What Happened In October 1905 - Historical Events 1905 October

Historical Events for October, 1905

1st » František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
5th » Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
16th » The Partition of Bengal (1905) or Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
17th » The October Manifesto issued by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
26th » Norway becomes independent from Sweden.

2nd » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
5th » John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
5th » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
6th » Helen Wills, American tennis player (d. 1998)
7th » Andy Devine, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
11th » Fred Trump, American businessman (d. 1999)
13th » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
13th » Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
15th » C. P. Snow, English chemist and author (d. 1980)
16th » Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (d. 1990)
18th » Jan Gies, Dutch activist (d. 1993)
20th » Ellery Queen e.g Frederic Dannay, American author (d. 1982)
20th » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1965)
22nd » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (d. 1969)
23rd » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
23rd » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
24th » Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian (d. 1988)
26th » George Bernard Flahiff, Canadian cardinal (d. 1989)
29th » Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)
30th » Johnny Miles, Canadian runner (d. 2003)