WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1906
Find out what all happened January to November 1906

Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value. (8. June 1906)

The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. (30. June 1906)

The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. (14. April 1906)

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. (7. June 1906)

HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII. (10. February 1906)

The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris (22. March 1906)

An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people. (16. August 1906)

Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal. (9. November 1906)

Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies. (8. April 1906)

A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people. (8. January 1906)

1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing event held (26. June 1906)

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (20. September 1906)

Traian Vuia flew a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at an altitude of one meter. (18. March 1906)

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France. (10. March 1906)

Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. (5. August 1906)

First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe. (13. September 1906)

Central railway station, Sydney opens. (4. August 1906)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White. (25. June 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. (11. October 1906)

Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated. (15. March 1906)