Bermuda's second oldest person celebrated her 104th birthday yesterday.

Roseannie Lousie Wilson said a lot has changed since she was born so The Royal Gazette took a look back at her year of birth to see what was happening around the world.

After purchasing a portion of Panama on February 23 for $10 million the American government began to construct the Panama Canal, which still operates today, in May. The major ship canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Meanwhile one of the world's largest sporting bodies, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), was established on May 21.

Shortly after FIFA was established the third modern Olympic Games were held in St. Louis, Missouri in July.

And in October the first underground line of the New York City Subway opened. The system is now the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

In US politics Republican Theodore Roosevelt defeated Alton B. Parker in the US presidential election on November 8. He went on to become the first American to be awarded the Nobel prize, winning its Peace Prize in 1906, for negotiating the peace in the Russo-Japanese War.

Meanwhile in the arts 1904 was a big year for the stage, both Giacomo Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' and J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan' debuted. While 'Peter Pan' was a big success in London, 'Madame Butterfly' opened to no great success in Milan.

Historic figures born the same year as Ms Wilson include the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali and American author and cartoonist Dr. Seuss, whose actual name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.