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April 18 – The 1906 San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000 people, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350,000,000 in damages.
Hampstead Garden Suburb established in north London.; Richard Oldham argues that the Earth has a molten interior.; Alice Perry becomes the first woman to graduate with a degree in civil engineering in the British Isles, at Queen's College, Galway, Ireland, and is appointed in December as an acting county surveyor.
Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. ... Present-day L.A. would, had it been adopted, be dramatically different, a more livable, human ...
1906 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1906th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 906th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1906, the ...
The 1906 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1906, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt 's second term.
November 1906 events in the United States (4 P) This page was last ...
The 1906 United States elections elected the members of the 60th United States Congress. It occurred in the middle of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt 's second (only full) term, during the Fourth Party System .
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) ... 1906 – Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975) 1906 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (d. 1984)