Editing 1906 (section)

=== November–December ===
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[International Exhibition (1906)|International Exhibition]] opens in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand.
* [[November 3]] &ndash; {{overbar|[[SOS]]}} becomes adopted internationally as a [[distress signal]] (originally for ship-to-shore [[wireless telegraphy]]) on inclusion in the service regulations of the first [[International Radiotelegraph Convention (1906)|International Radiotelegraph Convention]] signed in Berlin and coming into effect on 1 July 1908.<ref>{{citation|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103239133&view=1up&seq=36|title=Article XVI|work=Service Regulations annexed to the International Radiotelegraphic Convention|location=Berlin|date=1906-11-03|page=34|access-date=October 3, 2023|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129104414/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103239133&view=1up&seq=36|url-status=live}}.</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; The steamboat ''[[Dix (steamboat)|Dix]]'' sinks en route from [[Seattle]] to [[Port Blakely]] claiming the lives of approximately 50 passengers and crew.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; Russian Prime Minister [[Pyotr Stolypin]] introduces [[agrarian reforms]], aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity forms at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; it is the first Black Greek-lettered collegiate order of its kind.
* [[December 15]] &ndash; The [[London Underground]]'s [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] opens.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; The {{M|w}} 7.9 [[1906 Manasi earthquake]] in Xinjiang, China kills nearly 300 people.<ref name="CHINA: XINJIANG PROVINCE">{{cite web |title=China: Xinjiang Province |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |website=NGDC NCEI |publisher=NCEI |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507222310/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2794 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Reginald Fessenden]] makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from [[Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts|Brant Rock, Massachusetts]].
* [[December 26]] &ndash; The world's first feature film, ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'', is first shown, at the [[Melbourne Athenaeum]] in Australia.
* [[December 30]] &ndash; The [[All-India Muslim League]] is founded as a political party in [[Dhaka]] in the [[British Raj]]; it becomes a driving force for the creation of an independent [[Pakistan]].