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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1905 January 1 Nine-hour work day for diamond miners. [1] January 2 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine. [1] Japanese troops capture Port Arthur. [1] January 5 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara. [1] National Association of Audubon Society incorporates. [1] January 9 Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops. [1] January 14 Death of Ernst Abbe in Jena, Germany, at age 64; physicist in optical theory and microscope design. [1] [37] Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] January 17 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago Illinois. [1] January 18 French government of Combes falls. [1] January 20 Stanislaw Pilinski composer, dies at age 65. [1] January 22 "Bloody Sunday"; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops. [1] January 26 Arnold Schönberg's "Pelleas und Melissande" premieres in Vienna. [1] Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea. [1] World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa. [1] January 27 Maurice Rouvier forms government in France. [1] January 31 First auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach. [1] Carroll Wright appointed first US Commissioner of Labor. [1] February 1 Hungarian premier Tisza resigns. [1] Oswald Aschenbach German painter, dies at age 77. [1] February 7 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US. [1] Oklahoma admitted to statehood. [1] February 8 Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people. [1] February 10 Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, dies at age 78. [1] February 11 Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos. [1] February 12 Marcel Schwob French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies. [1] February 13 -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond Arkansas, USA, (state record). [1] -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon Kansas (state record). [1] -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw Missouri (state record). [1] February 15 First race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs Arkansas). [1] Lewis Wallace US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at age 77. [1] February 16 First US Esperanto club organizes in Boston. [1] February 17 Frances Willard becomes first woman honored in National Statuary Hall. [1] Serge Alexandrovich Governor-General Moscow, murdered. [1] February 18 Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben" premieres in Munich. [1] Jules de Geyter Belgian poet (International), dies at age 75. [1] February 23 Rotary Club International established by four men in Chicago. [1] February 24 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed. [1] February 25 Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms. [1] February 28 Joseph C Juglar French physician/economist, dies at age 85. [1] March 3 US Forest Service forms. [1] March 4 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga" premieres in Berlin. [1] March 6 Birth of Bob Wills Kosse Texas; actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle). [1] March 10 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang). [1] March 12 Rudolf von Alt Austrian painter, dies at age 92. [1] March 15 Arnold Kerdijk Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at age 60. [1] B Amalie Skram-Alver Norwegian author (Paa Saint Jørgen), dies at age 58. [1] March 17 Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin Roosevelt in New York. [1] March 19 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer, dies at age 49. [1] March 24 Jules Verne sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at age 77. [1] March 25 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South. [1] March 28 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used. [1] March 31 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger. [1] April 1 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya. [1] April 2 Cairo-Capetown railway opens. [1] April 4 Constantin Meunier Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at age 73. [1] Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000. [1] April 5 James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire", premieres in London. [1] April 12 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter. [1] Hippodrome arena opens (New York City, New York). [1] April 17 US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional. [1] April 18 Juan Valera bon Alcalá Galiano Sp author (Pepita Jiménez), dies at age 80. [1] April 22 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature Monument in Amsterdam. [1] April 23 Karel Komzak composer, dies at age 54. [1] April 25 Jacob Olie Dutch photographer, dies at about age 70. [1] Whites win right to vote in South Africa. [1] April 27 World Exposition opens in Luik. [1] April 29 2" rain falls in 10 minutes in Taylor Texas. [1] Ignacio Cervantes composer, dies at age 57. [1] Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon. [1] May 2 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work. [1] May 5 Robert S Abbott published first issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender". [1] May 9 Ernst Pauer composer, dies at age 78. [1] May 15 A land auction is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In two days, 2000 lots are sold for US$265,000. [1] [80.303] Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville. [1] May 19 Italian King Victor Emmanuel and Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy and Brig Switzerland. [1] May 22 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School. [1] May 23 Martinus W van AA Meerbeke head-editor (Time), dies at age 75. [1] May 26 A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia. [1] Alphonse de Rothschild French banker, dies. [1] May 27 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima. [1] May 29 Leon Francis Victor Caron composer, dies at age 55. [1] Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania. [1] May 31 Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger. [1] June 1 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon. [1] June 7 In a session of the Norwegian parliament, a unanimous vote proclaims that "the union with Sweden under one king is dissolved in consequence of the king's ceasing to function as king of Norway". The storting authorizes the Norwegian Council to take over control of the government. [1] June 10 First forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine. [1] June 11 Pennsylvania Railroad debuts fastest train in world (New York-Chicago in 18 hours). [1] June 17 Máximo Gómez Cuban general, dies at age 68. [1] June 28 Russian sailors mutiny aboard the battleship "Potemkin". [1] July 7 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker, Arizona (state record). [1] July 8 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center. [1] July 11 Black intellectuals and activists organize Niagara movement. [1] July 22 Philadelphia Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 6-0. [1] July 26 P Gotz discovers asteroid #568 Cheruskia. [1] July 27 J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa. [1] July 30 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera. [1] August 13 Norwegians hold a referendum on independence. An overwhelming majority favor it. [7] September 1 Alberta and Saskatchewan become 8th and 9th Canadian provinces. [1] September 5 Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War. [1] September 6 Atlanta Life Insurance Company established. [1] September 22 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks and two whites killed). [1] September 27 First published blues composition goes on sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues. [1] October 5 Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III 24 miles in 39 minutes. [5] October 20 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days. [1] October 26 First Soviet (workers' council) formed, Saint Petersburg, Russia. [1] By the Karlstad Convention, the Union of Norway and Sweden is formally dissolved. King Oskar renounces the Norwegian throne, and declines to elect a prince of his to the throne. [7] October 30 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties. [1] November 18 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. [1] November 23 Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti. [1] December 4 British government of Balfour resigns. [1] December 5 Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister of England. [1] December 9 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state. [1] Henry Holmes composer, dies at age 66. [1] Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premieres in Dresden. [1] December 11 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record). [1] British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms. [1] December 16 "Variety", covering all phases of show business, first published. [1] December 25 V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]