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April 18: 1906 San Francisco earthquake. April 5 – The Maryland General Assembly authorises the erection of the Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Baltimore . April 14 – The first service is held at African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles by W. J. Seymour, in a series later known as the Azusa Street Revival , an event which ...
[2] 1925: January 5: George Dern assumes office as the sixth Governor of the State of Utah. 1924: June 7: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs An Act To establish the Utah National Park in the State of Utah, created from Bryce Canyon National Monument. [1] [2] June 2
August 2 – Ruth Nelson, actress (died 1992) [14] August 23 – Abbie Rowe , White House photographer (died 1967 ) October 5 – John Hoyt , actor, editorial board member of The Yale Record (died 1991 )
1927 – Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) was founded, and becomes the second national radio network in the U.S. 1927 – The 15,000,000th Model T rolled off the Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company. 1927 – Babe Ruth hits a record 60 home runs in a single season
1906 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1906 disestablishments in the United States (18 C, 2 P) 1906 establishments in the United States (56 C, 35 P)
Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress.She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films.After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century-Fox) in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era.
Veloz and Yolanda in Dansation of 1941. Frank Veloz (1906–1981) and Yolanda Casazza (1908–1995) were a self-taught American ballroom dance team, husband and wife, who became stars in the 1930s and 1940s, and were among the highest paid dance acts during that era.
The composer Edward McDowell premiers his Piano Concerto No. 2 in New York, establishing him as one of the most prominent composers of the era. [55] W. S. B. Matthews' A Hundred Years of Music in America is the first attempt at a history of "popular and the higher music education" in the country; it hails Lowell Mason as the founder of American ...