1905 Calendar
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1905 Historical Event(s)
January 9, 1905
– According to the Julian Calendar which is used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
January 26, 1905
– The world’s largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3106.75 carat, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
February 4, 1905
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
April 17, 1905
– The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York which holds that the “right to free contract” is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
June 7, 1905
– Norway’s parliament dissolves its union with Sweden, a vote that is confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
June 30, 1905
– Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity.
October 5, 1905
– Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
October 17, 1905
– The October Manifesto issued by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
November 18, 1905
– Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
November 28, 1905
– Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
Who Were Born On 1905?
January 14, 1905
– Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
February 7, 1905
– Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
March 30, 1905
– Albert Pierrepoint, English executioner (d. 1992)
April 17, 1905
– Arthur Lake, American actor (d. 1987)
April 25, 1905
– George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986)
June 19, 1905
– Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
August 24, 1905
– Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
August 27, 1905
– Aris Velouchiotis, Greek leader of the resistance organization Greek People’s Liberation Army (d. 1945)
November 17, 1905
– Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935)
December 5, 1905
– Gus Mancuso, American baseball player (d. 1984)