1904 in the United States explained
Events from the year 1904 in the United States.
Incumbents
Events
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
- October - The Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, predecessor of Bethune–Cookman University, is opened in Florida by Mary McLeod Bethune.
- October 1 - Phi Delta Epsilon, the international medical fraternity, is founded by Aaron Brown and eight of his friends at Cornell University Medical College.
- October 5 - Alpha Kappa Psi, the co-ed Professional Business fraternity, is founded on the campus of New York University.
- October 10 – The opera The Sho-Gun, authored by George Ade and Gustav Luders and produced by Henry W. Savage, premieres at Wallack's Theatre in New York City, New York.
- October 15 - Theta Tau, the Professional Engineering Fraternity, is founded at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- October 17 - Amadeo Giannini founds the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, predecessor of the Bank of America.
- October 19 - Polytechnic University of the Philippines is founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American Gabriel A. O'Reilly.
- October 27 - The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens.
- November 8 - U.S. presidential election, 1904: Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat Alton B. Parker.
- November 23 - The Olympic Games end.
- November 24 - A continuous track tractor is successfully demonstrated by the Holt Manufacturing Company.
- December 10 - The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
- December 30 - The East Boston Tunnel opens, for streetcars.
- December 31 - In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square.
Undated
Ongoing
Births
- January 5 - Jeane Dixon, astrologer (died 1997)[22] [23]
- January 10 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer and dancer, best known for his role in The Wizard of Oz (died 1987)[24]
- January 19 - Leo Soileau, Cajun musician (died 1980)[25]
- January 21 - Edris Rice-Wray Carson, medical researcher (died 1990)[26]
- January 26 - Ancel Keys, nutritionist (died 2004)[27]
- February 3 - Pretty Boy Floyd, bank robber (shot 1934)[28]
- February 16 - George F. Kennan, political adviser (died 2005)[29]
- March 1
- March 2 - Dr. Seuss, children's author (The Cat in the Hat) (died 1991)[32]
- March 20
- March 23 (possible year) - Joan Crawford, actress (died 1977)[35] [36] [37]
- March 26 - Joseph Campbell, author on mythology (died 1987)[38]
- April 12 - Glen H. Taylor, U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1945 to 1951 (died 1984)[39]
- April 18 - Pigmeat Markham, African American entertainer (died 1981)[40]
- April 20 - Bob Bartlett, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1968 (died 1968)[41]
- April 22 - J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist (died 1967)[42]
- May 17 - John J. Williams, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1947 to 1970 (died 1988)[43]
- May 21
- June 2 - Johnny Weissmuller, swimmer and actor (Tarzan) (died 1984)[46]
- June 3 - Charles R. Drew, African American physician, pioneer in blood transfusion (died 1950)[47]
- June 24 - Phil Harris, bandleader and comic actor (died 1995)News: Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies at 89. Los Angeles Times. August 13, 1995 . July 27, 2022. Phil Harris, the bandleader who became famous by portraying himself as a flashy, hard-drinking musician on the old Jack Benny radio show, died. … He was 89..
- July 1 - Mary Calderone, physician and public health advocate (died 1998)[48]
- July 15 - Dorothy Fields, librettist (died 1974)[49]
- August 16 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 (died 1971)
- August 17 - Mary Cain, newspaper editor and politician (died 1984)
- August 21 - Count Basie, African American jazz bandleader (died 1984)
- September 12 - Lou Moore, race car driver and team owner (died 1956)
- October 3 - Charles J. Pedersen, chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 (died 1989)
- November 1 - Laura La Plante, silent film actress (died 1996)
- November 17 - Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (died 1988)
- November 25 - Lillian Copeland, Olympic field athlete (died 1964)
- December 7 - Clarence Nash, voice actor (died 1985)
- December 18 - George Stevens, film director (died 1975)
- December 25 - Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, nutritionist (died 1980)
- December 30 - David M. Shoup, general (died 1983)
- Full date unknown
Deaths
- January 2 - James Longstreet, one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War (born 1821)[51] [52] [53]
- January 6 - Julia Anna Orum, educator, lecturer, and author (born 1843[54]
- January 9 - John Brown Gordon, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1873 to 1880 and from 1891 to 1897 (born 1832)[55] [56] [57]
- January 20 - Maria Louisa Bustill, schoolteacher, mother of Paul Robeson (born 1853)
- February 9 - Mary Abbott, golfer (born 1857)[58]
- February 15 - Mark Hanna, U.S. Senator from Ohio (born 1837)[59] [60] [61]
- March 17 - William Elbridge Sewell, naval officer and Governor of Guam (born 1851)[62] [63]
- June 5 - Olivia Langdon Clemens, editor (born 1845)[64] [65] [66] [67] [68]
- June 28 - Dan Emmett, founder of the Virginia Minstrels (born 1815)[69]
- July 26 - Henry Clay Taylor, admiral (born 1845)[70] [71]
- August 16 - Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, author of dime fiction (born 1843)
- August 22 - Kate Chopin, fiction writer (born 1850)
- October 11 - Trumbull Stickney, classicist and poet (born 1874)
- December 21 - George L. Shoup, U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1890 to 1901 (born 1836)
- Little Joe Monahan, transgender rancher (born 1850)
See also
Further reading
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Notes and References
- Editorial Department . Macfadden . Bernarr . Bernarr Macfadden . . X . 6 . December 1903 . 555 . 15 December 2021 . HathiTrust.
- Book: Chicago Public Works . 1975 . . 94 . Google Books.
- Web site: Land Speed Record Holders Timeline . Dave Fowler, History in Numbers . 15 December 2021.
- News: Fire in Baltimore Causes a Loss of Nearly $50,000,000... Still Burning After Consuming 20 Blocks. Department is Powerless. Report That Reporters and Operators Are Hemmed In . XXXI . 132 . 8 February 1904 . Page 1, columns 1-3 . . 10 January 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: 1904 Arlington Journal . . 23 . 29 December 2021 .
- Web site: ((History.com Editors)) . The Great Baltimore Fire begins . . 7 February 2022 . . 4 February 2021.
- News: Treaty Ratified; Temporary Panama Government Next. United States Cruiser Goes to Columbian Waters, Soldiers to Panama, Marines Ordered to Watch San Domingo . XXXI . 148 . 24 February 1904 . Page 2, columns 4-5 . Los Angeles Herald . 13 January 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: Canal Treaty Ratified . XXXI . 148 . 24 February 1904 . Page 6, column 1 . Los Angeles Herald . 13 January 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- Web site: Introduction . Panama Canal: Topics in Chronicling America . . . 13 January 2022.
- Seventy-Fourth Annual Conference. . Editor's Table. VII . 7 . May 1904 . 545–546 . 14 February 2022 . Internet Archive.
- News: 100 Years Ago, an Intersection's New Name: Times Square . Barron . James . James Barron (journalist) . . 8 April 2004 . 14 February 2022.
- Web site: 1904 Saint Louis . . Expo Timeline . 16 February 2022.
- Web site: American canal construction . . 9 March 2022.
- Web site: Cy Young Perfect Game Box Score . . 16 March 2022.
- Web site: History . 18 November 2016 . . 15 March 2022.
- News: 600 PERSONS ARE CREMATED OR DROWNED DURING BURNING OF CROWDED EXCURSION STEAMER NEAR NEW YORK CITY. DEAD AWUFL [''sic''] SCENE ON BURNING STEAMER Decks Packed to Fullest Capacity Youth Who Lost His Mother and Brother Describes Horror MANY SWEPT INTO WATER BY CRUSH ]. XXXI . 261 . 16 June 1904 . Page 1, columns 1-7 . Los Angeles Herald . 25 December 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: 1,000 LIVES MAY BE LOST IN BURNING OF THE EXCURSION BOAT GEN. SLOCUM; St. Mark's Church Excursion Ends in Disaster in East River Close to Land and Safety. 693 BODIES FOUND -- HUNDREDS MISSING OR INJURED Flames Following Explosion Drive Scores to Death in the Water. FIERCE STRUGGLES FOR ROTTEN LIFE PRESERVERS The Captain, Instead of Making for the Nearest Landing, Runs the Doomed Vessel Ashore on North Brother Island in Deep Water -- Many Thrilling Rescues -- Few Men on Board to Stem the Panic of Women and Children. . The New York Times . 16 June 1904 . 1 . 3 January 2023.
- News: 1904 Arlington Journal . Arlington, Texas . 91–92 . 29 July 2022 .
- News: As 9/11 Draws Near, a Debate Rises: How Much Tribute Is Enough? . Kleinfield . N. R. . The New York Times . 2 September 2007 . 26 July 2022 . 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..
- Book: Bell . Daniel . Encyclopedia of international games . 2003 . McFarland & Co . Jefferson, N.C. . 0-7864-1026-4 . 473.
- Gregory . Rick . Robertson County and the Black Patch War, 1904-1909 . Tennessee Historical Quarterly . 1980 . 39 . 3 . 341–358 . 42626100 . 0040-3261.
- Web site: Guide to the Jeane Dixon and Emerich P. Korecz Collection . Texas Archival Resources Online . . 15 December 2021.
- Book: Cunningham, Donna . How to Read Your Astrological Chart: Aspects of the Cosmic Puzzle . . . 1999 . 17 . 1-57863-114-9 . 15 December 2021 . Google Books.
- Web site: Ray Bolger - Broadway Cast & Staff . . . 15 December 2021.
- Web site: Leo Soileau Biography, Songs, & Albums . Harris . Craig . AllMusic, Netaktion LLC . 15 December 2021.
- RICE-WRAY, EDRIS (1904—) . The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century . 2: L—Z . Ogilvie . Marilyn . Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie . Harvey . Joy . Joy Harvey . New York and London . . 2000 . 1092 . 0-415-92040-X . 15 December 2021 . Google Books.
- Montani . Jean-Pierre . Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health . . 26 January 2021 . 22 . S2 . e13196 . 10.1111/obr.13196 . 33496369 . 231710294. free .
- Encyclopedia: Wallis . Michael . Michael Wallis . Floyd, Charles Arthur (1904–1934) . https://web.archive.org/web/20101018201933/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FL004.html . 18 October 2010 . Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture . . 25 December 2021.
- News: George F. Kennan Dies at 101; Leading Strategist of Cold War . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014092245/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/politics/18kennan.html?pagewanted=3 . 14 October 2013 . Weiner . Tim . Tim Weiner . Crossette . Barbara . Barbara Crossette . The New York Times . Washington . 18 March 2005 . 26 December 2021.
- Web site: Paul Hartman - Broadway Cast & Staff . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . 16 January 2022.
- Web site: Glenn Miller Biography . ((Biography.com Editors)) . . 16 January 2022 . . 3 September 2020.
- Web site: Theodor Seuss Geisel - Broadway Cast & Staff . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . 16 January 2022.
- News: B. F. Skinner, the Champion Of Behaviorism, Is Dead at 86 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100806193149/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/20/obituaries/b-f-skinner-the-champion-of-behaviorism-is-dead-at-86.html . 6 August 2010 . Sobel . Dava . Dava Sobel . The New York Times . Obituaries . 20 August 1990 . 16 January 2022.
- Web site: B. F. Skinner . Member Directory . . 16 January 2022.
- Book: Bret, David . Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr . David Bret . New York . . 2006 . 8 . 9780786732364 . 16 January 2022 . Google Books . She was born Lucille Fay LeSueur, most likely on 23 March 1904 (though she always maintained it was 1908, when birth certificates became state mandatory, and also the year of arch-rival Bette Davis's birth) in San Antonio, Texas....
- Book: Knowles, Mark . The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances: Outrage at Couple Dancing in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries . Jefferson, North Carolina, and London . . 2009 . 233 . 978-0-7864-3708-5 . 16 January 2022 . Google Books . Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 1904. (After she was famous, the date of her birth mysteriously changed to 1906 or 1908.).
- Book: Crawford, Christina . Mommie Dearest . Christina Crawford . . 2017 . 20 . 9781504049085 . 16 January 2022 . Google Books . Publicly, her birth date was always reported as March 23, 1908, but Grandmother told me once that she was actually born in 1904..
- Web site: About Joseph Campbell . . 2 May 2016 . 16 January 2022.
- Web site: TAYLOR, Glen Hearst (1904 – 1984) . . 30 July 2022.
- Web site: Pigmeat Markham Biography, Songs, & Albums . Deming . Mark . Mark Deming . AllMusic, Netaktion LLC . 17 February 2022.
- Web site: BARTLETT, Edward Lewis (Bob) (1904 – 1968) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 30 July 2022.
- Web site: J. Robert Oppenheimer Centennial – Exhibit . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204154206/http://cstms.berkeley.edu/archive/oppenheimer/exhibit/ . 4 December 2013 . . 2004 . 16 February 2022.
- Web site: WILLIAMS, John James 1904 – 1988 . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 24 March 2022.
- Web site: Robert Montgomery - Broadway Cast & Staff . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . 11 March 2022.
- Encyclopedia: Waller, Fats (Thomas Wright) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090406062100/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/waller-fats-thomas-wright . 6 April 2009 . Tenenholtz . David . Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians . 11 March 2022 . jazz.com.
- Web site: Biography . Johnny Weissmuller . 27 July 2022.
- Web site: About Our Namesake: Charles R. Drew, MD . . About CDU . 28 July 2022.
- CALDERONE, Mary Steichen . More . Ellen S. . . Ware . Susan . Susan Ware . Braukman . Stacy . . . 2004 . 99–101 . 0-674-01488-X . 15 November 2022 . Google Books.
- Web site: Biography : Early Years . The Dorothy Fields Website . Jon Aldous . 2006 . 15 December 2022.
- Web site: E. Gifford Upjohn biography. HBS.
- News: DEATH CLOSES NOTED CAREER OF LONGSTREET . 3 January 1904 . . 95 . 34 . Page 27, column 2 . California Digital Newspaper Collection . 21 December 2021.
- News: 1904 Arlington Journal . Arlington, Texas . 1 . 16 December 2021 .
- Book: Piston, William Garrett . Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History . . . 1987 . 168 . 0-8203-0907-9 . 14 December 2021 . Google Books.
- News: INVALID SCALDED TO DEATH IN BATHTUB . 13 December 2022 . The Washington Times . Newspapers.com . 8 January 1904 . 3 . en.
- News: CONFEDERATE GENERAL GOES TO LAST REST Death Calls John B. Gordon, Famous Southerner. . San Francisco Call . 95 . 41 . 10 January 1904 . Page 29, columns 1-2 . 20 December 2021 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: 1904 Arlington Journal . Arlington, Texas . 4 . 16 December 2021 .
- News: GORDON'S MEMORY. Services Will Be Held Thursday. . . . 14 January 1904 . 15 December 2021 . Digital Library of Georgia.
- Web site: Olympedia – Mary Abbott . www.olympedia.org . 20 July 2021.
- News: SENATOR HANNA DIES AND NATION MOURNS FOR THE STATESMAN Ohioan Passes Away Last Night After Hard Fight for Life . XXXI . 140 . 16 February 1904 . Page 1, columns 1-2 . Los Angeles Herald . 12 January 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: 1904 Arlington Journal . Arlington, Texas . 23–24 . 29 December 2021 .
- Web site: HANNA, Marcus Alonzo (Mark) 1837 – 1904 . . 25 December 2021.
- News: FORMER NAVAL GOVERNOR OF GUAM IS DEAD . 95 . 109 . 18 March 1904 . Page 2, column 4 . San Francisco Call . 3 February 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- Encyclopedia: Guam Leaders from 1899-1904 . Leon-Guerrero . Jillette . Guampedia . 15 July 2021 . 16 January 2022.
- News: MRS. CLEMENS EXPIRES SUDDENLY Death Comes From Attack of Syncope . XXXI . 252 . 7 June 1904 . Page 2, column 3 . Los Angeles Herald . 1 August 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- News: MARK TWAIN'S WIFE DEAD.; Mrs. Clemens Expires Suddenly in Italy -- Married to the Author in 1870. . The New York Times . 7 June 1904 . 7 . 1 January 2023.
- News: 1904 Arlington Journal . Arlington, Texas . 86 . 29 July 2022 .
- Web site: Clemens, Olivia Langdon (Livy) . Mark Twain Project . Biographies . 29 July 2022.
- Web site: Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens . 5 June 2017 . . 29 July 2022.
- Web site: Daniel Decatur Emmett . . 30 July 2022.
- News: REAR ADMIRAL TAYLOR GOES TO FINAL REST . XCVI . 57 . 27 July 1904 . Page 5, column 4 . San Francisco Call . 24 December 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- Taylor I (Destroyer No. 94) . . 15 December 2022.