The temperature on August 18, 1904 was between 8.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
Christening day September 25, 1904
The temperature on September 25, 1904 was between 1.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 23 » 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.
February 22 » 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.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
May 5 » 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.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
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