March 1906 in History

Events in History

Mar 15 Britons Henry Rolls, Charles Royce and Claude Johnson formalize their existing partnership as Rolls Royce Ltd

Mar 17 The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity is founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio

Mar 20 George Bernard Shaw's play "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" premieres in London

Mar 24 "Census of the British Empire" shows Great Britain rules 1/5th of the world
Mar 27 Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mar 31 GB Shaw's German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin
Mar 31 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is founded to set rules in amateur sports; becomes the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1910

Mar 3 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and professor (Swedish Academy, Agadir), born in Perstrop, Sweden (d. 1991)
Mar 3 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, Indian journalist and diplomat (The Problem with India), born in Madras, British India (d. 1996)
Mar 4 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., American businessman (President of Walgreens), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
Mar 4 Georges Ronsse, Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World C'ship 1928, 29), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1969)
Mar 4 Meindert DeJong American author (d. 1991)
Mar 11 Zino Davidoff, Ukrainian businessman, born in Novhorod-Siversky, Ukraine (d. 1994)
Mar 16 Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer, born in Granada, Spain (d. 2009)
Mar 17 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
Mar 18 Roy L. Johnson, American admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean, commanded Seventh Fleet 1960s), born n Eunice, Louisiana (d. 1999)

Mar 19 German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), born in Solingen, German Empire

Mar 20 Abraham Beame, American politician (Mayor of New York City, 1974-44, 1st Jewish mayor), born in London, England (d. 2001)
Mar 20 Pavel Parenago, Soviet scientist and astronomer (stellar astronomy), born in Krasnodar, Russia (d. 1960)
Mar 21 Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman (Thai silk industry), born in Greenville, Delaware (d. 1967)
Mar 21 John D. Rockefeller III, American oil billionaire and philanthropist, born in New York City (d. 1978)

Mar 25 English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), born in Southport, England

Mar 25 John Howard Pyle, American politician (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), born in Sheridan, Wyoming, (d. 1987)
Mar 26 Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)

Mar 1 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist, dies at 73
Mar 1 Moritz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf), dies at 68
Mar 4 John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)
Mar 10 Eugen Richter, German politician (Liberal), dies at 67

Mar 13 American social reformer and women's suffrage movement leader, dies of pneumonia at 86

Mar 15 Alfred Gilpin Jones, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
Mar 29 Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
Mar 30 Betsy Perk [Christina Elizabeth], Dutch journalist, writer and pioneer of the Dutch women's movement, dies at 73