October 1906 in History

Events in History

Oct 19 Frederick Winslow Taylor is awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Pennsylvania

Oct 22 Henry Ford becomes President of Ford Motor Company

Oct 25 Georges Clémenceau succeeds Ferdinand Sarien as Prime Minister of France

Oct 25 US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion", a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting
Oct 28 Belgian-British "Union Minière du Haut Katanga" mining company created in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo

Oct 31 George Bernard Shaw's play "Caesar & Cleopatra" premieres in NYC

Oct 1 John Lorne Campbell, Scottish folklorist, born in Argyll, Scotland (d. 1996)
Oct 2 John Humphreys Whitfield, British scholar of Italian language & literature, born in Wednesbury, England (d. 1995)
Oct 4 Johannes Post, Dutch farmer and resistance fighter (passage fight), born in Hollandscheveld, Drente, Netherlands (d. 1944)
Oct 5 Leopold Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, born in Oberndorf, Austria (d. 1994)
Oct 7 James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68)
Oct 9 John Dalrymple, 13th earl of Stair, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire (1961-83)

Oct 9 Senegalese poet and 1st President of Senegal (1960-80), born in Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal

Oct 10 Indian novelist (Malguidi Days), born in Madras

Oct 11 Charles H Revson, American cosmetic magnate (Revlon), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Oct 12 Eddie Myers, British WWII soldier and engineer, born in Kensington, London (d. 1997)

Oct 14 German-American political theorist and historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), born in Hanover, Germany

Oct 14 Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, born in Mahmoudiyah, Beheira, Egypt (d. 1949)
Oct 15 Hiram Fong, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from Hawaii), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2004)
Oct 16 Dino Buzzati, Italian writer (The Tartar Steppe), born in San Pellegrino, Belluno, (d. 1972)
Oct 18 James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island)
Oct 21 Lillian Asplund, last American Titanic survivor (d. 2006)
Oct 22 Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (One in White, Darkness at Noon)
Oct 24 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1968)
Oct 24 Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian painter, born in Vienna (d. 1996)
Oct 27 Earle Cabell, American politician, 48th Mayor of Dallas (1961-64), born in Dallas County, Texas (d. 1975)
Oct 29 Fredric Brown, American sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1972)
Oct 30 Alexander Gode, German-American linguist, born in Bremen, Imperial Germany (d. 1970)
Oct 31 Jo Vis, resistance fighter (Yad Vashem-distinction)

Oct 5 Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter, dies at 58
Oct 7 Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
Oct 9 Joseph Glidden, American inventor (barbed wire) and businessman, dies at 93
Oct 16 Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States (1862-65), dies at 80