WHAT HAPPENED IN 1906.
Look what happened the 1906.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. (11. July 1906)

Central railway station, Sydney opens. (4. 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)

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)

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

The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established. (1. September 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)

Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully. (7. September 1906)

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

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

A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong. (18. September 1906)

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