February 1905 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1905 Hague soccer team ADO forms.
• 07 Feb 1905 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US.
• 08 Feb 1905 Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people.
• 12 Feb 1905 In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is opened.
• 13 Feb 1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw Missouri (state record).
• 16 Feb 1905 At Haulbowline Base in Ireland, two explosions on board HM Submarine A5, due to petrol fumes after refueling, kill six of the eleven crew.
• 17 Feb 1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
• 19 Feb 1905 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Mukden begins in Manchuria.
• 23 Feb 1905 Rotary Club International established by four men in Chicago.
• 24 Feb 1905 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed.
• 25 Feb 1905 Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms.

Famous Birthday

• Ayn Rand

  Russian-born American writer, author of "Atlas Shrugged" and other philosophical novels based on her philosphy that she called "Objectivism.

• Louis Berthomme-Saint-André
• Edouard Pignon

  French artist, an expressionistic and cubist who also did ceramics and theater design.

• Paul Nizan

  French journalist / writer (Ce Soir / Aden Arabia), dies at 35.

• Guillaume Landré

  Dutch composer of operas, 4 symphonies, and chamber music.

• Reda Caire
• Chick Webb

  American jazz drummer and big band leader (Born 1905).

• Franchot Tone

  Niagara Falls, New York -- Actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey).

• Thelma Ritter

  American actress (Born 1905).

• Thelma Ritter

  American actress (Born 1905).

• Walter Frank

  German Nazi ideologist and a dynamic powerful speaker, he was also the editor of propaganda publications.

• Sally Victor

  American leading designer in the fashion field known for a certain style and spirit that can be seen in her famous hats.

• Umberto Romano

  Italian-American artist, a portrait painter and art teacher.

• Nise da Silveira
• Jose Munoz

  Molleda composer.

• Max Schubert

  winemaker.

• Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk

  Netherlands -- Indonesian writer (Camp diary).

• Vilko Ukmar

  composer.

• Ulf Svante von Euler Sweden

  physiologist (Nobel Prize 1970).

• Truman Bradley

  Missouri, United States -- TV host (Science Fiction Theater).

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Famous Deaths

• Oswald Aschenbach German painter

  dies at age 77.

• Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer

  dies at age 78.

• Marcel Schwob French writer/journalist (Coeur double)

  dies.

• Lewis Wallace US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur)

  dies at age 77.

• Serge Alexandrovich Governor-General Moscow

  murdered.

• Jules de Geyter Belgian poet (International)

  dies at age 75.

• Joseph C Juglar French physician/economist

  dies at age 85.

• Jeremiah W Farnham

  American merchant captain.

• William Bickerton

  English-American religious leader 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905).

• Lew Wallace

  American general lawyer and politician 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905).

• Louis-Ernest Barrias

  French sculptor and academic (d. 1905).

• Konstantin Savitsky

  Russian painter and academic (d. 1905).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Vess Ossman - St. Louis Rag
2. Billy Murray & Len Spencer - Can't You See My Heart Beats All for You
3. Henry Burr (as Irving Gillette) - Sing Me to Sleep
4. Emilio DeGogorza - Carmen: Toreador Song
5. Frank Stanley & Byron G. Harlan - The Battle Cry of Freedom