WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1906
Find out what all happened March to September 1906

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

The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar. (12. September 1906)

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

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

The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (13. August 1906)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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