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Governor of Alabama: William D. Jelks (); Governor of Arkansas: Jeff Davis (); Governor of California: George Pardee (); Governor of Colorado: James Hamilton Peabody (); Governor of Connecticut: Abiram Chamberlain ()
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 ...
Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on the market; 1908 – Root–Takahira Agreement; 1908 – Federal Bureau of Investigation established; 1908 – Aldrich–Vreeland Act; 1908 – U.S. presidential election: William Howard Taft elected president; James S. Sherman vice president.
Andrew Jackson De Voe, Hackensack's turn of the century "weather prophet," said the region was besieged by a "hole in the sky," The Record reported on Jan. 5, 1904.
In Vienna, Austria, the secessionist artists decided not to exhibit at the upcoming Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. [38]An intercolonial express train on its way from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Montreal and Boston derailed near Hunter's Crossing, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Halifax, and fell into the Shuberdarie River, killing 2 people and seriously injuring 27.
The Democratic Convention that met in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 6–9, 1904, has been called "one of the most exciting and sensational in the history of the Democratic Party." The struggle inside the Democratic Party over the nomination was to prove as contentious as the election itself.
Delhi, winner of the 1904 Belmont Stakes, circa 1912. The horse Delhi, ridden by jockey George M. Odom, won the 1904 Belmont Stakes at Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York City. [303] In Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, ten coal miners were asphyxiated by fumes from a locomotive in a tunnel at the Summit Branch Coal Company.
1 July–23 November – Great Britain and Ireland compete at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri and win one gold and one silver medal. 21 July – Official opening of Birmingham Corporation Water Department's scheme bringing water to the city from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales via the Elan aqueduct. [13] [14]