What Happened In January 1905 In History

Historical Events for January, 1905

• 2nd » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Lüshunkou District named Port Arthur, China.
• 22nd » Bloody Sunday (1905) e.g Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1905

• 1st » Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
• 2nd » Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (d. 1988)
• 2nd » Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
• 2nd » Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
• 2nd » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 3rd » Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
• 4th » Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
• 6th » Idris Davies, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
• 8th » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. 1988)
• 10th » Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (d. 1993)
• 11th » Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
• 11th » Manfred Bennington Lee, American author, co-creator of Ellery Queen (d. 1971)
• 12th » James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
• 12th » Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (d. 1974)
• 13th » Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
• 14th » Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
• 15th » Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
• 15th » Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. 1981)
• 16th » Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
• 17th » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 17th » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
• 17th » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
• 17th » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
• 17th » Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet (d. 1960)
• 19th » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
• 21st » Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957)
• 21st » Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
• 22nd » Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981)
• 24th » J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)
• 25th » Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)
• 25th » Margery Sharp, English author (d. 1991)
• 26th » Charles Lane (actor) named Charles Lane, American actor (d. 2007)
• 26th » Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
• 27th » Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
• 29th » Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
• 31st » Diana Napier, English actress (d. 1982)

Famous Deaths for January 1905

• 6th » George Van Cleaf, American water polo player (b. 1880)
• 10th » Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer and songwriter (b. 1835)
• 13th » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 14th » Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
• 19th » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)

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