Events in year of 1904
- 01-01Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
- 01-04Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
- 01-04Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
- 01-05England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68
- 01-07Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal
- 01-08Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
- 01-11Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
- 01-12Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
- 01-25179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania
- 01-291st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team)
- 02-02US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
- 02-04John Millington Synges "Well of Saints, " premieres in Dublin
- 02-05American occupation of Cuba ends
- 02-06Russian-Japanese war began
- 02-07Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
- 02-08Russo-Japanese War begins
- 02-09Japan declares war on Russia
- 02-21National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan
- 02-23US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
- 02-25Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games
- 02-29Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal
- 03-02"Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
- 03-11Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
- 03-121st main line electric train in the UK (Liverpool to Southport)
- 03-12Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
- 03-13Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
- 04-08Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
- 04-13Congress authorizes Lewis and Clark Expo $1 gold coin
- 04-198th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4
- 04-19Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
People born in year of 1904
- 01-02James Melton: Moultrie, Georgia -- Opera tenor (Ford Festival)
- 01-02Sally Rand: Hickory County, Missouri -- Stripper (fan dance)
- 01-03Boris Kochno: Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
- 01-08Peter Arno: NYC, New York -- Cartoonist (New Yorker)
- 01-09George Balanchine: Dancer / choreographer / ballet producer
- 01-10Jesus Garcia Leoz: Composer
- 01-10Ray Bolger: Dorchester, Massachusetts -- Actor / dancer (Wizard of Oz)
- 01-11Frederick Boland: Irish diplomat / President (UN General Assembly)
- 01-12Mississippi Fred McDowell: Jazz artist
- 01-13Richard Addinsell: London, England -- Composer (Taming of Shrew)
- 01-14Cecil Beaton: England, United Kingdom -- Royal family photographer
- 01-16Max Vredenburg: Composer
- 01-17Grant Withers: Pueblo, Colorado -- Actor (Oklahoma, Annie)
- 01-17Patsy Ruth Miller: Actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds)
- 01-18Cary Grant: England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest)
- 01-18Henri-Georges Adam: French etcher / painter / sculptor (Grand Nude)
- 01-19James Winston Watts: Developer (Frontal Lobotomy)
- 01-20Renato Caccioppoli: Italian mathematician / grandson of Bakunin
- 01-20Theodore Brameld: Author / educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
- 01-21Richard P Blackmur: Massachusetts, United States -- Critic / poet (Good European)
- 01-23Theodor Schaefer: Composer
- 01-25Frans Goedhart: Dutch journalist / founder (Het Parool)
- 01-26Douglas Evans: Actor (South Pacific Trail)
- 01-31E van Ruller: Dutch journalist / ARP-alderman / co-founder (Trouw)
- 02-01S J Perelman: Brooklyn, New York -- Author / humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
- 02-02Jose Enrique Pedreira: Composer
- 02-03Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd: FBI Most Wanted criminal
- 02-03Luigi Dallapiccola: Pisino Istria, Italy -- Italian composer
- 02-03Roger Makins: Diplomat
- 02-04Herman B Wiardi Beckman: Dutch politician (SDAP) / resistance fighter
People died in year of 1904
- 01-02James Longstreet: Confederate General, dies at 82
- 01-05Karl A von Zittel: German geologist / paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
- 01-15Eduard Lassen: Composer, dies at 73
- 01-24Franz Coenen: Composer, dies at 77
- 01-26John P R Tak: Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
- 01-27Adam Minchejmer: Composer, dies at 73
- 02-01Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm: Dutch Historian / writer, dies at 76
- 02-20Gustav Adolf Heinze: Composer, dies at 83
- 03-05Alfred von Waldersee: Prussian Field Marshal / Chief of Staff, dies at 71
- 04-09Isabella II: Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
- 04-13Vasili Vereshtshagin: Russian Painter (War & Peace)
- 04-24Friedrich Siemens: German industrial, dies at 77
- 05-06Franz von Lenbach: German painter, dies at 67
- 05-07Peter Hille: Writer
- 05-08Eadweard Muybridge: English photographer (horse trot)
- 05-10Henry M Stanley [John Rowlands]: British explorer
- 05-13Jan Boissevain: Ship owner / politician
- 05-14Richard Hol: Dutch Composer / Organist / conductor, dies at 78
- 05-16N I Bobrikov: Russian Governor-General in Finland
- 07-03Theodor Herzl: Austrian journalist / Zionist
- 07-14S J Paul Kruger: General / President South-Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78
- 07-15Anton Pavlovich Chechov: Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44
- 07-23John Simon: Public health pioneer
- 07-28Plehve: Russian Foreign Minister (bomb under carriage)
- 08-04Arnold Krug: Composer, dies at 54
- 08-09Friedrich Ratzel: German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59
- 08-10Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau: French Foreign Minister (Dreyfus)
- 08-29Murad V: Sultan of Turkey (1876)
- 08-30Kate Fanny Loder: Composer, dies at 79
- 09-18Herbert von Bismarck: German politician / Son of Otto
Events in year of 1905
- 01-019 hour work day for diamond miners
- 01-02Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
- 01-02Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
- 01-05National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
- 01-09Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops (1 / 22 NS)
- 01-15Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater
- 01-16Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
- 01-17Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago
- 01-18French government of Combes falls
- 01-22Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
- 01-25Largest diamond, Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa
- 01-26Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a Monk in Korea
- 01-27Maurice Rouvier forms government in France
- 01-311st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 km/h), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach
- 01-31Carroll Wright appointed 1st US Commissioner of Labor
- 02-01Hague soccer team ADO froms
- 02-01Hungarian Premier Tisza resigns
- 02-07Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US
- 02-07Oklahoma admitted to statehood
- 02-08Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
- 02-11Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos
- 02-151st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark)
- 02-161st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston
- 02-17Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
- 02-23Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago
- 02-24Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed
- 02-25Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms
- 03-03US Forest Service forms
- 03-10Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
- 03-11Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1
People born in year of 1905
- 01-01Melvin Price: (Rep-D-Illinois, 1945- )
- 01-02Michael Kemp Tippett: English composer / conductor (Child of our Time)
- 01-03Dante Giacosa: Engineer / designer
- 01-03Ray Milland: Neath, Wales -- Actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945)
- 01-04Sterling Holloway: Cedartown, Georgia -- Actor (Waldo-Life of Riley)
- 01-06Eric Frank Russell: United Kingdom -- Sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
- 01-07Francis Taylor: Builder
- 01-08Carl Gustav Hempel: German Logical Positivist philosopher
- 01-08Giacinto Scelsi: Composer
- 01-11John Henry Jacques: Co-operative retailer
- 01-11Pierre Mendes-France: French Premier (1954-55)
- 01-13Percy Humphrey: Musician
- 01-16Ernesto Halffter: Composer
- 01-17Franz Schmid: Germany -- Ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931)
- 01-18Chick Chandler: Kingston, New York -- Actor (Barney-One Happy Family)
- 01-19Anne Schumacher Hummert: Radio pioneer
- 01-19Oveta Culp Hobby: Government official / newspaper publisher / CEO (Houston Post)
- 01-21Christian Dior: Normandy, France -- Fashion designer (long-skirted look)
- 01-23David Newell: Missouri, United States -- Actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves)
- 01-23Konstanty I Galczynski: Polish poet (Zielona Ges)
- 01-26Charles Lane: San Francisco, California -- Actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)
- 01-26John Carmel Heenan: Essex, England -- Cardinal archbp of Westminster (1963-75)
- 01-26Maria Augusta von Trapp: Austria -- Singer - inspired "Sound of Music"
- 01-26Marquess of Bath: English large landowner / multi-millionaire
- 01-27Howard McNear: Los Angeles, California -- Actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons)
- 01-27Luther Diamond: Radio personality
- 01-29Barnett Newmann: US painter (postpainterly abstraction)
- 01-31Anna Blaman [Johanna P Vrugt]: Dutch writer (Wife & Friend)
- 02-01Emilio Segre
- 02-01Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
People died in year of 1905
- 01-14Ernst Abbe: German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64
- 01-20Stanislaw Pilinski: Composer, dies at 65
- 02-01Oswald Aschenbach: German painter, dies at 77
- 02-10Ignacy Krzyzanowski: Composer, dies at 78
- 02-12Marcel Schwob: French writer / journalist (Coeur double)
- 02-15Lewis Wallace: US diplomat / writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77
- 02-17Serge Alexandrovich: Governor-General Moscow, murdered
- 02-18Jules de Geyter: Belgian Poet (International), dies at 75
- 02-28Joseph C Juglar: French Physician / economist, dies at 85
- 03-12Rudolf von Alt: Austrian painter, dies at 92
- 03-15Arnold Kerdijk: Dutch liberal / founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60
- 03-19Makar Grigori Ekmalyan: Composer, dies at 49
- 03-24Jules Verne: Sci-fi Author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
- 04-04Constantin Meunier: Belgian Painter / sculptor, dies at 73
- 04-25Jacob Olie: Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
- 04-29Ignacio Cervantes: Composer, dies at 57
- 05-09Ernst Pauer: Composer, dies at 78
- 05-23Martinus W van AA Meerbeke: Head-editor (Time), dies at 75
- 05-26Alphonse de Rothschild: French banker
- 05-29Leon Francis Victor Caron: Composer, dies at 55
- 06-04Carl Albert Loeschhorn: Composer, dies at 85
- 06-13Theodoros Delyannis: Premier Greece, murdered
- 06-13Tippo-Tip [Hamed ben Mohammed]: Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
- 06-30John Hay: US politician
- 07-05Carel V Gerritsen: Free thinker
- 07-23Jean-Jacques: Painter
- 08-10Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale: E African prophet / rebel leader, hanged
- 08-21Jules Oppert: German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80
- 09-02Walter Cecil Macfarren: Composer, dies at 79
- 09-04Pierre de Braza: Founder (French Congo)
Events in year of 1906
- 01-04South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
- 01-121st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
- 01-12Football rules committee legalizes forward pass
- 01-131st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile
- 01-27Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 seconds
- 01-29Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km
- 01-31Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
- 02-011st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
- 02-02Pope encyclical against separation of church and state
- 02-09Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
- 02-10State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
- 02-12George Cohans musical "George Washington, " premieres in New York City
- 02-15British Labour Party organizes
- 02-19WK Kellogg and Ch Bolin found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company
- 02-22Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles, California
- 02-23Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
- 02-27France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
- 03-03Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France
- 03-06Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
- 03-06Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
- 03-06Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers
- 03-07Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor
- 03-08Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games
- 03-10Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
- 03-10London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)
- 03-12Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
- 03-14Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms
- 03-15Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd
- 03-17President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake"
- 03-17Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver 7, although both winning a game, Montreal outscores Ottawa 12-10
People born in year of 1906
- 01-01Frank Stack: Canada -- Speed skater (1932 Olympics - Bronze Medalist)
- 01-03Roman Brandstaetter: Writer
- 01-05Kathleen Kenyon: 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
- 01-06Benedict Vilakazi: South Africa -- Poet / educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
- 01-06Jaap Wagemaker [Adrian B]: Dutch sculptor
- 01-08Jan A H J S Bruins Slot: Dutch founder illegal Trouw / MP (ARP)
- 01-08Serge Poliakoff: Russian / French painter / guitarist
- 01-11Albert Hofmann: Switzerland -- Chemist (discovered LSD)
- 01-11Johannes Paul Thilman: Composer
- 01-11Robert Nesbitt: Impresario
- 01-12Tex Ritter: Texas, United States -- Country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
- 01-13Maxime Jacob: Composer
- 01-14Walter Knape: Composer
- 01-14William Bendix: NYC, New York -- Actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley)
- 01-15Aristotle Onassis: Greece -- Rich shipping magnate
- 01-15Rezso Kokai: Composer
- 01-16Clement Greenberg: Art critic
- 01-16Diana Winyard: London, England -- Actress (Cavalcade)
- 01-18Hans Aeschbacher: Switzerland -- Sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours)
- 01-19Lanny Ross: Seattle, Washington -- Radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show)
- 01-21Fred Fehl: Austrian / US Broadway photographer
- 01-21John Putz: Journalist
- 01-22Robert E[rvin] Howard: United States -- Sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror)
- 01-22Willa B Brown [Coffey]: US black air pioneer (NAAA)
- 01-23Bob Steele: Pendleton, Oregon -- Actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)
- 01-24Norman Cook: Museum curator
- 01-27Radames Gnattali: Composer
- 01-28Allan Walker: Actor / writer (Red Buttons Show)
- 01-28Harry van Kruiningen [Henri A Janssen]: Painter / graphic artist
- 01-29Franciscus Hin: Holland, Netherlands -- Yachtsman (1920 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
People died in year of 1906
- 01-01Joseph Miroslav Weber: Composer, dies at 51
- 01-25Joseph Wheeler II: Confederate General, dies at 70
- 01-25Pierre L Goossens: Belgian Archbishop of Malines / Cardinal, dies at 78
- 01-29Christaan IX: King of Denmark (1893-1906)
- 02-09Paul Laurence Dunbar: Black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
- 02-18Willem Doorenbos: Literary / critic, dies at 85
- 02-23Johann Hoch: US murderer, executed
- 02-25Anton Stepanovich Arensky: Russian Composer / conductor c t, dies at 44
- 02-26Manuel Fernandez Caballero: Composer, dies at 70
- 03-10Eugen Richter: German MP (Liberal), dies at 67
- 03-13Susan B[rownell] Anthony: American suffragist, dies at 85
- 03-15Alfred Gilpin Jones: Lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
- 03-17Carlos Calvo: Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
- 03-22Martin Wegelius: Finnish musicologist / composer, dies at 59
- 03-30Betsy Perk [Christina E]: Journalist / writer / feminist, dies at 73
- 04-06Alexander L Kielland: Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
- 04-11Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon: Rus-orthodox clergyman / tsarist agent
- 04-11James A Bailey: Circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58
- 04-19Pierre Curie: French physicist / chemist (Nobel 1903)
- 04-20Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial: Dies in London Zoo at 26
- 04-25John Knowles Paine: US composer, dies at 67
- 05-23Henrik Johan Ibsen: Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78
- 05-30William Yeates Hurlstone: Composer, dies at 30
- 05-31Hermann Schell: German Theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56
- 05-31King Alfonso XIII: Assassinated in Madrid
- 06-07Johan P Van de Kellen: Stamp cutter / lithographer, dies at 74
- 06-08Christian Frederik Emil Horneman: Composer, dies at 65
- 06-11Heinrich Hart: German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50
- 06-17Harry N Pillsbury: US chess player
- 06-17William Dale: International legal consultant