Today in History for May 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 16 of 16

2nd - 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08.50
4th - Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
4th - Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England.
5th - Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A's (3-0)
6th - American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
7th - Flexible Flyer trademark registered
9th - The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100mph.
11th - Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace
14th - 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis)
17th - Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade," premieres in Paris
18th - American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco
21st - Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris
25th - 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
27th - NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
28th - 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
30th - Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 40 of 40

2nd - Georgi Dimitrov, composer
3rd - Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
3rd - John Breeden, SF CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street)
4th - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)
5th - Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
6th - Catherine Lacey, London England, actress (Sorcerors)
6th - Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974)
6th - Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
6th - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
8th - John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
8th - John Snagge, commentator (BBC)
10th - David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
11th - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer
11th - Salvador Dali, Figueras Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
13th - Alfred Earle Birney, poet
13th - Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
14th - Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (d. 1973)
14th - Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
15th - Clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
Painter Salvador Dali (11th) 15th - Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Sweden, equest dressage (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
16th - Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)
16th - Lily Pons, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris)
17th - Jean Gabin, French actor (d. 1976)
18th - Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY)
19th - Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End)
19th - Sven Thofelt, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1928)
20th - Russell Hardie, Buffalo NY, actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky)
21st - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
21st - Robert Montgomery, Beacon NY, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack)
22nd - Anne de Vries, writer (Bartje)
22nd - Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (d. 1962)
24th - George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)
24th - Kenneth Buckley, British rear-admiral
24th - Patrick Johnson, physicist
25th - Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer
26th - Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
27th - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
28th - Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer
29th - Robert Knox, bacteriologist
30th - Ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panama (1956-60)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

1st - AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62
1st - Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
6th - Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67
7th - Peter Hille, writer, dies
8th - Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
10th - Henry M Stanley, [John Rowlands], British explorer, dies
13th - Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies
14th - Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
16th - N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies
19th - Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
26th - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)