WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1904
Find out what all happened March to November 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal. (4. May 1904)

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

British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of the Law. (10. April 1904)

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

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

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

The SS Norge runs aground and sinks (28. June 1904)

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