WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1904
Find out what all happened January to July 1904

The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale. (8. April 1904)

The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. (8. January 1904)

Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. (17. January 1904)

The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS". (7. January 1904)

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder. (3. March 1904)

Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England. (4. May 1904)

Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. (23. January 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)

Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball. (5. May 1904)

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. (9. February 1904)

A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000. (15. June 1904)

The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson. (27. April 1904)

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri. (30. April 1904)

Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War. (8. February 1904)

Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. (8. April 1904)

The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years. (24. April 1904)

The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h). (9. May 1904)

The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. (5. April 1904)

Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday". (16. June 1904)

Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland. (16. June 1904)