February 1904 calendar

Events

• 02 Feb 1904 US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey.
• 04 Feb 1904 John Millington Synges "Well of Saints" premieres in Dublin.
• 05 Feb 1904 American occupation of Cuba ends.
• 06 Feb 1904 Russian-Japanese war begins.
• 07 Feb 1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks).
• 08 Feb 1904 Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• 09 Feb 1904 Japan declares war on Russia.
• 10 Feb 1904 Roger Casement publishes his account of Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
• 17 Feb 1904 Madama Butterfly receives its premiere at La Scala in Milan.
• 21 Feb 1904 National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan
• 22 Feb 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.
• 23 Feb 1904 US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
• 25 Feb 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in two games.
• 28 Feb 1904 Sport Lisboa e Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• 29 Feb 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panam� Canal.

Famous Birthday

• Ralph Maxwell Lewis
• Rudolf Platte
• Adelle Davis

  American nutritionist and biochemist, a crusader for 40 years for good diet and nutrition with her four books since 1974, "Let's Cook It...

• Alexei Kosygin

  Russian soldier and politician 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980).

• Keizo Miura
• Joseph Bouglione

  Circus artist and director of the "Bouglione Circus" as known as "Le Cirque d'Hiver" in Paris.

• André Leducq

  Formerly French road cyclist racer, he won twice the Tour de France, in 1930 and 32.

• Helen Nearing

  American author, lecturer, violinist, visionary, and psychic who wrote "Develop Your Psychic Skills" and "Huna: A Beginner's Guide.

• Georges Sadoul

  French historian and film critic.

• William L Shirer

  Writer (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89.

• Martin Harvey

  British astrologer, a member of AFA who wrote occasional articles for their Bulletin.

• Scipione (Gino Bonichi)
• Mireille Perrey
• Karel Bossart

  Belgian engineer.

• Leopold Trepper

  Polish / Israeli spy / founded (CP Palestina).

• Antonin Magne

  French road racing cyclist, who twice won the Tour de France (in 1931 and 1934).

• Etienne Wolff

  French scientist and educator, Assistant at the Science Faculty of Paris 1928-32 and of Strasbourg, 1932-38.

• Peter Hurd

  American painter of the ranch lands of the American Southwest whose work hangs in many important galleries.

• Hans Joachim Morgenthau
• Elisabeth Welch
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Famous Deaths

• John A Roche

  American politician (Born 1844).

• Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm Dutch historian/writer

  dies at age 76.

• Gustav Adolf Heinze composer

  dies at age 83.

• William C Whitney

  American financier (Born 1841).

• Leslie Stephen

  English writer and critic (Born 1832).

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Top #4 songs in the USA

1. Richard Jose - Silver Threads Among the Gold
2. Harry Macdonough - The Girl You Love
3. Billy Murray - Under the Anheuser Bush
4. Harry Macdonough - Peggy Brady