Editing 1904 (section)

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1904}}
* [[May 4]]
** United States Army engineers begin work on the [[Panama Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=American canal construction |url=https://pancanal.com/en/american-canal-construction/ |publisher=[[Panama Canal Authority]] |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511144320/https://pancanal.com/en/american-canal-construction/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Charles Rolls]] and [[Henry Royce]] meet for the first time, in [[Manchester]] (England), to agree production of [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] motor cars; the first produced under their joint names in Manchester are launched in December.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/en_US/inspiring-greatness/values/how-rolls-met-royce.html |title=How Rolls Met Royce |publisher=[[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars]] |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208033642/https://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/en_US/inspiring-greatness/values/how-rolls-met-royce.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** German Association football club [[FC Schalke 04]] is established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/schalke-10-things-you-need-to-know-on-germany-s-coal-mining-heroes-512693.jsp |title=Schalke: 10 things you need to know about Germany's coal-mining heroes |website=[[bundesliga.com]] |publisher=[[DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH]] |year=2019 |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511144320/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/schalke-10-things-you-need-to-know-on-germany-s-coal-mining-heroes-512693.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 5]]
** [[British expedition to Tibet]]: Hundreds of Tibetans attack the British camp at Changlo, and hold the advantage for a while, before being defeated by superior weapons, and losing at least 200 men.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grant |first=Neil |title=Chronicle of 20th Century Conflict |year=1993 |publisher=[[Reed International Books Ltd]] & Smithmark Publishers Inc |location=[[New York City]] |isbn=0-8317-1371-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/chronicleof20thc00gran/page/18 18–19] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/chronicleof20thc00gran/page/18}}</ref>
** [[Pitcher|Pitching]] against the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]], [[Cy Young]] of the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] throws the first [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in the modern era of [[baseball]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05051904.shtml |title=Cy Young Perfect Game Box Score |publisher=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325115135/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05051904.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 9]] – [[Great Western Railway]] of England [[GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro|3700 Class 3440 ''City of Truro'']] possibly becomes the first railway [[locomotive]] to exceed {{Convert|100|mph}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/aboutus/Pages/Swindon-175.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211090556/http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/aboutus/Pages/Swindon-175.aspx |archive-date=11 February 2016 |title=STEAM Gets Set for Swindon175 Celebrations |department=Swindon 175 |website=[[STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway]] |publisher=[[Swindon Borough Council|Swindon Borough Council Civic Offices]] |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] – [[Russo-Japanese War]]: [[Russian Empire|Russian]] [[minelayer]] ''Amur'' lays a [[minefield]] about {{convert|15|mi|km}} off [[Lüshunkou District|Port Arthur]], and sinks [[Japan]]'s battleships [[Japanese battleship Hatsuse|''Hatsuse'']], 15,000 tons with 496 crew, and [[Japanese battleship Yashima|''Yashima'']]. On the same day, the Japanese [[protected cruiser]] ''[[Japanese cruiser Yoshino|Yoshino]]'' sinks after being accidentally rammed by the [[armored cruiser]] ''[[Japanese cruiser Kasuga|Kasuga]]'', killing over 270 crew, including Captain Sayegi and his second-in-command, Commander Hirowateri.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tyler |first=Sydney |title=The Japan-Russia War: An Illustrated History of the War in the Far East, the Greatest Conflict of Modern Times |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924074523642/page/226/mode/2up |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924074523642/page/226/mode/2up 226-231] |location=Philadelphia |publisher=P. W. Ziegler Co. |year=1905 |access-date=13 March 2022 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Japan will keep the loss of ''Yashima'' secret for over a year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/06/02/archives/loss-of-yashima-admitted-japan-announces-that-battleship-struck-a.html |title=Loss of YASHIMA Admitted; Japan Announces That Battleship Struck a Mine a Year Ago. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 June 1905 |page=2 |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512090801/https://www.nytimes.com/1905/06/02/archives/loss-of-yashima-admitted-japan-announces-that-battleship-struck-a.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 21]] – The International Federation of Association Football, [[FIFA]], is established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/history/organizational-structure/fifa |title=FIFA |publisher=[[U.S. Soccer]] |department=Organizational Structure |year=2022 |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311165210/https://www.ussoccer.com/history/organizational-structure/fifa |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 30]] – [[Alpha Gamma Delta]], which becomes an international sorority, is founded by 11 women at [[Syracuse University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alphagammadelta.org/about/history/ |title=History |date=November 18, 2016 |publisher=[[Alpha Gamma Delta]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417140231/https://alphagammadelta.org/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>