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September 24, 1906
On September 24, 1906, u.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
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U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
Devils Tower is a laccolithic butte, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 ft (264 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 ft (1,558 m) above sea level.
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1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1906th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 906th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 20th…
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On September 24, 1906
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1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument. Flat-topped volcanic plug in Wyoming, US
Devils Tower is a laccolithic butte, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 ft (264 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 ft (1,558 m) above sea level.
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1906 Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation. Massacre of African Americans in Georgia
Violent attacks by armed mobs of White Americans against African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, began after newspapers, on the evening of September 22, 1906, published several unsubstantiated and luridly detailed reports of the alleged rapes of four white local women by black men. The violence lasted through September 24, 1906. " The final death toll of the conflict is unknown and disputed, but officially at least 25 African Americans and two whites died.
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Other moments from 1906
- April 14 The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.
- April 18 The 7.9 Mw earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California, killing more than 3,000 people, making one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
- April 22 The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.
- April 27 The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
- April 7 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- April 7 The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
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