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1906 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1906 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1906

• January 1, 1906 – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
• January 25, 1906 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
• April 7, 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• May 26, 1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
• August 4, 1906 – Central railway station, Sydney opens.
• August 16, 1906 – An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
• September 5, 1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• October 11, 1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
• October 23, 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
• December 30, 1906 – The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.

Who Were Born On 1906?

• June 15, 1906 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
• June 22, 1906 – William Kneale, English logician and philosopher (d. 1990)
• June 26, 1906 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (Lecuona Cuban Boys) (d. 1974)
• July 1, 1906 – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004)
• July 16, 1906 – Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• August 12, 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
• August 19, 1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971)
• August 30, 1906 – Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (d. 1979)
• October 15, 1906 – Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1963)
• December 10, 1906 – Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)