Theodore Roosevelt Proclaims Devils Tower as First National Monument, September 24, 1906

Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Date: July 11, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906Pope Pius X Publishes Vehementer Nos Encyclical,…

The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.) Date: August 13, 1906 Read…

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906. Date: December 31, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906Finland Ratifies Equal Suffrage, Women Win Voting Rights July 20, 1906Pope Pius X Publishes Vehementer…

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. Date: April 7, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1906Amsden Building Collapse Kills 12 in Framingham, Massachusetts – July 23, 1906Theodore Roosevelt First Sitting…

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 1906HMS Dreadnought Christened, Revolutionary Battleship,…