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===Business===
===Business===
[[Image:Motlow Bros letterhead.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* [[January 28]]: The [[Ferd Marx Store|Ferd Marx Dry Goods Co.]] was reorganized.
* [[February 17]]: [[John Frye]]'s [[Traders National Bank]] opened.
* [[February 17]]: [[John Frye]]'s [[Traders National Bank]] opened.
* October: [[Banner Mine]], owned by [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]], went into operation.
* October: [[Banner Mine]], owned by [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]], went into operation.
* December: The [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]] was incorporated in Delaware.
* December: The [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]] was incorporated in Delaware.
* December: The former [[Trotwood Park]] land was sold by the [[Birmingham Matinee Club]], but the buyer never made payment.
* The architecture firm of [[Breeding & Whilldin]] was founded and commissioned to design a new [[Birmingham High School]].
* The architecture firm of [[Breeding & Whilldin]] was founded and commissioned to design a new [[Birmingham High School]].
* The [[Birmingham Mineral Railroad]] was subsumed into the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] system.
* The [[Birmingham Mineral Railroad]] was subsumed into the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] system.
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* Attorney [[John Altman]] was appointed to sit on the Northwestern Chancery Division of Alabama.
* Attorney [[John Altman]] was appointed to sit on the Northwestern Chancery Division of Alabama.
* [[Frank Gamble Blair]] succeeded [[William Cochrane]] as [[Mayor of Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Frank Gamble Blair]] succeeded [[William Cochrane]] as [[Mayor of Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Bibb Graves]] retired from the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent [[Ariosto Wiley]] to represent the [[Second Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[D. F. Sugg]] defeated incumbent [[Charles Camp]] in the election for chief of the [[Ensley Police Department]].
* [[D. F. Sugg]] defeated incumbent [[Charles Camp]] in the election for chief of the [[Ensley Police Department]].
* Birmingham City Physician [[Charles Whelan, Jr]] appointed twelve doctors to carry out a city ordinance requiring smallpox vaccinations.
* Birmingham City Physician [[Charles Whelan, Jr]] appointed twelve doctors to carry out a city ordinance requiring smallpox vaccinations.


===Religion===
===Religion===
[[Image:James Coyle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|James Coyle]]
* [[March 27]]: [[Bethel Baptist Church]] was organized in [[Collegeville]].  
* [[March 27]]: [[Bethel Baptist Church]] was organized in [[Collegeville]].  
* The [[Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College|Birmingham Baptist College]] was founded by [[William Pettiford]] and [[Charles Boothe]].
* The [[Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College|Birmingham Baptist College]] was founded by [[William Pettiford]] and [[Charles Boothe]].
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* [[James Coyle]] became pastor of [[St Paul's Cathedral]].
* [[James Coyle]] became pastor of [[St Paul's Cathedral]].
* [[W. W. Dorman]] succeeded [[E. B. Norton]] as pastor of [[East Lake United Methodist Church]].
* [[W. W. Dorman]] succeeded [[E. B. Norton]] as pastor of [[East Lake United Methodist Church]].
* [[Five Points Methodist Episcopal Church|Highlands United Methodist Church]] moved from
* [[Adolph Loveman]] succeeded [[Simon Klotz]] as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[Adolph Loveman]] succeeded [[Simon Klotz]] as president of [[Temple Emanu-El]].
* [[J. C. Persinger]] succeeded [[W. T. Andrews]] as pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church]].
* [[J. C. Persinger]] succeeded [[W. T. Andrews]] as pastor of [[Avondale United Methodist Church]].
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===Sports===
===Sports===
[[Image:Mike Donahue 1909.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Mike Donahue]]
* [[C. I. Taylor]] organized the [[Birmingham Giants]] baseball team.
* [[C. I. Taylor]] organized the [[Birmingham Giants]] baseball team.
* [[Mike Donahue]] became the head coach for the [[Auburn Tigers football]] team.
* [[Mike Donahue]] became the head coach for the [[Auburn Tigers football]] team.
* [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] won the [[1904 Iron Bowl|Iron Bowl]] 29-5 at [[West End Park]].
* [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] won the [[1904 Iron Bowl|Iron Bowl]] 29-5 at [[West End Park]].
* [[Harry Vaughn|Harry "Farmer" Vaughn]] succeeded [[Tom O'Brien]] as [[List of Birmingham Barons managers|manager of the Birmingham Barons]].


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[June 23]]: [[Richard White]] bought a Wittnauer [[Huland Moore|watch]] for his bride, Olga at [[F. W. Bromberg]].
* [[Laura Burton]] received her medical license and opened a practice in the [[Watts Building (1888)|Watts Building]].
* [[Laura Burton]] received her medical license and opened a practice in the [[Watts Building (1888)|Watts Building]].
* [[B. B. Comer]] was elected to the [[Alabama Public Service Commission|Alabama Railroad Commission]].
* [[B. B. Comer]] was elected to the [[Alabama Public Service Commission|Alabama Railroad Commission]].
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===Births===
===Births===
[[Image:Arthur Shores.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Arthur Shores]]
[[Image:Albert Boutwell.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Albert Boutwell]]
* [[January 14]]: [[Robert Chambliss]], terrorist
* [[January 14]]: [[Robert Chambliss]], terrorist
* [[January 22]]: [[John Beecher]], activist poet
* [[January 22]]: [[John Beecher]], activist poet
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===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[January 24]]: [[Mitchell Porter]], attorney
<!-- [[Image:William Walker Jr 1904.jpg|right|thumb|150px|William Walker, Jr]] -->
* [[January 24]]: [[Mitchell A. Porter]], attorney
* [[February 1]]: [[Flora Turner]], wife of architect [[Joseph Turner]]
* [[February 1]]: [[Flora Turner]], wife of architect [[Joseph Turner]]
* [[July 10]]: [[William Walker, Jr]], attorney
* [[July 10]]: [[William Walker, Jr]], attorney
* [[J. W. McMahon]], hotelier and murder victim
* [[Jesse Pearson]]
* [[Jesse Pearson]]


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<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:John Altman.jpg|[[John Altman]]
Image:John Altman.jpg|[[John Altman]]
Image:Sumter Bethea.jpg|[[Sumter Bethea]]
Image:John Carmichael.jpg|[[John Carmichael]]
Image:B H Cooper.png|[[B. H. Cooper]]
Image:Russell Cunningham.jpg|[[Russell Cunningham]]
Image:Russell Cunningham.jpg|[[Russell Cunningham]]
Image:Charles Drennen.jpg|[[Charles Drennen]]
Image:Mel Drennen 1904.jpg|[[Mel Drennen]]
Image:Mel Drennen.jpg|[[Mel Drennen]]
Image:John C Forney.png|[[John C. Forney]]
Image:John Gillespy.jpg|[[John Gillespy]]
Image:John Gillespy.jpg|[[John Gillespy]]
Image:William Walker Jr 1904.jpg|[[William Walker, Jr]]
Image:Henry Gray.jpg|[[Henry Gray]]
Image:Daniel Greene.jpg|[[Daniel Greene]]
Image:Samuel Greene.jpg|[[Samuel Greene]]
Image:William Gunn.jpg|[[William Gunn]]
Image:Walter McAdory.jpg|[[Walter McAdory]]
Image:Thomas McDonald.jpg|[[Thomas McDonald]]
Image:John F McLaughlin.jpg|[[John F. McLaughlin]]
Image:Richard McNally.jpg|[[Richard McNally]]
Image:Robert A Morris.jpg|[[Robert A. Morris]]
Image:John O'Neill.png|[[John O'Neill]]
Image:Rufus Rhodes.jpg|[[Rufus Rhodes]]
Image:John Rountree.jpg|[[John Rountree]]
Image:Henry Stockmar.png|[[Henry Stockmar]]
Image:Andrew Tarrant.jpg|[[Andrew Tarrant]]
Image:Robert Thach.png|[[Robert Thach]]
Image:N. F. Thompson.jpg|[[N. F. Thompson]]
Image:James Weatherly.jpg|[[James Weatherly]]
Image:Benjamin Wyman 1904.jpg|[[Benjamin Wyman]]
Image:Moore Handley 1904.png|[[Moore & Handley]]
Image:Moore Handley 1904.png|[[Moore & Handley]]
Image:Frank Nelson Building 1904.jpg|[[Frank Nelson Building]]
Image:Woodward Building 1904.jpg|[[Woodward Building]]
Image:Batton Convertible Chair.jpg|[[Batton Convertible Chair]]
Image:Birmingham Medical College dissection.jpg|Dissection of a cadaver at the [[Birmingham Medical College]]
Image:Vulcan legs in studio.jpg|Plaster cast for [[Vulcan]] at Moretti's studio in Passaic, NJ
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Context==
==Context==
1904 was a leap year. A January fire destroyed 1,500 buildings in Baltimore, Maryland. The Russo-Japanese War broke out in February. Longacre Square in New York City became Times Square in April. Cy Young threw the modern game's first perfect game in May, the same month that FIFA was established. St Louis, Missouri hosted the Games of the 3rd Olympiad. Teddy Roosevelt defeated Alton Parker to serve a first full term as President.
1904 was a leap year. A January fire destroyed 1,500 buildings in Baltimore, Maryland. The Russo-Japanese War broke out in February. Longacre Square in New York City became Times Square in April. Cy Young threw the modern game's first perfect game in May, the same month that FIFA was established. St Louis, Missouri hosted the Games of the 3rd Olympiad. Teddy Roosevelt defeated Alton Parker to serve a first full term as President.
Ivan Pavlov won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Puccini's ''Madame Butterfly'' debuted in Milan and Mahler's ''Symphony No. 5'' premiered in Cologne. The New York Giants won the National League pennant, but declined to participate in a second-ever World Series against the Boston Americans.


Notable 1904 births include those of actors Ray Bolger, Peter Lorre and Cary Grant; choreographer George Balanchine; gangster Pretty Boy Floyd; musicians Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Fats Waller; authors Theodore Seuss Geisel and Joseph Campbell; artists Salvador Dalí and Willem de Kooning, physicist Robert Oppenheimer; and Chinese leader Deng Xiaopeng.
Notable 1904 births include those of actors Ray Bolger, Peter Lorre and Cary Grant; choreographer George Balanchine; gangster Pretty Boy Floyd; musicians Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Fats Waller; authors Theodore Seuss Geisel and Joseph Campbell; artists Salvador Dalí and Willem de Kooning, physicist Robert Oppenheimer; and Chinese leader Deng Xiaopeng.


Deaths in 1904 included those of Queen Isabella II of Spain; composer Antonín Dvořák; photographer Eadweard Muybridge; authors Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Lafcadio Hearn; and sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.
Deaths in 1904 included those of Queen Isabella II of Spain; composer Antonín Dvořák; photographer Eadweard Muybridge; authors Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Lafcadio Hearn; and sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.
Ivan Pavlov won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Puccini's ''Madame Butterfly'' debuted in Milan and Mahler's ''Symphony No. 5'' premiered in Cologne. The New York Giants won the National League pennant, but declined to participate in a second-ever World Series against the Boston Americans.


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Revision as of 11:11, 20 June 2014

Stereograph of Vulcan at the World's Fair

1904 was the 33rd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Motlow Bros letterhead.jpg

Education

Government

Religion

James Coyle

Sports

Mike Donahue

Individuals

Births

Arthur Shores
Albert Boutwell

Marriages

Deaths

Works

Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d'Abernon

Buildings

Country Club of Birmingham clubhouse

Gallery

Context

1904 was a leap year. A January fire destroyed 1,500 buildings in Baltimore, Maryland. The Russo-Japanese War broke out in February. Longacre Square in New York City became Times Square in April. Cy Young threw the modern game's first perfect game in May, the same month that FIFA was established. St Louis, Missouri hosted the Games of the 3rd Olympiad. Teddy Roosevelt defeated Alton Parker to serve a first full term as President.

Ivan Pavlov won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Puccini's Madame Butterfly debuted in Milan and Mahler's Symphony No. 5 premiered in Cologne. The New York Giants won the National League pennant, but declined to participate in a second-ever World Series against the Boston Americans.

Notable 1904 births include those of actors Ray Bolger, Peter Lorre and Cary Grant; choreographer George Balanchine; gangster Pretty Boy Floyd; musicians Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Fats Waller; authors Theodore Seuss Geisel and Joseph Campbell; artists Salvador Dalí and Willem de Kooning, physicist Robert Oppenheimer; and Chinese leader Deng Xiaopeng.

Deaths in 1904 included those of Queen Isabella II of Spain; composer Antonín Dvořák; photographer Eadweard Muybridge; authors Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Lafcadio Hearn; and sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi.

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