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{{about|the year 1906|other uses|1906 (disambiguation)}} | |||
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{{Events by month|1906}} | {{Events by month|1906}} | ||
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| footer = From top to bottom, left to right: The [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] and fires devastate the city, killing thousands and displacing many more; the [[Courrières mine disaster]] in France kills over 1,000 miners, one of Europe’s worst industrial tragedies; the [[1906 Atlanta race massacre]] leaves dozens dead amid racial tensions; the [[Algeciras Conference]] attempts to resolve European disputes over Morocco; the [[Denshawai incident]] in Egypt sparks nationalist outrage after harsh British reprisals; and the [[Bambatha Rebellion]] in Natal sees Zulu resistance crushed by colonial forces. | |||
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* [[January 12]] – [[Persian Constitutional Revolution]]: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in [[Persia]] forces the [[shah]] [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar]] to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the [[National Consultative Assembly|Majlis]]. | * [[January 12]] – [[Persian Constitutional Revolution]]: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in [[Persia]] forces the [[shah]] [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar]] to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the [[National Consultative Assembly|Majlis]]. | ||
* [[January 16]]–[[April 7]] – The [[Algeciras Conference]] convenes, to resolve the [[First Moroccan Crisis]] between [[French Third Republic|France]] and [[German Empire|Germany]]. | * [[January 16]]–[[April 7]] – The [[Algeciras Conference]] convenes, to resolve the [[First Moroccan Crisis]] between [[French Third Republic|France]] and [[German Empire|Germany]]. | ||
* [[January 22]] – The {{SS|Valencia}} strikes a reef off [[Vancouver Island]], Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. | * [[January 22]] – The {{SS|Valencia}} strikes a reef off [[Vancouver Island]], Canada, killing over 100 <ref>{{Cite web |last=Nowakowski |first=Teresa |title=More Than 100 Died When the S.S. Valencia Wrecked in the 'Graveyard of the Pacific'—Learn Why This Stretch of Coastline Has Claimed Thousands of Ships |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/than-100-died-when-the-ss-valencia-wrecked-in-the-graveyard-of-the-pacificlearn-why-this-stretch-of-coastline-has-claimed-thousands-of-ships-180985854/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>(officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. | ||
* [[January 31]] – The [[1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake|Ecuador–Colombia earthquake]] (8.8 on the [[Moment magnitude scale]]), and associated [[tsunami]], cause at least 500 deaths. | * [[January 31]] – The [[1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake|Ecuador–Colombia earthquake]] (8.8 on the [[Moment magnitude scale]]), and associated [[tsunami]], cause at least 500 deaths. | ||
* [[February 7]] – {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}} is launched, sparking a [[Anglo-German naval arms race|naval race between Britain and Germany]]. | * [[February 7]] – {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}} is launched, sparking a [[Anglo-German naval arms race|naval race between Britain and Germany]]. | ||
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=== March–April === | === March–April === | ||
* [[March 10]] – [[Courrières mine disaster]]: An explosion in a coal mine in France kills 1,060. | * [[March 10]] – [[Courrières mine disaster]]: An explosion in a coal mine in France kills 1,060. | ||
* [[March 18]] – In France, Romanian inventor [[Traian Vuia]] becomes the first person to achieve an unassisted takeoff in a heavier-than-air powered [[monoplane]], but it is incapable of sustained flight. | * [[March 18]] – In France, Romanian inventor [[Traian Vuia]] becomes the first person to achieve an unassisted takeoff in a heavier-than-air powered [[monoplane]], but it is incapable of sustained flight. | ||
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** [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]] receives its premiere at the [[Saalbau Essen]] in Germany conducted by the composer. | ** [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]] receives its premiere at the [[Saalbau Essen]] in Germany conducted by the composer. | ||
* [[May 29]] – [[Karl Staaff]] steps down as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] over the issue of expanded voting rights. He is replaced by right-wing naval officer and public official [[Arvid Lindman]]. | * [[May 29]] – [[Karl Staaff]] steps down as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] over the issue of expanded voting rights. He is replaced by right-wing naval officer and public official [[Arvid Lindman]]. | ||
* [[May 31]] – [[Morral affair]]: The attempted regicide of Spanish King [[Alfonso XIII]] and Queen [[Victoria Eugenie]] on [[Wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Princess Victoria Eugenie|their wedding]] day instead kills 24 bystanders.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Avrich |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Avrich |title=[[The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States]] |chapter=The Martyrdom of Ferrer |date=1980 |isbn=0-691-04669-7 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |location=Princeton |oclc=489692159 |df=mdy-all |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6X_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |access-date=April 17, 2018 |pages=27–28 | * [[May 31]] – [[Morral affair]]: The attempted regicide of Spanish King [[Alfonso XIII]] and Queen [[Victoria Eugenie]] on [[Wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Princess Victoria Eugenie|their wedding]] day instead kills 24 bystanders.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Avrich |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Avrich |title=[[The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States]] |chapter=The Martyrdom of Ferrer |date=1980 |isbn=0-691-04669-7 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |location=Princeton |oclc=489692159 |df=mdy-all |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6X_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |access-date=April 17, 2018 |pages=27–28}}</ref> | ||
* [[June 7]] – [[Cunard Line|Cunard line]]r {{RMS|Lusitania}} is launched in [[Glasgow]], as the world's largest ship. | * [[June 7]] – [[Cunard Line|Cunard line]]r {{RMS|Lusitania}} is launched in [[Glasgow]], as the world's largest ship. | ||
* [[June 26]] – The first [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] | * [[June 26]] – The first autombile racing [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] is the [[1906 French Grand Prix]] held at [[Le Mans]]. | ||
=== July–August === | === July–August === | ||
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* [[July 20]] – In the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]], a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing full [[women's suffrage]], the first in modern Europe.<ref>If the limited rights in the Isle of Man are disregarded. {{cite web | url = https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2006/03/tiedote-2009-10-01-20-12-22-833815 | title = Suomi valitsi maailman ensimmäiset naiskansanedustajat | last = Kananen | first= Anitta | date = March 2006 | publisher = [[University of Jyväskylä]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203035928/https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2006/03/tiedote-2009-10-01-20-12-22-833815 | access-date = July 15, 2021 | archive-date = December 3, 2013 | language = fi}}</ref> Women can also stand in national elections. | * [[July 20]] – In the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]], a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing full [[women's suffrage]], the first in modern Europe.<ref>If the limited rights in the Isle of Man are disregarded. {{cite web | url = https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2006/03/tiedote-2009-10-01-20-12-22-833815 | title = Suomi valitsi maailman ensimmäiset naiskansanedustajat | last = Kananen | first= Anitta | date = March 2006 | publisher = [[University of Jyväskylä]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203035928/https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2006/03/tiedote-2009-10-01-20-12-22-833815 | access-date = July 15, 2021 | archive-date = December 3, 2013 | language = fi}}</ref> Women can also stand in national elections. | ||
* [[August 4]] – The first [[Imperial German Navy]] [[submarine]], [[SM U-1 (Germany)|''U-1'']], is launched. | * [[August 4]] – The first [[Imperial German Navy]] [[submarine]], [[SM U-1 (Germany)|''U-1'']], is launched. | ||
* [[August 16]] | * [[August 16]] | ||
** [[1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake]]: An earthquake with an estimated [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] of 8.35 occurs off the [[Rat Islands]] in Alaska. | |||
** [[1906 Valparaíso earthquake]]: A [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] 8.2 earthquake in [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]] leaves nearly 4,000 dead and approximately 20,000 injured. | |||
* [[August 23]] – Unable to control a rebellion, [[Cuba]]n President [[Tomás Estrada Palma]] requests United States intervention. This leads to the [[Second Occupation of Cuba]], which lasts until [[1909]]. | * [[August 23]] – Unable to control a rebellion, [[Cuba]]n President [[Tomás Estrada Palma]] requests United States intervention. This leads to the [[Second Occupation of Cuba]], which lasts until [[1909]]. | ||
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* [[September 11]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi]] coins the term ''[[Satyagraha]]'', to characterize the [[nonviolence]] movement in South Africa. | * [[September 11]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi]] coins the term ''[[Satyagraha]]'', to characterize the [[nonviolence]] movement in South Africa. | ||
* [[September 18]] – A [[typhoon]] and [[tsunami]] kill an estimated 10,000 in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061019.2.54|newspaper=[[Auckland Star]]|location=New Zealand|date=1906-10-19|page=5|title=Hongkong Typhoon|access-date=2017-12-30|volume=37|issue=244|quote=Over 1,000 bodies are recovered, but cabled statements are verified that the number of lives lost totalled about 10,000.|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172220/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061019.2.54|url-status=live}} Retrieved via ''[[Papers Past]]''.</ref> | * [[September 18]] – A [[typhoon]] and [[tsunami]] kill an estimated 10,000 in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061019.2.54|newspaper=[[Auckland Star]]|location=New Zealand|date=1906-10-19|page=5|title=Hongkong Typhoon|access-date=2017-12-30|volume=37|issue=244|quote=Over 1,000 bodies are recovered, but cabled statements are verified that the number of lives lost totalled about 10,000.|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172220/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061019.2.54|url-status=live}} Retrieved via ''[[Papers Past]]''.</ref> | ||
* [[September 20]] – The [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS Mauretania]] is launched | * [[September 20]] – The [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS ''Mauretania'']] is launched on the [[River Tyne]], becoming the world's largest ship. | ||
* [[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. | * [[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. | ||
* [[October 1]] – The [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates | * [[October 1]] – The [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts [[universal suffrage]]. | ||
* [[October 6]] – The [[National Consultative Assembly | * [[October 6]] – The [[National Consultative Assembly]] (''Majlis'') of Iran convenes for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Some Notes on the Early Minutes of the Iranian Parliament |url=https://journals.pan.pl/Content/125911/PDF/2022-FORI-07.pdf}}</ref> | ||
* [[October 11]] – A United States diplomatic crisis with [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] arises | * [[October 11]] – A United States diplomatic crisis with [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] arises when the San Francisco public school board orders Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools ([[Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907|it is resolved by next year]]). | ||
* [[October 16]] – Imposter [[Wilhelm Voigt]] impersonates a [[Prussia]]n officer | * [[October 16]] – Imposter [[Wilhelm Voigt]] impersonates a [[Prussia]]n officer and takes over the city hall in [[Köpenick]] for a short time. | ||
* [[October 23]] – An aeroplane of [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] takes off at [[Château de Bagatelle|Bagatelle]] in France, and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe. | * [[October 23]] – An aeroplane of [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] takes off at [[Château de Bagatelle|Bagatelle]] in France, and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe. | ||
* [[October 28]] – The [[Union Minière du Haut Katanga]], a | * [[October 28]] – The [[Union Minière du Haut Katanga]], a mining trust, is created in the [[Belgian Congo]]. | ||
=== November–December === | === November–December === | ||
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* [[November 3]] – {{overbar|[[SOS]]}} becomes adopted internationally as a [[distress signal]] (originally for ship-to-shore [[wireless telegraphy]]) on inclusion in the service regulations of the first [[International Radiotelegraph Convention (1906)|International Radiotelegraph Convention]] signed in Berlin and coming into effect on 1 July 1908.<ref>{{citation|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103239133&view=1up&seq=36|title=Article XVI|work=Service Regulations annexed to the International Radiotelegraphic Convention|location=Berlin|date=1906-11-03|page=34|access-date=October 3, 2023|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129104414/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103239133&view=1up&seq=36|url-status=live}}.</ref> | * [[November 3]] – {{overbar|[[SOS]]}} becomes adopted internationally as a [[distress signal]] (originally for ship-to-shore [[wireless telegraphy]]) on inclusion in the service regulations of the first [[International Radiotelegraph Convention (1906)|International Radiotelegraph Convention]] signed in Berlin and coming into effect on 1 July 1908.<ref>{{citation|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103239133&view=1up&seq=36|title=Article XVI|work=Service Regulations annexed to the International Radiotelegraphic Convention|location=Berlin|date=1906-11-03|page=34|access-date=October 3, 2023|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129104414/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103239133&view=1up&seq=36|url-status=live}}.</ref> | ||
* [[November 18]] – The steamboat ''[[Dix (steamboat)|Dix]]'' sinks en route from [[Seattle]] to [[Port Blakely]] claiming the lives of approximately 50 passengers and crew. | * [[November 18]] – The steamboat ''[[Dix (steamboat)|Dix]]'' sinks en route from [[Seattle]] to [[Port Blakely]] claiming the lives of approximately 50 passengers and crew. | ||
* [[December 4]] – [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity forms at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; it is the first Black Greek-lettered collegiate order of its kind. | * [[December 4]] – [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity forms at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; it is the first Black Greek-lettered collegiate order of its kind. | ||
* [[December 6]] – The [[Transvaal Colony]] is granted responsible self-government by Britain. | |||
* [[December 13]] – The [[United Kingdom]], [[France]] and [[Italy]] sign an agreement to preserve, in [[Ethiopia]], the integrity of the ancient empire of [[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.stateoʻ.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1907p1/d460 |title=Tripartite Agreement Regarding the Preservation of the Integrity of Ethiopia (December 13, 1906) |website=Foreign Relations of the United States |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=2025-09-10}}</ref> | |||
* [[December 15]] – The [[London Underground]]'s [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] opens. | * [[December 15]] – The [[London Underground]]'s [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] opens. | ||
* [[December 22]] – The {{M|w}} 7.9 [[1906 Manasi earthquake]] in Xinjiang, China kills nearly 300 people.<ref name="CHINA: XINJIANG PROVINCE">{{cite web |title=China: Xinjiang Province |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |website=NGDC NCEI |publisher=NCEI |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507222310/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |url-status=live }}</ref> | * [[December 22]] – The {{M|w}} 7.9 [[1906 Manasi earthquake]] in Xinjiang, China, kills nearly 300 people.<ref name="CHINA: XINJIANG PROVINCE">{{cite web |title=China: Xinjiang Province |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |website=NGDC NCEI |publisher=NCEI |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507222310/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
* [[December 24]] – [[Reginald Fessenden]] makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from [[Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts|Brant Rock, Massachusetts]]. | * [[December 24]] – [[Reginald Fessenden]] makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from [[Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts|Brant Rock, Massachusetts]]. | ||
* [[December 26]] – The world's first feature film, ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'', is first shown, at the [[Melbourne Athenaeum]] in Australia. | * [[December 26]] – The world's first feature film, ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'', is first shown, at the [[Melbourne Athenaeum]] in Australia. | ||
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* The [[BCG vaccine]] for [[tuberculosis]] is first developed. | * The [[BCG vaccine]] for [[tuberculosis]] is first developed. | ||
* Construction begins on the modern-day [[Great Mosque of Djenné]]. | * Construction begins on the modern-day [[Great Mosque of Djenné]]. | ||
* The Simplo Filler Pen Company is founded, later to become the [[Montblanc (company)|Montblanc]] Company in Germany. | * The Simplo Filler Pen Company is founded, later to become the [[Montblanc (company)|Montblanc]] Company in Germany. | ||
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[[File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Clyde Tombaugh]]]] | [[File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Clyde Tombaugh]]]] | ||
[[File:Pu Yi, Qing dynasty, China, Last emperor.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Puyi]]]] | [[File:Pu Yi, Qing dynasty, China, Last emperor.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Puyi]]]] | ||
* [[January 11]] – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist (d. [[2008]]) | * [[January 11]] – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist (d. [[2008]]) | ||
* [[January 12]] – [[Eric Birley]], British historian and archaeologist (d. [[1995]]) | * [[January 12]] – [[Eric Birley]], British historian and archaeologist (d. [[1995]]) | ||
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* [[January 15]] – [[Aristotle Onassis]], Greek shipping magnate (d. [[1975]]) | * [[January 15]] – [[Aristotle Onassis]], Greek shipping magnate (d. [[1975]]) | ||
* [[January 16]] – [[Diana Wynyard]], English actress (d. [[1964]]) | * [[January 16]] – [[Diana Wynyard]], English actress (d. [[1964]]) | ||
* [[January 21]] – [[Igor Moiseyev]], Russian choreographer (d. [[2007]]) | * [[January 21]] – [[Igor Moiseyev]], Russian choreographer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
* [[January 22]] – [[Robert E. Howard]], American pulp fiction writer (suicide [[1936]]) | * [[January 22]] – [[Robert E. Howard]], American [[Pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] writer (suicide [[1936]]) | ||
* [[January 28]] – [[Pat O'Callaghan]], Irish athlete (d. [[1991]]) | * [[January 28]] – [[Pat O'Callaghan]], Irish athlete (d. [[1991]]) | ||
* [[February 4]] | * [[February 4]] | ||
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** [[Puyi]], Last Emperor of China (d. [[1967]]) | ** [[Puyi]], Last Emperor of China (d. [[1967]]) | ||
* [[February 8]] – [[Chester Carlson]], American physicist, inventor (d. [[1968]]) | * [[February 8]] – [[Chester Carlson]], American physicist, inventor (d. [[1968]]) | ||
* [[February 10]] | * [[February 10]] – [[Lon Chaney Jr.]], American actor (d. [[1973]]) | ||
* [[February 14]] – [[Nazim al-Qudsi]], 26th [[Prime Minister of Syria]] and 14th [[President of Syria]] (d. [[1998]]) | * [[February 14]] – [[Nazim al-Qudsi]], 26th [[Prime Minister of Syria]] and 14th [[President of Syria]] (d. [[1998]]) | ||
* [[February 17]] | * [[February 17]] | ||
** [[Galo Plaza]], 29th President of Ecuador (d. [[1987]]) | ** [[Galo Plaza]], 29th President of Ecuador (d. [[1987]]) | ||
** [[Käte Selbmann]], German politician (d. [[1962]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Herbst |first=Andreas |author-link=Andreas Herbst |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/kataloge-datenbanken/biographische-datenbanken/kaete-selbmann |title=Who Was Who in the GDR? |date=2009 |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag |publication-place=Berlin |language=de |chapter=Selbmann, Käte |access-date=2024-04-12 |via=[[Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung]]}}</ref> | ** [[Käte Selbmann]], German politician (d. [[1962]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Herbst |first=Andreas |author-link=Andreas Herbst |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/kataloge-datenbanken/biographische-datenbanken/kaete-selbmann |title=Who Was Who in the GDR? |date=2009 |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag |publication-place=Berlin |language=de |chapter=Selbmann, Käte |access-date=2024-04-12 |via=[[Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung]]}}</ref> | ||
* [[February 18]] – [[Hans Asperger]], Austrian pediatrician (d. [[1980]]) | * [[February 18]] – [[Hans Asperger]], Austrian pediatrician (d. [[1980]]) | ||
* [[February 26]] – [[Madeleine Carroll]], British actress (d. [[1987]]) | * [[February 26]] – [[Madeleine Carroll]], British actress (d. [[1987]]) | ||
* [[February 28]] – [[Bugsy Siegel]], American gangster (k. [[1947]]) | * [[February 28]] – [[Bugsy Siegel]], American gangster (k. [[1947]]) | ||
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[[File:Samuel Beckett, Pic, 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Samuel Beckett]]]] | [[File:Samuel Beckett, Pic, 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Samuel Beckett]]]] | ||
[[File:Eddie Albert Robert Wagner Switch 1975 (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Albert]]]] | [[File:Eddie Albert Robert Wagner Switch 1975 (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Albert]]]] | ||
* [[March 1]] | * [[March 1]] | ||
** [[Phạm Văn Đồng]], Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. [[2000]]) | ** [[Phạm Văn Đồng]], Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. [[2000]]) | ||
** [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]], 8th President of Bangladesh (d. [[1985]]) | ** [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]], 8th President of Bangladesh (d. [[1985]]) | ||
* [[March 6]] – [[Lou Costello]], American actor (d. [[1959]]) | * [[March 6]] – [[Lou Costello]], American actor (d. [[1959]]) | ||
* [[March 13]] – [[Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye|Dave Kaye]], British pianist (d. [[1996]])<ref name=":6">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' [database on-line]. London, England: [[General Register Office for England and Wales|General Register Office]].</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=5 July 1940 |title=Notice |page=4137 |work=[[The London Gazette]] |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34889/page/4137/data.pdf |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203223146/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34889/page/4137/data.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | * [[March 13]] – [[Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye|Dave Kaye]], British pianist (d. [[1996]])<ref name=":6">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' [database on-line]. London, England: [[General Register Office for England and Wales|General Register Office]].</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=5 July 1940 |title=Notice |page=4137 |work=[[The London Gazette]] |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34889/page/4137/data.pdf |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203223146/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34889/page/4137/data.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
* [[March 16]] – [[Francisco Ayala (novelist)|Francisco Ayala]], Spanish novelist (d. [[2009]]) | * [[March 16]] – [[Francisco Ayala (novelist)|Francisco Ayala]], Spanish novelist (d. [[2009]]) | ||
* [[March 19]] – [[Adolf Eichmann]], German war criminal (executed [[1962]]) | |||
* [[March 19]] | |||
* [[March 20]] – [[Ozzie Nelson]], American actor, director and producer (d. [[1975]]) | * [[March 20]] – [[Ozzie Nelson]], American actor, director and producer (d. [[1975]]) | ||
* [[March 21]] – [[Jim Thompson (designer)|Jim Thompson]], American businessman (disappeared [[1967]]) | * [[March 21]] – [[Jim Thompson (designer)|Jim Thompson]], American businessman (disappeared [[1967]]) | ||
* [[March 25]] – [[A. J. P. Taylor]], English historian (d. [[1990]]) | * [[March 25]] – [[A. J. P. Taylor]], English historian (d. [[1990]]) | ||
* [[March 26]] | * [[March 26]] – [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet player (d. [[1981]]) | ||
* [[March 31]] – [[Shin'ichirō Tomonaga]], Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1979]]) | * [[March 31]] – [[Shin'ichirō Tomonaga]], Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1979]]) | ||
* [[April 1]] – [[Alexander Yakovlev]], Russian | * [[April 1]] – [[Alexander Yakovlev]], Russian politician, architect of [[perestroika]] (d. [[1989]]) | ||
* [[April 4]] – [[Bea Benaderet]], American actress (d. [[1968]]) | * [[April 4]] – [[Bea Benaderet]], American actress (d. [[1968]]) | ||
* [[April | * [[April 5]] – [[Yin Shun]], Chinese Buddhist master (d. [[2005]]) | ||
* [[April 6]] – [[Virginia Hall]], American spy with the [[Special Operations Executive]] during WWII (d. [[1982]]) | * [[April 6]] – [[Virginia Hall]], American spy with the [[Special Operations Executive]] during WWII (d. [[1982]]) | ||
* [[April 9]] – [[Antal Doráti]], Hungarian conductor (d. [[1988 | * [[April 9]] – [[Antal Doráti]], Hungarian-born American conductor (d. [[1988]]) | ||
* [[April 13]] – [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1989]]) | * [[April 13]] – [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1989]]) | ||
* [[April 22]] – [[Eddie Albert]], American actor and activist (d. [[2005]]) | * [[April 22]] – [[Eddie Albert]], American actor and activist (d. [[2005]]) | ||
* [[April 24]] – [[William Joyce]], Irish-American World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster ("Lord Haw-Haw") (executed [[1946]]) | * [[April 24]] – [[William Joyce]], Irish-American World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster ("Lord Haw-Haw") (executed [[1946]]) | ||
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** [[Tony Accardo]], American gangster (d. [[1992]]) | ** [[Tony Accardo]], American gangster (d. [[1992]]) | ||
** [[Kurt Gödel]], Austrian logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (d. [[1978]]) | ** [[Kurt Gödel]], Austrian logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (d. [[1978]]) | ||
*[[April 29]] – [[Pedro Vargas]], Mexican singer and actor (d. 1989)<ref>{{citation|website=Last.fm|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.last.fm/es/music/Pedro+Vargas/+wiki|title=Pedro Vargas|language=es|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406142553/https://www.last.fm/es/music/Pedro+Vargas/+wiki|url-status=live}}</ref> | *[[April 29]] – [[Pedro Vargas]], Mexican singer and actor (d. 1989)<ref>{{citation|website=Last.fm|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.last.fm/es/music/Pedro+Vargas/+wiki|title=Pedro Vargas|language=es|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406142553/https://www.last.fm/es/music/Pedro+Vargas/+wiki|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Roberto Rossellini.jpg|right|thumb|100px|[[Roberto Rossellini]]]] | [[File:Roberto Rossellini.jpg|right|thumb|100px|[[Roberto Rossellini]]]] | ||
[[File:Baker Harcourt 1940 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Josephine Baker]]]] | [[File:Baker Harcourt 1940 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Josephine Baker]]]] | ||
[[File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maria Goeppert Mayer]]]] | [[File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maria Goeppert Mayer]]]] | ||
* [[May 3]] – [[Mary Astor]], American actress and writer (d. [[1987]]) | * [[May 3]] – [[Mary Astor]], American actress and writer (d. [[1987]]) | ||
* [[May 6]] – [[André Weil]], French mathematician (d. [[1998]]) | * [[May 6]] – [[André Weil]], French mathematician (d. [[1998]]) | ||
* [[May 8]] – [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian director (d. [[1977]]) | * [[May 8]] – [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian director (d. [[1977]]) | ||
* [[May 11]] | * [[May 11]] | ||
** [[Jacqueline Cochran]], American aviator (d. [[1980]]) | ** [[Jacqueline Cochran]], American aviator (d. [[1980]]) | ||
** [[Richard Arvin Overton]], oldest living man in the United States and oldest surviving American veteran ([[World War II]]) (d. [[2018]]) | ** [[Richard Arvin Overton]], oldest living man in the United States and oldest surviving American veteran ([[World War II]]) (d. [[2018]]) | ||
* [[May 15]] – [[Humberto Delgado]], Portuguese general, politician (d. [[1965]]) | * [[May 15]] – [[Humberto Delgado]], Portuguese general, politician (d. [[1965]]) | ||
* [[May 16]] – [[Arturo Uslar Pietri]], Venezuelan writer (d. [[2001]]) | * [[May 16]] – [[Arturo Uslar Pietri]], Venezuelan writer (d. [[2001]]) | ||
* [[May 19]] | * [[May 19]] | ||
** [[Bruce Bennett]], American athlete, actor (d. [[2007]]) | ** [[Bruce Bennett]], American athlete, actor (d. [[2007]]) | ||
** [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]], Scottish-American sound effects artist, voice actor (d. [[1991]]) | ** [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]], Scottish-American sound effects artist, voice actor (d. [[1991]]) | ||
* [[May 20]] – [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. [[1989]]) | * [[May 20]] – [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. [[1989]]) | ||
* [[May 27]] – [[Ajahn Buddhadasa]], Thai Buddhist monk (d. [[1993]]) | |||
* [[May 27]] – [[Buddhadasa]], Buddhist monk (d. [[1993]]) | |||
* [[May 29]] – [[T. H. White]], British writer (d. [[1964]]) | * [[May 29]] – [[T. H. White]], British writer (d. [[1964]]) | ||
* [[June 3]] – [[Josephine Baker]], American-born French entertainer (d. [[1975]]) | * [[June 3]] – [[Josephine Baker]], American-born French entertainer (d. [[1975]]) | ||
* [[June 6]] – [[Max August Zorn]], German-born American mathematician (d. [[1993]]) | * [[June 6]] – [[Max August Zorn]], German-born American mathematician (d. [[1993]]) | ||
* [[June 15]] – [[Léon Degrelle]], Belgian fascist (d. [[1994]]) | * [[June 15]] – [[Léon Degrelle]], Belgian fascist (d. [[1994]]) | ||
* [[June 17]] | * [[June 17]] – [[James H. Flatley]], American admiral, aviator (d. [[1958]]) | ||
* [[June 19]] – Sir [[Ernst Chain]], German-born British biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1979]]) | * [[June 19]] – Sir [[Ernst Chain]], German-born British biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1979]]) | ||
* [[June 22]] | * [[June 22]] | ||
** [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]], American author, aviator (d. [[2001]]) | ** [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]], American author, aviator (d. [[2001]]) | ||
** [[Billy Wilder]], Austrian-born American screenwriter, film director and producer (d. [[2002]]) | ** [[Billy Wilder]], Austrian-born American screenwriter, film director and producer (d. [[2002]]) | ||
* [[June 24]] | * [[June 24]] – [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist (d. [[1986]]) | ||
* [[June 26]] | * [[June 26]] | ||
** [[Viktor Schreckengost]], American industrial designer, teacher, sculptor and artist (d. [[2008]]) | ** [[Viktor Schreckengost]], American industrial designer, teacher, sculptor and artist (d. [[2008]]) | ||
** [[M. P. Sivagnanam]], Indian politician (d. [[1995]]) | ** [[M. P. Sivagnanam]], Indian politician (d. [[1995]]) | ||
* [[June 27]] – [[Catherine Cookson]], English author (d. [[1998]]) | * [[June 27]] – [[Catherine Cookson]], English author (d. [[1998]]) | ||
* [[June 28]] | * [[June 28]] – [[Maria Goeppert Mayer]], German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1972]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/mayer/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=9 April 2022 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620220855/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/mayer/biographical/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
=== July–August === | === July–August === | ||
[[File:Hans Bethe.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hans Bethe]]]] | [[File:Hans Bethe.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hans Bethe]]]] | ||
[[File:George Sanders Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Sanders]]]] | [[File:George Sanders Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Sanders]]]] | ||
[[File:Satchel Paige.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Satchel Paige]]]] | [[File:Satchel Paige.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Satchel Paige]]]] | ||
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** [[Hans Bethe]], German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[2005]]) | ** [[Hans Bethe]], German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[2005]]) | ||
** [[Károly Kárpáti]], Hungarian Jewish wrestler (d. [[1996]]) | ** [[Károly Kárpáti]], Hungarian Jewish wrestler (d. [[1996]]) | ||
* [[July 3]] | * [[July 3]] | ||
** [[Alberto Lleras Camargo]], Colombian politician, 20th [[President of Colombia]] (d. [[1990]]) | ** [[Alberto Lleras Camargo]], Colombian politician, 20th [[President of Colombia]] (d. [[1990]]) | ||
** [[George Sanders]], British actor (d. [[1972]]) | ** [[George Sanders]], Russian-born British actor (d. [[1972]]) | ||
* [[July 4]] – [[Vincent Schaefer]], American chemist, meteorologist (d. [[1993]]) | * [[July 4]] – [[Vincent Schaefer]], American chemist, meteorologist (d. [[1993]]) | ||
* [[July 7]] | * [[July 7]] | ||
** [[Helene Johnson]], African-American poet (d. [[1995]]) | ** [[Helene Johnson]], African-American poet (d. [[1995]]) | ||
** [[Satchel Paige]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]]) | ** [[Satchel Paige]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]]) | ||
* [[July 8]] – [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (d. [[2005]]) | * [[July 8]] – [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (d. [[2005]]) | ||
* [[July 11]] – [[Herbert Wehner]], German politician (d. [[1990]]) | * [[July 11]] – [[Herbert Wehner]], German politician (d. [[1990]]) | ||
* [[July | * [[July 17]] – [[Dunc Gray]], Australian track cyclist (d. [[1996]]) | ||
* [[July 18]] – [[S. I. Hayakawa]], Canadian-born American academic, politician (d. [[1992]]) | |||
* [[July 18]] | |||
* [[July 21]] – [[Caroline Smith (diver)|Caroline Smith]], American diver (d. [[1994]]) | * [[July 21]] – [[Caroline Smith (diver)|Caroline Smith]], American diver (d. [[1994]]) | ||
* [[July 23]] – [[Vladimir Prelog]], Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1998]]) | * [[July 23]] – [[Vladimir Prelog]], Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1998]]) | ||
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* [[August 17]] – [[Marcelo Caetano]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (d. [[1980]]) | * [[August 17]] – [[Marcelo Caetano]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (d. [[1980]]) | ||
* [[August 19]] – [[Philo Farnsworth]], American inventor (d. [[1971]]) | * [[August 19]] – [[Philo Farnsworth]], American inventor (d. [[1971]]) | ||
* [[August 26]] – [[Albert Sabin]], Polish-born American medical researcher (d. [[1993]]) | |||
* [[August 26]] – [[Albert Sabin]], Polish-American medical researcher (d. [[1993]]) | |||
* [[August 27]] – [[Ed Gein]], American serial killer (d. [[1984]]) | * [[August 27]] – [[Ed Gein]], American serial killer (d. [[1984]]) | ||
* [[August 28]] – [[John Betjeman]], English poet (d. [[1984]]) | * [[August 28]] – [[John Betjeman]], English poet (d. [[1984]]) | ||
* [[August 30]] – [[Joan Blondell]], American actress (d. [[1979]]) | * [[August 30]] – [[Joan Blondell]], American actress (d. [[1979]]) | ||
=== | === September–October === | ||
[[File: | [[File:Janet Gaynor (1934) (cropped).JPG|100px|thumb|[[Janet Gaynor]]]] | ||
[[File: | [[File:UNESCO History, Visite de S. Exc. M. Léopold Sedar Senghor, Président de la République du Sénégal - UNESCO - PHOTO0000002688 0001 (cropped).tiff|100px|thumb|[[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]]] | ||
* [[September 1]] | * [[September 1]] | ||
** [[Joaquín Balaguer]], 41st, 45th, & 49th [[President of the Dominican Republic]], writer (d. [[2002]]) | ** [[Joaquín Balaguer]], 41st, 45th, & 49th [[President of the Dominican Republic]], writer (d. [[2002]]) | ||
** [[Eleanor Alice Burford]], English writer (d. [[1993]]) | |||
** [[Eleanor | * [[September 4]] – [[Max Delbrück]], German-born American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1981]]) | ||
* [[September 4]] – [[Max Delbrück]], German biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1981 | |||
* [[September 6]] – [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-born Argentine chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1987]]) | * [[September 6]] – [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-born Argentine chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1987]]) | ||
* [[September 8]] – [[Andrei Kirilenko (politician)|Andrei Kirilenko]], Soviet politician (d. [[1990]]) | * [[September 8]] – [[Andrei Kirilenko (politician)|Andrei Kirilenko]], Soviet politician (d. [[1990]]) | ||
* [[September 17]] – [[J. R. Jayewardene]], President of Sri Lanka (d. [[1996]]) | * [[September 17]] – [[J. R. Jayewardene]], President of Sri Lanka (d. [[1996]]) | ||
* [[September | * [[September 26]] | ||
** [[José Figueres Ferrer]], 32nd, 34th, & 38th [[President of Costa Rica]] (d. [[1990]]) | ** [[José Figueres Ferrer]], 32nd, 34th, & 38th [[President of Costa Rica]] (d. [[1990]]) | ||
** [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (d. [[1975]]) | ** [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (d. [[1975]]) | ||
* [[September 27]] – [[William Empson]], English poet, critic (d. [[1984]]) | * [[September 27]] – [[William Empson]], English poet, critic (d. [[1984]]) | ||
* [[October 6]] – [[Janet Gaynor]], American Academy Award-winning actress (d. [[1984]]) | * [[October 6]] – [[Janet Gaynor]], American Academy Award-winning actress (d. [[1984]]) | ||
* [[October 9]] | * [[October 9]] – [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]], 1st [[President of Senegal]] (d. [[2001]]) | ||
* [[October 10]] – [[R. K. Narayan]], Indian novelist (d. [[2001]]) | |||
* [[October 10]] – [[R. K. | |||
* [[October 14]] | * [[October 14]] | ||
** | ** [[Hassan al-Banna]], Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. [[1949]]) | ||
** [[Hannah Arendt]], German political theorist (d. [[1975]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Honderich|editor-first=Ted|title=The Oxford Companion to Philosophy|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJFCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149|date=2005|publisher=[[OUP]]|isbn=978-0-19-103747-4|chapter=Arendt, Hannah (1906–1975)|page=149}}</ref> | ** [[Hannah Arendt]], German political theorist (d. [[1975]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Honderich|editor-first=Ted|title=The Oxford Companion to Philosophy|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJFCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149|date=2005|publisher=[[OUP]]|isbn=978-0-19-103747-4|chapter=Arendt, Hannah (1906–1975)|page=149}}</ref> | ||
* [[October 23]] – [[Gertrude Ederle]], American swimmer (d. [[2003]]) | * [[October 23]] – [[Gertrude Ederle]], American swimmer (d. [[2003]]) | ||
* [[October 24]] – [[Marie-Louise von Motesiczky]], Austrian painter (d. [[1996]]) | * [[October 24]] – [[Marie-Louise von Motesiczky]], Austrian-born British painter (d. [[1996]]) | ||
* [[October 26]] – [[Primo Carnera]], Italian boxer (d. [[1967]]) | * [[October 26]] – [[Primo Carnera]], Italian boxer (d. [[1967]]) | ||
* [[October 29]] – [[Fredric Brown]], American writer (d. [[1972]]) | * [[October 29]] – [[Fredric Brown]], American writer (d. [[1972]]) | ||
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[[File:Luchino Visconti 1972b.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luchino Visconti]]]] | [[File:Luchino Visconti 1972b.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luchino Visconti]]]] | ||
[[File:wanrong hat.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wanrong]]]] | [[File:wanrong hat.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wanrong]]]] | ||
[[File: | [[File:Leonid Brezjnev, leider van de Sovjet-Unie, Bestanddeelnr 925-6564.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Leonid Brezhnev]]]] | ||
* [[November 2]] | * [[November 2]] | ||
** [[Ferit Melen]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (d. [[1988]]) | ** [[Ferit Melen]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (d. [[1988]]) | ||
** [[Luchino Visconti]], Italian theatre, cinema director, writer (d. [[1976]]) | ** [[Luchino Visconti]], Italian theatre, cinema director, writer (d. [[1976]]) | ||
* [[November 5]] | * [[November 5]] | ||
** [[Philip Roberts (British Army officer)|Philip Roberts]], British general (d. [[1997]]) | ** [[Philip Roberts (British Army officer)|Philip Roberts]], British general (d. [[1997]]) | ||
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* [[November 10]] – [[Josef Kramer]], German Nazi concentration camp commandant (d. [[1945]]) | * [[November 10]] – [[Josef Kramer]], German Nazi concentration camp commandant (d. [[1945]]) | ||
* [[November 13]] | * [[November 13]] | ||
** [[Wanrong]], last | ** [[Wanrong]], last empress of China (d. [[1946]]) | ||
** [[Hermione Baddeley]], English character actress (d. [[1986]]) | ** [[Hermione Baddeley]], English character actress (d. [[1986]]) | ||
* [[November 14]] – [[Louise Brooks]], American actress (d. [[1985]]) | |||
* [[November 14]] | |||
* [[November 15]] – [[Curtis LeMay]], United States Air Force general, vice-presidential candidate (d. [[1990]]) | * [[November 15]] – [[Curtis LeMay]], United States Air Force general, vice-presidential candidate (d. [[1990]]) | ||
* [[November 16]] – [[Henri Charrière]], French author (d. [[1973]]) | * [[November 16]] – [[Henri Charrière]], French author (d. [[1973]]) | ||
* [[November 17]] | * [[November 17]] – [[Soichiro Honda]], Japanese industrialist (d. [[1991]]) | ||
* [[November 18]] | * [[November 18]] | ||
** [[Alec Issigonis]], Greek-born British automobile designer (d. [[1988]]) | ** [[Alec Issigonis]], Greek-born British automobile designer (d. [[1988]]) | ||
** [[Klaus Mann]], German writer (d. [[1949]]) | ** [[Klaus Mann]], German writer (d. [[1949]]) | ||
** [[George Wald]], American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1997]]) | ** [[George Wald]], American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1997]]) | ||
* [[November 22]] – [[Jørgen Juve]], Norwegian football player and journalist (d. [[1983]]) | * [[November 22]] – [[Jørgen Juve]], Norwegian football player and journalist (d. [[1983]]) | ||
* [[December 5]] – [[Ahn Eak-tai]], Korean composer and conductor (d. [[1965]]) | |||
* [[December 5]] – [[Ahn Eak-tai]], Korean composer (d. [[1965]]) | |||
* [[December 9]] – [[Grace Hopper]], American computer scientist, naval officer (d. [[1992]]) | * [[December 9]] – [[Grace Hopper]], American computer scientist, naval officer (d. [[1992]]) | ||
* [[December 13]] | * [[December 13]] | ||
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* [[December 24]] – [[James Hadley Chase]], English writer (d. [[1985]]) | * [[December 24]] – [[James Hadley Chase]], English writer (d. [[1985]]) | ||
* [[December 25]] – [[Ernst Ruska]], German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hawkes|first=Peter W.|date=1990-07-01|title=Ernst Ruska|journal=Physics Today|volume=43|issue=7|pages=84–85|doi=10.1063/1.2810640|bibcode=1990PhT....43g..84H |issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}</ref> | * [[December 25]] – [[Ernst Ruska]], German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hawkes|first=Peter W.|date=1990-07-01|title=Ernst Ruska|journal=Physics Today|volume=43|issue=7|pages=84–85|doi=10.1063/1.2810640|bibcode=1990PhT....43g..84H |issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free}}</ref> | ||
* [[December 27]] – [[Oscar Levant]], American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor (d. [[1972]]) | * [[December 27]] – [[Oscar Levant]], American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor (d. [[1972]]) | ||
* [[December 30]] | * [[December 30]] – [[Carol Reed]], English film director (d. [[1976]]) | ||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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[[File:Sanezequiel02.jpg|thumb|110px|Saint [[Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz]]]] | [[File:Sanezequiel02.jpg|thumb|110px|Saint [[Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz]]]] | ||
[[File:Paul-Cezanne.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Paul Cézanne]]]] | [[File:Paul-Cezanne.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Paul Cézanne]]]] | ||
[[File: | [[File:Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Archduke Otto of Austria (1865–1906)|Archduke Otto of Austria]]]] | ||
[[File:Todor Burmov.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Todor Burmov]]]] | [[File:Todor Burmov.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Todor Burmov]]]] | ||
* [[July 1]] – [[Manuel García (baritone)|Manuel García]], Spanish opera singer, music educator and vocal pedagogue (b. [[1805]]) | * [[July 1]] – [[Manuel García (baritone)|Manuel García]], Spanish opera singer, music educator and vocal pedagogue (b. [[1805]]) | ||
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* [[November 19]], – [[Georgia Cayvan]], American stage actress (b. [[1857]]) | * [[November 19]], – [[Georgia Cayvan]], American stage actress (b. [[1857]]) | ||
* [[November 28]] – [[Jennie Yeamans]], Australian-born American actress (b. [[1862]]) | * [[November 28]] – [[Jennie Yeamans]], Australian-born American actress (b. [[1862]]) | ||
* [[November 30]] | * [[November 30]] | ||
** Sir [[Edward Reed (naval architect)|Edward Reed]], British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate (b. [[1830]]) | |||
** [[John Ward (geologist)]], English palaeontologist (b. [[1837]]) | |||
* [[December 7]] – [[Élie Ducommun]], Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1833]]) | * [[December 7]] – [[Élie Ducommun]], Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1833]]) | ||
* [[December 8]] – [[Sylvia Gerrish]], American musical theatre star (b. [[1860]]) | * [[December 8]] – [[Sylvia Gerrish]], American musical theatre star (b. [[1860]]) | ||
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Events
January–February
- January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis.
- January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany.
- January 22 – The Template:SS strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 [1](officially 136) in the ensuing disaster.
- January 31 – The Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths.
- February 7 – Template:HMS is launched, sparking a naval race between Britain and Germany.
- February 11
- Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos, denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State.
- Two British members of a poll tax collecting expedition are killed near Richmond, Natal, sparking the Bambatha Rebellion.[2]
March–April
- March 10 – Courrières mine disaster: An explosion in a coal mine in France kills 1,060.
- March 18 – In France, Romanian inventor Traian Vuia becomes the first person to achieve an unassisted takeoff in a heavier-than-air powered monoplane, but it is incapable of sustained flight.
- April 14 – The Azusa Street Revival, the primary catalyst for the revival of Pentecostalism this century, opens in Los Angeles.
- April 18
- The San Francisco Earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages.
- Xerox, the global digital office machine brand, is founded in Rochester, New York as the Haloid Photographic Company.[3]
- April 23 – In the Russian Empire, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma.
May–June
- May 27
- The first inmates are moved to the Culion leper colony by the American Insular Government of the Philippine Islands.
- Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 receives its premiere at the Saalbau Essen in Germany conducted by the composer.
- May 29 – Karl Staaff steps down as Prime Minister of Sweden over the issue of expanded voting rights. He is replaced by right-wing naval officer and public official Arvid Lindman.
- May 31 – Morral affair: The attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie on their wedding day instead kills 24 bystanders.[4]
- June 7 – Cunard liner Template:RMS is launched in Glasgow, as the world's largest ship.
- June 26 – The first autombile racing Grand Prix is the 1906 French Grand Prix held at Le Mans.
July–August
- July 6 – The Second Geneva Convention meets.
- July 12 – Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army on July 21, thus ending the Dreyfus affair.
- July 20 – In the Grand Duchy of Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing full women's suffrage, the first in modern Europe.[5] Women can also stand in national elections.
- August 4 – The first Imperial German Navy submarine, U-1, is launched.
- August 16
- 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.35 occurs off the Rat Islands in Alaska.
- 1906 Valparaíso earthquake: A magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Valparaíso, Chile leaves nearly 4,000 dead and approximately 20,000 injured.
- August 23 – Unable to control a rebellion, Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma requests United States intervention. This leads to the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasts until 1909.
September–October
- September 11 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha, to characterize the nonviolence movement in South Africa.
- September 18 – A typhoon and tsunami kill an estimated 10,000 in Hong Kong.[6]
- September 20 – The RMS Mauretania is launched on the River Tyne, becoming the world's largest ship.
- 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.
- October 1 – The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage.
- October 6 – The National Consultative Assembly (Majlis) of Iran convenes for the first time.[7]
- October 11 – A United States diplomatic crisis with Japan arises when the San Francisco public school board orders Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools (it is resolved by next year).
- October 16 – Imposter Wilhelm Voigt impersonates a Prussian officer and takes over the city hall in Köpenick for a short time.
- October 23 – An aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off at Bagatelle in France, and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe.
- October 28 – The Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a mining trust, is created in the Belgian Congo.
November–December
- November 1 – International Exhibition opens in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- November 3 – SOS becomes adopted internationally as a distress signal (originally for ship-to-shore wireless telegraphy) on inclusion in the service regulations of the first International Radiotelegraph Convention signed in Berlin and coming into effect on 1 July 1908.[8]
- November 18 – The steamboat Dix sinks en route from Seattle to Port Blakely claiming the lives of approximately 50 passengers and crew.
- December 4 – Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity forms at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; it is the first Black Greek-lettered collegiate order of its kind.
- December 6 – The Transvaal Colony is granted responsible self-government by Britain.
- December 13 – The United Kingdom, France and Italy sign an agreement to preserve, in Ethiopia, the integrity of the ancient empire of Abyssinia.[9]
- December 15 – The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
- December 22 – The Template:M 7.9 1906 Manasi earthquake in Xinjiang, China, kills nearly 300 people.[10]
- December 24 – Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from Brant Rock, Massachusetts.
- December 26 – The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is first shown, at the Melbourne Athenaeum in Australia.
- December 30 – The All-India Muslim League is founded as a political party in Dhaka in the British Raj; it becomes a driving force for the creation of an independent Pakistan.
Date unknown
- The BCG vaccine for tuberculosis is first developed.
- Construction begins on the modern-day Great Mosque of Djenné.
- The Simplo Filler Pen Company is founded, later to become the Montblanc Company in Germany.
- HaRishon Le Zion-Yafo Association is officially founded as a sports club in Palestine, predecessor of Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel).[11]
Births
January–February
- January 11 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008)
- January 12 – Eric Birley, British historian and archaeologist (d. 1995)
- January 13 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist (d. 2017)
- January 14 – William Bendix, American film, radio and television actor (d. 1964)
- January 15 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
- January 16 – Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964)
- January 21 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
- January 22 – Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction writer (suicide 1936)
- January 28 – Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (d. 1991)
- February 4
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German religious, resistance leader (executed 1945)
- Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997)
- February 5 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
- February 7
- Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
- Puyi, Last Emperor of China (d. 1967)
- February 8 – Chester Carlson, American physicist, inventor (d. 1968)
- February 10 – Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
- February 14 – Nazim al-Qudsi, 26th Prime Minister of Syria and 14th President of Syria (d. 1998)
- February 17
- Galo Plaza, 29th President of Ecuador (d. 1987)
- Käte Selbmann, German politician (d. 1962)[12]
- February 18 – Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
- February 26 – Madeleine Carroll, British actress (d. 1987)
- February 28 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (k. 1947)
March–April
- March 1
- Phạm Văn Đồng, Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2000)
- Abdus Sattar, 8th President of Bangladesh (d. 1985)
- March 6 – Lou Costello, American actor (d. 1959)
- March 13 – Dave Kaye, British pianist (d. 1996)[13][14]
- March 16 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (d. 2009)
- March 19 – Adolf Eichmann, German war criminal (executed 1962)
- March 20 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director and producer (d. 1975)
- March 21 – Jim Thompson, American businessman (disappeared 1967)
- March 25 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian (d. 1990)
- March 26 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player (d. 1981)
- March 31 – Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- April 1 – Alexander Yakovlev, Russian politician, architect of perestroika (d. 1989)
- April 4 – Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968)
- April 5 – Yin Shun, Chinese Buddhist master (d. 2005)
- April 6 – Virginia Hall, American spy with the Special Operations Executive during WWII (d. 1982)
- April 9 – Antal Doráti, Hungarian-born American conductor (d. 1988)
- April 13 – Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
- April 22 – Eddie Albert, American actor and activist (d. 2005)
- April 24 – William Joyce, Irish-American World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster ("Lord Haw-Haw") (executed 1946)
- April 25
- Joel Brand, Hungarian rescue worker (d. 1964)
- William J. Brennan Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1997)
- A. W. Haydon, American inventor (d. 1982)
- April 28
- Tony Accardo, American gangster (d. 1992)
- Kurt Gödel, Austrian logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (d. 1978)
- April 29 – Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1989)[15]
May–June
- May 3 – Mary Astor, American actress and writer (d. 1987)
- May 6 – André Weil, French mathematician (d. 1998)
- May 8 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
- May 11
- Jacqueline Cochran, American aviator (d. 1980)
- Richard Arvin Overton, oldest living man in the United States and oldest surviving American veteran (World War II) (d. 2018)
- May 15 – Humberto Delgado, Portuguese general, politician (d. 1965)
- May 16 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
- May 19
- Bruce Bennett, American athlete, actor (d. 2007)
- Jimmy MacDonald, Scottish-American sound effects artist, voice actor (d. 1991)
- May 20 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
- May 27 – Ajahn Buddhadasa, Thai Buddhist monk (d. 1993)
- May 29 – T. H. White, British writer (d. 1964)
- June 3 – Josephine Baker, American-born French entertainer (d. 1975)
- June 6 – Max August Zorn, German-born American mathematician (d. 1993)
- June 15 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian fascist (d. 1994)
- June 17 – James H. Flatley, American admiral, aviator (d. 1958)
- June 19 – Sir Ernst Chain, German-born British biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- June 22
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author, aviator (d. 2001)
- Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American screenwriter, film director and producer (d. 2002)
- June 24 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
- June 26
- Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer, teacher, sculptor and artist (d. 2008)
- M. P. Sivagnanam, Indian politician (d. 1995)
- June 27 – Catherine Cookson, English author (d. 1998)
- June 28 – Maria Goeppert Mayer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)[16]
July–August
- July 1
- Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician, academic (d. 1992)
- Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 2004)
- Ivan Neill, British Army officer and Irish Unionist politician (d. 2001)
- July 2
- Hans Bethe, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
- Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian Jewish wrestler (d. 1996)
- July 3
- Alberto Lleras Camargo, Colombian politician, 20th President of Colombia (d. 1990)
- George Sanders, Russian-born British actor (d. 1972)
- July 4 – Vincent Schaefer, American chemist, meteorologist (d. 1993)
- July 7
- Helene Johnson, African-American poet (d. 1995)
- Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- July 8 – Philip Johnson, American architect (d. 2005)
- July 11 – Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. 1990)
- July 17 – Dunc Gray, Australian track cyclist (d. 1996)
- July 18 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born American academic, politician (d. 1992)
- July 21 – Caroline Smith, American diver (d. 1994)
- July 23 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- August 5
- Joan Hickson, British actress (d. 1998)
- John Huston, American film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 1987)
- Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
- August 5 – Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy (d. 2001)[17]
- August 14 – Horst P. Horst, German photographer (d. 1999)
- August 17 – Marcelo Caetano, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
- August 19 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
- August 26 – Albert Sabin, Polish-born American medical researcher (d. 1993)
- August 27 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
- August 28 – John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
- August 30 – Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979)
September–October
- September 1
- Joaquín Balaguer, 41st, 45th, & 49th President of the Dominican Republic, writer (d. 2002)
- Eleanor Alice Burford, English writer (d. 1993)
- September 4 – Max Delbrück, German-born American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- September 6 – Luis Federico Leloir, French-born Argentine chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- September 8 – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990)
- September 17 – J. R. Jayewardene, President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
- September 26
- José Figueres Ferrer, 32nd, 34th, & 38th President of Costa Rica (d. 1990)
- Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975)
- September 27 – William Empson, English poet, critic (d. 1984)
- October 6 – Janet Gaynor, American Academy Award-winning actress (d. 1984)
- October 9 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1st President of Senegal (d. 2001)
- October 10 – R. K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
- October 14
- Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)
- Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (d. 1975)[18]
- October 23 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
- October 24 – Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian-born British painter (d. 1996)
- October 26 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
- October 29 – Fredric Brown, American writer (d. 1972)
November–December
- November 2
- Ferit Melen, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1988)
- Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre, cinema director, writer (d. 1976)
- November 5
- Philip Roberts, British general (d. 1997)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
- November 9 – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (d. 1996)
- November 10 – Josef Kramer, German Nazi concentration camp commandant (d. 1945)
- November 13
- Wanrong, last empress of China (d. 1946)
- Hermione Baddeley, English character actress (d. 1986)
- November 14 – Louise Brooks, American actress (d. 1985)
- November 15 – Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general, vice-presidential candidate (d. 1990)
- November 16 – Henri Charrière, French author (d. 1973)
- November 17 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese industrialist (d. 1991)
- November 18
- Alec Issigonis, Greek-born British automobile designer (d. 1988)
- Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949)
- George Wald, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
- November 22 – Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983)
- December 5 – Ahn Eak-tai, Korean composer and conductor (d. 1965)
- December 9 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist, naval officer (d. 1992)
- December 13
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (d. 1968)
- Laurens van der Post, South African author, journalist (d. 1996)
- December 19 – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader (d. 1982)
- December 24 – James Hadley Chase, English writer (d. 1985)
- December 25 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)[19]
- December 27 – Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor (d. 1972)
- December 30 – Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
Deaths
January–June
- January 1 – Todor Ivanchov, 11th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1858)
- January 13 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)[20]
- January 18 – Sir William Forbes Gatacre, British general (b. 1843)
- January 19 – Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine statesman, military figure and author, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
- January 20 – Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando, Italian Roman Catholic nun, saint (b. 1856)
- January 25 – Joseph Wheeler, American general, politician (b. 1836)
- January 29 – King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- February 8 – Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed (b. 1843)
- February 9 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and publisher (b. 1872)[21]
- February 13 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
- February 18 – John B. Stetson, American hat maker (b. 1830)
- February 26 – Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)[22]
- February 27 – Samuel Langley, American astronomer, physicist, and aeronautics pioneer (b. 1834)[23]
- March 1 – José María de Pereda, Spanish writer (b. 1833)
- March 4 – John Schofield, American general (b. 1831)
- March 8 – Henry Baker Tristram, English clergyman, ornithologist (b. 1822)
- March 12 – Manuel Quintana, 15th President of Argentina (b. 1835)
- March 13
- Susan B. Anthony, American civil rights, women's suffrage activist (b. 1820)
- Joseph Monier, French gardener, inventor (b. 1823)
- March 17 – Johann Most, German-American anarchist (b. 1846)[24]
- March 19 – Victor Fatio, Swiss zoologist (b. 1838)
- March 20 – Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, American author of juvenile literature for girls (b. 1824)
- March 23 – Thomas Lake Harris, American poet (b. 1823)
- March 29
- Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1877)
- Albert Sorel, French historian (b. 1842)
- April 6 – Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)
- April 19
- Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- Spencer Gore, British tennis player, cricketer (b. 1850)
- April 25 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (b. 1839)
- May 10 – Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin, Sultan of Brunei (b. 1825)
- May 14 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary, American statesman (b. 1829)[25]
- May 23 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (b. 1828)
- June 5 – Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)[26]
- June 10 – Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
- June 17 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess champion (b. 1872)
- June 25 – Stanford White, American architect (b. 1853)
July–December
- July 1 – Manuel García, Spanish opera singer, music educator and vocal pedagogue (b. 1805)
- July 11 – Grace Brown, American murder/and or drowning victim (b. 1886)
- July 17 – Carlos Pellegrini, 11th President of Argentina (b. 1846)
- August 6 – George Waterhouse, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
- August 14 – Aniceto Arce, 27th President of Bolivia (b. 1824)
- August 19 – Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Colombian Roman Catholic priest, saint (b. 1848)
- September 1 – Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet, librettist (b. 1847)
- September 5 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b. 1854)
- September 13 – Emily Pitts Stevens, American school founder (b. 1841)
- September 23 – August Bondeson, Swedish author (b. 1844)
- October 9 – Adelaide Ristori, Italian actress (b. 1822)
- October 16 – Varina Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States of America (b. 1826)
- October 19
- Arthur von Mohrenheim, Russian diplomat (b. 1824)
- Charles Pfizer, German-American chemist, co-founder of Pfizer (b. 1824)
- October 22 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)[27]
- October 23 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian music critic (b. 1824)
- October 30 – Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British politician (b. 1814)
- November 1 – Archduke Otto of Austria (b. 1865)
- November 7 – Todor Burmov, 1st Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1834)
- November 9 – Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, French Discalced Carmelite religious professed and saint (b. 1880)
- November 12 – William Rufus Shafter, American general (b. 1835)
- November 16 – Mother Veronica of the Passion, Ottoman-born religious leader (b. 1823)
- November 19, – Georgia Cayvan, American stage actress (b. 1857)
- November 28 – Jennie Yeamans, Australian-born American actress (b. 1862)
- November 30
- Sir Edward Reed, British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate (b. 1830)
- John Ward (geologist), English palaeontologist (b. 1837)
- December 7 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
- December 8 – Sylvia Gerrish, American musical theatre star (b. 1860)
- December 13 – Jan Gerard Palm, Dutch composer (b. 1831)
- December 21 – Rajendrasuri, Indian religious reformer (b. 1827)
- December 30 – Josephine Butler, British feminist, social reformer (b. 1828)
Nobel Prizes
- Physics – J. J. Thomson
- Chemistry – Henri Moissan
- Medicine – Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Literature – Giosuè Carducci
- Peace – Theodore Roosevelt
References
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Further reading
- Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900-1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 123 – 42.
- Hazell's Annual for 1907 (1907), worldwide events of 1906; 734pp online
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