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- | [[Image:Salome.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Salome]]'' ([[1906]]) - [[Franz von Stuck]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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+ | "Before the first [[Pure Food and Drug Act]] became law; until it was possible to buy, in stores or by mail order medicines containing [[morphine]], [[cocaine]], or [[heroin]], and without their being so labeled."--Sholem Stein | ||
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+ | "[[Upton Sinclair]] attacked the U.S. [[meat packing industry]] in his [[Muckraker |muckraking]] novel ''[[The Jungle]]'' (1906)" --Sholem Stein | ||
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+ | [[Image:Camille Clifford.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Camille Clifford]] as she sang 'Why Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl?' with [[Leslie Stiles]] ]] | ||
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- | *[[Camille Clifford]] (1885-1971) aka The Gibson Girl (photo: Bassano, London, 1906), credited as the first pin-up girl | + | '''1906''' (MCMVI) was the 906th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the [[1900s]] decade. |
- | *first record broadcast over radio by [[Reginald A. Fessenden]] | + | ==Events== |
+ | *The first [[audio recording]] was broadcast over [[radio]] by Reginald A. Fessenden | ||
*The first [[Pure Food and Drug Act]] becomes law; until its enactment, it was possible to buy, in stores or by mail order medicines containing morphine, cocaine, or heroin, and without their being so labeled. | *The first [[Pure Food and Drug Act]] becomes law; until its enactment, it was possible to buy, in stores or by mail order medicines containing morphine, cocaine, or heroin, and without their being so labeled. | ||
+ | ==Literature== | ||
+ | ===Non fiction=== | ||
+ | *''[[Historia Amoris A History of Love Ancient and Modern]]'' by Edgar Saltus | ||
+ | *''[[The Book of Tea]]'' by Okakura Kakuzō | ||
+ | *''[[The Cynic's Word Book]]'' by Ambrose Bierce | ||
+ | *''[[Meine Lebensbeichte]]'' by Wanda von Sacher-Masoch | ||
+ | *''[[The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals]]'' by E. P. Evans. | ||
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+ | ===Theatre=== | ||
+ | *''[[The Puppet Show ]]'' by Vsevolod Meyerhold | ||
+ | ==Art== | ||
+ | *''[[Salome (Stuck)|Salome]]'' by Franz von Stuck | ||
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== Births == | == Births == | ||
- | + | *[[March 24]] - [[Dwight Macdonald]], American writer, editor, social critic, philosopher and political radical (d. [[1982]]) | |
- | ==Deaths == | + | *[[Albert Hofmann]] (1906 – 2008) |
+ | *[[Louise Brooks]] (1906 – 1985) | ||
+ | *[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (1906 – 1975) | ||
+ | *[[Kroger Babb]] (1906 - 1980) | ||
+ | *[[Josephine Baker]] (1906 - 1975) | ||
+ | *[[Roberto Rossellini]] (1906-1977) | ||
+ | *[[Luchino Visconti]] (1906 - 1976) | ||
+ | *[[Harold Rosenberg]] (1906 - 1978) | ||
+ | *[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989) | ||
+ | *[[Jim Thompson]] (1906-1977) | ||
+ | *[[Otto Preminger]] (1906 - 1986) | ||
+ | *[[Hannah Arendt]] (1906 - 1975) | ||
- | {{GFDL}} | + | ==Deaths == |
+ | * [[June 5]] - [[Eduard von Hartmann]], German philosopher (b. [[1842]]) | ||
+ | *[[Paul Cézanne]] (1839 – 1906) | ||
+ | *[[Henrik Ibsen]] (1828 - 1906){{GFDL}} |
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"Before the first Pure Food and Drug Act became law; until it was possible to buy, in stores or by mail order medicines containing morphine, cocaine, or heroin, and without their being so labeled."--Sholem Stein "Upton Sinclair attacked the U.S. meat packing industry in his muckraking novel The Jungle (1906)" --Sholem Stein |
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1906 (MCMVI) was the 906th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1900s decade.
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Events
- The first audio recording was broadcast over radio by Reginald A. Fessenden
- The first Pure Food and Drug Act becomes law; until its enactment, it was possible to buy, in stores or by mail order medicines containing morphine, cocaine, or heroin, and without their being so labeled.
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Literature
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Non fiction
- Historia Amoris A History of Love Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
- The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzō
- The Cynic's Word Book by Ambrose Bierce
- Meine Lebensbeichte by Wanda von Sacher-Masoch
- The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. Evans.
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Theatre
- The Puppet Show by Vsevolod Meyerhold
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Art
- Salome by Franz von Stuck
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Births
- March 24 - Dwight Macdonald, American writer, editor, social critic, philosopher and political radical (d. 1982)
- Albert Hofmann (1906 – 2008)
- Louise Brooks (1906 – 1985)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
- Kroger Babb (1906 - 1980)
- Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975)
- Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977)
- Luchino Visconti (1906 - 1976)
- Harold Rosenberg (1906 - 1978)
- Samuel Beckett (1906 – 1989)
- Jim Thompson (1906-1977)
- Otto Preminger (1906 - 1986)
- Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)
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Deaths
- June 5 - Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
- Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906)
- Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
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