Major Events
- Jan 2 In Chicago, Illinois, a conference of 23 industrial trade unionists issues the 'Industrial Union Manifesto' calling for a convention to be held in Chicago in June, laying the groundwork for the formation of Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
- Jan 22 In St Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday'
- Mar 17 Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics
- May 27 Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history
- Jun 30 In Russia, the "Potemkin" arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the '1905 Revolution'
- Jul 29 US Secretary of War William Howard Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to Japanese free rein in Korea in return for non-interference with the US in the Philippines
- Aug 20 Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus (Qing dynasty)
- Sep 1 Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th Canadian provinces; both were separated from the Northwest Territories
- Sep 27 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
- Oct 30 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament)
- Nov 25 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
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1905 in Sport
- Aug 30 Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF center fielder Ty Cobb makes his MLB debut, doubling off Jack Chesbro in a 5-3 win over the NY Highlanders at Bennett Park, Detroit
- Nov 21 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
Did You Know?
World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
Christian Dior
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Joan Crawford
Henry Fonda
Clara Bow
Myrna Loy
Greta Garbo
Howard Hughes
Harold Arlen
Tommy Dorsey
Clarence Campbell
Max Schmeling
Helen Wills Moody
Rick Ferrell
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Articles About 1905
1905 Russian Revolution
Tsarist troops wait outside the Winter Palace in St. PetersburgJanuary 22
World's Largest Diamond Discovered
The Cullinan Diamond, discovered in South Africa on January 26, 1905January 26
Battle of Tsushima
Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō on the bridge of Mikasa, at the beginning of the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.May 27
Question that Wrecked Sir Henry Irving’s Marriage
Sir Henry Irving, considered the greatest actor of his time, died on this day. His unexpected death shocked and saddened England and fans around the world.October 13
First Ad for a Radio Set
Electro Importing Co.’s ad for the "Telimco" wireless telegraph, published in the Scientific AmericanNovember 25
Famous Weddings in 1905
- Jan 26 General officer John J. Pershing (44) weds Helen Frances
- Feb 11 Novelist Thomas Mann (29) weds Katia Pringsheim (21) in Munich, Germany
- Mar 16 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (30) weds Beatrice O'Brien
More Weddings in 1905
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