What Happened In February 1906 In History

Historical Events for February, 1906

• 10th » HMS Dreadnought 1906 6, the first of a revolutionary Dreadnought new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• 11th » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical 'Vehementer Nos'.
• 18th » Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1906

• 1st » Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1st » Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)
• 4th » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (d. 1945)
• 4th » Colette Darfeuil, French actress (d. 1998)
• 4th » Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer, discovered Pluto (d. 1997)
• 5th » John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 5th » Margit Danÿ, Hungarian fencer (d. 1975)
• 6th » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980)
• 7th » Puyi, Chinese emperor (d. 1967)
• 7th » Oleg Antonov, Russian aircraft designer and engineer, founded the Antonov known as Antonov Aircraft Company (d. 1984)
• 8th » Chester Carlson, American physicist, invented Xerography (d. 1968)
• 9th » André Kostolany, Hungarian speculator (d. 1999)
• 10th » Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
• 10th » Erik Rhodes (actor) named Erik Rhodes, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
• 13th » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1964)
• 13th » Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)
• 15th » Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch cyclist (d. 1979)
• 16th » Vera Menchik, Russian-English chess player (d. 1944)
• 17th » Mary Brian, American actress (d. 2002)
• 18th » Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
• 19th » Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American ornithologist (d. 1981)
• 20th » Gale Gordon, American actor (d. 1995)
• 22nd » Humayun Kabir, Indian educator and politician (d. 1969)
• 22nd » Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Danish actor (d. 1982)
• 25th » Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1988)
• 25th » Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
• 26th » Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
• 28th » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)

Famous Deaths for February 1906

• 9th » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
• 10th » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 13th » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
• 18th » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 25th » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)

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