What Happened In May 1904 In History

Historical Events for May, 1904

• 4th » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 4th » Charles Rolls Charles Stewart Rolls meets Henry Royce Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel (Manchester) Midland Hotel in Manchester, England.
• 5th » Pitcher Pitching against the Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 9th » The steam locomotive 'GWR 3440 City of Truro City of Truro' becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed convert 100 mph km/h abbr=on.
• 10th » The Horch named Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded.
• 21st » The FIFA called Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1904

• 2nd » Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist (d. 1983)
• 6th » Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
• 6th » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist (d. 1984)
• 6th » Harry Martinson, Swedish author and poet Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
• 6th » Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)
• 7th » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian (d. 1993)
• 8th » John Snagge, English journalist (d. 1996)
• 9th » Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988)
• 10th » David Brown (entrepreneur) e.g David Brown, English businessman (d. 1993)
• 11th » Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
• 13th » Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist (d. 1984)
• 14th » Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
• 14th » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
• 15th » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
• 17th » Jean Gabin, French actor and singer (d. 1976)
• 18th » Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (d. 1971)
• 18th » Jacob K. Javits, American politician, 58th New York State Attorney General (d. 1986)
• 21st » Robert Montgomery (actor) known as Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981)
• 21st » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1943)
• 22nd » Pyotr Sobolevsky, Russian actor (d. 1977)
• 22nd » Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (d. 1962)
• 26th » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
• 26th » Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
• 27th » Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper (d. 1997)

Famous Deaths for May 1904

• 1st » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
• 10th » Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
• 19th » Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
• 19th » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
• 26th » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)

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