What Happened In June 1906 In History

Historical Events for June, 1906

• 8th » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President of the United States called President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• 22nd » The flag of Sweden is adopted.
• 25th » Pittsburgh known as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• 26th » 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing event held
• 30th » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1906

• 3rd » Josephine Baker, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1975)
• 3rd » Nate Barragar, American football player and actor (d. 1985)
• 5th » Helmut Maandi, Estonian politician (d. 1990)
• 6th » Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 1993)
• 9th » Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (d. 1997)
• 12th » Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977)
• 13th » Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
• 15th » Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)
• 15th » Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
• 19th » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 19th » Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975)
• 19th » Walter Rauff, German SS officer (d. 1984)
• 20th » Bob King (athlete) known as Bob King, American high jumper (d. 1965)
• 21st » Helene Costello, American actress (d. 1957)
• 21st » Nusch Éluard, French model (d. 1946)
• 21st » Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
• 21st » Grete Sultan, German-American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
• 22nd » William Kneale, English logician and philosopher (d. 1990)
• 22nd » Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Billy Wilder, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 23rd » Tribhuvan of Nepal (d. 1955)
• 24th » Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (d. 1986)
• 24th » Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971)
• 26th » Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (Lecuona Cuban Boys) (d. 1974)
• 26th » Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
• 27th » Catherine Cookson, English author (d. 1998)
• 27th » Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)
• 28th » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize for Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 29th » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
• 29th » Heinz Harmel, German general (d. 2000)
• 30th » Ralph Allen (footballer) or Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
• 30th » Anthony Mann, American actor and director (d. 1967)

Famous Deaths for June 1906

• 3rd » John Maxwell (golfer) e.g John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 5th » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
• 20th » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 25th » Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)

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