May 1904 calendar

Events

• 04 May 1904 The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 05 May 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.
• 06 May 1904 American Lung Association holds its first meeting.
• 07 May 1904 Flexible Flyer trademark registered.
• 09 May 1904 The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h).
• 11 May 1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace.
• 14 May 1904 1st Olympics in US are held
• 15 May 1904 The Russian minelayer Amur laid a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sank Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and ''Yashima''.
• 18 May 1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco.
• 21 May 1904 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA Soccer) forms in Paris, France.
• 25 May 1904 38th Belmont Stakes: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6.
• 28 May 1904 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2.
• 30 May 1904 Frank Chance gets hit by pitch five times in a doubleheader.
• 10 May 1904 The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.

Famous Birthday

• Salvador Dalí

• Franceen Dali

• Crystale Dali

• Galileah Dali

• Chaze Dali

• Javel Dali

• Mikita Kharitonov

• Ustin Chekhov

• Salvador Dalí

• Margery Allingham

• Sadonna Dali

• Solly Zuckerman

• Ikey Robinson

• Earlee Birney

• Marsella Allingham

• Moishy Feldenkrais

• Jean Gabin

• Harry Martinson

• Maurice Estève

• Danton Pereira de Souza
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Famous Deaths

• Antonin Dvořák

• Antonin Dvorak

• Moritz Jokai

• Etienne Jules Marey

• Auguste Molinier

• Kicking Bear

• Jamsetji Tata

• Antonín Dvořák

• Andrei Ryabushkin

• Richard Hol Dutch composer/organist/conductor

• Franz von Lenbach German painter

• Peter Hille writer

• Eadweard Muybridge English photographer (horse trot)

• Henry M Stanley [John Rowlands] British explorer

• Jan Boissevain ship owner/politician

• N I Bobrikov Russian Governor-General in Finland

• Georges Gilles de la Tourette

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Harry Macdonough - Navajo
2. Enrico Caruso - I Pagliacci - Vesti La Giubba (On with the Play)
3. Frank Stanley & Byron G. Harlan - Blue Bell
4. Arthur Collins - Hannah, Won't You Open That Door?
5. Arthur Collins - I've Got a Feelin' for You