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Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)
1906Jan, 1

Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)

Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
Sir Hugh Muir Nelson, (31 December 1833 – 1 January 1906) was Premier of Queensland from 1893 to 1898.

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    Alzheimer's disease

    Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • 7Jun

    RMS Lusitania

    Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • 18Sep

    Tsunami

    A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
  • 20Sep

    RMS Mauretania (1906)

    Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 9Nov

    Panama Canal

    Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.