1906

Events

• April 22: The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.

Births

January

• January 15: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon

February

• February 26: Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, painter

July

• July 14: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman

November

• November 18: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s