What Happened In August 1904 In History

Historical Events for August, 1904

• 10th » Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• 23rd » The tire chain e.g automobile tire chain is patented.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1904

• 3rd » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
• 4th » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 4th » Helen Kane, American singer and actress (d. 1966)
• 4th » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973)
• 5th » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997)
• 6th » Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 6th » Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
• 7th » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 8th » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
• 12th » Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997)
• 12th » Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
• 12th » Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 13th » Buddy Rogers (actor) known as Buddy Rogers, American actor and trombonist (d. 1999)
• 15th » George Klein (inventor) or George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
• 16th » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
• 16th » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 17th » Mary Cain (editor) named Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984)
• 17th » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
• 18th » Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
• 19th » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963)
• 21st » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Count Basie Orchestra) (d. 1984)
• 24th » Mary Burchell, English activist and author (d. 1986)
• 24th » Alice White, American actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 26th » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)
• 26th » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991)
• 27th » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963)
• 27th » Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983)
• 27th » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
• 28th » Secondo Campini, Italian engineer (d. 1980)
• 28th » Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998)
• 29th » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

Famous Deaths for August 1904

• 6th » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 7th » Louis Dutfoy, French target shooter (b. 1860)
• 10th » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 12th » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 16th » Prentiss Ingraham, American colonel and author (b. 1843)
• 22nd » Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
• 25th » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
• 29th » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)

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