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  • Russian Empire
    Apr, 1906
    1905 Russian Revolution

    More than 14,000 people had been executed and 75,000 imprisoned

    Russian Empire
    Apr, 1906

    According to figures presented in the Duma by Professor Maksim Kovalevsky, by April 1906, more than 14,000 people had been executed and 75,000 imprisoned.




  • New York, U.S.
    Apr, 1906
    Lucky Luciano

    Emigrated to the U.S.

    New York, U.S.
    Apr, 1906

    In April 1906, when Luciano was nine years old, the family emigrated to the United States. They settled in New York City in the borough of Manhattan on its Lower East Side, a popular destination for Italian immigrants.




  • Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Apr, 1906
    Igor Stravinsky

    Receiving a Half-Course Diploma

    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Apr, 1906

    The university was closed for two months in 1905 in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, Stravinsky was prevented from taking his final law examinations and later received a half-course diploma in April 1906.




  • Rochester, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Apr 18, 1906
    Xerox

    Haloid Photographic Company

    Rochester, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Apr 18, 1906

    Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester, New York, as The Haloid Photographic Company. It manufactured photographic paper and equipment.




  • Paris, France
    Thursday Apr 19, 1906
    Marie Curie

    Pierre Curie's Death

    Paris, France
    Thursday Apr 19, 1906

    On 19 April 1906, Pierre Curie was killed in a road accident. Walking across the Rue Dauphine in heavy rain, he was struck by a horse-drawn vehicle and fell under its wheels, causing his skull to fracture. Curie was devastated by her husband's death.




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