1906 in the United States

1906 in the United States
Years: 1903 1904 190519061907 1908 1909

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Events from the year 1906 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January–March

February 28: The Jungle exposes corruption in the meatpacking industry.

April–June

July–September

September 5: The first legal forward pass in an American football.

October–December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

  • July 1 Estée Lauder, cosmetics entrepreneur (died 2004)
  • July 7 Satchel Paige, baseball player (died 1982)
  • July 18 S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born American academic and politician, U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983 (died 1992)
  • August 6 Vic Dickenson, trombonist (died 1984)
  • August 9 Robert L. Surtees, cinematographer (died 1985)
  • August 12 Tedd Pierce, animator (died 1972)
  • August 17 Hazel Bishop, chemist and inventor of "no-smear" lipstick (died 1998)
  • August 27 Ed Gein, serial killer (died 1984)

September–October

November–December

  • November 1 Johnny Indrisano, boxer and actor (died 1968)
  • November 5 Fred Lawrence Whipple, astronomer (died 2004)
  • November 14 Louise Brooks, actress (died 1985)
  • November 18 George Wald, scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
  • December 9 Grace Hopper, computer scientist and naval officer (died 1992)
  • December 11 Herman Welker, U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1951 to 1957 (died 1957)
  • December 27 Oscar Levant, pianist, composer, author, comedian and actor (died 1972)

Deaths

See also

External links

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