WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1906
Find out what all happened March to November 1906

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

Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France. (23. October 1906)

The flag of Sweden is adopted. (22. June 1906)

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

Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London. (26. May 1906)

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States. (31. March 1906)

The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine". (22. May 1906)

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument. (24. September 1906)

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

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

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

The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin). (5. September 1906)

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

Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. (7. April 1906)

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

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

An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California. (18. April 1906)

The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer. (16. October 1906)

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