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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 ...
November 8 – U.S. presidential election, 1904: Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat Alton B. Parker. November 23 – The Olympic Games end. [ 20 ]
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]
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.
1904 artist's rendering of the collision of Berwick Castle with A1. The Royal Navy submarine HMS A1 sank with all hands during a training exercise off the Isle of Wight while making a mock attack on the protected cruiser HMS Juno. A1 was struck by SS Berwick Castle, the master of which was unaware that there were submarines in the area. [198] [199]
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.
Still, 1904 stands as the coldest year on record in New Jersey. The statewide average temperature that year was only 47.8 degrees, state records show. The statewide average has not dipped below 51 ...
Chicago, Illinois, initially won the bid to host the 1904 Summer Olympics, [3] but the organizers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis opposed the scheduling of another international event for the same time frame in a different city, perceiving such a prospect as a competitive threat that would divert potential attendees and the revenues that they would bring.