What Happened in 1906

Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance Requires Asians in Transvaal to Carry Fingerprinted Identification

At the onset of the South African War, Gandhi argued that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full... Read more

T. S. Eliot Attends Harvard University

As a freshman, his courses were so eclectic that he soon wound up on academic probation. He recovered and persisted, attaining a B.A. in an... Read more

Rolls-Royce Rolls Out the New Silver Ghost

The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car model and to one specific car from that series. Originally named the "40/50 h.p." the chassis... Read more

Joseph Stalin Marries Ekaterina Svanidze

In about 1904 Stalin had married a pious Georgian girl, Ekaterina Svanidze. She died some three years later and left a son, Jacob, whom his father... Read more

Gandhi Organizes Stretcher-Bearer Corps that Serves During the Zulu Uprising

The Boer War had not brought home to me the horrors of war with anything like the vividness that the [Zulu] 'rebellion' did. This was no war but a... Read more

Ford Model N is First Produced

The Ford Model N was an inexpensive automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1906 as a successor to the Models A, C and... Read more

Ford Model K is First Produced

Ford Model K was an upscale automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1906 and replaced the earlier Model B. The model K... Read more

Wreck of the SS Valencia

On Monday, January 22, 1906, the coastal passenger liner SS Valencia, en route from San Francisco to Seattle with 108 passengers and 65 crew... Read more

Kellogg's Company Founded

Kellogg's was founded as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company on February 19, 1906, by Will Keith Kellogg as an outgrowth of his work with... Read more

'The Jungle' is Published

The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by journalist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel with the intention of portraying the life of the... Read more

Ottawa Silver Seven wins Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup Challenges The Ottawas played two Cup challenges during the regular season, defeating Queen's College of Kingston, the OHA champion,... Read more

Courrières Mine Disaster

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners (including many children) in Northern France on 10... Read more

Montreal Wanderers win Stanley Cup

ECAHA Playoff As the season produced a tie for the season championship, the defending champion Ottawas and Wanderers played a two-game playoff,... Read more

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a magnitude 8.3 (Richter Scale) earthquake struck San Francisco. With thousands of un-reinforced brick buildings... Read more

Wright Brothers Patent Granted

During their experiments of 1902 the Wrights succeeded in controlling their glider in all three axes of flight: pitch, roll and yaw. Their... Read more

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Is Born

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, perhaps baseball's greatest pitcher ever, was born on July 7, ca. 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Paige earned his... Read more

Gandhi Introduces Non-Violent Protest Philosophy of Satyagraha

At the onset of the South African War, Gandhi argued that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full... Read more

1906 World Series

e 1906 World Series featured a crosstown matchup between the Chicago Cubs, who had posted the highest regular-season win total (116) and winning... Read more

Atlantic City Train Wreck

By the wrecking of a three-coach electric train on the West Jersey and Seashore railroad, this afternoon, at least fifty passengers perished and... Read more

Auguste Deter is the First Person Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease

On November 4th, 1906, during a lecture at the 37th Conference of South-West German Psychiatrists in Tübingen, the German neuropathologist and... Read more

Fred A. Dobson Begins Filming The Skyscrapers Of New York

On November 8, 1906, cameraman Fred A. Dobson began filming The Skyscrapers of New York atop an uncompleted skyscraper at Broadway and 12th Street.... Read more

Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

In June, 1905, President Roosevelt offered his good offices as mediator between Russia and Japan, asking the belligerents to nominate... Read more