August 1904
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The following events occurred in August 1904:
August 1, 1904 (Monday)[edit]
- John Carr, a contractor, carried out a mass shooting in Nebraska City, Nebraska, killing one man and wounding eight others, including two police officers.[1]
- Died: Robert E. Pattison, American politician, former Governor of Pennsylvania, pneumonia (b. 1850)[2]
August 2, 1904 (Tuesday)[edit]
- Died: Jacob H. Studer, American ornithologist (b. 1840)[3]
August 3, 1904 (Wednesday)[edit]
- The British expedition to Tibet under Colonel Francis Younghusband took Lhasa.[4]
- Born: Dolores del Río (born Lolita Dolores Martinez Asúnsolo López Negrette), Mexican actress; in Durango, Mexico (d. 1983, liver failure due to hepatitis)[5]
- Died: Ernst Jedliczka, Russian-born German pianist (b. 1855)[6]
August 4, 1904 (Thursday)[edit]
- Born:
- Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist; in Małoszyce, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1969)[7]
- Helen Kane, American singer, dancer, comedian and actress; in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1966, breast cancer)[8][9]
August 5, 1904 (Friday)[edit]
- Died:
- Sir George Dibbs KCMG, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales, heart disease (b. 1834)[10][11]
August 6, 1904 (Saturday)[edit]
- Born: Ballard Berkeley (born Ballard Blascheck), British actor; in Kent, England (d. 1988)[12][better source needed]
- Died:
- James Cox Aikins, PC, Canadian politician (b. 1823)[13][14]
- Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)[15]
August 7, 1904 (Sunday)[edit]
- On the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near Pueblo, Colorado, a flash flood caused the Eden train wreck, which left over 100 people dead or missing.[16][17][18]
- Born: Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1971, complications of heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes)[19][20]
August 8, 1904 (Monday)[edit]
- Died:
- Mamie Gilroy, American actress, heart disease (b. c. 1871)[21]
- John Innes JP, British philanthropist (b. 1829)[22][23]
August 9, 1904 (Tuesday)[edit]
- Eight Moro and Igorrote leaders, who were participating in the Philippine exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, visited U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House.[24]
- Died:
- Sir William Mitchell Banks FRCS, Scottish surgeon (b. 1842)[25]
- Joseph David Everett, English physicist, heart failure (b. 1831)[26]
- Friedrich Ratzel, German geographer and ethnographer (b. 1844)[27][28]
- John F. Starr, American businessman and politician, former member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey (b. 1818)[29][30]
- George Graham Vest, American politician, former member of the Confederate States Congress and the United States Senate from Missouri (b. 1830)[31][32]
August 10, 1904 (Wednesday)[edit]
- The Battle of the Yellow Sea resulted in a strategic Japanese victory.[33]
- Died:
- Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 29th Prime Minister of France, after surgery (b. 1846)[34]
- Wilgelm Vitgeft, Russian admiral (killed in action at the Battle of the Yellow Sea) (b. 1847)[33][35]
August 11, 1904 (Thursday)[edit]
- A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Samos in the Ottoman Empire, with an aftershock occurring three days later. Four people were killed.[36][37]
- Lothar von Trotha defeated the Herero people at the Battle of Waterberg in German South West Africa and drove them into the Omaheke desert, beginning the Herero and Namaqua genocide.[38][39]
- Born: Bernard Castro, Italian inventor; near Palermo, Sicily (d. 1991)[40]
- Died: Samuel Putnam Avery, American art dealer and connoisseur (b. 1822)[41][42]
August 12, 1904 (Friday)[edit]
- Born: Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia; at Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire (murdered in 1918)[43]
- Died:
- George H. Brickner, German-born American politician, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin (b. 1834)[44][45]
- Kawamura Sumiyoshi, Japanese admiral (b. 1836)[46][47][self-published source?]
- William Renshaw, British tennis player, epileptic convulsions (b. 1861)[48][49]
August 13, 1904 (Saturday)[edit]
- Ten spectators at the annual regatta on the Potomac River at Georgetown drowned when a gasoline launch capsized. Four people were rescued.[50]
- Born:
- Jonathan Hole, American actor; in Eldora, Iowa (d. 1998)[51]
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor and jazz musician; in Olathe, Kansas (d. 1999)[52]
- Died: Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (b. 1820)[53]
August 14, 1904 (Sunday)[edit]
- Ismael Montes became President of Bolivia.[54]
- Died:
- Eduard von Martens, German zoologist (b. 1831)[citation needed]
- William Wainwright, American real estate developer, gastritis (b. 1836)[55]
August 15, 1904 (Monday)[edit]
- Died: John Henry Kinkead, American businessman and politician, 1st Governor of Alaska and 3rd Governor of Nevada (b. 1826)[56][57]
August 16, 1904 (Tuesday)[edit]
- In Statesboro, Georgia, a lynch mob invaded a courthouse where two African-American men, Paul Reed and Will Cato, had just been convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of five members of a white family. The lynchers chained Reed and Cato to a tree stump and burned them to death.[58]
- Born:
- Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate; in Ridgeville, Indiana (d. 1971)[59]
- Minoru Genda, Japanese aviator, naval officer and politician; in Hiroshima (d. 1989)[60]
- Died:
- Prentiss Ingraham, Confederate Army colonel and author of dime fiction, Bright's disease (b. 1843)[61]
- George E. Lounsbury, American politician, 58th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1838)[62]
August 17, 1904 (Wednesday)[edit]
- A Japanese infantry charge failed to take Port Arthur.
- Born:
- Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician; in Burke, Louisiana (d. 1984)[63]
- Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist; in Vienna (d. 1991)[64]
August 18, 1904 (Thursday)[edit]
- Chris Watson resigned as the first Labor Prime Minister of Australia and was succeeded by George Reid (Free Trade Party).
August 19, 1904 (Friday)[edit]
- Born: George de la Warr, British civil engineer and alternative physician; in Southwick, Sussex (d. 1969)[65]
August 20, 1904 (Saturday)[edit]
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August 21, 1904 (Sunday)[edit]
- Born: Count Basie (born William James Basie), American musician and bandleader; in Red Bank, New Jersey (d. 1984, pancreatic cancer)[66]
August 22, 1904 (Monday)[edit]
- Born:
- Deng Xiaoping, Chinese communist leader (d. 1997)
- Jay Novello, American actor (d. 1982)
- Died:
- Gaudensi Allar, French architect (b. 1841)
- Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
August 23, 1904 (Tuesday)[edit]
- Born:
- Viscountess Furness (born Thelma Morgan), American socialite twin (d. 1970)
- Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (born Gloria Morgan), American socialite twin (d. 1965)
- William Primrose, Scottish violist (d. 1982)
August 24, 1904 (Wednesday)[edit]
- The Faroese Association football club Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag was established.
- Born:
- Ida Cook, English campaigner for Jewish refugees, and romantic novelist as Mary Burchell (d. 1986)
- Aparicio Méndez, 50th President of Uruguay (d. 1988)
August 25, 1904 (Thursday)[edit]
- Died: Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
August 26, 1904 (Friday)[edit]
- Born:
- Christopher Isherwood, English writer (d. 1986)
- Georgia Schmidt, American actress (d. 1997)
August 27, 1904 (Saturday)[edit]
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August 28, 1904 (Sunday)[edit]
- Born: Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (d. 1980)
August 29, 1904 (Monday)[edit]
- Born: Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; in Berlin, Germany (d. 1979, heart failure)[67]
- Died: Ottoman Sultan Murad V (b. 1840)
August 30, 1904 (Tuesday)[edit]
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August 31, 1904 (Wednesday)[edit]
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References[edit]
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- ^ "Aged Ornithologist Found Dead in Office; Jacob H. Studer Stricken While Asleep Among Books. Author and Nature Lover Besides His Books on Birds, He Had Written a History of Columbus, Ohio". The New York Times. 3 August 1904. Page 7, column 5. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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- ^ "Sir George Richard Dibbs". The New York Times. 5 August 1904. Page 7, column 7. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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- ^ "James Cox Aikens [sic]". The New York Times. 9 August 1904. Page 7, column 6. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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- ^ "Dr. Eduard Hanslick Dead.; Austrian Musical Critic Once Was a Bitter Opponent of Wagner". The New York Times. 8 August 1904. Page 7, column 6. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "MANY DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK.; Between Thirty and Fifty Reported Dead in Colorado". The New York Times. 8 August 1904. Page 1, column 6. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "76 KNOWN DEAD IN FLOOD TRAIN WRECK; Cars Dropped Into a Torrent When Trestle Collapsed". The New York Times. 9 August 1904. Page 1, column 1. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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- ^ "Mamie Gilroy Dead.; Actress Succumbs to Heart Disease-Well Known on Stage". The New York Times. 9 August 1904. Page 7, column 6. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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- ^ "IGORROTES AT WHITE HOUSE.; Present Gifts to the President and Affirm Their Loyalty". The New York Times. 10 August 1904. Page 7, column 3. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Sir William Banks Dead.; Celebrated Surgeon Was Born in 1842 -- A Benefactor to Liverpool". The New York Times. 10 August 1904. Page 7, column 6. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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- ^ "Death of John F. Starr.; Founder of Starr Iron Works Sat in 38th and 39th Congresses". The New York Times. 10 August 1904. Page 7, column 6. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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- ^ "Ex-Senator Vest Dies at Sweet Springs, Mo.; Had Been Unconscious Since Early Sunday Morning". The New York Times. 10 August 1904. Page 7, column 5. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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- ^ "TEN DROWN WHEN LAUNCH CAPSIZES AT A REGATTA; Annual Potomac Races at Georgetown Not Delayed by Tragedy". The New York Times. 14 August 1904. Page 1, column 3. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia (12 August 2023). "Genda Minoru". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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- ^ "GEORGE E. LOUNSBURY DEAD.; Was Twice Governor of Connecticut, Though Born in New York State". The New York Times. 17 August 1904. Page 7, column 6. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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