What Happened In January 1906 In History

Historical Events for January, 1906

• 1st » Presidencies and provinces of British India or British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time.
• 8th » A landslide in Haverstraw (village), New York known as Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
• 22nd » SS or Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1906

• 5th » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (d. 1978)
• 7th » Bobbi Trout, American pilot (d. 2003)
• 11th » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008)
• 12th » Emmanuel Lévinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
• 13th » Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist and academic
• 14th » William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
• 16th » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)
• 16th » Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964)
• 20th » Aristotle Onassis, Turkish-Greek businessman (d. 1975)
• 21st » Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987)
• 22nd » Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)
• 29th » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)

Famous Deaths for January 1906

• 1st » Hugh Nelson (Australian politician) or Hugh Nelson, British-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 13th » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
• 19th » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 29th » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)

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