December 1905 calendar

Events

• 04 Dec 1905 British government of Balfour resigns.
• 05 Dec 1905 Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister of England.
• 09 Dec 1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state.
• 11 Dec 1905 British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms.
• 15 Dec 1905 The Pushkin House is established in St. Petersburg to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin
• 18 Dec 1905 H V Hordern takes 8-81 in second innings of F-C debut (New South Wales versus Queensland).
• 27 Dec 1905 M A Noble scores 281 (369 minutes, 21 fours) New South Wales versus Victoria.
• 28 Dec 1905 New South Wales all out for 805 versus Victoria, win by innings and 253.
• 30 Dec 1905 Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.

Famous Birthday

• Pierre Brasseur

  French actor (Born 1905).

• Noël Devaulx

  French novelist and writer.

• Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
• André Bac
• Guy Mollet

  (Socialist) French premier (1956-57).

• Anthony Powell

  British writer, best known for his autobiographical 12-volume series of novels, "A Dance to the Music of Time," 1951-75.

• Amédée Borsari
• Vassili Grossman
• Otto Preminger

  Austria -- Director / producer (Laura, Exodus).

• Rellys (actor)
• Fernand Gravey

  Belgian/french film actor, made his career in france; played in "duguesclin," "treize a table".

• Carlo Rim
• George Cardinal Legros
• Renato Birolli

  Italian painter, an expressionist influenced by Picasso.

• Sergio Tonzig

  Italian scientist of botany.

• Gilberte Brossolette

  French resistant, jouenalist and politician, spouse of Pierre Brossolette.

• Fulvio Bernardini
• Arn Bjornsson

  composer.

• Emmanuel Levinas

  philosopher.

• Gajapatairaj Vijaya Ananda the Rajkumar of Vizianagram

  India.

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Famous Deaths

• Henry Holmes composer

  dies at age 66.

• Alexander Popov

  Russian physicist and academic (d. 1906).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sousa's Band - Blue Danube Waltz
2. Harry Macdonough - In the Valley of Yesterday
3. Haydn Quartet - Silent Night, Hallowed Night
4. Lew Dockstader - Everybody Works but Father
5. Billy Murray - Everybody Works but Father