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1906 January 1 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory. [1] Joseph Miroslav Weber composer, dies at age 51. [1] January 6 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs" premieres in Paris. [1] January 8 Jacob C van Marken peanut butter maker (Calvé-Delft), dies at age 60. [1] January 12 First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26). [1] January 13 First radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile. [1] January 16 Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco). [1] January 18 Bartolomé Mitre President of Argentina (1862-70), dies at age 84. [1] January 19 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!" premieres in Berlin. [1] January 25 Del Valle Inclans "El Marqués de Bradomin" premieres in Madrid. [1] Joseph Wheeler II Confederate General, dies at age 70. [1] Pierre L Goossens Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at age 78. [1] January 29 Christaan IX King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies. [1] January 31 Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter. [1] February 1 First federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth KS. [1] English Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured. [1] February 2 Pope encyclical against separation of church and state. [1] February 9 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising. [1] Paul Laurence Dunbar black dialect poet, dies at age 33 in Dayton Ohio. [1] February 10 Britain's first modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched. [1] State of siege proclaimed in Zululand. [1] February 12 George M Cohans musical "George Washington" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] February 15 British Labour Party organizes. [1] February 17 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House. [1] February 18 Vincent d'Indy's "Jour D'été à La Montagne" premieres in Paris. [1] Willem Doorenbos literary/critic, dies at age 85. [1] February 19 W K Kellogg and Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek MI. [1] February 22 Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles California. [1] February 23 Johann Hoch US murderer, executed. [1] February 25 Anton Stepanovich Arensky Russian composer/conductor, dies at age 44. [1] February 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 27 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides. [1] February 28 Birth of Bugsy Siegel gangster created casinos in Las Vegas. [1] March 1 José M de Pereda y Sánchez the Porrúa Spanish writer, dies at age 73. [1] Moriz Heyne German germanist (German Wörterbuch), dies at age 68. [1] March 3 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France. [1] March 6 Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands. [1] Nora Blatch becomes first woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers. [1] March 7 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor. [1] March 10 First performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine". [1] Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France. [1] Eugen Richter German Member of Parliament (Liberal), dies at age 67. [1] London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line). [1] March 12 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast. [1] March 13 Susan B[rownell] Anthony American suffragist, dies at age 85. [1] March 15 Alfred Gilpin Jones Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at age 81. [1] Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd. [1] March 17 Carlos Calvo Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at age 82. [1] President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker". [1] March 18 Traian Vuia flies a self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft, taking off without help of a catapult. [5] March 19 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi" premieres in Munich. [1] March 20 George B Shaw's "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" premieres in London. [1] March 22 Martin Wegelius Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at age 59. [1] March 24 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world. [1] March 30 Betsy Perk [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at age 73. [1] March 31 George Bernard Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin. [1] April 2 South Africa completes a 4-1 series drubbing of England. [1] April 5 Saint Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland". [1] April 6 First animated cartoon copyrighted. [1] Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at age 57. [1] April 7 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business. [1] April 11 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity. [1] Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon Russian-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies. [1] James A Bailey circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at age 58. [1] April 13 Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama. [1] April 14 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press. [1] April 18 Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht. [1] San Francisco Earthquake (one of the most significant earthquakes of all time) kills over 700 people. [1] San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75% of the city. [1] April 19 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail. [1] Pierre Curie French physicist/chemist (Nobel Prize 1903), dies. [1] April 20 Australian wombat oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at age 26. [1] April 25 John Knowles Paine US composer, dies at age 67. [1] April 26 First motion pictures shown in Hawaii. [1] May 3 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey. [1] May 6 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market Steet San Francisco. [1] May 10 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for first time. [1] May 13 Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem. [1] May 19 Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes. [1] Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier. [1] May 21 Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars. [1] May 22 Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane. [1] May 23 Henrik Johan Ibsen Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at age 78. [1] May 26 Archaeological Institute of America forms. [1] May 27 First outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen. [1] May 28 Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor" premieres in New York City. [1] May 30 William Yeates Hurlstone composer, dies at age 30. [1] May 31 Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid. [1] Hermann Schell German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at age 56. [1] King Alfonso XIII assassinated in Madrid. [1] Victoria von Battenberg assassinated in Madrid. [1] June 14 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #600 Musa. [1] June 26 Alexander Muir poet (The Maple Leaf Forever), dies at age 76. [1] June 30 John Hope becomes first black president of Morehouse College. [1] Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted. [1] July 12 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France. [1] August 1 Brooklyn Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2/3 loses in 13th. [1] August 13 Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas. [1] August 15 First freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago. [1] August 22 First Victor Victrola manufactured. [1] August 30 Hal Chase became first Yank to hit three triples in a game. [1] September 1 Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time. [1] Papua placed under Australian administration. [1] September 13 First airplane flight in Europe. [1] September 25 In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control. [5] September 28 US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909. [1] October 4 Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36) of the year. [1] October 8 Karl Nessler demonstrates first 'permanent wave' for hair, in London. [1] October 20 Dr Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube. [1] October 22 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia. [1] November 6 Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) elected New York governor beats William Randolph Hearst. [1] November 14 US President Theodore Roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama) while in office, to see work on the Panama Canal. [1] [150.61] November 22 International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help. [1] December 1 Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's first cinema, opens (Paris). [1] Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Captain of Köpenick) sentenced to four years. [1] December 4 Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms. [1] December 5 British government-Balfour resigns. [1] December 9 New York American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo. [1] December 10 First American awarded Nobel Peace Prize - President Theodore Roosevelt. [1] December 11 US President Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo. [1] December 12 Oscar Straus, first Jewish cabinet member, appointed Secretary of Commerce. [1] December 13 German chancellor Bernhard von Bülow disbands the Parliament. [1] December 14 John A C Oudemans Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at age 78. [1] December 20 Venezuela (under Vice-President Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet. [1] December 21 Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, dies at age 58. [1] December 24 Reginald A Fessenden became first to broadcast music over radio (Massachusetts). [1] December 27 First annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence Rhode Island. [1] December 28 Ecuador adopts its constitution. [1] December 30 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy. [1] December 31 French/British/Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia. [1] 1907 January 1 Cyrill Kistler composer, dies at age 58. [1] President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in one day. [1] January 3 Josef Foerster composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 4 George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell" premieres in London. [1] January 6 Maria Montessori opens her first (Montessori) school (Rome). [1] January 7 Anton Urspruch composer, dies at age 56. [1] Clyde Fitch' "Truth" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] January 8 Theodoor Verstraete Flemish painter/etcher, dies at age 57. [1] January 12 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal. [1] January 14 Karl von Perfall composer, dies at age 82. [1] January 15 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest. [1] Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them. [1] January 23 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator. [1] January 25 Julia Ward Howe is first woman elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters. [1] January 26 First federal corrupt election practices law passed. [1] J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called. [1] February 2 Dmitri I Mendelejev Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at age 72. [1] February 5 Arnold Schönberg's first string quartet premieres in Vienna. [1] Ludwig Thuille composer, dies at age 45. [1] February 8 Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom chemist (fasenleer), dies at age 52. [1] February 11 De Master's Dutch government resigns. [1] Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die. [1] Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at age 80. [1] February 13 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested. [1] Marcel Bertrand French mine engineer, dies at age 59. [1] February 14 First US fox hound association forms in New York City, New York. [1] February 16 Giosué Carducci poet (Nobel Prize 1906), dies. [1] February 17 Henry Steel Olcott US co-founder (Theosophist Society-Madras), dies at age 74. [1] February 20 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan chemist (Nobel Prize 1906), dies at age 54. [1] February 21 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead). [1] February 22 First cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London. [1] Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka" premieres in Saint Petersburg. [1] February 24 Otto Goldschmidt composer, dies at age 77. [1] February 25 George Bernard Shaw's "Philanderer" premieres in London. [1] US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic. [1] February 26 Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP). [1] US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500. [1] February 28 Birth of Milton Caniff Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates). [1] March 2 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal. [1] Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce à l'Oreille" premieres in Paris France. [1] March 5 First radio broadcast of a musical composition aired. [1] March 7 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer, dies at age 64. [1] March 9 First involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana. [1] Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon" premieres in Dublin. [1] March 11 Nikola Petkow premier (Bulgaria), murdered. [1] March 15 Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote. [1] March 19 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch Nevada (state record). [1] Thomas Bailey Aldrich US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at age 70. [1] March 21 US invades Honduras. [1] March 23 Constantine P Pobedonostsev Russian reactionary senator, dies at age 79. [1] March 28 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg composer, dies at age 65. [1] March 30 In Bagatelle, France, Voisin Frères delivers the first commercially-produced aircraft, a box-kite bi-plane powered by a 50hp 8-cylinder Antoinette engine. [55.11] March 31 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt. [1] April 5 Anton G van Hamel founder (Roman philosphy in Netherlands), dies at age 65. [1] April 12 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns. [1] April 17 11,745 immigrants arrive at Ellis Island New York. [1] April 18 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour", premieres in New York City. [1] Fairmont Hotel opens. [1] April 26 Jamestown Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens. [1] Pietro Plantania composer, dies at age 79. [1] May 1 Belgian Government of De Trooz forms. [1] Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies). [1] May 2 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government. [1] May 7 Charles Collier wins first Isle of Man TT Race (38.22 mph). [1] May 8 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0. [1] May 10 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris France. [1] May 11 Bank of San Francisco incorporated. [1] John Albert Delany composer, dies at age 54. [1] May 12 J K Huysmans writer, dies at age 59. [1] May 22 Birth of Hergé [Georges Rémi] Belgian cartoonist (Kuifje). [1] May 27 Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco. [1] May 31 Taxis first began running in New York City. [1] June 1 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record). [1] June 9 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #635 Vundtia. [1] June 13 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California. [1] June 15 44 nations meet in second Hague Peace Conference. [1] June 20 First Portland Rose festival. [1] July 8 Florenz Ziegfeld staged first 'Follies' on New York Theater roof. [1] July 15 First electric bus service in London, England, operated by London Electrobus Company; lasts until 1909. [78.10] July 19 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #639 Latona. [1] August 1 Bank of Italy opens first branch at 3433 Mission Street, San Francisco. [1] August 10 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally. [1] August 13 First taxicab (New York City). [1] August 26 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec. [1] August 28 United Parcel Service (UPS) is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington. [1] [5] August 31 England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente. [1] September 7 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire. [1] September 26 New Zealand becomes a dominion. [1] September 29 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral. [1] October 2 Philadelphia Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader. [1] November 7 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico. [1] November 13 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter. [1] November 15 The daily comic strip "Mr. A. Mutt" by Bud Fisher begins in San Francisco Chronicle. [55.42] November 16 Oklahoma becomes 46th US state. [1] November 30 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle. [1] December 3 George Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] December 6 Coal mine explosions in Monongah West Virginia, kills 361. [1] December 8 On the death of Sweden's King Oskar II, Prince Gustav is proclaimed King Gustav V. [1] [7] December 9 First Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington DE post office). [1] Gustav Mahler departs Vienna. [1] December 10 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel Prize for literature. [1] December 13 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam. [1] December 16 Eugene H Farrar is first to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York). [1] Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise. [1] December 17 Kelvin of Largs [William Thomson] British physicist (Kelvin), dies at age 83. [1] Ugyen Wangchuck became first hereditary king of Bhutan. [1] December 19 239 workers die in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek Pennsylvania. [1] Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pennsylvania coal mine kills 239. [1] December 20 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91. [1] December 21 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget. [1] Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (public baths), dies at age 58. [1] December 22 Saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne" premieres in Saint Petersburg. [1] December 23 First all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona Pennsylvania. [1] December 24 Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies. [1] December 31 G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera. [1] Jules de Trooz Belgium Prime Minister, dies at age 63. [1] For the first time, a ball drops in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight. [1] [5]