* Bunny Austin ( 1906 – 2000 ), British tennis player

* 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – 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.

* 1906 – Miklós Borsos, Hungarian sculptor ( d. 1990 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

* 1847 – Hans Auer, Swiss architect ( d. 1906 )

* 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach ( d. 1985 )

* 1906 – Tedd Pierce, American animator, screenwriter, and producer ( d. 1972 )

* 1846 – Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader ( d. 1906 )

* 1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor ( d. 1971 )

* 1906 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer ( d. 1995 )

* 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer ( d. 1979 )

* María Teresa, ( 12 November 1882 – 23 September 1912 ), married to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria on 12 January 1906

1929 portrait of King Alfonso XIIIOn 31 May 1906, at the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo in Madrid, Alfonso married Scottish-born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( 1887 – 1969 ), a niece of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

* 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.

* 1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator ( d. 1970 )

The British Admiralty estimated that the German navy would be the world's second largest by 1906.

* 1906 – A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10, 000 people in Hong Kong.

* April 18, 1906 — The 1906 San Francisco earthquake ( estimated magnitude 7. 8 ) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, USA, killing at least 3, 000, with 225, 000 – 300, 000 left homeless, and $ 350 million in damages.

* September 18, 1906 — A typhoon and tsunami kill an estimated 10, 000 in Hong Kong.

In 1870 the population was 619, 154 ; in 1897 it was 674, 437 ( of whom 345, 756 were women ); in 1906 it was estimated at 714, 200.

In 1906 it was estimated at 1, 796, 500.

Russian-ruled Podolia in 1906 had an estimated population of 3, 543, 700, consisting chiefly of Ukrainians.

The work was completed in October 1906 at an estimated cost of £ 16, 000 and an actual cost of £ 19, 671.

The line was built and funded without debt ( thanks to Shay's royalties and licenses from his locomotive designs ) and by 1906, the investment in physical plant was estimated at $ 51, 346.

Constructed and opened in 1906 to replace the Muntz Street ground, which had become too small to meet the club's needs, the original St Andrew's could hold an estimated 75, 000 spectators, housed in one grandstand and a large uncovered terrace.

The population was estimated in 1906 as 1, 080, 700.

The construction contract, at an estimated cost of ₤ 80, 000, was awarded in May 1906 to S. B.

The number of Jewish inhabitants in 1906 is estimated at between 15, 000 and 25, 000, in a total population of about 322, 000.

Edmond G. “ Alan ” Ducommun ’ s “ mission ” was to restore the building to its original 1906 look, and he generously invested an estimated one million dollars into the property.

Total membership was 8, 400 in 1905, 13, 000 in 1906 and 46, 100 by 1907 ( 8, 400, 18, 000, 38, 200 respectively for the Mensheviks ).

By today's standards, the quake ranged from 8. 4 to 8. 8 on the Richter Scale, slightly stronger than the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

He was also Aide-de-Camp to the King from 8 March 1906 to 8 February 1907.

** 8 June 1946 – 20 December 1947: Erwin Müller ( b. 1906 – d. 1968 ), Non-party

* April 8 – King Christian IX of Denmark ( d. 1906 )

* June 8 – Satchel Paige, baseball player ( b. 1906 )

* January 8 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist ( b. 1906 )

Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini ( 8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977 ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd ( 8 December 1906 – 30 November 1983 ), better known by his pen name Richard Llewellyn, was a British novelist.

Philip Cortelyou Johnson ( July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005 ) was an influential American architect.

* Antonios Theodotou, 8 January 1888 – 10 April 1906.

Gertrude Stein stated the date for her writing of The Making of Americans was 1906 – 8.

* The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's Progress ( written 1906 – 8, published 1925 )

Umberto was married in Rome on 8 January 1930 to Marie José of Belgium ( 1906 – 2001 ).

Before the earthquake of February 27, 2010, which measured 8. 8 on the moment magnitude scale, the last catastrophic earthquake to strike Valparaíso devastated the city in August 1906, killing nearly 3, 000 people.

After A Princess of Kensington, Mrs. D ' Oyly Carte relinquished control of the theatre until December 8, 1906, when she produced two seasons of G & S revivals in repertory, with Gilbert returning to direct.

On 8 July 1906, Chamberlain celebrated his seventieth birthday and Birmingham was enlivened for a number of days by official luncheons, public addresses, parades, bands and an influx of thousands of congratulatory telegrams.