July 1906 calendar

Events

• 04 Jul 1906 Gr Brit, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
• 06 Jul 1906 The Second Geneva Convention meets.
• 11 Jul 1906 The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• 12 Jul 1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France.
• 15 Jul 1906 Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam
• 20 Jul 1906 Brooklyn Dodger Mal Eason no-hits Saint Louis Cardinals, 2-0.
• 23 Jul 1906 Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa

Famous Birthday

• Estée Lauder

  American businesswoman co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004).

• George Sanders

  Russian-born American actor who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in "All About Eve," 1950.

• Philip Johnson

  American architect, described as the greatest living architect in the world.

• Ernst Käsemann
• Séra Martin

  French field and track athlete, runner and winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in the 800m race in Amsterdam in 1928 and in Los Angeles in...

• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906-1940)
• Hans Bethe

  German-American physicist, famous for his research into the energy and formation of stars.

• Cali (Colombia)
• Johnny Hodges

  American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970).

• Guayaquil (Ecuador)
• Elisabeth Lutyens

  British noted family and notable composer who was one of the first English composers to adopt the 12-tone technique, notably with the...

• Clifford Odets

  US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57.

• Roger Duchesne
• Joe Darensbourg
• Lee Barnes

  American Olympic athlete, he was a pole vaulter in the 1924 Olympics and won a gold medal in the jump-off event.

• Alexis Thépot
• Vincent Sherman

  American actor director and screenwriter (d. 2006).

• Olena Teliha
• Frank Parker

  NYC, New York -- Actor (Shawn-Days of our Life).

• Wolfgang Gentner

  German nuclear physicist.

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Famous Deaths

• Henrique Alves de Mesquita

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Alexandre Luigini

  Composer, dies at 56.

• William Snodgrass

  Canadian Presbyterian minister and the sixth Principal of Queen's College, now Queen's University (Born 1827).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ada Jones - My Lovin' Henry
2. Vess Ossman - On the Rocky Road to Dublin
3. Haydn Quartet - When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
4. Cal Stewart - Sunday School Picnic at Pumpkin Center
5. Antonio Scotti - La Forza Del Destino - Solenne In Quest' Ora (Swear in This Hour)