1906

Events

• Several Renaults, Citroens, Delages and Tin Lizzie are produced.
• John J. Pershing is made a brigadier general.
• Marcus Brody wins a bantam-weight boxing title at Princeton University. (Approximate)
• The American Congress establishes Mesa Verde as a national park.
• Mata Hari is unable to play Salome in a Strauss' play.
• First tungsten filament is placed in a light bulb.
• The French develop freeze-drying.
• First successful European flight.
• Labour Party is formed in Great Britain.
• California passes a law that requires all Japanese children to attend segregated schools.
• Japan starts a program to double the size of its navy.
• April 13: Earthquake measuring between 8.0 and 8.5 on the Richter scale destroys much of San Francisco.
• First Duma (legislative assembly is formed) in Russia, but soon dissolved.
• "Typhoid Mary" is found and jailed.
• Indy develops a fascination for the bullwhip after he saw a whip-act in a traveling circus.
• July 8: The Jones family travels to the abbey of Cantanez, France, mentioned by Brody. There, Henry Jones finds convincing proof that the Holy Grail's existence is genuine.
• July 16: Henry Jones visits the Klasenheim castle containing Grail artifacts, including a Flemish painting of Jesus Christ's crucifixion which he believes to have been made by the same Franciscan friar who wrote down the dying words of a Crusader knight.

Births

• Alistair and Alecia Dunstin
• Benjamin Siegel
• P'u Yi

Appearances

• Young Indiana Jones and the Lost Gold of Durango (Historical Note)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon (Mentioned only)
• The Mata Hari Affair (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Grail Diary
• Who Are Those Guys? (Non-fiction source)
• The World of Indiana Jones
• Indiana Jones and the Rising Sun
• Indiana Jones and the Golden Vampires
• Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates and Other Tales
• Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide

External links

• 1906 on Wikipedia