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.

Famous Birthday

• Salvador Dalí

  Spanish painter and illustrator (d. 1989).

• Jean Gabin

  French actor, distinguished and handsome, internationally known.

• Maurice Estève

  French painter of the New Paris school.

• Danton Pereira de Souza
• François Marty

  French ecclesiastic who was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 28 June 1930 and, in 1952, became the Bishop of St. Flour.

• Robert Montgomery

  American actor who was on stage and film from the age of 21, as well as being the director and producer of movies and TV.

• Fats Waller

  American musician (Born 1904).

• Margery Louise Allingham
• Anne de Vries

  Dutch teacher / Author (Bartje), dies at 60.

• André Trèves
• Marcel Thil

  France sport Champion.

• Vlado Perlemuter

  Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002).

• Charles Bouillaud

  French actor who died in Paris on 12 June 1965.

• Harry Martinson

  Swedish author and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978).

• Chishu Ryu

  Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86.

• Gregg Toland

  Cinematographer, dies at 44.

• Stan Brenders
• Catherine Lacey

  Actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75.

• Louis Bugette
• Armand Solbach

  French gymnast, an Olympic rings gym champion at Amsterdam games 1928.

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Famous Deaths

• Auguste Molinier

  French historian (Born 1851).

• Georges Gilles de la Tourette

  French neurologist (Born 1857).

• Franz von Lenbach German painter

  dies at age 67.

• Peter Hille writer

  dies.

• Eadweard Muybridge English photographer (horse trot)

  dies.

• Henry M Stanley [John Rowlands] British explorer

  dies.

• Jan Boissevain ship owner/politician

  dies.

• Richard Hol Dutch composer/organist/conductor

  dies at age 78.

• N I Bobrikov Russian Governor-General in Finland

  dies.

• Antonin Dvorak

  Czech composer; a teacher and violinist.

• Andrei Ryabushkin

  Russian painter (Born 1861).

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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