* 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.

; Service Bn: Won 1903 ; Runners-up 1904, 1905

The later usage was in part attributed to the choices of gold, silver and bronze to represent the first three Ages of Man in Greek mythology: the Golden Age, when men lived among the gods ; the Silver age, where youth lasted a hundred years ; and the Bronze Age, the era of heroes, and was first adopted at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Another, in bronze by Sir Thomas Brock, erected in 1904, stands outside in St John's Gardens.

In 1904, the Army " Gillespie " version was the first to change, to a smaller gold-finished bronze star and the suspension ribbon and rosette to light blue with thirteen white stars representing the 13 original states in the form of a three chevrons.

It was constructed by melting the bronze of the arms used by the Ejército de los Andes and inaugurated officially on March 13, 1904.

The custom of the sequence of gold, silver, and bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States.

The gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals for first, second and third places were first used at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

In 1883, cupro-nickel 5, 10 and 20 para coins were introduced, followed by bronze 2 para in 1904.

The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, Missouri, prior to which only first and second places were awarded.

Sports events have a well-established convention ( introduced into the Olympic tradition at the 1904 Summer Olympics ), of a hierarchy of medals: bronze medal-silver medal-gold medal.

The original plaster model by the sculptor Charles Niehaus was displayed at the entrance to the 1904 World's Fair, and the finished bronze was given to the city in 1906 by the organizers of the fair.

The first large-scale bronze cast was finished in 1902, but not presented to the public until 1904.

Charles Daniels ( swimmer ) | Charles Daniels won three gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in swimming for the United States during the 1904 games.

* Ground floor: 2, 500-pound bronze eagle statue in the Grand Court, made by French sculptor August Gaul for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition and purchased by John Wanamaker ; for many decades, Philadelphians would agree to " meet me at the eagle " ( at Wanamaker's ).

In 1904, Buehr received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, then, in 1905, Buehr and his family moved to France, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, and they spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, where the artist painted local subjects, executing both genre subjects and landscapes as well as time in Venice.

By 1901 Perry had returned to Boston and in 1904 her Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Clark Grew Perry won a bronze medal at the prestigious International Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, Dallin competed in archery, winning the bronze medal in the team competition .< ref >

* Henry B. Richardson, won bronze medals in archery at the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics

Swimming led to him getting a bronze in the 1904 Olympics at St. Louis, Missouri.

George Coleman Poage ( November 6, 1880 – April 11, 1962 ) was the first African American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St. Louis.

In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, and 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals.

Known for his " net-rusher " style, Bell went on to win two medals in tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis – a bronze in the men's singles event, and a silver in the men's doubles tournament, partnering with Robert LeRoy.

The two bronze sentinel lions ( 1904 ) in the lobby were created by sculptor Alexander Proctor.