LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1904
built 641 days ago
[T]hough Russia had built the Trans-Siberian Railroad (1891-1904), it still lacked the transportation facilities necessary to reinforce its limited armed forces in Manchuria with sufficient men and supplies. Japan, by contrast, had steadily expanded its army since its war with China in 1894 and by 1904 had gained a marked superiority over Russia in the number of ground troops in the Far East. After Russia reneged in 1903 on an agreement to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, Japan decided it was time to attack.
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The company produced three motorcycles in 1903, followed by 3 more in 1904. Production rose to 8 completed cycles in 1905, allowing Walt Davidson to quit his job with the railroad and become the company's first full-time employee. The Davidson's aunt, Janice Davidson ... began helping out by using her artistic talent to letter and pinstripe the bikes, which were painted black with gold trim.
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On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when their steamship, the General Slocum, burst into flames while moving up the East River. It was the second-most deadly fire (after the Peshtigo fire of 1871) and most deadly peacetime maritime disaster in American history.
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Established in 1904, the Haitian Football Federation is one of the oldest in the region. Affiliated to FIFA in 1933, they have been taking part in regional international competition - when circumstances allow - for near-on three-quarters of a century.
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Born in Chile on July 12, 1904, Pablo Neruda created romantic and epic poetry, as well as drama and prose that captured the essence of America. He gave voice to the common struggles of laborers. Neruda was more than a Nobel Prize winning poet, he ... served as a diplomat and political leader.
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Plumber John Addy of Pittsburgh built his home, now a bed and breakfast, in 1904. Room One contains a copper tub that was originally installed by Addy himself. Guests and owners have reported that sometimes the tub shakes for no apparent reason. Organ music is often heard wafting through the rooms, but there isn't an organ in the home. The owner has often heard footsteps and unexplained noises, and on one occasion she was locked in a downstairs closet when the door swung shut on her. The owners, who don't know the identity of these otherworldly guests, have determined that they are mischievous yet non-
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