1905: What Else Happened

• The Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever found (3106 carets), was discovered in South Africa.
• Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia.
• The Rotary Club was founded in Chicago.
• President Theodore Roosevelt gained Congressional approval for creation of the U.S. Forest Service, and appointed Gifford Pinchot to run the agency.
• Science fiction author Jules Verne died.
• Two satellites of Jupiter were discovered.
• Actor Henry Fonda was born in Nebraska.
• Norway established its indendendence from Denmark after 400 years.
• French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre was born.
• The world's first theater intended exclusively for motion pictures opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• The National Association of Audubon Society was incorporated.
• Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth Canadian provinces.
• The first manned flight longer than 30 minutes was achieved by Orville Wright. The flight covered 21 miles.
• President Grover Cleveland wrote a Ladies Home Journal article opposing women's suffrage.
• The French Assembly National voted for separation of church and state.
• Two French brothers test pilot a helicopter.
• Multi-millionaire Howard Hughes was born.
• The Sons of Daniel Boone was founded by Daniel Beard.
• Pitcher Christy Mathewson threw three shutouts as The New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.
• Motor trucks and ignition locks were introduced by the automotive industry.
• Las Vegas, Nevada was founded.
• The Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon.
• The first forest fire lookout tower was placed in operation in Greenville, Maine.
• Baseball player Ty Cobb's mother mistook her husband for a burglar, and killed him.
• The predecessor of the National Collegiate Athletic Association was founded.
• Albert Einstein presented his theory of relativity.
• Rebel battle flags captured by the Union Army during the Civil War were finally returned to the South.
• An earthquake in Cangra India killed 20,000.
• Fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex were first identified by dinosaur expert H.F. Osborn.
• An automobile exceeded 100 miles per hour for the first time.
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid held up a bank in Argentina.
• Revolution broke out but was thwarted by the Czar in Russia.