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October 17 – Amadeo Giannini founds the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, predecessor of the Bank of America. October 19 – Polytechnic University of the Philippines is founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American Gabriel A. O'Reilly. October 27 – The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens.
Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy , he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later ...
In 1864, when Pabst was taken into partnership in his father-in-law's brewery, he began to study the details of the business.After obtaining a thorough mastery of the art of brewing, Pabst turned his attention to extending the market for the beer, and before long, had raised the output of the Best brewery to 100,000 barrels a year.
1904 American novels (13 P) P. 1904 in American politics (3 C, 2 P) S. 1904 in American sports (14 C, 5 P) Pages in category "1904 in the United States"
23 June: Marcus Loew founds the theatre chain, the People's Vaudeville Company, which later was renamed Loews Theatres which was the oldest theatre chain operating in North America when it was merged with AMC Theatres in 2006
The pull-chain electrical light socket was patented in 1896, and his most famous invention, the U.S. electrical power plug, in 1904. It allowed the adoption in the U.S. of convenient, portable electrical devices, which Great Britain had enjoyed since the early 1880s. [ 4 ]
Live documentary: Captured a fire in Chicago filming firefighters on the roofs of buildings throwing streams of water on the burning structure with black smoke The Child Stealers: Decoyed: A Ferry in the Far East: Fording a Stream: The Great Baltimore Fire: High Diving and Reverse: Hurdle Jumping: An Intelligent Elephant: The Monkey Bicyclist
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