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See also:	History of the United States (1865–1918) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900-1930) List of years in the United States

Events from the year1906 in the United States.

• President:Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York)
• Vice President:Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana)
• Chief Justice:Melville Fuller (Illinois)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives:Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-Illinois)
• Congress:59th

• January 8 – Alandslide inHaverstraw, New York kills 21 people.
• February 26 –Upton Sinclair publishesThe Jungle, a novel depicting the life of a contemporaryimmigrant family inChicago working in themeat packing industry.
• March 4 – Native American tribal governments are terminated inIndian Territory, a prerequisite for creating theU.S. state ofOklahoma in1907.

• April 5 – TheMaryland General Assembly authorises the erection of theUnion Soldiers and Sailors Monument inBaltimore.
• April 14 – The first service is held atAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church inLos Angeles by W. J. Seymour, in a series later known as theAzusa Street Revival, an event which launches thePentecostal movement in Christianity.
• April 18 – The1906 San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on theSan Andreas Fault destroys much ofSan Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000 people, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350,000,000 in damages.
• May 27 – The first inmates are moved to theCulion leper colony by the AmericanInsular Government of the Philippine Islands.
• June –Josephine Terranova is acquitted by a New York City jury of the murder of abusive relatives.^[1]
• June 6 –Durham and Southern Railway operates its first revenue train, Bonsal to Durham,North Carolina.
• June 8 –Theodore Roosevelt signs theAntiquities Act into law, authorizing thepresident to restrict the use of certain parcels ofpublic land with historical or conservation value.
• June 18 – The Lake County Times (laterThe Times of Northwest Indiana) begins publication.
• June 25 –Harry K. Thaw shoots architectStanford White at the roof garden theatre ofMadison Square Garden (designed by White) in New York City.
• June 28 – Osage Allotment Act allocates land to members of theOsage Nation inOklahoma.
• June 29 –Mesa Verde is declared a National Park.
• June 30 – TheUnited States Congress passes theMeat Inspection Act andPure Food and Drug Act.

• July 11 –Murder of Grace Brown, a factory worker whose killing causes a nationwide sensation.
• July 14 –Gary, Indiana is founded by theUnited States Steel Corporation.
• August 23 – Unable to control a rebellion in the newly formed Cuban Republic, PresidentTomás Estrada Palma requests U.S. intervention.
• September 5 –Bradbury Robinson ofSt. Louis University throws the first legalforward pass in anAmerican football game.
• September 22 –Atlanta race riot: Race riots inAtlanta, Georgia result in 27 people killed and the Black-owned business district severely damaged.
• September 24 – U.S. PresidentTheodore Roosevelt proclaimsDevils Tower, Wyoming as the nation's firstNational Monument.
• September 26 – The first concert of theTelharmonium, the first music synthesizer, is presented at Telharmonic Hall, Broadway at 39th St., New York City.
• September 30 – The firstGordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloonUnited States, lands inFylingdales,Yorkshire,England,UK.

• October 1 –The Madeira School, a private boarding school for girls, opens with 28 students attending classes in two buildings on 19th Street, just off Dupont Circle in downtownWashington, D.C.
• October 11 – The San Francisco public school board sparks a United States diplomatic crisis withJapan, by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
• October 14 – TheChicago White Sox win their FirstWorld Series by defeating their crosstown rivalChicago Cubs 4 games to 2 atSouth Side Park (III)
• November 6 –B. B. Comer iselected the 33rdgovernor of Alabama defeating Asa E. Stratton.
• November 9 – U.S. PresidentTheodore Roosevelt leaves for a trip toPanama to inspect the construction progress of thePanama Canal (the first time a sittingpresident of the United States makes an official trip outside of the United States).
• December 4 –Alpha Phi Alpha, the first inter-collegiateGreek-letterFraternity established forAfrican Americans, is founded atCornell University.
• December 8 – ThePetrified Forest,Arizona is designated a National Monument.
• December 10 – U.S. PresidentTheodore Roosevelt is awarded theNobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in theRusso-Japanese War (1905).

• Themuffuletta sandwich is invented inNew Orleans, Louisiana.

• Progressive Era (1890s–1920s)
• Lochner era (c. 1897–c. 1937)
• Black Patch Tobacco Wars (1904–1909)^[2]

• January 25
  • John S. Harris, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1868 till 1871 (born1825)
  • Joseph Wheeler, U.S. Army general and politician (born1836)
• February 9 –Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet and publisher (born 1872)
• February 18 –John B. Stetson, hat manufacturer and inventor of thecowboy hat (born1830)
• February 27 –Samuel Pierpont Langley, astronomer, physicist and aeronautics pioneer (born 1834)
• March 4 –John Schofield, 28thUnited States Secretary of War andCommanding General of the United States Army (born1831)
• March 13 –Susan B. Anthony, civil rights and women's suffrage activist (born 1820)
• April 11
  • James Anthony Bailey, circus ringmaster (born 1847)
  • Francis Pharcellus Church, editor and publisher (born 1839)
• April 24 –Mary Hunt, temperance activist (born 1830)
• April 25 –John Knowles Paine, composer (born1839)
• May 12 –Gabriel C. Wharton, civil engineer and Confederate general (born1824)
• May 14 –Carl Schurz, German-born statesman (born 1829)
• May 15 –John K. Bucklyn,Medal of Honor recipient (born1834)
• June 17 –Harry Nelson Pillsbury, chess champion (born 1872)
• June 25 –Stanford White, architect (born1853)
• September 20 –Robert R. Hitt, 13thAssistant Secretary of State (born1834)
• September 21 –Samuel Arnold, conspirator involved in the plot to kidnap U.S. PresidentAbraham Lincoln in 1865 (born1834)
• October 6 –Buck Ewing, American baseball playerNew York Giants andMLB Hall of Famer (born1859)
• October 9 –Joseph Glidden, inventor ofbarbed wire (born1813)
• October 16 –Varina Davis, wife ofJefferson Davis, First Lady of theConfederate States of America (born1826)
• October 17 –James D. Walker, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1879 till 1885 (born1830)
• November 4 –John H. Ketcham, politician (born 1832)
• November 23 –Willard Warner, United States Senator from Alabama from 1868 till 1871 (born1826)
• December 12 –Arthur Brown, United States Senator from Utah from 1896 till 1897 (born1843)
• December 22 –Richard S. Rust, abolitionist (born1815)
• December 30 –Thomas M. Bowen, United States Senator from Colorado from 1883 till 1889 (born1835)
• December 31 –Donelson Caffery, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1892 till 1901 (born 1835)

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