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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 ()
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.
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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499: Aryabhata creates a particularly accurate eclipse chart. As an example of its accuracy, 18th century scientist Guillaume Le Gentil , during a visit to Pondicherry, India, found the Indian computations (based on Aryabhata's computational paradigm) of the duration of the lunar eclipse of 30 August 1765 to be short by 41 seconds, whereas his ...
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: