Date: November 24, 1906
Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles. Date: September 25, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. Date: August 5, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906Amsden Building Collapse Kills 12 in…
Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. Date: June 7, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906Pope Pius X Publishes Vehementer Nos, February 11, 1906SS Valencia Runs Aground…
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Date: December 4, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906First England vs France Rugby…
Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal. Date: November 9, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie on their wedding day instead kills 24 Date: May 31, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906Theodore Roosevelt Proclaims Devils Tower as…