1906 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1906?
- January 8, 1906 – A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
- January 25, 1906 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- February 10, 1906 – HMS Dreadnought is launched.
- March 5, 1906 – Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
- March 31, 1906 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
- April 7, 1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- April 18, 1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
- May 2, 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
- May 22, 1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
- May 26, 1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
- June 30, 1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- July 11, 1906 – The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
- September 5, 1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
- September 13, 1906 – First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
- September 20, 1906 – Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
- October 16, 1906 – The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
- October 23, 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
- December 15, 1906 – The London Underground’s Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
- December 24, 1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- December 31, 1906 – Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
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