Page 8: Historical Events In 1904

Jun 15   Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1031 die).   

Jun 16   Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)   

Jun 16   Gerard Holt, Dutch architect   

Jun 17   Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist   

Jun 18   Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident).   

Jun 19   Balis Dvarionas, composer.   

Jun 20   Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister   

Jun 21   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)   

Jun 24   Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)   

Jun 25   Jan van Axel, [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)   

Jun 26   Peter Lorre, American film actor is born   

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

Jun 28   International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam.   

Jun 28   Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer   

Jun 29   2 prehistoric bones are discovered in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe   

Jun 30   Glenda Farrell, Enid OK, actress (Golddiggers of 1935)   

Jun 30   Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies.   

Jul 01   3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis   

Jul 01   Mary Calderone, physician/founder (planned parenthood).   

Jul 02   Carl Weinrich, composer   

Jul 03   inaugural 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   Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies.   

Jul 04   Angela Baddeley, London England, actress (Ghost Train, Tom Jones)   

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

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

Jul 06   Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma)   

Jul 07   A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly.   

Jul 08   Bill Challis, arranger/pianist   

Jul 09   10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL.   

Jul 10   Isa Krejci, composer.   

Jul 12   Pablo Neruda, Chile, poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971).   

Jul 12   Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet is born.   

Jul 14   Isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978).   

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Jan 01   Fazal ilahi chaudhry: Pakistani politician    

Jan 01   Ethan allen: American baseball player    

Jan 02   James melton: Moultrie ga, opera tenor (ford festival)   

Jan 02   Sally rand: Hickory county mo, stripper (fan dance)   

Jan 03   Boris kochno: Russian ballet dancer (la chatte)   

Jan 05   Erica morini: Austrian violinist   

Jan 05   Jeane dixon: American astrologer   

Jan 05   Erica morini: Vienna austria, concert violinist   

Jan 02   James longstreet: Confederate general,    

Jan 05   Karl a von zittel: German geologist/paleontologist (libya),   

Jan 09   Alfred richard: Cricketer (6 & 0 in only test for s af 1895-96),    

Jan 10   Jean-léon gérôme: French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)   

Jan 15   Eduard lassen: Composer,   

Jan 24   Franz coenen: Composer,    

Jan 26   John p r tak: Dutch liberal politician,   

Jan 27   Adam minchejmer: Composer,