September 26 – The first concert of the Telharmonium, the first music synthesizer, is presented at Telharmonic Hall, Broadway at 39th St., New York City.
October 1 – The Madeira School, a private boarding school for girls, opens with 28 students attending classes in two buildings on 19th Street, just off Dupont Circle in downtown Washington, D.C.
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.
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Referencesedit
^"Josephine Terranova Promptly Acquitted", Boston Daily Globe, June 2, 1906.
^Gregory, Rick (1980). "Robertson County and the Black Patch War, 1904-1909". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 39 (3): 341–358. ISSN 0040-3261. JSTOR 42626100.
^"Summer Theater Producer John Kenley Dies at 103". Backstage. October 30, 2009. from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2007.. Associated Press. March 1, 2007.
^"Dr. Henry Monroe "Hank" Beachell Obituary (2006) Lincoln Journal Star". Legacy.com.
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North Carolina Francis D Winston Democratic Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota David Bartlett Republican Lieutenant Governor of Ohio until January 8 Warren G Harding Republican January 8 June 18 Andrew L Harris Republican starting June 18 vacant Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania William M Brown Republican Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Frederick Jackson Republican Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina John Sloan Democratic Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota John E McDougall Republican Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee Ernest Rice Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Texas George D Neal Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Charles H Stearns Republican until October 4 George H Prouty Republican starting October 4 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Joseph Edward Willard Democratic until February 1 James Taylor Ellyson Democratic starting February 1 Lieutenant Governor of Washington Charles E Coon Republican Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin James O Davidson Republican Events editJanuary March edit nbsp February 26 The Jungle exposes corruption in the meat packing industry January 8 A landslide in Haverstraw New York kills 21 people February 26 Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle a novel depicting the life of a contemporary immigrant family in Chicago working in the meat packing industry March 4 Native American tribal governments are terminated in Indian Territory a prerequisite for creating the U S state of Oklahoma in 1907 April June edit nbsp April 18 1906 San Francisco earthquake April 5 The Maryland General Assembly authorises the erection of the Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Baltimore April 14 The first service is held at African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles 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 people with 225 000 300 000 left homeless and 350 000 000 in damages May 27 The first inmates are moved to the Culion leper colony by the American Insular Government of the Philippine Islands June Josephine Terranova is acquitted by a New York City jury of the murder of abusive relatives 1 June 6 Durham and Southern Railway operates its first revenue train Bonsal to Durham North Carolina June 8 Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law authorizing the president to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value June 18 The Lake County Times later The Times of Northwest Indiana begins publication June 25 Harry K Thaw shoots architect Stanford White at the roof garden theatre of Madison Square Garden designed by White in New York City June 28 Osage Allotment Act allocates land to members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma June 29 Mesa Verde is declared a National Park June 30 The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act July September edit nbsp September 5 The first legal forward pass in an American football July 11 Murder of Grace Brown a factory worker whose killing causes a nationwide sensation July 14 Gary Indiana is founded by the United States Steel Corporation August 23 Unable to control a rebellion in the newly formed Cuban Republic President Tomas Estrada Palma requests U S intervention September 5 Bradbury Robinson of St Louis University throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game September 22 Atlanta race riot 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 Wyoming as 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 England UK October December edit October 1 The Madeira School a private boarding school for girls opens with 28 students attending classes in two buildings on 19th Street just off Dupont Circle in downtown Washington D C 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 14 The Chicago White Sox win their First World Series by defeating their crosstown rival Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2 at South Side Park III 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 December 4 Alpha Phi Alpha the first inter collegiate Greek letter Fraternity established for African Americans is founded at Cornell University 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 Undated edit The muffuletta sandwich is invented in New Orleans Louisiana Ongoing edit Progressive Era 1890s 1920s Lochner era c 1897 c 1937 Black Patch Tobacco Wars 1904 1909 2 Births editJanuary February edit January 7 Red Allen trumpet player died 1967 Bobbi Trout pilot died 2003 January 14 William Bendix actor died 1964 January 22 Robert E Howard pulp fiction writer suicide 1936 February 4 Clyde Tombaugh astronomer died 1997 February 10 Lon Chaney Jr actor died 1973 Erik Rhodes actor died 1990 February 17 Elizabeth M Ramsey research physician died 1993 February 20 John Kenley theatrical producer died 2009 3 February 28 Bugsy Siegel gangster killed 1947 March April edit March 4 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr businessman died 2007 March 6 Lou Costello actor and comedian half of Abbott amp Costello team died 1959 March 20 Ozzie Nelson actor and band leader died 1975 March 26 H Radclyffe Roberts entomologist and museum administrator died 1982 April 4 John Cameron Swayze journalist died 1995 April 22 Eddie Albert actor died 2005 April 24 William Joyce fascist propagandist executed 1946 in the United Kingdom April 25 William J Brennan Supreme Court Justice died 1997 May June edit May 3 Mary Astor actress and writer died 1987 May 11 Jacqueline Cochran aviator died 1980 Ethel Weed promoter of women s rights in Japan died 1975 Richard Arvin Overton American war veteran WWII died 2018 May 12 Maurice Ewing geophysicist and oceanographer died 1974 May 19 Bruce Bennett athlete and actor died 2007 4 May 23 Allan Scott screenwriter died 1995 May 28 Phil Regan actor died 1996 June 3 Josephine Baker actress died 1975 in France June 19 Earl W Bascom rodeo pioneer artist inventor died 1995 June 22 Anne Morrow Lindbergh author and aviator died 2001 June 26 Viktor Schreckengost industrial designer died 2008 July August edit July 1 Estee Lauder cosmetics entrepreneur died 2004 July 7 Satchel Paige baseball player died 1982 July 18 S I Hayakawa Canadian born American academic and politician U S Senator from California from 1977 to 1983 died 1992 August 6 Vic Dickenson trombonist died 1984 August 9 Robert L Surtees cinematographer died 1985 August 12 Tedd Pierce animator died 1972 August 17 Hazel Bishop chemist and inventor of no smear lipstick died 1998 August 19 Philo Farnsworth American inventor and television pioneer died 1971 August 27 Ed Gein serial killer died 1984 September October edit September 5 Shimon Agranat American born president of the Supreme Court of Israel died 1992 September 17 Raymond D Mindlin mechanician died 1987 Edgar Wayburn environmentalist died 2010 5 September 21 Henry Beachell plant breeder died 2006 6 September 27 Alma Vessells John nurse broadcast personality and civil rights activist died 1986 October 6 Janet Gaynor actress died 1984 October 7 James E Webb government administrator died 1992 October 15 Hiram Fong businessman and U S Senator from Hawaii from 1959 to 1977 died 2004 Alicia Patterson newspaper editor died 1963 October 23 Gertrude Ederle swimmer died 2003 October 27 Earle Cabell politician died 1975 November December edit November 1 Johnny Indrisano boxer and actor died 1968 November 5 Fred Lawrence Whipple astronomer died 2004 November 14 Louise Brooks actress died 1985 November 15 Curtis LeMay U S A F general vice presidential candidate died 1990 November 18 George Wald scientist Nobel Prize laureate died 1997 December 9 Grace Hopper computer scientist and naval officer died 1992 December 11 Herman Welker U S Senator from Idaho from 1951 to 1957 died 1957 December 27 Oscar Levant pianist composer author comedian and actor died 1972 Deaths editJanuary 25 John S Harris United States Senator from Louisiana from 1868 till 1871 born 1825 Joseph Wheeler U S Army general and politician born 1836 February 9 Paul Laurence Dunbar poet and publisher born 1872 February 18 John B Stetson hat manufacturer and inventor of the cowboy hat born 1830 February 27 Samuel Pierpont Langley astronomer physicist and aeronautics pioneer born 1834 March 4 John Schofield 28th United States Secretary of War and Commanding General of the United States Army born 1831 March 13 Susan B Anthony civil rights and women s suffrage activist born 1820 April 11 James Anthony Bailey circus ringmaster born 1847 Francis Pharcellus Church editor and publisher born 1839 April 24 Mary Hunt temperance activist born 1830 April 25 John Knowles Paine composer born 1839 May 12 Gabriel C Wharton civil engineer and Confederate general born 1824 May 14 Carl Schurz German born statesman born 1829 May 15 John K Bucklyn Medal of Honor recipient born 1834 June 17 Harry Nelson Pillsbury chess champion born 1872 June 25 Stanford White architect born 1853 September 20 Robert R Hitt 13th Assistant Secretary of State born 1834 September 21 Samuel Arnold conspirator involved in the plot to kidnap U S President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 born 1834 October 6 Buck Ewing American baseball player New York Giants and MLB Hall of Famer born 1859 October 9 Joseph Glidden inventor of barbed wire born 1813 October 16 Varina Davis wife of Jefferson Davis First Lady of the Confederate States of America born 1826 October 17 James D Walker United States Senator from Arkansas from 1879 till 1885 born 1830 November 4 John H Ketcham politician born 1832 November 23 Willard Warner United States Senator from Alabama from 1868 till 1871 born 1826 December 12 Arthur Brown United States Senator from Utah from 1896 till 1897 born 1843 December 22 Richard S Rust abolitionist born 1815 December 30 Thomas M Bowen United States Senator from Colorado from 1883 till 1889 born 1835 December 31 Donelson Caffery United States Senator from Louisiana from 1892 till 1901 born 1835 See also editList of American films of 1906 Timeline of United States history 1900 1929 External links edit nbsp Media related to 1906 in the United States at Wikimedia CommonsReferences edit Josephine Terranova Promptly Acquitted Boston Daily Globe June 2 1906 Gregory Rick 1980 Robertson County and the Black Patch War 1904 1909 Tennessee Historical Quarterly 39 3 341 358 ISSN 0040 3261 JSTOR 42626100 Summer Theater Producer John Kenley Dies at 103 Backstage October 30 2009 Archived from the original on August 14 2016 Retrieved January 11 2016 Olympian and actor Herman Brix dies Archived from the original on March 7 2007 Retrieved March 3 2007 Associated Press March 1 2007 Towering Conservationist Edgar Wayburn Dies at 103 Environment News Service March 9 2010 Archived from the original on January 27 2013 Dr Henry Monroe Hank Beachell Obituary 2006 Lincoln Journal Star Legacy com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1906 in the United States amp oldid 1208396032, wikipedia, wiki, 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