* 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.

The Blackstone Library built in 1904 is one of the oldest libraries in the city

The Broome County Public Library in New York opened in October 1904.

5, pp. 504 – 516 ( Library of Congress, 1904 – 1937 )

It also has Home Park which boasts an Adventure playground and is situated next to Sydenham Library, funded by Andrew Carnegie in 1904.

File: Eufaula Carnegie Library. JPG | The Eufaula Carnegie Library, built in 1904.

The first known business in Glencoe was started in 1855, with the construction of the creamery in 1894, the opening of the telephone company in 1897, the beginning of Glencoe Brewing Company in 1901, and the dedication of the Glencoe Library in 1904.

Las Vegas ' Carnegie Library, established in 1904, is the only surviving Carnegie Library in New Mexico.

* Die Grabmäler der Römischen Päpste ( The Tombs of The Roman Popes ), first edition 1857 in German ( Google books link ), later in 1881 as Die Grabdenkmäler der Päpste ( The Tombs of The Popes ) ( Open Library link ) and in English as The Tombs of the Popes ( tr: Louisa W. Terry ) Victoria Press, Rome 1904 ( Google books link )

In 1904, he became the librarian of the House of Lords Library, where he exercised considerable influence till he retired in 1914.

Morris 1904 Cricket Library, and numerous rare books and other treasures ; the College also maintains three smaller music, science, and astronomy libraries on campus.

In May 1904, Spare held his first public art exhibition in the foyer of the Newington Public Library in Walworth Road.

Rock Island is known for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, deliberately constructed on the international border and opened in 1904.

His son Frederick ( 1839 – 1904 ), a numismatist of note, was Secretary and Bursar of Brighton College 1874 – 88 and then Chief Librarian of Brighton Public Library 1888 – 1902.

Unsuccessful competition entries for which Holden produced designs include Strathclyde Royal Infirmary ( 1901 ), Manchester Royal Infirmary ( 1904 ), County Hall ( 1907 ), the National Library of Wales ( 1909 ), Coventry Town Hall ( 1911 ) and the Board of Trade building ( 1915 ).

With a large grant from Andrew Carnegie, the Houston Lyceum and Carnegie Library, later known as the Houston Public Library, was founded in 1904.

File: Osaka prefectural nakanoshima library01 1920. jpg | Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, Osaka, Magoichi Noguchi, built in 1904

McKim became best known, however, as an exponent of Beaux-Arts architecture in styles that exemplified the American Renaissance, exemplified by the Boston Public Library ( 1887 ), and several works in New York City: the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University ( 1893 ), the University Club of New York ( 1899 ), the Pierpont Morgan Library ( 1903 ), New York Penn Station ( 1904 – 10 ), and The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio ( 1919 ).

It was part of the Victoria University of Manchester library from 1904 and transferred to the John Rylands Library after the merger in 1972.

File: Houston Carnegie Library 1904. jpg | Carnegie Library in Houston, Texas ( 1904 ).