the Panama Canal (the first time a sitting President of the United States makes an official trip outside of the United States).
- November 22 – Russian Prime Minister Peter Stolypin introduces agrarian reforms aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants.
- December 2 – The HMS Dreadnought (the first all-big-gun warship) is commissioned.
- December 4 – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans, is founded at Cornell University.
- December 6 – The district of Chimbote is created in Peru.
- December 8 – The Petrified Forest, Arizona is designated a National Monument.
- December 10 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
- December 14 – The first German submarine, U-1, enters the German Imperial Navy.
- December 24 – Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- December 26 – The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.
- December 30 – The All-India Muslim League, a political organization that represents the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.
[edit] Undated [edit] Births [edit] January–February - January 11 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008)
- January 13 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
- January 14 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
- January 15 – Edna Staebler, Canadian author (d. 2006)
- January 21 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
- January 22 – Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)
- February 4
- February 10
- February 18 – Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
- February 20 – John Kenley, American theatrical producer, the Kenley Players
- February 22 – Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Danish actor (d. 1982)
- February 26 – Madeleine Carroll, British actress (d. 1987)
- February 28 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
[edit] March–April - March 1 – Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2000)
- March 4
- March 6 – Victor Hasselblad, Swedish inventor and photographer (d. 1978)
- March 7
- March 16
- March 19 – Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (d. 1962)
- March 20 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor and band leader (d. 1975)
- March 25 – A.J.P. Taylor, English historian (d. 1990)
- March 26 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican-born trumpet player (d. 1981)
- March 31 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- April 1 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. 1989)
- April 4 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
- April 9 – Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. 1988)
- April 13 – Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
- April 19 – Luis Alberti, Dominican Republic musician (d. 1976)
- April 22 – Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
- April 25 – William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997)
- April 28
[edit] May–June - May 2 – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-born American photographer (d. 1979)
- May 3 – Mary Astor, American actress and writer (d. 1987)
- May 6 – André Weil, French mathematician (d. 1998)
- May 8 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
- May 11 – Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix (d. 1980)
- May 12 – Maurice Ewing, American geophysicist and oceanographer (d. 1974)
- May 15 – Humberto Delgado, Portuguese general and politician (d. 1965)
- May 16
- May 17 – Zinka Milanov, Croatian-born soprano (d. 1989)
- May 19 – Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
- May 20 – Giuseppe Siri, Italilan Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
- May 23
- May 27 – Buddhadasa, Buddhist monk (d. 1993)
- May 28 – Phil Regan, American actor (d. 1996)
- May 29 – T. H. White, British writer (d. 1964)
- May 30 – Bruno Gröning, German faith healer (d. 1959)
- June 3 – Josephine Baker, American actress (d. 1975)
- June 4 – Ivan Knunyants, Soviet chemist (d. 1990)
- June 6 – Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (d. 1993)
- June 12 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977)
- June 15 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian fascist (d. 1994)
- June 19
- June 20
- June 22
- June 24 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
- June 26 – Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
- June 28 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
- June 30 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
[edit] July–August - July 1 – Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 2004)
- July 2 – Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
- July 2 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
- July 3 – George Sanders, British actor (d. 1972)
- July 7 – William Feller, Croatian-born mathematician (d. 1970)
- July 7 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- July 11 – Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. 1990)
- July 18 – S. I. Hayakawa, English academic and politician (d. 1992)
- July 23 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- July 25 – José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (d. 1990)
- August 5 – Joan Hickson, British actress (d. 1998)
- August 6 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
- August 9 – Robert Surtees, American cinematographer (d. 1985)
- August 12 – Tedd Pierce, American animator (d. 1972)
- August 14 – Horst P. Horst, German photographer (d. 1999)
- August 27 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
- August 28 – John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
[edit] September–October - September 1
- September 4 – Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- September 6 – Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- September 8 – Andrei Kirilenko (politician), Soviet politician (d. 1990)
- September 17 – Raymond D. Mindlin, American mechanician (d. 1987)
- September 17 – Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist
- September 21 – Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. 2006)
- September 25 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975)
- October 6 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
- October 9 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal (d. 2001)
- October 10 – Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
- October 14
- October 15 – Hiram Fong, American businessman and politician (d. 2004)
- October 23 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
- October 24 – Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky, Austrian painter (d. 1996)
- October 27
[edit] November–December - November 1 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
- November 2 – Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and cinema director and writer (d. 1976)
- November 5 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
- November 13 – Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born industrial designer
- November 14 – Louise Brooks, American actress (d. 1985)
- November 16 – Henri Charrière, French author (d. 1973)
- November 17 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese industrialist (d. 1991)
- November 18
- December 5 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (d. 1986)
- December 6 – Ahn Eak-tae, Korean composer (d. 1965)
- December 9 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and naval officer (d. 1992)
- December 16 – Barbara Kent, Canadian actress
- December 19 – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader (d. 1982)
- December 24 – James Hadley Chase, English writer (d. 1985)
- December 25 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
- December 26 – Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (d. 2003)
- December 27
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 29 – King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- February 9 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and publisher (b. 1872)
- February 13 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
- February 27 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, and aeronautics pioneer (b. 1834)
- March 13 – Susan B. Anthony, American civil rights and women's suffrage activist (b. 1820)
- March 19 – Victor Fatio, Swiss zoologist (b. 1838)
- March 29 – Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1877)
- April 6 – Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)
- April 11 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
- April 19 – Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- April 19 – Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
- April 24 – Mary Hunt, American temperance activist (b. 1830)
- May 14 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and American statesman (b. 1829)
- May 23 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (b. 1828)
- June 17 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess champion (b. 1872)
- June 20 – John Clayton Adams, British artist (b. 1840)
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