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 11, 1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
- 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 15, 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
- March 18, 1906 – Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at 1 meter altitude.
- 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 8, 1906 – Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dies.
- May 2, 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
- May 26, 1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
- June 22, 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
- June 25, 1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
- June 30, 1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- August 16, 1906 – An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
- September 7, 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
- September 12, 1906 – The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
- September 24, 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
- September 30, 1906 – The Real Academia Galega, Galician language’s biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
- November 9, 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
- December 15, 1906 – The London Underground’s Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
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