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January 12 – Henry Ford sets a new automobile land speed record of 91.371 miles per hour (147.047 km/h). [3] February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. [4] [5] [6] February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone. [7] [8] [9]
November 1904 events in the United States (3 P) This page was last ...
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1904 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1904, the ...
1923 – Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom. 1933 – Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction. 1938 – Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The ship was a total loss; there were no fatalities. The Colon was commanded by Captain William A. Irvine, whose license would be suspended for one year on August 12 for unskillfulness and negligence. [101] [102] [103] Born: Joseph Beecken, Belgian Olympic boxer (possibly born on May 7, 1904; d. 1948) [104] [105]