Today in History for October 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 21 of 21

1st - JB van Heutsz becomes gov-general of Netherland Indies
1st - Netherlands & Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor
3rd - France & Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence
3rd - Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards
3rd - Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal & Industrial School
4th - 1st day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks
7th - NY Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12)
8th - 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY)
10th - Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC
10th - Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game & chance at pennant
10th - Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
16th - Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur
17th - Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors
18th - Gustav Mahler's 5th symphony premieres in Cologne
19th - Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley.
22nd - Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship
24th - 1st NY subway opens
27th - IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy)
28th - St Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints
29th - 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
29th - IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37

1st - Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev Ukraine, pianist (Carmen)
1st - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
1st - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
2nd - Dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF)
2nd - Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
2nd - Graham Greene, English journalist (3rd Man)
2nd - Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66)
2nd - [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)
3rd - Charles Pedersen, UK, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
4th - Harris Rhoad, rocker
4th - Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator
5th - George Chesterman Phillips, naval officer
5th - John Hoyt, Bronxville NY, actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick & Mary)
6th - Horst Lange, writer
7th - Chuck Klein, Indianapolis In, Philadelphia Phillies (43 HRs in 1929)
9th - Carl Parrish, composer
9th - J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman (KRO, 1938-45)
9th - Wally Brown, Malden MA, actor (Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush)
12th - Ding Ling, Chinese writer (d. 1986)
12th - Lester Dent, American writer (d. 1959)
13th - Jutta Hecker, writer
13th - Wilfred Pickles, Halifax England, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog)
14th - Karel Srom, composer
15th - Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)
16th - Reginald Dixon, Sheffield, Britain, theatre organist, (d. 1985)
18th - A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963)
20th - Anna Neagle, London Engld, actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell)
20th - Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
21st - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet)
21st - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (d. 1967)
22nd - Paul Arma, composer
23rd - Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
Playwright Moss Hart (24th) 24th - Moss Hart, Bronx NY, playwright (You Can't Take it With You, Act 1)
27th - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974)
28th - Louis de Meester, composer
30th - Alfred Gradstein, composer
30th - Paul D Stoop, US vice-admiral (WW II-Coral Sea)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

1st - William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Sect of State, dies at 76
4th - Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies
4th - Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (b. 1847)
8th - Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62
13th - Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870)
17th - Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32
20th - Henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77
21st - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (b. 1877)
25th - Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77