1906 in the United States

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Events from the year 1906 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January–March

February 26: The Jungle exposes corruption in the meat packing industry. Chicago meat inspection swift co 1906.jpg
February 26: The Jungle exposes corruption in the meat packing industry.

April–June

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April 18: 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

July–September

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September 5: The first legal forward pass in an American football.

October–December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

  • July 1 – Estée Lauder, cosmetics entrepreneur (died 2004)
  • July 7 – Satchel Paige, baseball player (died 1982)
  • July 18 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born American academic and politician, U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983 (died 1992)
  • August 6 – Vic Dickenson, trombonist (died 1984)
  • August 9 – Robert L. Surtees, cinematographer (died 1985)
  • August 12 – Tedd Pierce, animator (died 1972)
  • August 17 – Hazel Bishop, chemist and inventor of "no-smear" lipstick (died 1998)
  • August 19 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor and television pioneer (died 1971)
  • August 27 – Ed Gein, serial killer (died 1984)

September–October

November–December

  • November 1 – Johnny Indrisano, boxer and actor (died 1968)
  • November 5 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, astronomer (died 2004)
  • November 14 – Louise Brooks, actress (died 1985)
  • November 15 – Curtis LeMay, U.S.A.F. general, vice-presidential candidate (died 1990)
  • November 18 – George Wald, scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
  • December 9 – Grace Hopper, computer scientist and naval officer (died 1992)
  • December 11 – Herman Welker, U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1951 to 1957 (died 1957)
  • December 27 – Oscar Levant, pianist, composer, author, comedian and actor (died 1972)

Deaths

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Josephine Terranova Promptly Acquitted", Boston Daily Globe , June 2, 1906.
  2. ↑ Gregory, Rick (1980). "Robertson County and the Black Patch War, 1904-1909". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 39 (3): 341–358. ISSN   0040-3261. JSTOR   42626100.
  3. ↑ "Summer Theater Producer John Kenley Dies at 103". Backstage. October 30, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Olympian and actor Herman Brix dies". Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2007.. Associated Press. March 1, 2007.
  5. ↑ "'Towering' Conservationist Edgar Wayburn, Dies at 103". Environment News Service . March 9, 2010. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Henry Monroe "Hank" Beachell Obituary (2006) Lincoln Journal Star". Legacy.com .
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