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This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1906 January January 17 - Zeppelin LZ2 makes a forced landing and is destroyed in The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1906 in literature involved some significant new books Events Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein Works published W Events May 27 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 6 is premiered in Essen. 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Events of 1906

January 31: Ecuador earthquake (8. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer 6).

January - February

• January 1 - British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530.
• January 8 - Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement such as rock falls deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows which can occur Haverstraw is a village in the Town of Haverstraw Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Congers; east
• January 31 - earthquake in Ecuador (8. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. 6 on the Richter scale).

February 28: The Jungle. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by Author and socialist Journalist Upton Sinclair.

• 8 February - The Liberal Party led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman win the United Kingdom general election with a large majority. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister The United Kingdom general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906
• February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Saint Pius X ( Latin: Pius PP X) ( June 2, 1835 &mdash August 20, 1914) born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the
• February 15 - Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in the UK parliament take the name Parliamentary Labour Party. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
• February 28 - Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, a novel depicting the life of an immigrant family in Chicago during the early 1900s. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by Author and socialist Journalist Upton Sinclair. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

March - April

• March 10 - Explosion in coal mine in Courrières, France kills 1060. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident caused the death of 1099 miners (including many children in Northern France on 10 March 1906 Courrières is a commune and chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• March 15 - Rolls-Royce Ltd. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. is registered.
• March 17 - Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• March 18 - Traian Vuia flies a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Phi Kappa Tau ( ΦΚΤ) is a US national college fraternity History Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity (commonly called Phi Tau Miami University (colloquially and incorrectly referred to as Miami of Ohio for clarification purposes is a Coeducational Public university founded in 1809 Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Traian Vuia (traˈjan ˈvuja August 17, 1872 - September 3, 1950) was a Romanian inventor who designed built and flew the first

March 15: Rolls-Royce

• March 27 - The Alpine Club of Canada is founded in Winnipeg by Elizabeth Parker and Arthur Oliver Wheeler. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Elizabeth Parker ( December 19, 1856, Colchester County – October 26, 1944, Winnipeg) was a Canadian journalist Arthur Oliver Wheeler ( May 1, 1860 - May 20, 1945) was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1876 at the age
• April 7 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the
• April 14 - First service held at African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, CA by W. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. J. Seymour in a series later known as the Azusa Street Revival. The Azusa Street Revival was a historic Pentecostal Revival meeting that took place in Los Angeles, California and was led by William J
• April 18 - The 1906 San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. 8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3000, with 225,000-300,000 left homeless, $350 million in damages. The San Andreas Fault is a geologic Transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 km through California in the United States. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• April 23 - In Tsarist Russia, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at The Tsardom of Rus' (Царство Русское was the official name for the Russian state between Ivan IV 's assumption of the title of Tsar (Emperor in 1547 The first Russian Constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws, was enacted on April 23, 1906, on the eve of the opening of the first State A Duma (Ду́ма is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history

The ruins of San Francisco following the April 18 earthquake and later fires

May - June

• May
  • Jack London's novel White Fang is serialized in The Outing Magazine. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Jack London (January 12 1876 &ndash November 22 1916 was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The This article is about the novel For films and other uses see White Fang (disambiguation.
  • Club Deportivo Guadalajara is founded. Club Deportivo Guadalajara SA de CV, commonly known as Las Chivas ( The Goats) is a Mexican Association football team based in Guadalajara
• June 6 - Durham & South Carolina Railroad operates its first revenue train, Bonsal to Durham, North Carolina. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States
• June 7 - The RMS Lusitania is launched in Glasgow. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Construction and trials Owned by the Cunard Steamship Company built by John Brown and Company Lusitania was named for the ancient Roman province of Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom It is the world's largest ship.
• 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. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The Antiquities Act of 1906 officially An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities (16 USC 431-433 is an act passed by the United States The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by In all modern States some land is held by central or local Governments This is called public land.
• June 9- June 10 - Riots in Stockholm, Ladugårsdgärden - 50 policemen injured. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the
• June 22 - Haakon VII and Maud of Wales are crowned rulers of Norway. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) Maud of Wales (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria 26 November 1869 &ndash 20 November 1938) was Queen of Norway as spouse of King
• June 25 - Harry K. Thaw shoots architect Stanford White. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Stanford White ( November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American Architect and partner in the architectural firm of
• June 29 - Mesa Verde declared a National Park. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
• June 30 - United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a United States federal law that authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and condemn any meat product found unfit The Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906 is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture

July - August

• July 1 - Sporting Clube de Portugal founded. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Sporting Clube de Portugal ( pron 'spɔɾtĩg 'klub(ɨ dɨ puɾtu'gaɫ referred to coloquially as Sporting, Sporting CP or erroneously Sporting
• July 6 - Second Geneva Convention. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England The Second Geneva Convention of 1906 "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field" (Geneva 6 July 1906 extended the principles
• July 12 - Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer hastily and wrongly convicted of treason in 1899, is exonerated. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 &ndash 12 July 1935 was a French artillery officer of Jewish background whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He is reinstalled in the French Army July 21, ending the "Dreyfus Affair" that exposed anti-Semitism in French society. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World The Dreyfus Affair a Political scandal which divided France from the 1890s to the early 1900s Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility
• August 16 - A magnitude 8. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released 2 earthquake in Valparaíso, Chile leaves approximately 20,000 dead. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Valparaíso (literally in Spanish: Valle Paraíso (Paradise Valley and also called "Valpo" locally is a major city in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
• August 22 - The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Victrola redirects here For other uses see Victrola (disambiguation The Victor Talking Machine Company ( 1901 – 1929
• August 23 - Unable to control a rebellion in the newly-formed Cuban republic, Pres. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Tomás Estrada Palma requests U. Tomás Estrada y Palma ( Bayamo, July 9, 1832 – Santiago de Cuba, November 4, 1908) was a Cuban Political S. intervention.

September - October

• September 5 - Brandbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Bradbury Norton Robinson Jr ( February 1, 1884 in Bellevue Ohio – March 7, 1949 in Pinellas County, Florida
• September 18 - Typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 persons in Hong Kong. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
• September 22 - Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 was a mass Civil disturbance in Atlanta Georgia, USA which began the evening of September 22nd and lasted until At least 27 people are killed and the black-owned business district is severely damaged.
• September 24 - U. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Devils Tower ( Lakota: Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Tower” is a Monolithic igneous Intrusion or Volcanic A National Monument in the United States is a Protected area that is similar to a National Park except that the President of the United States
• September 26 - The first concert of the Telharmonium, the first music synthesizer, is presented at Telharmonic Hall, Broadway at 39th St. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone) was an early Electronic musical instrument, developed by Thaddeus Cahill in 1897 , New York City.
• September 30 - The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the The Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is the world's oldest and most respected gas balloon race first run on September 30 1906 in Paris France. The winning team piloted the balloon "United States" landed in Fylingdales, Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain.
• October 1
  • Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to adopt universal suffrage, giving women the right to vote. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. The Grand Duchy of Finland (Magnus Ducatus Finlandiæ Великое княжество Финляндское ' Velikoe knjažestvo finljandskoe) was the Predecessor Universal suffrage (also universal adult suffrage, general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to
  • The Madeira School, a private boarding school for girls, opens with twenty-eight students attending classes in two buildings on 19th Street just off Dupont Circle in downtown Washington, DC. The Madeira School is a private, non-denominational preparatory Boarding school for girls located in McLean Virginia, United States Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• October 6 - The Majlis of Iran convenes for the first time. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus The Majlis of Iran ( Persian: مجلس شورای اسلامی lit
• October 11 - San Francisco public school board sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• October 16 - Imposter Wilhelm Voigt impersonates a Prussian officer and takes over city hall in Köpenick for a short time, amusing all of Germany and other countries. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt ( February 13, 1849 - January 3, 1922) was a German Impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Köpenick is an area in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick in Berlin.
• October 19 - Great fire of Selby:Abbey nearly burnt to ashes
• October 23 - Aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off on Bagatelle in France and flies 60 meters (200 feet). Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Selby Abbey is an Anglican parish church in the town of Selby, North Yorkshire. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Alberto Santos-Dumont (July 20 1873 &ndash July 23 1932 was an early pioneer of Aviation. Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is an indoor table game related to Billiards, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the nineteenth This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• October 28 - Creation of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a Belgian mining trust in Congo. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine The Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK is a Belgian mining company once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly

November - December

• November 3 - SOS becomes an international distress signal. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Early developments Before the development of radio communication in the early 1890s seagoing vessels had already adopted a wide variety of visual and audio distress signals using
• November 9 - US 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). Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• November 22 - Russian Prime Min. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Peter Stolypin introduces agrarian reforms aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants. Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( Russian Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин () served as Nicholas II 's Chairman of the Council of Ministers—the Agrarian reform can refer either narrowly to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of Agricultural land (see Land reform) or can refer more broadly
• December 2 - HMS Dreadnought commissioned. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Several ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought" i First all-big-gun warship.
• December 4 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans, is founded at Cornell University. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Alpha Phi Alpha ( ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans Founded on December 4 1906 on the campus of The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
• December 6 - Creation of district of Chimbote. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Chimbote is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru. It is also the capital of the Santa Province and the Chimbote District.
• December 8 - Petrified Forest, Arizona designated a National Monument. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Petrified Forest National Park is along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo, in the United States. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States.
• December 9 - Grace Murray Hopper, pioneer computer scientist, is born in New York City, New York. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper ( December 9 1906 – January 1 1992) was an American Computer scientist and United
• December 10 - Pres. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War (1905). Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
• December 14 - The world's first submarine, the Unterseeboot 1, enters the German navy. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• December 24 - Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Reginald Aubrey Fessenden ( October 6, 1866 &ndash July 22, 1932) born in East Bolton, Quebec, Canada, was Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
• December 26 - The world's first feature film, "The Story of the Kelly Gang", is released. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. The Story of the Kelly Gang is generally regarded as the world's first feature length film preceding D
• December 30 - The All-India Muslim League, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St The All India Muslim League ( Urdu: آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ Bengali:?????? ??? founded at Dhaka in 1906 was a political party in British

Undated

• Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunization for tuberculosis first developed. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (or Bacille Calmette-Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against Tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common
• Richard Oldham argues that the Earth has a molten interior. Richard Dixon Oldham ( July 31, 1858 &ndash July 15, 1936) was an Irish geologist who in 1906 argued that the Earth EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• Construction begins on the current Great Mosque of Djenné. The Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest Mud brick or Adobe building in the world and is considered by many Architects to be the greatest achievement
• The muffuletta sandwich is invented in New Orleans, Louisiana. The muffuletta (with numerous alternate spellings is a type of Sicilian Bread, as well as a Sandwich in New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana
• Belgian shopkeeper Edgar Everaert creates Club Union Football(soccer) team. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Edgar Everaert (born in Bruges, Belgium) was the founder of Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
• The Brown Dog statue is erected in Battersea. The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about Vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910 Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is an inner-city district located 2

Births

January-February

• January 11 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Albert Hofmann ( January 11 1906 – April 29 2008) was a Swiss scientist best known for having been the first to synthesize 2008)
• January 14 - William Bendix, American actor (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. William Bendix ( January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an Academy Award -nominated American film Actor. 1964)
• January 15 - Edna Staebler, Canadian author (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Edna Staebler ( January 15 1906 &ndash September 12 2006) was a Canadian author best known for a series of Cookbooks 2006)
• January 21 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev (Игорь Александрович Моисеев ( &ndash November 2[[ 007]] has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer 2007)
• January 22 - Robert E. Howard, American author (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, 1936)
• February 4
  • Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Clyde William Tombaugh ( February 4, 1906 &ndash January 17, 1997) was an American Astronomer. 1997)
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German religious leader and resistance leader (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Dietrich Bonhoeffer ˈdiːtrɪç ˈboːnhøfɐ ( February 4, 1906 &ndash April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran 1945)
• February 10
  • Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Lon Chaney Jr ( February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973) was an American Character actor, known mainly for his roles 1973)
  • Erik Rhodes, American actor (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Erik Rhodes ( February 10, 1906 &ndash February 17, 1990) He was an American Film and Broadway Singer 1990)
• February 18 - Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Hans Asperger ( February 18 1906 – October 21 1980) was the Austrian Pediatrician after whom Asperger syndrome 1980)
• February 26 - Madeleine Carroll, British actress (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Madeleine Carroll ( February 26, 1906 &ndash October 2, 1987) was a British actress, immensely popular in the 1930s 1987)
• February 28 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel 1947)

March-April

• March 1 - Pham Van Dong, Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Phạm Văn Đồng ( March 1, 1906 – April 29, 2000) was an associate of Hồ Chí Minh. Office The Prime Minister of Vietnam (Thủ tướng Việt Nam is the head of the executive branch of the Vietnamese government 2000)
• March 4
  • Meindert DeJong, American author (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong ( 4 March 1906 - 16 July 1991) was an award winning author 1991)
  • Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., American businessman (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr ( March 4, 1906 &ndash February 10, 2007) was the son of Charles R 2007)
• March 6 - Victor Hasselblad, Swedish inventor and photographer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Victor Hasselblad (born March 8 1906, Gothenburg Sweden – August 5, 1978) was a Swedish Inventor 1978)
• March 7
  • Elmar Lipping, Estonian statesman and soldier (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Elmar Lipping ( March 7, 1906 Riga – January 5, 1994 New York) was an Estonian statesman and soldier 1994)
  • Thomas Posey, doctor, medical scientist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Posey ( July 9 1750 - March 29 1818) was a officer in the American Revolution, a General during peacetime Lt 1990)
• March 12 - Yin Shun, Chinese Buddhist master (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Yin Shun (印順導師 Yìnshùn Dǎoshī) ( 12 March 1906 – 4 June 2005) was a well known Buddhist monk and scholar in 2005)
• March 16
  • Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Henry "Henny" Youngman ( March 16, 1906 – February 24, 1998) was a British -born American Comedian and violinist 1998)
  • Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer
• March 19 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Francisco Ayala García-Duarte (born March 16, 1906) is a Spanish writer and teacher Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. 1962)
• March 20
  • Abraham Beame, mayor of New York (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Abraham David "Abe" Beame (March 20 1906 – February 10 2001 was Mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977 2001)
  • Ozzie Nelson, American actor and band leader (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson ( March 20, 1906 - June 3, 1975) was an American entertainer who originated and starred in 1975)
• March 26 - Rafael Méndez, Mexican-born trumpet virtuoso (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Rafael Méndez ( March 26, 1906 - September 15, 1981) was a popular Mexican virtuoso solo Trumpeter As a young child 1981)
• March 31 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Sin-Itiro Tomonaga or Shinichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎 Tomonaga Shin'ichirō, March 31, 1906 The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1979)
• April 1 - Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев ( April 1, 1906 - August 22, 1989) was a Russian 1989)
• April 4 - John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. John Cameron Swayze ( April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995) was a popular news commentator and Game show panelist in the 1995)
• April 9 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Antal Doráti KBE ( April 9, 1906 &ndash 1988)
• April 13 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1989)
• April 22 - Eddie Albert, American actor, gardener and humanitarian activist (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor 2005)
• April 25 - William J. Brennan, U. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. William Joseph Brennan Jr ( April 25, 1906 &ndash July 24, 1997) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997)
• April 28
  • Kurt Gödel, Austrian logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Kurt Gödel (kʊɐ̯t ˈgøːdl̩ (April 28 1906 – January 14 1978 was an Austrian American Logician, Mathematician and Philosopher 1978)
  • Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Paul Sacher ( 28 April 1906 &ndash 26 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, Patron and Impresario. 1999)

May-June

• May 3 - Mary Astor, Academy Award winning American actress and writer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Mary Astor ( May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award -winning American Actress. 1987)
• May 6 - André Weil, French mathematician (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. André Weil should not be confused with two other mathematicians with similar names Hermann Weyl (1885-1955 who made substantial contributions 1998)
• May 8 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Roberto Rossellini ( May 8 1906 – June 3 1977) was an Italian Film director. 1977)
• May 11 - Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Jacqueline Cochran ( 11 May 1906 &ndash 9 August 1980) was a pioneer American Aviator, considered to be one of the most 1980)
• May 12 - Maurice Ewing, American geophysicist and oceanographer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. William Maurice "Doc" Ewing ( May 12 1906 &ndash May 4 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer 1974)
• May 15 - Humberto Delgado, Portuguese general and politician (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Humberto da Silva Delgado, GCL, pron. ũ'bɛɾtu dɛɫ'gadu ( 15 May 1906 in Brogueira, Torres Novas &ndash 1965)
• May 16
  • Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. For the federal district in Laval Quebec, see Alfred-Pellan (electoral district Alfred Pellan CC (16 May 1906 - 31 October 1988)
  • Arturo Uslar-Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Arturo Uslar Pietri ( May 16, 1906 – February 26, 2001) was one of the most prominent Venezuelan figures of the twentieth century 2001)
• May 17 - Zinka Milanov, Croatian-born soprano (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Zinka Milanov née Zinka Kunc ( May 17, 1906 in Zagreb, Croatia – May 30, 1989)
• May 19 - Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter 2007)
• May 20 - Giuseppe Siri, Italilan Roman Catholic cardinal (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Giuseppe Cardinal Siri ( May 20, 1906 &mdash May 2, 1989) was an Italian Prelate of the Roman Catholic 1989)
• May 23
  • Allan Scott, American screenwriter (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Allan Scott may refer to Allan Scott (athlete (born 1982 Scottish hurdler Allan Scott (businessman (born c 1995)
  • Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Maria de luz Flores ( May 23, 1906 - June 25, 1944) better known as Lucha Reyes, was a famous Mexican Mariachi 1944)
  • Willis Hudlin, baseball player (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Willis Hudlin ( May 23 1906 - August 5 2002) was born in Wagoner Oklahoma and was a Major League Baseball Pitcher 2002)
• May 27 - Buddhadasa, Buddhist monk (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Buddhadasa Bhikkhu ( Thai: พุทธทาสภิกขุ May 27 1906 - May 25 1993) was one of the most influential Buddhist 1993)
• May 28 - Phil Regan, American actor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Phil Regan ( 28 May 1906 - 11 February 1996) was an American actor who appeared in 30 movies during his career including 1996)
• May 29 - T. H. White, British writer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Terence Hanbury White ( 29 May 1906 &ndash 17 January 1964) was an English Author best known for his sequence of Arthurian 1964)
• May 30 - Bruno Gröning, German faith healer (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Bruno Gröning ( Danzig -Oliva May 30, 1906 &mdash Paris, January 26, 1959) was a faith healer in 1959)
• June 3 - Josephine Baker, American actress (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Josephine Baker (or Joséphine Baker in Francophone countries ( June 3, 1906 &ndash April 12, 1975) was an American-born 1975)
• June 4 - Ivan Knunyants, Soviet chemist (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Ivan Lyudvigovich Knunyants (Иван Людвигович Кнунянц ( Shusha, currently Nagorno-Karabakh) - December 21 1990 ( 1990)
• June 6 - Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Max August Zorn ( June 6, 1906 in Krefeld, Germany – March 9, 1993 in Bloomington, Indiana, 1993)
• June 12 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Sandro Penna ( June 12, 1906 – January 21, 1977 in Rome) was an Italian Poet. 1977)
• June 15 - Léon Degrelle, Belgian fascist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle ( June 15 1906 &ndash April 1 1994) was a Walloon Belgian politician who founded 1994)
• June 19
  • Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo pioneer, artist, inventor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl W Bascom ( June 19, 1906 - August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor 1995)
  • Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Sir Ernst Boris Chain ( June 19, 1906 &ndash August 12, 1979) was a German -born British biochemist and a 1945 co-recipient The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1979)
• June 20
  • Catherine Cookson, English author (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Dame Catherine Ann Cookson DBE ( 27 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was an English author 1998)
  • Robert Trent Jones, English-born golf course designer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Robert Trent Jones Sr ( June 20, 1906 &ndash June 14, 2000) was a Golf course architect who designed (or re-designed about 500 2000)
• June 22
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, born Anne Spencer Morrow ( June 22, 1906 &ndash February 7, 2001) was a pioneering American Aviator 2001)
  • Billy Wilder, Austrian-born screenwriter, film director and producer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist 2002)
• June 24 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Pierre Fournier ( June 24, 1906 &ndash January 8, 1986) was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists" 1986)
• June 26 - Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Viktor Schreckengost ( June 26, 1906 &ndash January 26, 2008) was the father of Industrial design and creator of the ''Jazz 2008)
• June 28 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Maria Goeppert-Mayer ( June 28, 1906 &ndash February 20, 1972) was a German -born American The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1972)
• June 30 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Ralph Slack Littlewood Allen ( June 30, 1906 - May 9, 1981) was an English professional footballer 1981)

July-August

• July 1 - Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Estée Lauder (July 1 1906 &ndash April 24 2004 was the American co-founder with her husband Joseph Lauder of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering 2004)
• July 2 - Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Hans Albrecht Bethe (/hans ˈalbʀɛçt ˈbeːtə/ ( July 2 1906 &ndash March 6, 2005) was a German - American Physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 2005)
• July 2 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов Олег Костянтинович Антонов February 7, 1906 (Troitsy 1984)
• July 7 - William Feller, Croatian-born mathematician (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death William (Vilim Feller né Vilibald Srećko Feller ( July 7 1906 &ndash January 14 1970) was a Croatian American 1970)
• July 7 - Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige ( July 7, 1906 He appeared in the Major League All-Star Game in both 1952 and 1953. 1982)
• July 11 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Herbert Richard Wehner ( July 11 1906 - January 19 1990) was a German Politician. 1990)
• July 18 - S. I. Hayakawa, English academic and politician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa ( July 18 1906 &ndash February 27 1992) was a Canadian -born American academic and political 1992)
• July 23 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Vladimir Prelog ( July 23 1906 &ndash January 7 1998) was a renowned Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1998)
• July 25 - José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer ( 25 September 1906 &ndash 8 June 1990) served as President of Costa Rica The following table contains a list of the Presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain and 1990)
• August 6 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Vic (Victor Dickenson ( August 6, 1906 - November 16, 1984) was an African-American Jazz Trombonist. 1984)
• August 9 - Robert Surtees, American cinematographer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Robert L Surtees, ASC ( Aug 9, 1906 - Jan 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won Academy Awards three times for the films 1985)
• August 12 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III ( August 12, 1906 &mdash February 19, 1972) was an American Animated cartoon 1972)
• August 14 - Horst P. Horst, German photographer (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Horst P Horst, most often known as just Horst, ( August 14, 1906 – November 18, 1999) was a German American photographer 1999)
• August 27 - Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan 1984)
• August 28 - John Betjeman, English poet (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Sir John Betjeman, CBE ( 28 August 1906 &ndash 19 May 1984 was an English poet writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who 1984)

September-October

• September 1
  • Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician and writer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Joaquín Amparo Balaguer Ricardo ( September 1, 1906 &ndash July 14, 2002) was the President of the Dominican Republic from 2002)
  • Franz Biebl, German composer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Franz Xaver Biebl ( 1 September 1906 &ndash 2 October 2001) was a German composer of Classical music. 2001)
• September 4 - Max Delbrück, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück ( September 4, 1906 &ndash March 9, 1981) was a German-American Biophysicist and Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1981)
• September 6 - Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Luis Federico Leloir ( September 6, 1906 – December 2, 1987) was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1987)
• September 8 - Andrei Kirilenko (politician), Soviet politician (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko ( October 26, 1906 - May 12, 1990) was a leading official of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in 1990)
• September 17 - Raymond D. Mindlin, American mechanician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Raymond David Mindlin ( New York City, 17 September 1906 to 22 November 1987) was a Mechanician who made seminal contributions 1987)
• September 17 - Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist
• September 21 - Henry Beachell, American plant breeder (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Edgar Wayburn (born September 17, 1906) is a noted Environmentalist who was elected president of the Sierra Club five times in the Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Henry Monroe Beachell ( September 21, 1906 &ndash December 13, 2006) was an American plant breeder 2006)
• September 25 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ( Russian: ru Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ( &ndash 9 August 1975 was a Russian Composer 1975)
• October 6 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Janet Gaynor ( October 6, 1906 &ndash September 14, 1984) was an American actress. 1984)
• October 9 - Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Sir Léopold Sédar Senghor ( 9 October 1906 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese Poet, politician and cultural theorist who 2001)
• October 10 - Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan, Indian novelist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated For other users see Narayan (disambiguation R K Narayan ( October 10, 1906 - May 13 2001) born Rasipuram Krishnaswami 2001)
• October 14
  • Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Hassan al-Banna ( October 14, 1906 – February 12, 1949, Arabic:حسن البنا was an Egyptian social and 1949)
  • Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1975)
• October 15 - Hiram Fong, American businessman and politician (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Hiram Leong Fong ( 鄺[[wikt 友|友]] 良; Pinyin: Kuàng Yǒuliáng formally Yau Leong Fong ( October 15, 1906 – 2004)
• October 23 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Gertrude Caroline Ederle ( October 23, 1905 &ndash November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. 2003)
• October 24 - Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky, Austrian painter (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Marie-Louise von Motesiczky ( October 24, 1906 &ndash June 10, 1996) was an Austrian Jewish painter. 1996)
• October 27
  • Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer
  • Earle Cabell, American politician (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Kazuo Ohno (or Ohno Kazuo 大野一雄 (born October 27, 1906) is a Japanese dancer associated with Butoh. Earle Cabell ( October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was a Texas Politician who served as Mayor of Dallas 1975)

November-December

• November 2 - Luchino Visconti, Italian theatre and cinema director and writer (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian 1976)
• November 5 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Fred Lawrence Whipple ( November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American Astronomer. 2004)
• November 13 - Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born industrial designer
• November 14 - Louise Brooks, American actress (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Eva Zeisel (born Eva Amalia Stricker, November 13, 1906) is a Hungarian Industrial designer known for her work with ceramics Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Louise Brooks ( November 14, 1906 &ndash August 8, 1985) was an American Dancer, model, Showgirl 1985)
• November 16 - Henri Charrière, French author (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Henri Charrière ( November 16, 1906 - July 29, 1973) was a convicted felon chiefly known as the author of Papillon 1973)
• November 17 - Soichiro Honda, Japanese industrialist (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Sōichirō Honda (本田 宗一郎 Honda Sōichirō, November 17, 1906 &ndash August 5, 1991) was a Japanese Engineer 1973)
• November 17 - Rollie Stiles, baseball player (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Rolland Mays Stiles ( November 17 1906 &ndash July 22 2007) was an American right-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball 2007)
• November 18
  • Klaus Mann, German writer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Klaus Mann ( November 18, 1906 &ndash May 21, 1949) was a German Writer. 1949)
  • George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Wald ( November 18, 1906 &ndash April 12, 1997) was an American Scientist who is best known for his work with pigments The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1997)
• December 5 - Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Otto Ludwig Preminger ( December 5[[ 906]]&ndash April 23[[ 986]] was an Austrian born Film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood 1986)
• December 6 - Ahn Eak-tae, Korean composer of classical music (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Ahn Eak-tai (안익태 (1906 – 1965 was a Korean classical composer and conductor 1965)
• December 9 - Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and naval officer (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper ( December 9 1906 – January 1 1992) was an American Computer scientist and United 1992)
• December 16 - Barbara Kent, Canadian actress
• December 17 - William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Barbara Kent (born December 16, 1906) is a former popular actress in Silent movies. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila William McChesney Martin Jr (born December 17, 1906, St Louis Missouri – died July 28, 1998, Washington D 1986)
• December 19 - Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. 1982)
• December 24 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes NoOrchidsForMissBlandishFjpg|thumb| Book Cover Chase's first novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish published 1939]] James Hadley Chase 1985)
• December 25 - Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Ernst August Friedrich Ruska ( December 25, 1906 &ndash May 27, 1988) was a German physicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1988)
• December 26 - Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Magdalena Nile del Río ( December 26 1906 &ndash August 22 2003) was a professional singer and movie actress who was better known as Imperio 2003)
• December 27
  • Andreas Feininger, French-born photographer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger ( 27 December 1906 - 18 February 1999) was a American Photographer, and writer on photographic 1999)
  • Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Oscar Levant ( December 27, 1906 &ndash August 14, 1972) was an American Pianist, Composer, Author 1972)

Deaths

January - June

• January 29 - King Christian IX of Denmark (b. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Christian IX ( April 8, 1818 - January 29, 1906) was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29 1818)
• February 8 - Johanna Hiedler, grandmother of Adolf Hitler (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Johanna Pölzl born Hiedler ( January 19, 1830 − February 8, 1906) was the maternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately 1830)
• February 9 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and publisher (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Paul Laurence Dunbar' ( June 27, 1872 February 9, 1906) was a seminal American Poet of the late 19th and early 20th 1872)
• February 27 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, and aeronautics pioneer (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834 Roxbury Massachusetts &ndash February 27 1906 Aiken South Carolina) was an American Astronomer 1834)
• March 13 - Susan B. Anthony, American civil rights and women's suffrage activist (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Susan Brownell Anthony ( February 15, 1820 &ndash March 13, 1906) was a prominent American Civil rights leader who played 1820)
• March 19 - Victor Fatio, zoologist (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Victor Fatio ( 28 November 1838 &ndash 19 March 1906) was a Swiss Zoologist. 1838)
• March 29 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Slava Raškaj ( January 2 1877, Ozalj, Croatia &mdash March 29, 1906, Zagreb) was an Artist considered 1877)
• April 6 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Alexander Lange Kielland (ɑlɛksɑndər ˈlɑŋːə ˈçɛlːɑn ( 18 February 1849 &ndash 6 April 1906) was one of the most famous 1849)
• April 8 - Auguste D, first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Auguste D was born in May 1850 in an unknown German-speaking part of Europe. Alzheimer's disease ( AD) also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of Dementia. 1850)
• April 11 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Francis Pharcellus Church ( February 22 1839 &ndash April 11 1906) was an American publisher and editor 1839)
• April 19 - Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Pierre Curie (15 May 1859 &ndash 19 April 1906 was a French physicist, a pioneer in Crystallography, Magnetism, Piezoelectricity The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1859)
• April 19 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Spencer William Gore ( March 10, 1850 &ndash April 19, 1906) was a Tennis player and Cricketer for Surrey. 1850)
• April 24 - Mary Hunt, American temperance activist (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Mary Hunt (1830-1906 became one of the most powerful women in the United States Temperance movement promoting Prohibition of alcohol 1830)
• May 14 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and American statesman (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Carl Schurz (March 2 1829 &ndash May 14 1906 was a German revolutionary American statesman and reformer and Union Army General in the 1829)
• May 23 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne "Ibsen" redirects here For other people named Ibsen see Ibsen (disambiguation. 1828)
• June 20 - John Clayton Adams, British artist (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. John Clayton Adams or J Clayton Adams (1840&ndash1906 was a well-known Landscape artist from Edmonton London. 1840)

July - December

• August 26 - Victor, 5th duc de Broglie (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Louis-Alphonse-Victor 5th duc de Broglie ( 30 October 1846 &ndash 26 August 1906) was a French Aristocrat. 1846)
• September 1 - Giuseppe Giacosa, poet and librettist (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Giuseppe Giacosa ( 21 October, 1847 – 1 September, 1906) was an Italian Poet, Playwright and librettist. 1847)
• September 5 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ( February 20, 1844 &ndash September 5, 1906) was an Austrian Physicist famous for his founding 1844)
• October 8 - Adelaide Ristori, actress (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Adelaide Ristori ( 29 January 1822 &ndash 8 October 1906) was a distinguished Italian Tragedienne, who was often referred 1822)
• October 22 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus 1839)
• October 24 - Vladimir Stasov, music critic (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (Russian Владимир Васильевич Стасов January 14 1824 &ndash October 24 1906) son of 1824)
• November 4 - John H. Ketcham, American politician (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani John Henry Ketcham ( December 21, 1832 &ndash November 4, 1906) was a United States Representative from New York for 1832)
• November 16 - Mother Veronica of the Passion, religious leader (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Mother Veronica of the Passion ( October 1, 1823 - November 16, 1906) originally Miss Sophie Leeves was the foundress of Apostolic 1823)

Saint Petersburg Institutions Building (1905-06). Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River

• December 7 - Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Élie Ducommun ( February 19, 1833 &ndash December 7, 1906) was a Swiss Journalist and Peace activist. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1833)
• December 9 - Ferdinand Brunetière, critic (b. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Ferdinand Brunetière ( July 19 1849 &ndash December 9 1906) was a French writer and Critic. 1849)
• December 21-Acharya Rajendrasuri , (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Acharya Rajendrasuri (1827-1906 (आचार्य राजैंद्रसुरी was the major reformer of 18th and 19th century in Shvetambar sect of Jainism 1827 )

Nobel prizes

• Physics - Sir Joseph John Thomson
• Chemistry - Henri Moissan
• Medicine - Camillo Golgi, Santiago Ramón y Cajal
• Literature - Giosuè Carducci
• Peace - Theodore Roosevelt

Notes

External links