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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 ...
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Russell M. Cunningham (); Lieutenant Governor of California: Alden Anderson (); Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Warren A. Haggott (); Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Henry Roberts ()
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.
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 ...
1904 – SS Haimun sends its first news story on March 15, 1904. [63] It was a Chinese steamer ship commanded by war correspondent Lionel James in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War for The Times. It is the first known instance of a "press boat" dedicated to war correspondence during naval battles.
1 January – Number plates are introduced as cars are licensed for the first time. A speed limit of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) is introduced. [1]25 January – Halford Mackinder's influential paper The Geographical Pivot of History is delivered to the Royal Geographical Society in London.
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.
"We want people to think about what the next 120 years look like," Concetta Bencivenga, New York Transit Museum director, told The Post. "The subway is for everyone. It’s the great social equalizer.