What Happened In May 1905 In History

Historical Events for May, 1905

• 5th » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• 15th » Las Vegas, is founded when convert 110 acre km2, in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• 27th » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• 28th » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1905

• 1st » Henk de Best, Dutch boxer (d. 1978)
• 1st » Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1982)
• 1st » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 3rd » Edmund Black, American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
• 3rd » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician (d. 1988)
• 3rd » Red Ruffing, American baseball player and coach (d. 1986)
• 5th » Floyd Gottfredson, American illustrator (d. 1986)
• 8th » Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1965)
• 10th » Louis Kaufman, American violinist (d. 1994)
• 10th » Robert Madgwick, Australian academic (d. 1979)
• 10th » Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 10th » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
• 12th » Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1994)
• 13th » Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (d. 1977)
• 14th » Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
• 14th » Herbert Morrison (announcer) named Herbert Morrison, American journalist (d. 1989)
• 14th » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
• 15th » Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
• 15th » Abraham Zapruder, American businessman, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
• 16th » Henry Fonda, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1982)
• 18th » Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. 1943)
• 22nd » Bodo von Borries, German physicist, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)
• 24th » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 29th » Sebastian Shaw (actor) named Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1994)
• 31st » Florence Desmond, English actress (d. 1993)

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