WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1904
Find out what all happened February to October 1904

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

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

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

The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. (10. May 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)

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

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris. (21. May 1904)

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

The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. (22. February 1904)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan. (17. February 1904)

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

A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. (7. February 1904)