* John Arnold Austin ( 1905 – 1941 ), American sailor

* 1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress ( d. 1993 )

The author was American ambassador to Spain from 1905 to 1909.

* 1848 – Andrew Onderdonk, American construction contractor ( d. 1905 )

* 1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )

* 1905 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator ( d. 1999 )

Carnegie also established large pension funds in 1901 for his former employees at Homestead and, in 1905, for American college professors.

In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

* 1905 – Louis Jean Heydt, American actor ( d. 1960 )

* 1905 – Arthur Lake, American actor ( d. 1987 )

* 1821 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company ( d. 1905 )

* 1905 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist ( d. 1986 )

* 1905 – Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California ( d. 1996 )

* 1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American poet ( d. 1989 )

James Robert Wills ( March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975 ), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader.

James Dalton Trumbo ( December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976 ) was an American screenwriter and novelist.

* 1905 – Gus Mancuso, American baseball player ( d. 1984 )

* 1905 – Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor ( d. 1976 )

* 1905 – William Loeb III, American newspaper publisher, ( d. 1981 )

* 1905 – Gilbert Roland, American actor ( d. 1994 )

* 1905 – Dalton Trumbo, American writer ( d. 1976 )

* 1986 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist ( b. 1905 )

* 1998 – Sam Muchnick, American professional wrestling promoter ( b. 1905 )

* 1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet ( d. 1982 )

* 1962 – Harry Barris, American popular singer ( b. 1905 )

In January 1905, small advertisements were placed in the " Automobile and Cycle Trade Journal " that offered bare Harley-Davidson engines to the do-it-yourself trade.

Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing and the Cadillac Automobile Company merged in 1905.

The first modern fire engine was manufactured in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1905, by Knox Automobile.

In 1905, the first modern fire engine was constructed by Knox Automobile of Springfield, Massachusetts, based on the standard truck model.

In 1905, Standard Wheel allowed Cox to relocate the Overland Automobile Company to Indianapolis, Indiana, and he got a partner.

Knox Automobile produced the world's first modern fire engine in 1905.

* The trophy is awarded annually until 1905, after which the Automobile Club de France ( ACF ) holds the first Grand Prix motor racing event on the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans

The Automobile Association ( The AA ), a British motoring association founded in 1905 was demutualised in 1999 to become a private limited company which currently provides car insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans and motoring advice, and other services.

The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 to help motorists avoid police speed traps in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences.

1905 Jackson Automobile Company | Jackson Model C

The NAA was founded in 1905 as the Aero Club of America ( ACA ), by members of the Automobile Club of America.

1905 Studebaker advertisement claiming ( at the bottom ) Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers membership

They were formed around 1905 as an offshoot of the American Automobile Association, which already existed.

The Courier was a brass era manufactured by Sandusky Automobile Company in Sandusky, Ohio in 1904 and 1905.

The Apperson automobile company was formed that year, and in 1905, Haynes-Apperson was renamed the Haynes Automobile Company.

Wilson Automobile Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Wilson, New York between 1903 and 1905.