February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of death April 27, 1904
The temperature on April 27, 1904 was between 2.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
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