What Happened In July 1904 - Historical Events 1904 July

Historical Events for July, 1904

21st » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the convert 100 mph 0 abbr=on barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium.
31st » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

2nd » René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (d. 1996)
4th » Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
5th » Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994)
5th » Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (d. 2005)
5th » Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
6th » Erik Wickberg, Swedish General of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
7th » Simone Beck, French chef and author (d. 1991)
8th » Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (d. 2008)
10th » Lili Damita, French-American actress (d. 1994)
11th » Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1972)
12th » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
15th » Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
15th » Mogubai Kurdikar, Indian singer (d. 2001)
16th » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
19th » Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (d. 1985)
24th » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991)
24th » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic (d. 1989)
29th » Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1982)
29th » J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993)
30th » Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1974)
31st » Brett Halliday, American author (d. 1977)

3rd » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and playwright (b. 1860)
3rd » Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
6th » Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
14th » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th List of Presidents of the South African Republic known as President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
15th » Anton Chekhov, Russian physician and author (b. 1860)
22nd » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)