Events Date 1905 November | History by KabAstro

Amnesty for Political Prisoners

Nov 3 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners

Nov 4 Dock strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam

Amundsen Completes Northwest Passage

Nov 5 Roald Amundsen reaches Eagle City, Alaska, to announce to the world by telegraph his is the first expedition, in 400 years of attempts, to complete a Northwest Passage [1]

Nov 9 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
Nov 10 Sailors join the rebellion at Kronstadt naval base in Russia
Nov 11 High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months - but which never gained mass support
Nov 12 (November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
Nov 14 David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West" premieres in NYC
Nov 16 Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia
Nov 17 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea
Nov 18 10th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-0 in Birmingham

Major Barbara

Nov 18 George Bernard Shaw's play "Major Barbara" premieres in London

Nov 18 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
Nov 19 The steamer "Hilda" sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)
Nov 21 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
Nov 22 British, Italian, Russian, French and Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos
Nov 23 Henry Watson Furness, an American physician from Indiana is named US minister to Haiti
Nov 24 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel

Alfred Stieglitz

Nov 24 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opens the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York

First Ad for a Radio Set

Nov 25 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile