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1905 Historical Event(s)
February 4, 1905
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
March 23, 1905
– Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete’s union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
May 5, 1905
– The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
May 27, 1905
– Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 27, 1905
– Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
September 23, 1905
– Norway and Sweden sign the “Karlstad treaty”, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
October 1, 1905
– František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
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.
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)
January 24, 1905
– J. Howard Marshall, American billionaire (d. 1995)
January 27, 1905
– Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
March 24, 1905
– Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007)
June 7, 1905
– James J. Braddock, Irish-American boxer and one-time Heavyweight Champion of the World (d. 1974)
September 9, 1905
– Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (d. 1987)
September 18, 1905
– Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
November 16, 1905
– Eddie Condon, American jazz banjoist and guitarist (d. 1973)
December 24, 1905
– Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor (d. 1976)