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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 ()
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.
Henri Poincaré discovers the Poincaré homology sphere, leading him to formulate the Poincaré conjecture.; Helge von Koch describes the "Koch snowflake", one of the earliest fractal curves described.
Nine Socialists were elected to the city council in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the 1904 election. [14] [15] On May 5, 1904, George D. Herron nominated Debs for the presidential nomination while Hermon F. Titus nominated Ben Hanford for the vice-presidential nomination. The 183 delegates who attended the convention voted unanimously to give the ...
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]
Scene from Act 3 in The Cherry Orchard (1904 Moscow Art Theatre production) Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard received its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. [187] In Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, a reservoir burst, drowning about 60 people, destroying 179 buildings, and leaving hundreds homeless. [188] [189] Born:
February 9, 1904: Aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire. The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 31 hours. [90] [91] [92] It would long be believed that no human deaths were caused directly by the fire, [92] [93] [94] but in the early 21st century a historian would discover evidence that at least one ...