1904

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1870s  1880s  1890s  – 1900s –  1910s  1920s  1930s
Years:	1901 1902 1903 – 1904 – 1905 1906 1907

1904 Media

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  February 7: Aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire.

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  Port Arthur from Gold Hill

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  Poster for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. The Games were hosted at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and the cover of the expo’s daily program was used for the poster.

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  Pavlos Melas (March 29, 1870 – October 13, 1904) Greek officer of the Hellenic Army

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  July 23 & November 24: continuous track

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  Publicity photo of American entertainer, Ray Bolger, circa 1942, promoting the Broadway production of Rodgers & Hart's musical comedy By Jupiter (originally titled "All's Fair").

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  RKO publicity still from Suspicion (1941)

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  Keith Jacka Holyoake, circa 1960, photographed by S P Andrew Ltd.

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  Publicity photo of American jazz musician Jimmy Dorsey, promoting him as a big band leader.

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  Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) half-length portrait, seated at desk covered with his books / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.

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1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• 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 States freely.
• February 8 – The Russo-Japanese War begins.

Births

• 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)
• June 17 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor and comedian (d.1991)
• June 26 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born movie actor (d. 1964)
• August 12 – Tsarevich Alexei of Russia (d. 1918)

Deaths

• May 1 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
• July 15 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)