1904

February 9	-Japan made a surprise attack on Russia’s Port Arthur naval base, Manchuria, beginning the Russo-Japanese War.
February 23	U.S. acquired Panama Canal Zone for $10 million.
March	G. M. Barrows’ first story published in Argosy, the first instance in the U.S. of a female author both publishing science fiction and doing so under her real name.

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Births and Deaths:

Alexander Samalman - Amelia Reynolds Long - Clifford D. Simak - Donald B. Thompson - Earl Binder - Edmond Hamilton - Frank Gruber - Groff Conklin - H. Beam Piper - Helen Finn - James Williams - K. Martin Carlson - Leslyn Heinlein - Lester Dent - Maurice G. Hugi - MayBelle Anshutz - Morojo - Norvell Page - R. R. Winterbotham - Reg Stevens - Rose Wyn - Sally Rand

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K. Martin Carlson

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Asia:

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Australia:

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Britain:

Maurice G. Hugi - Reg Stevens

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Canada:

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Europe:

Maurice G. Hugi

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Ireland:

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New Zealand:

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US:

Alexander Samalman - Amelia Reynolds Long - Clifford D. Simak - Donald B. Thompson - Earl Binder - Edmond Hamilton - Frank Gruber - Groff Conklin - H. Beam Piper - Helen Finn - James Williams - K. Martin Carlson - Leslyn Heinlein - Lester Dent - MayBelle Anshutz - Morojo - Norvell Page - R. R. Winterbotham - Rose Wyn - Sally Rand

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Rest of the World: