Editing 1905 (section)

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1905}}
* [[May 4]] &ndash;The [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|first world championship of professional wrestling]] takes place at [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]].
* [[May 9]] &ndash; Upon the death of U.S. social activist [[Ann Jarvis|Ann Reeves Jarvis]] In West Virginia, her daughter [[Anna Jarvis]] resolves to campaign across the United States for a proposed "[[Mother's Day]]". 
* [[May 10]] &ndash; The [[1905 Snyder tornado]] destroys the town of [[Snyder, Oklahoma]], killing 97.<ref>[https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-19050510 "The Snyder, Oklahoma Tornado of 10 May 1905"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116183939/https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-19050510 |date=November 16, 2022 }}, National Weather Service</ref>
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]] submits for publication his paper "''[[Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen]]''" ("On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat"), based on his doctoral research, delineating a [[stochastic]] model of [[Brownian motion]]. 
* [[May 12]] &ndash; The [[Natural History Museum, London]], unveils its popular exhibit of "[[Dippy (London)|Dippy]]", an exact replica of the skeleton of the ''[[Diplodocus carnegii]]'' dinosaur.
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], is founded when {{convert|110|acre}} of land adjacent to the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] tracks are auctioned to form what becomes [[Downtown Las Vegas]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050622085441/http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/history/default.htm "The History of Las Vegas"], Las Vegas official website, lasvegasnevada.gov</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Abdul Hamid II]], the [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] establishes the [[Ullah millet]] for the [[Aromanians]] of the empire. For this reason, the [[Aromanian National Day]] is sometimes celebrated on this day.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/34296221|title=The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority|first=Thede|last=Kahl|author-link=Thede Kahl|journal=Ethnologia Balkanica|volume=6|pages=145–169|year=2002|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031130621/https://www.academia.edu/34296221|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision is publicly announced the next day, which is more commonly celebrated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.armanami.org/blog/nikola-minov-why-dont-all-aromanians-celebrate-may-23-as-their-national-day/|title=Nikola Minov: Why don't all Aromanians celebrate May 23 as their national day?|publisher=[[Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians]]|date=24 May 2020|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124085036/http://www.armanami.org/blog/nikola-minov-why-dont-all-aromanians-celebrate-may-23-as-their-national-day/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash;  At the end of two days in fighting in the [[Battle of Tsushima]], the Russian Imperial Navy has suffered the deaths of more than 14,000 of the 18,000 sailors and officers it had brought to the battle, and all but four of its Pacific ships. The Japanese loss is three torpedo boats and 800 men.<ref name=Jun05>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jUsfTWbdik4C&q=%22monthly+Review+of+Reviews%22+1905 ''The American Monthly Review of Reviews''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427224815/https://books.google.com/books?id=jUsfTWbdik4C&q=%22monthly+Review+of+Reviews%22+1905 |date=April 27, 2023 }} (July 1905) pp. 26-29</ref>
* [[May 29]] &ndash; Brooklyn Superbas pitcher [[Elmer Stricklett]] introduces the "[[spitball]]" to major league baseball.<ref>Eldon L. Ham, ''Larceny and Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy of Major League Baseball'' (Chicago Review Press, 2005) pp.16-17</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; Japan's Prime Minister [[Katsura Tarō]] asks U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to moderate peace discussions to end the [[Russo-Japanese War]].<ref>Ian Nish, ''Japanese Foreign Policy 1869-1942: Kasumigaseki to Miyakezaka'' (Taylor & Francis, 2013)</ref>