WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1904
Find out what all happened July to December 1904

The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. (15. October 1904)

Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries. (20. October 1904)

General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup. (18. November 1904)

English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube). (16. November 1904)

Panama and Uruguay establish diplomatic links. (28. October 1904)

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is incorporated as a city. (8. October 1904)

The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory. (3. December 1904)

The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world. (27. October 1904)

Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium. (21. July 1904)

Edmonton, Alberta is incorporated as a city. (8. October 1904)

Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley. (19. October 1904)

Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place. (10. August 1904)

Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. (6. December 1904)

The automobile tire chain is patented. (23. August 1904)