4 May 1904Canal Zone AdministrationTheodore Roosevelt
The United States assumes control of Canal Zone property and the canal construction project.
Historical records for United States of America in 1904, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The United States assumes control of Canal Zone property and the canal construction project.
Wallace becomes the first chief engineer of the American canal construction effort.
Discovers Himalia in photographs taken with the Crossley reflector at Lick Observatory.
Birth of Julius Robert Oppenheimer
George Cohans musical play, Little Johnny Jones, followed by Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, helps create indigenous American musical theater
Roosevelt appoints Taft as Secretary of State for War
Publication of "The Golden Bowl"
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