Historical Events In 1904

Jun 15   Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1,031 die) in the year 1904.  

Jun 16   In the year 1904 bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)  

Jun 16   In the year 1904 gerard Holt, Dutch architect  

Jun 17   On this day in history coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist  

Jun 18   On this day in history keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)  

Jun 19   In the year 1904 balis Dvarionas, composer  

Jun 20   In the year 1904 heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister  

Jun 21   In the year 1904 boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)  

Jun 23   Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World) on this day in history.  

Jun 24   On this day in history kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)  

Jun 25   On this day in history jan van Axel, [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)  

Jun 26   Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers) in the year 1904.  

Jun 26   The birth of Peter Lorre, American film actor on this day in history.  

Jun 28   On this day in history international Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam  

Jun 28   Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer in the year 1904.  

Jun 29   In the year 1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe  

Jun 30   In the year 1904 glenda Farrell, Enid OK, actress (Golddiggers of 1935)  

Jun 30   Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 01   3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis in the year 1904.  

Jul 01   In the year 1904 mary Calderone, physician/founder (planned parenthood)  

Jul 02   Carl Weinrich, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 03   In the year 1904 first run of the Ocean Limited passenger train between Montreal, Que. and Halifax. N.S. This is the longest running train in Canada having operated continuously over the same 840 mile route.  

Jul 03   On this day in history theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies  

Jul 04   In the year 1904 angela Baddeley, London England, actress (Ghost Train, Tom Jones)  

Jul 05   Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59) in the year 1904.  

Jul 05   Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn in the year 1904.  

Jul 06   Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma) in the year 1904.  

Jul 07   A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly on this day in history.  

Jul 08   In the year 1904 bill Challis, arranger/pianist  

Jul 09   On this day in history 10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL  

Jul 10   Isa Krejci, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1904 pablo Neruda, Chile, poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971)  

Jul 12   The birth of Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet in the year 1904.  

Jul 14   In the year 1904 isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)  

Jan 01   In the year 1904 birth of ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)  

Jan 02   James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Sally Rand, Hickory County MO, stripper (fan dance) was born in the year 1904.  

Jan 03   Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) was born in the year 1904.  

Jan 05   Erica Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)  

Jan 05   Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1904 james Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82  

Jan 05   Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1904 alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies  

Jan 10   Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824) died in the year 1904.  

Jan 15   In the year 1904 eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 24   On this day in history franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77  

Jan 26   John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1904.