1904 Calendar
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1904 Historical Event(s)
January 7, 1904
– The distress signal “CQD” is established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS”.
January 23, 1904
– Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
February 7, 1904
– A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 16, 1904
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
May 5, 1904
– Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
May 9, 1904
– The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph.
June 15, 1904
– A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City’s East River kills 1,000.
August 23, 1904
– The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 8, 1904
– Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city.
October 27, 1904
– The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
Who Were Born On 1904?
January 1, 1904
– Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
January 22, 1904
– Arkady Gaidar, Russian children’s writer (d. 1941)
February 23, 1904
– Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982)
March 26, 1904
– Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
May 18, 1904
– Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. 1986)
May 21, 1904
– Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)
August 26, 1904
– Christopher Isherwood, English-born writer (d. 1986)
September 13, 1904
– Gladys George, American stage and screen actress (d. 1954)
November 14, 1904
– Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995)
December 24, 1904
– Joseph Moses Juran, American industrial engineer and philanthropist (d. 2008)