It's great to be 100: what else came to pass in 1905 besides the launch of the journal of accountancy? Here are some other important occurrences of that memorable year.It happened in 1905 Revolution--political, scientific and artistic--was in the air. Events * A failed first attempt at revolution in Russia occurred when 200,000 workers marched on the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and were fired on by troops. * President Theodore Roosevelt served as mediator in peace talks that ended the Russo-Japanese War. * Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity theory of relativity Einstein’s contribution to the space-time relationship. [Science: NCE, 843–844] See : Turning Point , which included the equation E = [mc.sup.2]. * The first movie theater, or nickelodeon, opened in Pittsburgh. The first film shown was The Great Train Robbery. Books * White Fang by Jack London * The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Music * Clair de tune by Claude Debussy * The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar * My Gal Sal by Paul Dresser * Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie by Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling Art * Family of Saltimbanques, Pablo Picasso (in his Rose Period) * Water-Lilies, Claude Monet Inventions * The Popsicle * Novocaine Noun 1. novocaine - procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain) Novocain, procaine hydrochloride Ethocaine, procaine - a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine Sports * The New York Giants
* Hockey's Stanley Cup was won by the Ottawa Silver Seven Celebrating their centennials * The Florida Society of CPAs, Colorado Society of CPAs, Georgia Society of CPAs, Wisconsin Society of CPAs and Rhode Island Society of CPAs * The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan * The Juilliard School of dance, music and theater in New York There are many famous theaters in New York, most notably the Broadway theatres in New York City.
* The city of Las Vegas
The City of Las Vegas * The National Audubon Society The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservancy. Incorporated in 1905, it is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. * Norway Rotary International * The Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International (SAE) is a professional organization for mobility engineering professionals in aerospace, automotive and the commercial vehicle industries. The Society is a standards development organization for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including * The Spiegel catalog * Variety newspaper Born in 1905 * Claudette Colbert, actor * Joseph Cotton, actor * Agnes de Mille, choreographer * Christian Dior, fashion designer * Tommy Dorsey, bandleader * Henry Fonda, actor * Greta Garbo, actor * Dag Hammarskjold, diplomat * Lillian Hellman, writer * Howard Hughes, billionaire inventor * Myrna Loy, actor * John O'Hara, writer * Ayn Rand, writer * Jean Paul Sartre, writer * Jule Styne, composer * Maria Von Trapp, subject of The Sound of Music |
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