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Historical Event(s)
– The world’s largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3106.75 carat, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
– Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.
– The verdict in the six-month long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes.
– Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
– Norway and Sweden sign the “Karlstad treaty”, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
– František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
– Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
– The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
– In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
– Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
– Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (d. 1986)
– John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
– Constant Lambert, British composer (d. 1951)
– Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
– John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991)
– Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer (d. 1990)
– George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal (d. 1989)
– Eddie Condon, American jazz banjoist and guitarist (d. 1973)