Editing 1906 (section)

=== September–October ===
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Mahatma Gandhi]] coins the term ''[[Satyagraha]]'', to characterize the [[nonviolence]] movement in South Africa.
* [[September 18]] &ndash; A [[typhoon]] and [[tsunami]] kill an estimated 10,000 in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061019.2.54|newspaper=[[Auckland Star]]|location=New Zealand|date=1906-10-19|page=5|title=Hongkong Typhoon|access-date=2017-12-30|volume=37|issue=244|quote=Over 1,000 bodies are recovered, but cabled statements are verified that the number of lives lost totalled about 10,000.|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172220/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19061019.2.54|url-status=live}} Retrieved via ''[[Papers Past]]''.</ref>
* [[September 20]] &ndash; The [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS Mauretania]] is launched at the [[River Tyne]] becoming the world’s largest ship.
* [[September 30]] &ndash; The first [[Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning]] is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon ''United States'', lands in [[Fylingdales]], [[Yorkshire]], England.
* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates, when it adopts [[universal suffrage]].
* [[October 6]] &ndash; The [[National Consultative Assembly|Majlis of Iran]] convenes for the first time.
* [[October 11]] &ndash; A United States diplomatic crisis with [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] arises, when the San Francisco public school board orders Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools ([[Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907|it is resolved by next year]]).
* [[October 16]] &ndash; Imposter [[Wilhelm Voigt]] impersonates a [[Prussia]]n officer, and takes over the city hall in [[Köpenick]] for a short time.
* [[October 23]] &ndash; An aeroplane of [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] takes off at [[Château de Bagatelle|Bagatelle]] in France, and flies 60 meters (200&nbsp;feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe.
* [[October 28]] &ndash; The [[Union Minière du Haut Katanga]], a Belgian mining trust, is created in the [[Belgian Congo|Congo]].