Today in History for February 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 15 of 15

4th - John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin
5th - American occupation of Cuba ends
6th - Russian-Japanese war began
7th - Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
8th - Russo-Japanese War begins
9th - Japan declares war on Russia
10th - Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
17th - Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan
21st - National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming Mich
22nd - 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.
23rd - US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
25th - J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish Natl Theater Society
25th - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games
28th - Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres
29th - Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 44 of 44

1st - S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
2nd - Buzurg Alavi, Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha)
2nd - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer
3rd - Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal
3rd - Luigi Dallapiccola, Pisino Istria, Italian composer
3rd - Roger Makins, diplomat
4th - Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch politician (SDAP)/resistance fighter
4th - MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist (Andersonville)
4th - Predrag Milosevic, composer
6th - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
7th - Milton Krims, writer (Speed)
8th - Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer
10th - John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)
11th - Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
11th - Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)
12th - Ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)
14th - Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer
14th - Hanning Phillips, Lord Lieutenant (Dyfed)
14th - Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist
15th - Antonin Magne, French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)
15th - Mary Adshead, muralist/painter
16th - Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
16th - George F Kennan, Milwaukee Wisc, US ambassador (to Moscow)
17th - Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)
17th - Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980)
19th - Havank, [HF vqan der Kallen], Dutch thriller writer (St Eustache)
20th - Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
20th - Armin Loos, composer
20th - Bramwell Fletcher, Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy)
21st - Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/poet
22nd - Peter Hurd, Roswell NM, painter (Portrait of Jose Herrera)
23rd - Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina)
23rd - William L Shirer, historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich)
25th - Adelle Davis, author (Lets Stay Healthy)/nutritionist (died of cancer)
27th - James Thomas Farrell, US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy)
27th - Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart)
27th - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
27th - André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
27th - Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
29th - Alan Richardson, composer
29th - Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show)
29th - John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer (NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36)
29th - Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausen
29th - Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

2nd - US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

1st - Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
2nd - William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841)
10th - John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
20th - Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
22nd - Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (b. 1832)