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- the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway opened in 1904 as a leg of George J. Gould's planned transcontinental railroad, but went bankrupt in four years and later became part of the Alphabet Route?
- the Wisconsin State Capitol burned nearly to the ground on February 26, 1904?
- the Baldock Beer Disaster occurred on March 14, 1904 when an unstable storage room floor collapsed at the Simpson Brewery, in what is now the Twitchell, in the North Hertfordshire town of Baldock?
- the first all-steel passenger car in the world was built by American Car and Foundry in 1904 for Interborough Rapid Transit in New York City?
- the tornado that struck Moscow on June 29, 1904 was the first ever recorded in Central Russia?
- the South African physician Abdullah Abdurahman became Cape Town's first coloured city councillor in 1904?
- pre-dreadnought battleships saw their most notable service in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905?
- The Australian Golf Club, arguably the oldest in Australia, held its 17th Australian Open between the 13th–16th December 2007, after holding the inaugural edition in 1904?
- Indian entrepreneur Jamsetji Tata conceptualized Tata Steel, Tata Power and the Indian Institute of Science, but that they were only established after his death in 1904?
- the 1904 Scottish yacht Medea and the battleship USS Texas are the only surviving vessels that fought in both world wars?
- cotton candy was first sold to the public at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair?
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