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1905 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1905 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1905

• 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 to the United States Constitution.
• May 15, 1905 – Las Vegas, is founded when 110 acre, in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• July 13, 1905 – The verdict in the six-month-long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes.
• August 10, 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• September 5, 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
• 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 16, 1905 – The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• October 30, 1905 – Czar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia’s first constitution, creating a legislative assembly.
• December 15, 1905 – The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin

Who Were Born On 1905?

• January 12, 1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997)
• January 13, 1905 – Kay Francis, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
• January 17, 1905 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
• January 21, 1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957)
• January 31, 1905 – John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1970)
• March 18, 1905 – Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer (d. 1985)
• April 25, 1905 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)
• May 10, 1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
• July 4, 1905 – Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991)
• August 10, 1905 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 1986)