Explore 705 historical events from 1900–1909.
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games, held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May 1906, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. It was at th…
Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece
The Russian Constitution of 1906 refers to a major revision of the 1832 Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire, which transformed the formerly absolutist state into one in which th…
The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar)
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane…
The Wright brothers are granted U
The Morral affair was the attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and his bride, Queen Victoria Eugenie, on their wedding day, 31 May 1906, and its subsequent effects. The …
The attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie on their wedding day instead kills 24
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne with the title of Hereditary Prin…
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (died 1947)
William Brooke Joyce, nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently t…
William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (died 1946)
Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith, informally known as Aunt Mimi, was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. She was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, a…
Mimi Smith, English nurse (died 1991)
Joel Brand was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe to the relativ…
Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt bec…
Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longe…
William J
Yiorgos Theotokas, formally Georgios Theotokas, was a Greek novelist.
Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966)
Kurt Friedrich Gödel was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel…
Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978)
Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death, Sacher was the majority shareholder of the Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical company…
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (died 1999)
Horst Schumann was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and medical doctor who conducted sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass …
Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (died 1983)
Mary Astor was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941)…
Mary Astor, American actress (died 1987)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She …
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (died 1975)
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth c…
André Weil, French mathematician and academic (died 1998)
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributin…
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1977)
Ernest Leslie McCormick was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Test matches from 1935 to 1938.
Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991)
Alfred Pellan was an important figure in twentieth-century Canadian painting.
Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)
Margret Elizabeth Rey was a German-born American writer and illustrator, best known for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey cre…
Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (died 1996)
Zinka Milanov was a Croatian operatic dramatic soprano who had a major career centered on the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After finishing her education in Zagreb, Milanov …
Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (died 1989)
Bruce Bennett was an American film and television actor who was a college athlete in football and in intercollegiate and international track-and-field competitions. In 1928, he won…
Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007)