UPDATE Dec 25, 2003 9:15 pm CST
First set of questions and links to where I found the answers:
1. In 1903:Formatting the answers takes longer than finding them.1 who founded the WSPU?
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. (Link includes a short selection from her book, In My Own Words.)2 what speed limit was imposed on motor cars?
According to a page of 1903 trivia (which also mentions the WSPU), "Motorcar regulations in Britain set a 20 mile-per-hour speed limit. "3 who was the Sublime Paralytic, who died of cholera?
That would be Apolinario Mabini, Hero of the Philippine Revolution;
Conscience and Brains of the Philippine Revolution;
key adviser of Emilio Aguinaldo;
proposed the first constitution of the Philippine Republic;
born July 22, 1864--died May 13, 1903"Thou shalt worship God in the form which thy conscience may deem most righteous and worthy; for in thy conscience, which condemns thy evil deeds and praises thy good ones, speaks thy God"--Apolinario Mabini4 whose weekly journal began to publicise atrocities in the Congo Free State?
That would be E. D. Morel, who founded the West African Mail in 1903. Later he "established the Congo Reform Association, an organisation that campaigned to persuade European governments to take action against those guilty of human rights abuses. " He is an interesting man; one I would like to know more about.5 whose residence at Holly Lodge was commemorated by the first blue plaque?
That would be George Eliot's residence, but it wasn't the first blue plaque (the oldest existing dates to the 1860s.)One of the first plaques erected by the London County Council was to George Eliot. This was only the fifth plaque to a woman, and was the first to be erected in south London. Holly Lodge was Eliot's home from 1859 to 1860 and was where she wrote The Mill on the Floss.6 whose handwritten catalogue described works for sale at their Peckham residence?
I don't know.7 who was hounded by the Governor of Ceylon to suicide in a Parisian hotel?
That would be Hector Macdonald, falsely accused by Governor Ridgeway:While Hector Macdonald was on his way back to Ceylon he stopped for a few days rest in Paris. Gov. Ridgeway in his anger decided to do an all out blitz in the Ceylon press and released all the information: rumors, accusations, etc....about Hector Macdonald which became a media mess, not long the world press picked up on the story and set the stage for Hector's doom.
On a Sunday morning at the Hotel Regina in Paris, Hector came down from his room to the lobby to get the morning paper and sat down to breakfast. Macdonald opened the paper and was shocked at what he saw in the headlines "grave charge", a witness said a look of despair came across Hector's face as he held his head low and stared at the paper. Hector got up and walked slowly up the stairs and entered his room, sat on the bed, raised the revolver to his head and shot himself.8 which Franco-Peruvian reached his journey's end on Fatu Iwa?
That would be artist Paul Gauguin, who died in the Marquesas. The link identifies his place of death as "Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia" but several foreign language auction sites list it as Fatu Iwa.9 in what was the Chimney-Sweep the first victor?
I haven't looked for this yet; sounds like a horse's name.UPDATE Dec 25, 2003 9:22 pm
It's not a horse--it is the nickname (le petit ramoneur or the lttle chimney-sweep) of cyclist Maurice Garin, the winner of the first Tour de France. He was also called the 'white bulldog.'10 how was Giuseppe Sarto renamed?
In 1903, Giuseppe Sarto became Pope Pius X.
