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  • England, United Kingdom
    May, 1904
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill opposed the government's proposed Aliens Bill

    England, United Kingdom
    May, 1904

    In May 1904, Churchill opposed the government's proposed Aliens Bill, designed to curb Jewish migration into Britain. He stated that the bill would "appeal to insular prejudice against foreigners, to racial prejudice against Jews, and to labor prejudice against competition" and expressed himself in favor of "the old tolerant and generous practice of free entry and asylum to which this country has so long adhered and from which it has so greatly gained".




  • Cambridge, England
    May, 1904
    John Maynard Keynes

    First class BA in mathematics

    Cambridge, England
    May, 1904

    In May 1904, he received a first class BA in mathematics.




  • Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
    Wednesday May 11, 1904
    Salvador Dali

    Birth

    Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
    Wednesday May 11, 1904

    Salvador Dalí was born on 11 May 1904, on the first floor of Carrer Monturiol, 20 in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region, close to the French border in Catalonia, Spain.




  • Paris, France
    Sunday May 22, 1904
    FIFA World Cup

    FIFA

    Paris, France
    Sunday May 22, 1904

    The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in Paris on 22 May 1904




  • Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    Monday May 23, 1904
    The Wright brothers

    First Flight attempt (Flyer)

    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    Monday May 23, 1904

    In 1904 the Wrights built the Flyer II. They decided to avoid the expense of travel and bringing supplies to the Outer Banks and set up an airfield at Huffman Prairie, a cow pasture eight miles (13 km) northeast of Dayton. They received permission to use the field rent-free from owner and bank president Torrance Huffman. They invited reporters to their first flight attempt of the year on May 23, on the condition that no photographs be taken.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday May 31, 1904
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill crossed the floor

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday May 31, 1904

    On 31 May 1904, Churchill crossed the floor, defecting from the Conservatives to sit as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons.




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