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The International Alliance of Women was founded during the Second Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Berlin, Germany. [13] [14] [15]In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of War announced the names of cadets who would enter the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1904.
The 1904 State of the Union Address was submitted on December 6, 1904, by the 26th president of the United States. This was Roosevelt's fourth address. Themes
April 6 – Joseph F. Smith announces the Second Manifesto in General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah Territory, prohibiting the practice of polygamy, which has continued to be sanctioned by some of its leaders in violation of the 1890 Manifesto officially banning the practice.
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 ...
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.
At 4 p.m. the same day, water was introduced for the first time into the new Model Yacht Lake, pumped by the Dutch Windmill. San Francisco Parks Commission president Adolph B. Spreckels and Golden Gate Park superintendent John McLaren supervised the adjustment of the valve. [164] The baby grizzly bear would die on the night of January 16. [165 ...
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 ...