* Henry Austin ( baseball ) ( 1844 – 1904 ), American baseball player

It was in 1904 he and I worked together – the Abercrombie forgery case – you remember he was run down in Brussels.

* 1904 – Kurt Kiesinger, German politician ( d. 1988 )

* 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.

* 1904 – Norah Lofts, English author ( d. 1983 )

* 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J. H.

* 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer ( d. 1970 )

* 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach ( d. 1993 )

* 1904 – Charles " Buddy " Rogers, American actor and trombonist ( d. 1999 )

* 1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty ( d. 1904 )

* 1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician ( b. 1904 )

* 1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American writer ( d. 1988 )

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

* 1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1904 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver ( d. 1948 )

* 1904 – Fifi D ' Orsay, Canadian actress ( d. 1983 )

* 1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor ( d. 1992 )

* 1856 – Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan politician and military leader ( d. 1904 )

* 1904 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot and politician ( d. 1989 )

* 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1904 – Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia ( d. 1918 )

* 1904 – Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter ( d. 2009 )

* 1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, bandleader, and composer ( Count Basie Orchestra ) ( d. 1984 )

The southern half of Sakhalin was acquired by Japan as a result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 – 05, but at the end of World War II in 1945, the Soviets declared war on Japan and took possession of the Kuril islands and southern Sakhalin.

* Harvey Logan ( 1867 – 1904 ), notorious outlaw and gunman who ran with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's infamous Wild Bunch gang

Harvey Morrison Penick ( October 23, 1904 – April 2, 1995 ) was an American golf professional and coach, who coached many Hall of Fame players.

In 1904 and 1907, she produced and sold pottery at the Grand Canyon lodge owned by the Fred Harvey Company.

The major growth in the physical plant began in 1904 when " B " barracks was enlarged, then " Math Hall " was built in 1906 ( originally as a gymnasium ), " A " Barracks ( or Harvey Barracks ) was erected in 1909, " D " Barracks in 1917, and the Johnston Field House and the indoor pool were constructed in 1924.

In 1904 Dr. Park stepped down from and Dr. Harvey R. Gaylord took over as the second director of the institute.

* Harvey Ellis ( 1852 – 1904 ), American architect, perspective renderer and painter

Harvey remained in the Trust's employment until 1904 when he set up his own architectural practice.

Annis Mae died giving birth to son Harvey junior on December 7, 1904.

* 1904 – Pigmeat Markham, American comedian ( d. 1981 )

* 1904 – Helen Kane, American singer and actress ( d. 1966 )

* 1999 – Charles ' Buddy ' Rogers, American actor and jazz musician ( b. 1904 )

In 1904, William Randolph Hearst began publishing his own newspaper in Boston called The American.

Burrhus Frederic " B. F ." Skinner ( March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990 ) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.

Croquet was an event at the 1900 Summer Olympics and roque, an American variation on croquet, an event at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

* 1943 – Fats Waller, American musician ( b. 1904 )

* 1944 – Glenn Miller, American musician ( presumed date of death ) ( b. 1904 )

* 1984 – Jan Peerce, American tenor ( b. 1904 )

* 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt announced his " Corollary " to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

* 1904 – Joseph Moses Juran, American industrial engineer and philanthropist ( d. 2008 )

* 1904 – Marge, American cartoonist ( d. 1993 )

* 1904 – Robert Livingston, American actor ( d. 1988 )

* 1981 – Pigmeat Markham, American entertainer ( b. 1904 )

Theodor Seuss Geisel (; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991 ) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.

* The American Prisoner ( 1904 )