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   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   Balis Dvarionas, composer in the year 1904.  

Jun 20   In the year 1904 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) on this day in history.  

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

Jun 24   Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit) in the year 1904.  

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

Jun 26   In the year 1904 peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)  

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

Jun 28   In the year 1904 international Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam  

Jun 28   Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer in the year 1904.  

Jun 29   On this day in history 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe  

Jun 30   On this day in history glenda Farrell, Enid OK, actress (Golddiggers of 1935)  

Jun 30   Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies in the year 1904.  

Jul 01   On this day in history 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis  

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

Jul 02   Carl Weinrich, composer in the year 1904.  

Jul 03   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 in the year 1904.  

Jul 03   In the year 1904 theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies  

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

Jul 05   Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 06   In the year 1904 robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma)  

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

Jul 08   Bill Challis, arranger/pianist in the year 1904.  

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

Jul 10   On this day in history isa Krejci, composer  

Jul 12   On this day in history pablo Neruda, Chile, poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971)  

Jul 12   The birth of Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1904 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 in the year 1904.  

Jan 02   In the year 1904 birth of james Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival)  

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   On this day in history birth of erica Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)  

Jan 05   Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997) was born in the year 1904.  

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

Jan 02   James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15   Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1904.  

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

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

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