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1904 ( MCMIV) 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 Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the ...
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January 4 – In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and could enter the United Statesfreely.
January 18 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)April 22 – Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)May 11 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (d. 1989)June 2 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)May 1 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)July 15 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)History of Ukraine. Prehistoric Ukraine, as a part of the Pontic steppe in Eastern Europe, played an important role in Eurasian cultural events, including the spread of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, Indo-European migrations, and the domestication of the horse. [1] [2] [dead link] [3] A part of Scythia in antiquity, Ukraine was largely ...
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Few are alive anymore who can recall June 15, 1904, when 1,021 people died in the burning and sinking of the steamer 'General Slocum,' the deadliest New York disaster until Sept. 11, 2001. ^ a b Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games.
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from 1 July to 23 November 1904, located at what is now known as Francis Olympic Field on the campus of Washington University in ...
1 July–23 November – Great Britain and Ireland compete at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri and win one gold and one silver medal. 21 July – Official opening of Birmingham Corporation Water Department 's scheme bringing water to the city from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales via the Elan aqueduct.
