Bal Gangadhar Tilak has described Jainism as the originator of Ahimsa and wrote in a letter printed in Bombay Samachar, Mumbai: 10 December 1904: " In ancient times, innumerable animals were butchered in sacrifices.

It returned to Broadway in 1904, where it played from March to May and again from November to December.

After four months of fighting, Ezcurra signed the Pact of Pilcomayo aboard an Argentine gunboat on December 12, 1904, and handed power to the Liberals.

Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov (), also spelled as Markownikoff ( December 22, 1838 – February 11, 1904 ), was a Russian chemist.

Along with Synge, they acquired property in Dublin and on 27 December 1904 opened the Abbey Theatre.

* December 15 – Jan Peerce, American tenor ( b. 1904 )

* December 28 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian ( b. 1904 )

* December 15 – Fats Waller, African-American jazz pianist ( Ain't Misbehavin ) ( b. 1904 )

* December 30 – Isamu Noguchi, Japanese-American artist ( b. 1904 )

* December 9 – Ralph Bunche, African-American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( b. 1904 )

* December 22 – Ida Cook ( aka Mary Burchell ), British novelist and campaigner for Jewish refugees ( b. 1904 )

* December 28 – Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, American author of dime fiction ( d. 1904 )

* Der Roland von Berlin – 13 December 1904, Städtische Oper, Berlin.

In 1904, massive strike waves broke out in Odessa in the spring, Kiev in July, and Baku in December.

This all set the stage for the strikes in St. Petersburg in December 1904 to January 1905 seen as the first step in the 1905 revolution.

The Fair opened April 30, 1904, and closed December 1, 1904.

* The Louisiana Purchase Exposition: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair from the University of Missouri Digital Library-scanned copies of nearly 50 books, pamphlets, and other related material from and about the Louisiana Purchase Exposition ( The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair ) including issues of the World's Fair Bulletin from June 1901 through the close of the Fair in December 1904.

In spite of his preference for three or four cylinder cars, Rolls was impressed with the two-cylinder Royce 10 and in a subsequent agreement of 23 December 1904 agreed to take all the cars Royce could make.

The first Rolls-Royce car, the Rolls-Royce 10 hp, was unveiled at the Paris Salon in December 1904, although in the early advertising it was the name of Rolls that was emphasised over that of Royce.

Moss Hart ( October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961 ) was an American playwright and theatre director, best known for his interpretations of musical theater on Broadway.

Fats Waller ( May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943 ), born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer.

His parents, Gabriele ( December 12, 1864 – November 14, 1920 ) and Teresina Capone ( December 28, 1867 – November 29, 1952 ), were immigrants from Italy.

In December 1929, after nearly two years in Paris, Blair returned to England and went directly to his parents ' house in Southwold, which was to remain his base for the next five years.

The comic was started in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 1979 by Chris Donald, who produced the comic from his bedroom in his parents ' Jesmond home with help from his brother Simon and friend Jim Brownlow.

* December 25 – JonBenét Ramsey, 6, is murdered in the basement of her parents ' home in Boulder, Colorado.

Furtado was born on December 2, 1978, in Victoria, British Columbia, to Portuguese parents, Maria Manuela and António José Furtado, both immigrants from the Azores.

Born to Alexander Beaton Ferguson, a plater's helper in the shipbuilding industry, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Hardie, Alex Ferguson was born at his grandmother's home on Shieldhall Road, Govan, on 31 December 1941, but grew up in a tenement at 667 Govan Road ( which has since been demolished ) where he lived with his parents as well as his younger brother Martin.

On December 30, 1937, Ravel was buried next to his parents in a granite tomb at the cemetery at Levallois-Perret, a suburb of northwest Paris.

Orwell left Paris in December 1929 and returned to England, going straight home to his parents ' house in Southwold.

Charles Taze Russell was born to Scottish-Irish parents, immigrant Joseph Lytel () Russell ( d. December 17, 1897 ) and Ann Eliza Birney ( d. January 25, 1861 ), on February 16, 1852 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

She learns later — in Book 83, December 29, 1878 — from her father ( but does not apparently accept his statement, as she ignores it here in her preface ) that she was a full-term baby, suggesting that she was conceived before her parents had married and that all the mystification about her date of birth was intended to cover up that embarrassment.

In December, the warmest month in Antarctica ( about ), the parents take turns incubating the egg ; one goes to feed and the other stays to warm the egg.

In December 2007, Witherspoon began filming the holiday comedy Four Christmases, a story about a couple who have to spend their Christmas Day trying to visit all four of their divorced parents, and in which she stars alongside Vince Vaughn.

Strauss's parents, Franz Borgias Strauss ( October 10, 1764 – April 5, 1816 ) and Barbara Dollmann ( December 3, 1770 – August 28, 1811 ), were innkeepers ().

Summer was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, to her parents, Andrew and Mary Gaines, and was one of seven children.

Two years after his heroic actions at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1943, Miller ′ s parents were notified their son was " Missing in Action ".

Their wedding took place on December 21, 1886, which happened to be her parents ' 29th wedding anniversary.

Part of the official letter to his parents read: " Your son's funeral took place at Scopwick Cemetery, near Digby Aerodrome, at 2: 30 P. M. on Saturday, 13 December 1941, the service being conducted by Flight Lieutenant S. K. Belton, the Canadian padre of this Station.

Lawrence Eugene Doby was born December 13, 1923, in Camden, South Carolina to parents David and Etta.

Nathaniel ’ s father ’ s parents were John Macon ( December 17, 1695 – March 31, 1752 ) and Ann Hunt ( 1697 – February 15, 1725 ), both of Virginia.

Margai was born on December 7, 1895 in the village of Gbangbatoke, Moyamba District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone to Mende parents.

There was initial opposition to the match from the Duke of Clarence's parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales: Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Salisbury in 1890 that "( t ) he Teck girl they won't have because they hate Teck and because the vision of Princess Mary haunting Marlborough House makes the Prince of Wales ill ." Nevertheless, the Queen gave her official consent to the engagement on 12 December 1891.

Born in Baker County, Oregon to Danish parents, Poulson attended Oregon State University in Corvallis for two years before he wed Erna June Loennig on December 25, 1916.

Mijailo was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 6 December 1978 to Serbian parents from the town of Mladenovac.