May 5: Boston Americans ace Cy Young pitched the second of his three no-hitters, a 3-0 perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics and pitcher Rube Waddell (the final batter he faced). Young will eventually complete 24 straight hitless innings, still the record, and 45 shutout innings in a row, a mark until broken by Jack Coombs ' 53 scoreless frames in 1910. This is the first perfect game of the modern era.
Fitzroy wins the 8th VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 9.7 (61) d CarltonThe Carlton Football Club nicknamed The Blues for their dark blue playing colors, is one of the oldest, richest, and most successful Australian rules football clubs. Formed in 1864, it originally played in the Victorian Football Association competition, a 5.7 (37)).
See also Victorian Football League season 1904Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1904 . Season 1903 Season 1904 Season 1905 See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. Grand Final Fitzroy defeated Carlton 9. 7 (61) to 5. For an explanation of s
1904 Summer OlympicsThe 1904 Summer Olympics formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad were held in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States from July 1 to November 23, 1904. Chicago, Illinois won the original bid to host the games, but the organisation of the Louisian takes place in St. Louis, United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in
Only 42 of the 94 events included athletes not from the United States.
The first AfricansAfrica is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including the islands, it covers 20. 3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for ar take part in the Olympics - two Tswana tribesmen who were taking part in a Boer War exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis ran in the marathon.
United States wins the most medals (236), and the most gold medals (77).
Sheffield Wednesday retain the English title they won for the first time in their history in 1903.
Welsh Wizard Billy Meredith scores the only goal to clinch Manchester City's first ever honour when they win the F A cup. Second division Bolton Wanderers are the defeated team.
English football remains aloof as the World governing body F.I.F.A is formed. Scotland, Wales and Ireland {Northern Ireland from 1920} also stay away.
The World's greatest steeplechase, the Aintree Grand National is won by the New Zealand bred Moifaa ridden by Arthur Birch, trained by Bill Hickey and owned by Spencer Gollan. There is a popular myth that Moifaa was shipwrecked on his way from the Antipodes to England but this is not the case.