French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
The first installment of concrete was poured into the Panama Canal.
Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
The Giro d'Italia cycle race is held for the first time.
The Roman Catholic Church declared Joan of Arc a saint.
Sixty-six Jewish families founded the City of Tel Aviv.
Americans reached the North Pole.
William Howard Taft takes the oath of office, becoming the twenty-seventh President of the United States.
A color motion picture is shown to the general public for the first time.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in the U.S.
The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
Margaret Symons became the first woman to speak in British Parliament.
Austria‑Hungary annexes Bosnia‑Herzegovina.
The Bank of Italy opened in San Francisco, California, and would later become Bank of America.
Wright Brothers Publicly Show Off Their Flying Machine For the First Time.
The famous Great White Fleet left San Francisco to continue its around-the-world journey.
The Morse code distress signal 'SOS,' originating from Germany, became the world's official message for help.
An unidentified object thought to be a meteoroid or comet smashed into a remote forest in Siberia and destroyed 21,528 square feet of land.
Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East.
Mother's Day was officially celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia.
A Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes announced he was able to create solid helium.
King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir were assassinated in Lisbon.
New York City passed a law prohibiting women from smoking in public places.
The first long-distance radio message is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The Grand Canyon National Monument was created.
The New Year's Eve Ball was lowered in New York Times Square for the very first time.
Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the United States of America.
The Great White Fleet began its worldwide navigation.
French engineer Paul Cornu flew his first helicopter in Normandy.
King Edward VII was gifted with The Cullinan Diamond (the world's largest diamond) on his 60th birthday.
Quebec Bridge in St Lawrence, Canada, collapsed after four years of construction.
Sir Robert Baden-Powell established the Boys Scouts in England.
Autochrome Lumière color photography is introduced.
Charles Curtis started his six-year term as the first Native American US Senator.
Maria Montessori opens her first school.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
The first historically Black intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, was founded.
Theodore Roosevelt became the first US president to visit another country while in office, visiting Puerto Rico and Panama.
The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected 'SOS' (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
Black soldiers were blamed for raiding a bar in Brownsville, Texas, US.
The United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
The first Grand Prix car race is held.
The 1906 Olympic Games begin in Athens.
A devastating earthquake in San Francisco destroyed over 80% of the city.
The first person in the world to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's died.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
In France, 1,099 miners lost their lives in what is known as Europe's worst mining disaster.
Kellogg's Foods was founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
