1905This Year - Ireland Arthor Griffith founds the Sinn Fein political movement pushing for Irish independence.
This Year - Albert Einstein suggests abandoning the idea of absolute time.
This Year - Nickelodeons become popular in Chicago and later spread to other urban areas.
This Year - Japanese navy fights and defeats Russian fleet in Tsushima strait
This Year - Japan presses Korea to sign a treaty whereby Japan 'protects' Korea
January01 - 9 hour work day for diamond miners.
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02 - Japanese troops capture Port Arthur.
02 - Science Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine.
05 - National Association of Audubon Society incorporates.
05 - Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara.
14 - Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC.
15 - Sports Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater.
20 - Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, dies at 65.
31 - 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach.
February01 - Hungarian premier Tisza resigns.
07 - Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US.
07 - Oklahoma admitted to statehood.
08 - Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people.
11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
15 - Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77.
16 - 1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston.
17 - Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall.
23 - Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago.
24 - Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed.
25 - Netherland Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms.
March03 - US Forest Service forms.
04 - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga," premieres in Berlin.
10 - Japanese capture of Mukden (now Shenyang) completes rout of Russian armies in Manchuria.
17 - Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in NY.
24 - Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77.
31 - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering Tangier (or First Morocco) Crisis.
31 - Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroys Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski at Battle of Tsushima.
31 - African-American intellectuals and activists, led by W. E. B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter, began the Niagara Movement.
31 - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger.
April02 - Cairo-Capetown railway opens.
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04 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73.
04 - Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000.
12 - Hippodrome arena opens (NYC).
12 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter.
17 - US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional.
19 - Sports 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4.
23 - Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54.
27 - World Exposition opens in Luik.
May02 - French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work.
05 - Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender".
10 - 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75.
13 - James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ.
15 - Las Vegas Nevada founded.
17 - Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball.
19 - Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ.
22 - Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School.
24 - 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08.
26 - A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia.
27 - Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima.
29 - Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania.
31 - Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger.
June01 - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon.
06 - French Foreign minister Delcass‚ resigns on German request.
07 - Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814).
10 - 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me.
11 - Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs).
13 - Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered.
25 - Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation.
27 - Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin".
30 - John Hay, US politician, dies.
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July03 - Sports Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
10 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court.
29 - Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid), is born.
30 - Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms.
31 - Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa.
August09 - Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him.
10 - Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged.
12 - King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp.
14 - Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa.
19 - Russian tsar installs "Imperial Duma," without legislative powers.
30 - Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro.
September05 - Treaty of Portsmouth, N.H. ends Russo-Japanese War. Japan defeats Russia and southern Sakhalin ceded to Japan.
10 - Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes.
14 - Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated.
21 - Atlanta Life Insurance Co forms.
22 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed).
27 - 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues.
October03 - HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
05 - Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3".
20 - Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days.
20 - Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish.
26 - Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union with Norway.
29 - Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured.
30 - Nicholas II of Russia is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly with limited powers."October Manifesto"
30 - GB Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession," premieres in NYC.
30 - Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament).
November04 - Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam.
09 - Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages.
18 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
18 - George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London.
22 - British, Italian, Russ, French & Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos.
24 - Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel.
28 - Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin.
December04 - British government of Balfour resigns.
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05 - Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes PM of England.
09 - Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden.
09 - French Assembly National votes for separation of church & state.
16 - "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published.
28 - Sports Intercollegiate Athletic Assn of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910).
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