Timeline December 1906

Events in December 1906 4

• 1906 – 1982 Leonid Brezhnev The era of stagnation Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (December 19, 1906 – November 10, 1982) led the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. His 18-year tenure brought stability but also stagnation. He ordered the invasions of Czechoslovakia (1968) and Afghanistan (1979).
• 1906 – 1972 Oscar Levant (1906-1972) American pianist, composer and wit, known from Information Please and An American in Paris.
• 1906 Oscar Levant born in Pittsburgh Oscar Levant is born in Pittsburgh.
• 1906 The All-India Muslim League is founded Dacca, December Formed at Dacca in the aftermath of the Bengal partition, initially to secure Muslim political representation within British India rather than to seek separation. Under Jinnah it takes forty-one years to travel from that position to the demand for Pakistan.