Historical Events In 1904

Jun 15   Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1,031 die) on this day in history.  

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

Jun 16   On this day in history gerard Holt, Dutch architect  

Jun 17   In the year 1904 coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist  

Jun 18   In the year 1904 keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)  

Jun 19   Balis Dvarionas, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 20   On this day in history 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) in the year 1904.  

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   Jan van Axel, [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje) on this day in history.  

Jun 26   Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers) on this day in history.  

Jun 26   On this day in history the birth of Peter Lorre, American film actor  

Jun 28   International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

Jun 28   On this day in history wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer  

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

Jun 30   Glenda Farrell, Enid OK, actress (Golddiggers of 1935) in the year 1904.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Mary Calderone, physician/founder (planned parenthood) on this day in history.  

Jul 02   In the year 1904 carl Weinrich, composer  

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   Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies in the year 1904.  

Jul 04   On this day in history angela Baddeley, London England, actress (Ghost Train, Tom Jones)  

Jul 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1904.  

Jul 06   On this day in history robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma)  

Jul 07   A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly in the year 1904.  

Jul 08   On this day in history bill Challis, arranger/pianist  

Jul 09   10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL in the year 1904.  

Jul 10   Isa Krejci, composer in the year 1904.  

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

Jul 12   In the year 1904 the birth of Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet  

Jul 14   On this day in history isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978)  

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Jan 01   Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)  

Jan 05   Erica Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995) was born in the year 1904.  

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   On this day in history james Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82  

Jan 05   In the year 1904 karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64  

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

Jan 10   Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824) died on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 24   Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1904.  

Jan 26   In the year 1904 john P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64  

Jan 27   In the year 1904 adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73