The 7.9 1906 Manasi earthquake in Xinjiang, China kills nearly 300 people. December 24 – Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from Brant Rock, Massachusetts. December 26 – The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is first shown, at the Melbourne Athenaeum in Australia. December 30 – 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. Date unknown The BCG vaccine for tuberculosis is first developed. Richard Oldham argues that the Earth has a molten interior. Construction begins on the modern-day Great Mosque of Djenné. The Simplo Filler Pen Company is founded, later to become the Montblanc Company in Germany. HaRishon Le Zion-Yafo Association is officially founded as a sports club in Palestine, predecessor of Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel). Births January–February January 6 – Walter Battiss, South African artist (d. 1982) January 11 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008) January 12 – Eric Birley, British historian and archaeologist (d. 1995) January 13 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist (d. 2017) January 14 – William Bendix, American film, radio, and television actor (d. 1964) January 15 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975) January 16 – Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964) January 20 – Bretaigne Windust, American stage, film, and television director (d. 1960) January 21 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007) January 22 – Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936) January 28 – Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (d. 1991) February 4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German religious, resistance leader (d. 1945) Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997) February 5 – John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988) February 7 Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984) Puyi, Last Emperor of China (d. 1967) February 8 – Chester Carlson, American physicist, inventor (d. 1968) February 10 Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973) Erik Rhodes, American actor and singer (d. 1990) February 14 – Nazim al-Qudsi, 26th Prime Minister of Syria and 14th President of Syria (d. 1998) February 17 Mary Brian, American actress (d. 2002) Galo Plaza, 29th President of Ecuador (d. 1987) February 18 – Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980) February 22 – Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Danish actor (d. 1982) February 26 – Madeleine Carroll, British actress (d. 1987) February 28 – Bugsy Siegel, American