WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1906
Find out what all happened March to June 1906

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. (7. April 1906)

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

Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. (2. May 1906)

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

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

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

Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors. (5. March 1906)

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

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

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

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

The flag of Sweden is adopted. (22. June 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 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens. (22. April 1906)

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

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

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

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

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

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