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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 ...
Wreck of the General Slocum, 1904. 1904 June 15: Steamboat General Slocum, carrying 1300 to a picnic site on Long Island, catches fire and sinks while on the East River alongside Astoria, Queens. Over 1000 passengers are killed, a major factor in the demise of the Little Germany neighborhood. [66] New York City Subway begins operating. [12] [66]
But there is no doubt about the morning being the coldest ever experienced in this vicinity," The Record reported on Jan. 5, 1904. Story continues below gallery. In River Edge there were reports ...
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.
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Halford Mackinder read a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" at the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulated the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. [283] On the night of January 25–26, a fire at the Turin National University Library destroyed over 100,000 books and manuscripts. [284] [285] [286 ...
The 1904 Olympic marathon, one of the strangest events in the history of the modern Olympic Games, took place in St. Louis, Missouri. The race was held in 90 °F (32 °C) temperatures, with only two water sources available, 6 miles (9.7 km) and 12 miles (19 km) along the 40-kilometre (25 mi) course, due to Olympic organizer James Edward ...