Today in History for January 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

1st - Neth Indies colony begins opium production
4th - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
4th - Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
5th - -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
5th - -42°F (-41.1°C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
5th - England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68
7th - Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal
8th - Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
11th - Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
12th - Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
17th - Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater
21st - Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa," premieres in Brno
23rd - Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
25th - 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania
25th - J M Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin
28th - 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
29th - 1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team)
31st - Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37

1st - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1st - Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)
2nd - James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival)
2nd - Sally Rand, Hickory County MO, stripper (fan dance)
3rd - Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
5th - Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist (d. 1995)
5th - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
8th - Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
8th - Karl Brandt, Alsacian Nazi war criminal (d. 1948)
10th - Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
10th - Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
11th - Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly)
12th - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist
13th - Richard Addinsell, London England, composer (Taming of Shrew)
14th - Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
14th - Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
16th - Max Vredenburg, composer
17th - Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie)
17th - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds)
18th - Cary Grant, England, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest)
18th - Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor (Grand Nude)
18th - Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
19th - James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)
20th - Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina (Turning Point)
20th - Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/grandson of Bakunin
20th - Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
21st - Joseph Ford McGuinn, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men)
21st - Richard P Blackmur, Mass, critic/poet (Good European)
Ballet choreographer George Balanchine (22nd) 22nd - George Balanchine [Giorgi Balanchivadze], ballet composer/choreographer, (d. 1983), [OS=Jan 9]
22nd - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
23rd - Theodor Schaefer, composer
25th - Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Het Parool)
26th - Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail)
26th - Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty Intl co-founder (Nobel '74)
26th - Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004)
28th - Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (d. 1979)
31st - E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder (Trouw)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
5th - Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
9th - Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies
10th - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
15th - Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73
24th - Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77
26th - John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
26th - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
27th - Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73