2004 35524 225994465 2008-07-16T10:53:41Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[ee:2004]] ''"MMIV" redirects here. For the [[Modest Mouse]] album, see "[[Baron von Bullshit Rides Again]]".'' {{Refimprove|date=March 2008}} {{Year nav|2004}} {{C21YearInTopic}} Year '''2004''' ('''[[roman numerals|MMIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. The year 2004 has been designated the: * ''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]]) * ''International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against [[Slavery]] and its Abolition'' (by [[UNESCO]]) * ''2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety'' (by [[World Health Organization]]) * ''Year of the [[Monkey]]'' (by the [[Chinese calendar]]). ==Events of 2004== ===[[January 2004|January]]=== * [[January 1]] - [[Pervez Musharraf]] wins a [[vote of confidence]] from an [[Electoral College of Pakistan|electoral college]] consisting of [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]] and the provincial assemblies, confirming him as [[President of Pakistan]] and de facto dictator until 2007. * [[January 3]] - [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off the coast of [[Egypt]], killing all 148 aboard. * [[January 4]] - [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] wins the presidential elections in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. * [[January 4]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (''Spirit'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] at 04:35 UTC. * [[January 8]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] christens the ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2]]'' [[Cruise ship|cruise liner]], * [[January 13]] - Serial killer [[Harold Shipman]] is found hanged in his cell at [[Wakefield Prison]], 4 years after being convicted of murdering 15 patients in [[Cheshire]], England. * [[January 19]] - U.S. Senator [[John Kerry]] (D-MA) wins the [[Iowa]] Democratic caucus. [[Vermont]] Governor [[Howard Dean]]'s concession speech ends with a lively but controversial scream. * [[January 24]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MER-B]] (''Opportunity'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] at 05:05 UTC. * [[January 26]] - A [[exploding whale|whale explodes]] in [[Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]], while being transported through the town to a university for a necropsy.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050909142010/http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/01/27/1075168255.htm</ref> * [[January 28]] - The findings of the [[Hutton Inquiry]] are published in [[London]]. The [[British Government]] is found not to have falsified information in the "sexed up dossier." The report criticizes the [[BBC]]'s role in the death of [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]], a weapons expert on [[Iraq]]. ===[[February 2004|February]]=== {{Month3|0|6|1}} * [[February 1]] - A [[hajj]] stampede in [[Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills 251 pilgrims. * [[February 1]] - The [[New England Patriots]] win [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]]. * [[February 2]] - An 11-story apartment building collapses in [[Konya]], [[Turkey]], killing more than 90 residents. * [[February 3]] - The [[CIA]] admits that there was no imminent threat from [[weapons of mass destruction]] before the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. * [[February 3]] - [[Jóannes Eidesgaard]] becomes Prime Minister of the [[Faroe Islands]]. * [[February 6]] - A [[suicide bomber]] kills 41 people on a [[metro]] car in [[Moscow]]. * [[February 7]] - Several leaders of [[Abnaa el-Balad]] are arrested in [[Israel]]. * [[February 10]] - At least 50 people are killed in a [[car bomb]] attack on a police recruitment centre south of [[Baghdad]]. * [[February 10]] - The [[French National Assembly]] votes to pass a [[French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools|law banning religious items and clothing]] from schools. * [[February 12]] - [[San Francisco, California]] begins issuing [[Same sex marriage in the United States|marriage licenses to same-sex couples]] in an act of [[civil disobedience]]. * [[February 13]] - [[Athens]] gets hit by a major [[blizzard]] which blankets the entire city for days, causing widespread havoc. * [[February 13]] - Scientists in [[South Korea]] announce the [[cloning]] of 30 human [[embryo]]s. * [[February 14]] - Riots break out between [[New South Wales Police]] and [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal residents]] of [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]], [[New South Wales]], a suburb of [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. * [[February 14]] - The roof of the [[Transvaal Park|Transvaal water park]] in [[Moscow]] collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100. * [[February 17]]-[[February 20|20]] - A [[nor'easter]] blizzard devastates [[Atlantic Canada]], dumping more than 95 centimeters on some areas. * [[February 18]] - A train carrying a convoy of [[petrol]], [[fertiliser]], and [[sulfur]] derails and explodes in [[Iran]], killing 320 people. * [[February 20]] - Conservatives win a majority in the [[Iran Majlis election, 2004|Iranian parliament election]]. * [[February 24]] - A 6.5 [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] earthquake in Northern [[Morocco]] hits in the [[Rif|Rif mountains]] near the city of [[Al Hoceima]], killing 400. [[Ait Kamara]] is destroyed; 517 are killed. * [[February 26]] - The [[United States]] lifts a 23-year travel ban against [[Libya]]. * [[February 26]] - [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] President [[Boris Trajkovski]] is killed in a plane crash near [[Mostar]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. * [[February 28]] - Over 1 million [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] participating in the [[228 Hand-in-Hand Rally]] form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the [[228 Incident]] in [[1947]]. * [[February 29]] - [[2004 Haiti rebellion]]: [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] resigns as president of [[Haiti]]. The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, [[Boniface Alexandre]], is sworn in as interim president. * [[February 29]] - The [[76th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], are held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]], with ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' directed by [[Peter Jackson]], winning a record-tying 11 Oscars, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Directing|Best Director]]. ===[[March 2004|March]]=== {{Month3|3|0|1}} [[Image:John F. Kerry.jpg|thumb|John Kerry]] [[Image:Cyclone Gafilo.jpeg|thumb|[[Cyclone Gafilo]]]] * [[March 2]] - [[John Kerry]] effectively clinches the [[U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004|2004 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination]] by winning 9 out of 10 "[[Super Tuesday]]" primaries and caucuses. * [[March 2]] - [[NASA]] announces that the [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] rover [[MER-B]] (Opportunity) has confirmed that its landing area was once drenched in water. * [[March 10]] - Five British men are released from detention at [[Camp X-Ray|Camp Delta]], [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo Bay]]. After they land at [[RAF Brize Norton]], 4 of them are immediately arrested for questioning. * [[March 11]] - [[March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks|Simultaneous explosions]] on rush hour trains in [[Madrid]] kill 190 people. * [[March 12]] - Following the terrorist attacks in Madrid the previous day, millions of protesters against terrorism take to the streets of Spanish cities. * [[March 14]] - Two suicide bombers kill 11 Israeli civilians in [[Ashdod, Israel]]. * [[March 14]] - [[Spanish legislative election, 2004]]: The incumbent government led by [[José María Aznar]] is defeated by the Socialist [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]]. * [[March 14]] - [[Russian presidential election, 2004]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] easily wins a second term. * [[March 15]] - The new [[Spanish Government]] announces that it will withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops in [[Iraq]]. * [[March 17]] - A [[pogrom]]-like [[2004 unrest in Kosovo|organized violence breaks]] out over 2 days in [[Kosovo]]. Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes burned, schools and businesses vandalized, and over 30 Orthodox monasteries and churches burned and destroyed. * [[March 19]] - The [[United Nations]] launches a [[political corruption]] investigation due to the [[scandal]] over its [[Iraq]]i [[Oil for Food program]]. * [[March 20]] - President [[Chen Shui-bian]] wins the [[ROC presidential election, 2004|Taiwanese presidential election]] by 0.2% of the vote. The day before, he and Vice President [[Annette Lu]] were shot. [[Lien Chan]] refuses to concede and demands a recount. A controversial [[ROC referendum, 2004|peace referendum]] opposed by the [[People's Republic of China]] is invalidated. * [[March 21]] - [[Malaysian general election, 2004]]: The incumbent [[Barisan Nasional]] party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the [[Parliament of Malaysia]]. * [[March 21]] - [[Salvadoran presidential election, 2004]]: [[Antonio Saca]] is elected [[President of El Salvador]] (inaugurated [[June 1]]). * [[March 22]] - [[Palestinian]]s protest in the streets after an [[Israel]]i [[Attack helicopter|helicopter gunship]] fires a missile at the entourage of [[Sheikh Ahmed Yassin]] in [[Gaza City]], killing him and 7 others. * [[March 25]] - Former British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] visits [[Libya]]n leader Colonel [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]], in return for the dismantling of Libya's [[Weapons of mass destruction]] programme in December 2003 - the first time a major western leader has visited the nation in several decades. <!-- Please correct details if known --> * [[March 28]] - In [[France]], the government of [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]] suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections. * [[March 28]] - The first ever [[Atlantic Ocean|South Atlantic]] [[hurricane]] makes landfall in South Brazil on the state of Santa Catarina - the hurricane is dubbed [[Hurricane Catarina]]. * [[March 29]] - The [[Republic of Ireland]] bans smoking in all enclosed work places, including restaurants, pubs and bars. * [[March 29]] - The largest expansion of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] to date takes place, allowing [[Bulgaria]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Slovenia]] into the organization. * [[March 31]] - Four American [[private military contractor]]s working for [[Blackwater USA]] are killed, and their bodies mutilated, after being ambushed in [[Fallujah]], [[Iraq]]. ===[[April 2004|April]]=== {{Month3|4|3|1}} * [[April 5]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] begins a [[state visit]] to [[France]] to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the [[Entente Cordiale]]. * [[April 8]] - [[Darfur conflict]]: The [[April 8 Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement|Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement]] is signed by the [[Sudan]]ese government and 2 rebel groups. * [[April 16]] - [[India]] defeats [[Pakistan]] in their first [[cricket]] tour in 14 years. * [[April 17]] - [[Israel]]i helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the [[Gaza Strip]], killing the Gaza leader of [[Hamas]], [[Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi]]. * [[April 20]] - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on [[Abu Ghraib Prison]] by insurgents; 22 detainees are killed and 92 wounded. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-04-20-iraq_x.htm] * [[April 21]] - [[Mordechai Vanunu]], who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s, is released from [[prison]] in [[Israel]] after serving 18 years for [[treason]]. * [[April 22]] - Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in the [[Ryongchon disaster]], in [[Ryongchon]], [[North Korea]], killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes. * [[April 22]] - The last [[coal]] mine in [[France]] closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining. * [[April 24]] - [[Cyprus reunification referendum, 2004|Referendums]] on the [[Annan Plan for Cyprus]], which proposes to re-unite the island of [[Cyprus]], take place in both the [[Republic of Cyprus]] controlled and the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish]] controlled parts. Although the [[Turkish Cypriots]] vote in favour, the [[Greek Cypriots]] reject the proposal. * [[April 28]] - [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]] in [[Iraq]] is revealed on the television show ''[[60 Minutes II]]''. * [[April 29]] - The last [[Oldsmobile]] rolls off of the assembly line. ===[[May 2004|May]]=== {{Month3|5|5|1}} [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|thumb|European Union flag]] * [[May 1]] - The largest expansion to date of the [[European Union]] takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Hungary]], [[Malta]] and [[Cyprus]]. * [[May 4]] - A [[WNBC]] [[helicopter]] crashes in the [[Flatbush]] section of [[Brooklyn, New York]]. This event is covered by rival station [[WABC-TV]]. * [[May 8]] - Would-be "Saudi Princess" "[[Antoinette Millard]]" surfaces in [[New York City]] claiming that muggers had stolen jewels worth of $262,000 from her (she later proves to be an [[impostor]]). * [[May 9]] - [[Chechnya|Chechen]] president [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] is killed by a landmine placed under a VIP stage during a [[World War II]] memorial parade in [[Grozny]]. * [[May 9]] - [[Canadian national men's hockey team|Canada]] wins the [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|World Ice Hockey Championship]] in [[Prague]]. * [[May 10]] - [[Philippine general election, 2004]]: Incumbent president [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] is elected for 6-year term. * [[May 12]] - An American civilian contractor in Iraq, [[Nick Berg]], is shown being decapitated by a group allegedly linked to [[al-Qaida]] on a web-distributed video. * [[May 13]] - In India, the [[Congress Party]] wins a surprise victory in the elections to the [[Lok Sabha]]. * [[May 14]] - [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]], marries Australian [[Mary Donaldson]] in [[Copenhagen]]. [[Image:Nichols2.jpg|thumb|Terry Nichols]] * [[May 15]] - [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] complete a whole [[FA Premier League|English Premiership]] season unbeaten, 38 games. * [[May 15]] - [[South Africa]] is awarded the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] * [[May 15]] - [[Ruslana]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] for [[Ukraine]] with the song [[Wild Dances]] in [[İstanbul]], [[Turkey]]. * [[May 16]] - A coup d'état in [[Chad]] against the [[Heads of State of Chad|President]] [[Idriss Déby]] fails. * [[May 16]] - The [[We Are the Future concert]] takes place in Rome, organized by [[Quincy Jones]] in partnership with the [[Glocal Forum]]. * [[May 17]] - [[Ezzedine Salim]], holder of the rotating leadership of the [[Iraq Interim Governing Council|Iraqi Governing Council]], is killed in a bomb blast in [[Baghdad]]. * [[May 17]] - [[Massachusetts]] legalizes [[same-sex marriage]] in compliance with a ruling from the state's [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court|Supreme Judicial Court]] (''[[Goodridge v. Department of Public Health]]''). * [[May 19]] - [[Tony Blair]] is hit with a purple flour bomb in the chamber of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] during a session of [[Prime Minister's Questions]]. * [[May 19]] - [[Jeremy Sivits]] pleads guilty in a court-martial in connection with alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at [[Abu Ghraib]] prison in [[Baghdad]]. * [[May 23]] - A section of the ceiling in Terminal 2E at [[Paris]]'s [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]] collapses, claiming at least 6 lives. * [[May 23]] - [[Japan]]ese prime minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] visits [[North Korea]], to secure the release of the families of the 9 abducted Japanese citizens returned earlier. *[[May 24]] - [[North Korea]] bans [[mobile phones]].(See:[[Communications in North Korea]]) * [[May 26]] - [[Terry Nichols]] is convicted by an [[Oklahoma]] state court on murder charges stemming from the [[1995]] [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. * [[May 26]] - [[F.C. Porto]] wins the [[UEFA Champions League|European Champion Clubs Cup]] defeating [[A.S. Monaco]] by 3–0 * [[May 29]] - The [[National World War II Memorial]] is dedicated in [[Washington, DC]]. * [[May 30]] - Thousands of people in [[Hong Kong]] take to the streets to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square massacre]]. ===[[June 2004|June]]=== {{Month3|6|1|1}} [[Image:Killdozer.jpg|thumb|180px| [[June 4]]: Home-made tank]] [[Image:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Ronald Reagan]] (1911&ndash;2004)]] * [[June 1]] - Twelve-year-old Satomi Mitarai, a [[Japan]]ese schoolgirl attending Okubo Elementary School in [[Sasebo, Nagasaki|Sasebo, Japan]] is murdered. Her killer, an 11-year-old classmate identified by Japanese authorities as "Girl A". It becomes known as the [[Sasebo slashing]]. * [[June 3]] - All outgoing flights from the [[United Kingdom|UK]] are temporarily grounded following an [[air traffic control]] computer failure. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3772077.stm (BBC)] * [[June 3]] - [[Central Intelligence Agency]] director [[George Tenet]] tenders his resignation, citing "personal reasons". [[John E. McLaughlin]], [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|CIA Deputy Director]], becomes the acting Director until a permanent Director is chosen and confirmed by Congress. * [[June 4]] - [[Marvin Heemeyer]] destroys many local buildings with a home-made tank in [[Granby, Colorado]]. * [[June 5]] - [[Ronald Reagan]], the 40th [[President of the United States]], [[Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan|dies at his home]] in [[Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel-Air]], [[California]] at the age of 93. A six-day [[state funeral]] follows after his death. * [[June 6]] - At the 58th Annual [[Tony Awards]], ''[[Avenue Q]]'' upsets front-runner<ref>{{cite web | date=2004-06-06 | format=html | accessdate=2008-01-24 | url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234090 | title=Tony Finds a Home on ‘Avenue Q’ }}</ref> ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' to win the award for [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]] * [[June 8]] - The first [[transit of Venus]] since [[1882]] occurs; the next one will occur in [[2012]]. * [[June 8]] - The [[30th G8 summit]] takes place over the next 2 days on [[Sea Island]], in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States|USA]]. * [[June 8]] - The pickled heart of [[Louis XVII of France]] is buried in the royal crypt at Saint-Denis. * [[June 11]] - [[Terry Nichols]] is spared the [[death penalty]] by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the [[1995]] [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. The decision comes on the third anniversary of the [[execution]] of his co-defendant, [[Timothy McVeigh]], in [[Terre Haute]], [[Indiana]]. * [[June 12]] - A 1.3 [[kilogram|kg]] chondrite type [[meteorite]] strikes a house in [[Ellerslie, New Zealand]], causing serious damage but no injuries. * [[June 16]] - The [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]] (or "9/11 Commission") issues an initial report of its findings. * [[June 21]] - In [[Mojave, California|Mojave]], [[California]], [[SpaceShipOne]] becomes the first privately-funded [[spaceplane]] to achieve [[Human spaceflight|spaceflight]]. * [[June 28]] until [[June 29]] - [[2004 Istanbul Summit]] * [[June 28]] - [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] trains collide in a rural area outside of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. Forty cars are derailed, including one [[chlorine]] car. Three people die, another 50 people are hospitalized because of exposure to the gas. * [[June 28]] - The U.S.-led [[2003 occupation of Iraq|coalition occupying Iraq]] transfers [[sovereignty]] to an [[Iraqi Interim Government]]. * [[June 28]] - [[Canadian federal election, 2004|Canadian election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], led by [[Paul Martin]], is reduced to a minority government, after holding a majority since November [[1993]]. * [[June 30]] - Preliminary hearings begin in [[Iraq]] in the trial of former president [[Saddam Hussein]], for [[war crimes]] and crimes against humanity. ===[[July 2004|July]]=== {{Month3|7|3|1}} * [[July 1]] - The [[Cassini probe|Cassini-Huygens]] spacecraft arrives at [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. * [[July 1]] - Vatican gains full membership rights in the United Nations except voting. * [[July 4]] - Groundbreaking for the [[Freedom Tower]] begins at [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]] in [[New York City]]. * [[July 4]] - [[Greece national football team|Greece]] beats [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 1–0 to win the [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2004]]. * [[July 22]] - The [[Stari most|Old Bridge]] of [[Mostar]] in [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]] is reconstructed and reopened after being destroyed by [[Bosnian Croat]] forces on [[November 9]], [[1993]]. * [[July 25]] - Over 100,000 opponents of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004]] participate in a [[human chain]] from [[Gush Katif]], to the [[Western Wall]], [[Jerusalem]] (90 kilometers). * [[July 25]] - [[Lance Armstrong]] of [[Austin, Texas]] wins an unprecedented 6th consecutive [[Tour de France]] cycling title. * [[July 26]] – [[July 29]] - The [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] nominates [[John Kerry]] for U.S. President and [[John Edwards]] for Vice President. * [[July 31]] – "[[The Last Dispatch]]" concert was played as a reunion concert with the band [[Dispatch]] on the Hat Shell in [[Boston]]. 110,000 people attended, making it the single largest gathering in the independent [[music]] industry history. ===[[August 2004|August]]=== {{Month3|8|6|1}} * [[August 1]] - A supermarket fire in [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]], kills about 400 and leaves over 100 missing. * [[August 1]] - A bomb attack occurs in front of [[Prague]]'s Casino Royal. * [[August 2]] - [[Monday demonstrations, 2004|Monday demonstrations]] against social cutbacks began in [[Germany]]. * [[August 3]] - The [[Statue of Liberty]] reopens after security improvements. * [[August 3]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] is launched. It will be captured into Mercury's orbit on [[March 18]] [[2011]]. * [[August 6]] - A [[United Nations]] report blaming the government of [[Sudan]] for crimes against humanity in [[Darfur]] is released. * [[August 9]] - Footballer [[Lee Hughes]], 28, is sentenced to 6 years in prison and banned from driving for 10 years after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. Hughes also has his contract terminated by his employers [[West Bromwich Albion]]. * [[August 9]] - At the [[Mihama Nuclear Power Plant]], a pipe leaking hot water and steam kills 5 and injures 6 others. It is the 2nd worst nuclear disaster of [[Japan]]. * [[August 12]] - [[Singapore]]'s prime minister [[Goh Chok Tong]] hands over his position to [[Lee Hsien Loong]]. * [[August 12]] - [[New Jersey]] Governor [[James McGreevey]] announces that he is "a [[gay]] American" and will resign effective [[November 15, 2004]]. * [[August 13]] – [[August 29]] - The [[2004 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Athens]]. [[Image:Olympic flame at opening ceremony.jpg|thumb|The [[Olympic Flame]] during the Opening Ceremony of the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Athens]].]] * [[August 13]] - [[Hurricane Charley]] kills 27 people in [[Florida]] after killing 4 in [[Cuba]] and 1 in [[Jamaica]]. Charley made landfall near Cayo Costa, FL as a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 4 hurricane]]. Charley is the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since [[Hurricane Andrew]] in 1992. * [[August 16]] - Severe [[flooding]] occurs in the [[village]] of [[Boscastle]] in [[Cornwall]]. * [[August 18]] - In [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the [[Dublin Port Tunnel]] excavation works are completed and the final [[tunnel boring machine]] breakthrough ceremony takes place. * [[August 20]] - [[Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj|Elbegdorj Tsakhia]], the peaceful democratic revolutionary leader of [[Mongolia]], becomes [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]] for the second time. * [[August 21]] - A series of blasts rocks an opposition party rally in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]], killing at least 13 people. * [[August 22]] - Armed robbers steal [[Edvard Munch]]'s ''[[The Scream]]'', ''[[Madonna (Edvard Munch)|Madonna]]'', and other paintings from the [[Munch Museum]] in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. * [[August 24]] - Two airliners in [[Russia]], carrying a total of 89 passengers, crash within minutes of each other after flying out of [[Domodedovo International Airport]], leaving no survivors. Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from [[Chechnya]] to be the cause of the crashes. * [[August 29]] - Around 200,000 protesters demonstrate in [[New York City]] against U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and his government, ahead of the [[2004 Republican National Convention]]. * [[August 29]] - [[Michael Schumacher]] wins a record seventh [[world championship]] title by finishing second in the [[Belgian Grand Prix]] at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]]. * [[August 30]] – [[September 2]] - U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] are renominated at the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[New York City]]. * [[August 31]] - Two suicide attacks on buses in [[Beer Sheva]], [[Israel]], kill at least 16 people and injure at least 60. [[Hamas]] claims responsibility for the attacks. * [[August 31]] - A woman commits a suicide attack near a subway station in northern [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 50. Authorities hold [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels responsible. ===[[September 2004|September]]=== {{Month3|9|2|1}} * September - The [[Great Laxey Mine Railway]] of the [[Isle of Man]] is re-opened. * [[September 1]] - [[Chechnya|Chechen]] terrorists take between 1,000 and 1,500 people hostage, mostly children, in a school in the [[Beslan school hostage crisis]]. The hostage-takers demand the release of Chechen terrorists imprisoned in neighbouring [[Ingushetia]] and the independence of [[Chechnya]] from [[Russia]]. * [[September 2]] - The [[United Nations Security Council]] adopts [[UN Security Council Resolution 1559|Resolution 1559]], calling for the removal of all foreign troops from [[Lebanon]]. This measure is largely aimed at [[Syria]]n troops. * [[September 3]] - [[Russia]]n forces end the siege at a school in [[Beslan]], [[Northern Ossetia]]. At least 335 people (among which are 32 of the approximately 40 hostage-takers) are killed and at least 700 people injured. * [[September 3]] - [[Hurricane Frances]] makes landfall in [[Florida]]. After killing 2 people in the [[Bahamas]], Hurricane Frances kills 10 people in [[Florida]], 2 in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and 1 in [[South Carolina]]. * [[September 2]] - [[Hurricane Ivan]] forms. * [[September 7]] - The [[Scottish Parliament]] meets in the new [[Scottish Parliament Building]] for the first time. * [[September 7]] - [[Hurricane Ivan]] passes directly over [[Grenada]], killing 37 people. It passes over other [[Caribbean]] islands over the next 2 days, killing 5 people in [[Venezuela]], 4 in the [[Dominican Republic]], 1 in [[Tobago]] and 20 in [[Jamaica]]. * [[September 8]] - In the [[Killian documents|"Rathergate"]] affair, the first [[Internet]] posts appear pointing out that documents claimed by [[CBS News]] to be typewritten memos from the early 1970s appear instead to have been produced using modern [[word processing]] systems. * [[September 9]] - A [[bomb]] blast outside the [[Australia]]n embassy in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], kills 11 and injures up to 100 people. * [[September 9]] - [[Typhoon]] Songda hits western [[Japan]], killing 45 and injuring another 1,352. * [[September 13]] - The U.S. [[Assault Weapons Ban]] expires. * [[September 15]] - [[Davíð Oddsson]], [[Prime Minister of Iceland]], steps down after serving as prime minister since April 30, 1991. Oddson trades posts with his foreign minister [[Halldór Ásgrímsson]], who then becomes Prime Minister. * [[September 15]] - Security at the [[Palace of Westminster]] is compromised when the House of Commons is stormed by a small group of protestors during a debate about [[fox hunting]]. * [[September 15]] - "Girl A" who commits the [[Sasebo slashing]] is sentenced to be institutionalized. * [[September 16]] - [[Hurricane Ivan]] strikes [[Gulf Shores]], [[Alabama]], as a Category 3 storm, killing 25 in [[Alabama]] and [[Florida]], becoming the 3rd costliest hurricane in American history (currently the 4th following the destruction of 2005's [[Hurricane Katrina]]). * [[September 17]] - [[Hurricane Jeanne]] causes mudslides in [[Haiti]], killing 3006. * [[September 17]] - The [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] commences in [[Athens, Greece]]. * [[September 17]] - [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]] finish 2-year-long negotiations and sign a [[Free trade area|Free Trade Agreement]] in Mexico City. * [[September 21]] - Construction of the [[Burj Dubai]] begins. * [[September 23]] - [[Mount St. Helens]] becomes active again. * [[September 23]] - [[Hurricane Ivan|Tropical Storm Ivan]], having come around and reformed in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], makes its final landfall near [[Cameron, Louisiana]], to little effect. In total, the storm will kill 92 people. * [[September 24]] - [[Major League Baseball]] announces that the [[Montreal Expos]] will move to Washington D.C. in 2005 * [[September 25]] - [[Port Adelaide Power]] win their first premiership against Brisbane Lions in [[Australian Football League|AFL]] Grand Final * [[September 25]] - [[Hurricane Jeanne]] makes landfall near [[Port Saint Lucie, Florida]], near location [[Hurricane Frances]] hit two weeks earlier. Jeanne kills over 3,030, mostly in Haiti. * [[September 29]] - In [[Mojave, California]], the first [[Ansari X-Prize]] flight takes place of [[SpaceShipOne]], which is competing with a number of spacecraft (including Canada's [[Da Vinci Project]], claimed to be its closest rival) and will go on to win the prize on October 4th. ===[[October 2004|October]]=== {{Month3|10|4|1}} * [[October 3]] - [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Montreal Expos]] play the final game in the franchise's history, an 8-1 loss against the [[New York Mets]] at Shea Stadium. * [[October 4]] - Two [[car bomb]]s kill at least 16 people and injure dozens more in [[Baghdad]]. * [[October 4]] - Start the soap opera [[Rebelde]] and the pop group [[RBD]], in [[Mexico]]. * [[October 5]] - A fire breaks out on the [[Canada|Canadian]] submarine ''[[HMCS Chicoutimi|HMCS ''Chicoutimi'']]'', leaving it stranded without power in the North Atlantic ocean, off the north coast of [[Ireland]]; 1 crewmember is killed. * [[October 8]] - [[Kenneth Bigley]], the British hostage held by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], an [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi insurgent]], is killed after a failed escape attempt. * [[October 8]] - Suicide bombers detonate 2 bombs at the [[Red Sea]] resort of [[Taba (Egypt)|Taba]], [[Egypt]], killing 34 people, mainly Israeli tourists and Egyptian workers. * [[October 8]] - [[Martha Stewart]] begins serving a 5-month sentence for [[insider trading]] at the [[Alderson Federal Prison Camp]] in [[West Virginia]]. * [[October 9]] - [[Queen Elizabeth II]] opens the new [[Scottish Parliament Building]] in a ceremony in [[Edinburgh]]. * [[October 9]] - Incumbent [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[John Howard]] leads the Liberal-National coalition to victory over the Labor Party led by [[Mark Latham]] in federal elections. * [[October 9]] - Direct elections for president are held for the first time in [[Afghanistan]]. Interim president [[Hamid Karzai]] is eventually declared the winner. * [[October 10]] - [[Abdullahi Yusuf]] is chosen as the new transitional president of [[Somalia]]. * [[October 14]] - Prince [[Norodom Sihamoni]] is chosen as the new king of [[Cambodia]]. * [[October 16]] - The [[New York Yankees]] defeat the [[Boston Red Sox]] 19-8 in Game 3 of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[American League Championship Series]]. The game, which pushed the Yankees to a 3 games to 0 series lead, sets a record for longest 9 [[inning]] baseball game. * [[October 16]] - [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] loses for the first time in 49 league games, a national record, going down 2–0 to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] at [[Old Trafford (football)|Old Trafford]]. * [[October 17]] - A referendum in [[Belarus]] approves the lifting of constitutional term limits for the presidency. * [[October 18]] - Three men attack Greek journalist [[Philippos Syrigos]] in [[Athens]] and seriously wound him. * [[October 19]] - General [[Khin Nyunt]] is replaced by Lieutenant-General [[Soe Win]] as [[Prime Minister of Myanmar]]. * [[October 19]] - [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]] celebrates its centennial founding. * [[October 19]] - A team of explorers reached the bottom of the world's deepest cave, located in Krubera. The depth reached was 2,080 meters (6,824 feet), setting a world record. [http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0505/feature4/multimedia.html (National Geographic)] * [[October 20]] - First release of the [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu operating system]] * [[October 20]] - [[Corporate Airlines Flight 5966]] crashes in [[Missouri]], killing 13 people and injuring 2. * [[October 20]] - [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] becomes the first directly elected [[President of Indonesia]]. * [[October 20]] - The [[Boston Red Sox]] defeat the [[New York Yankees]] 10-3 in Game 7 of the [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[American League Championship Series]] to win the series 4 games to 3. The [[Boston Red Sox]] become the first team in baseball history to come back from a 0–3 deficit to win a series. * [[October 21]] - The [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] approves the deployment of the [[Black Watch]] regiment of the [[British Army]] to [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] after a request for assistance by the U.S. government. * [[October 21]] - Typhoon [[Tokage]] hit western [[Japan]]. 98 killed, 552 injured. * [[October 23]] - A Magnitude 6.7 earthquake and aftershocks of similar scale occur in the [[Tokamachi]] area. A huge landslide occurs on the outskirts of [[Nagaoka]]. According to [[Japan]]ese officials, 68 people are killed, 4,085 are injured, and 103,000 are rendered homeless. * [[October 24]] - The bodies of 49 Iraqi soldiers are discovered after being ambushed by insurgents. * [[October 24]] - [[Brazil]] successfully launches its first rocket into space. * [[October 24]] - [[Michael Schumacher]] wins his 7th [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Drivers Championship]], 5th consecutive making him the most successful driver in the history of [[Formula One]]. * [[October 25]] - Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and [[Coretta Scott King]] receive the [[Congressional Gold Medal]]. [[Image:Titan multi spectral overlay.jpg|thumb|Titan shown in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths. Photo captured by the Cassini spacecraft]] * [[October 26]] - The [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] probe passes within 1,200km of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. * [[October 27]] - The [[Boston Red Sox]] win the [[World Series]] for the first time since [[1918]], breaking the [[Curse of the Bambino]]. * [[October 27]] - Details of the discovery of a new, recent species of fossil [[Hominidae|hominid]], ''[[Homo floresiensis]]'', from the island of [[Flores]], [[Indonesia]], are published. * [[October 29]] - A [[2004 Osama bin Laden video]] airs on Arabic TV, in which he threatens terrorist attacks on the [[United States]], and taunts U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] over the [[September 11 Terrorist attacks]]. * [[October 29]] - European heads of state sign in [[Rome]] the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first [[European Constitution]]. * [[October 30]] - A 163-metre-high [[Transmitter Peterborough|radio mast]] in [[Peterborough]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] collapses at a fire. * [[October 31]] - [[Left-wing politics|Leftist]] candidate [[Tabaré Vázquez]] is elected President of [[Uruguay]]. ===[[November 2004|November]]=== {{Month3|11|0|1}} * [[November 2]] - [[United States presidential election, 2004]]: U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] defeats Senator [[John Kerry]]. [[United States Republican Party|Republicans]] make gains in the [[United States House elections, 2004|House]] and [[United States Senate elections, 2004|Senate]]. * [[November 2]] - Eleven American states ban [[gay marriage]]. * [[November 2]] - Dutch film maker [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]] is assassinated in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] by [[Mohammed Bouyeri]]. * [[November 6]] - The [[Ufton Nervet rail crash]] in [[Berkshire]], [[England]] kills 7 people. * [[November 6]] - In [[Côte d'Ivoire]], National Army bombings kill 9 people, including French UN soldiers. French UN forces retaliate by destroying the [[Military of Côte d'Ivoire|National Army's air force]]. * [[November 7]] - [[United States armed forces|U.S. forces]] launch a major assault on the [[Iraq]]i town of [[Fallujah]], in an effort to rid the area of insurgents before the Iraqi elections in January. * [[November 8]] - The Irish [[High Court (Republic of Ireland)|High Court]] rules that Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan can sue the Revenue Commissioner to have their [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] [[Same-sex marriage in Ireland|Same-sex marriage]] recognized for tax purposes. * [[November 9]] - Meeting of the [[Scottish Socialist Party]] executive leads to the resignation of [[Tommy Sheridan]] as convenor. Contradictory accounts of what Sheridan said at the meeting become hotly disputed in the ''[[Sheridan v News International]]'' trial. * [[November 12]] - In [[Redwood City]], [[California]], a jury finds [[Scott Peterson]] guilty of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner. * [[November 13]] - After 6 days of intense battles, the Iraqi town of [[Fallujah]] is fully occupied by U.S. forces. * [[November 14]] - U.S. [[Secretary of State]] [[Colin Powell]] submits his resignation. He is replaced by [[Condoleezza Rice]] after her confirmation by the [[United States Congress]]. * [[November 16]] - The [[European Space Agency]] probe, [[Smart 1]], passes from [[Earth]] orbit into the orbit of the [[Moon]]. * [[November 16]] - A train crash near [[Bundaberg, Queensland|Bundaberg]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], injures 150 people. * [[November 16]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] agrees to invest $20 billion dollars in [[Argentina]], a deal signed days before the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] forum to be held in [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]. * [[November 16]] - [[NASA]]'s [[hypersonic]] ''[[Scramjet]]'' breaks a record by reaching a [[velocity]] of about 7,000 mph in an unmanned experimental flight. It obtains a [[speed]] of [[Mach number|Mach]] 9.6, almost 10 times the [[speed of sound]]. * [[November 17]] – [[November 21]] - The [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]] Summit is held in [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]. * [[November 19]] - The NBA's [[Indiana Pacers]] and [[Detroit Pistons]] engage in a [[Pacers-Pistons brawl|brawl]] that involves fans and players. The incident gets (then) Pacer [[Ron Artest]] suspended for the remainder of the season. * [[November 21]] - In the final round of [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|presidential election in Ukraine]], [[Viktor Yanukovych]] is declared the winner. International election observers express severe criticism, and large crowds gather in a protest rally in [[Kiev]]. Twelve days later, the Supreme Court annuls the result, and a new poll is scheduled. * [[November 21]] - The [[Toronto Argonauts]] win the CFL Championship for the first time in seven years, defeating the [[British Columbia Lions]] in the [[92nd Grey Cup]] 27-19 at [[Frank Clair Stadium]] in [[Ottawa]]. * [[November 25]] - The [[India]]n [[political party]] [[Congress Jananayaka Peravai]] merges into the [[Indian National Congress]]. * [[November 26]] - A group of Iraqi political leaders, primarily from [[Sunni]] and [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] parties, advocate a 6-month delay in popular elections scheduled for January [[2005]]. * [[November 28]] - An explosion occurs in a coal mine in [[China]]. The death toll was expected to exceed 150. * [[November 28]] - [[Ricardo Lagos]], President of [[Chile]], promises economic compensation to 28,000 torture victims of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s military dictatorship. * [[November 28]] - A male [[Po'o-uli]] dies of avian [[malaria]] at the [[Maui]] Bird Conservation Center in Olinda before it can breed, making the species in all probability [[extinct]]. ===[[December 2004|December]]=== {{Month3|12|2|1}} * [[December 2]] - [[David Bieber]], a 38-year-old former [[United States|American]] marine, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a Leeds policeman and the attempted murder of two others following an incident on [[December 26]] [[2003]]. The trial judge recommends that he should never be released from prison. * [[December 3]] - The [[Colombia]]n government extradites [[Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela]], one of the most powerful drug dealers in the world, arrested in 1995 and 2003, to the [[United States]]. * [[December 6]] - Joseph T. Stevens delivers possession of the historic Reichert House of Terre Haute, Indiana to C. Shawn McCrocklin. * [[December 6]] - Terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], killing several people. * [[December 8]] - Guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]] shot and killed onstage in Colombus, Ohio, by Nathan Gale * [[December 8]] - The biggest Chinese [[Personal computer|PC]] producer [[Lenovo]] announces its plan to purchase [[IBM]]'s global PC business, making it the third largest world PC maker after [[Dell, Inc.|Dell]] and [[Hewlett-Packard]]. * [[December 10]] - [[New Zealand]] bans smoking in all public places, including bars. * [[December 11]] - Tests show that Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate [[Viktor Yushchenko]] was poisoned with a large dose of [[dioxin]]. * [[December 13]] - Software giants [[Oracle Corporation]] and [[PeopleSoft]] agree to merge in a $10.3 billion deal, creating the second largest maker of [[business]] applications [[computer software|software]]. * [[December 14]] - The world's tallest bridge, the [[Millau bridge]] over the [[River Tarn]] in the [[Massif Central]] mountains, [[France]], is opened by [[President of France|President]] [[Jacques Chirac]]. * [[December 15]] - [[Albania]]n terrorists take a bus and its passengers hostage in [[Athens]], [[Greece]] and demand 1 million [[euro]]s in ransom money. * [[December 16]] - The [[House of Lords]] rules that the [[British Government]] breaches [[human rights]] legislation by detaining without trial foreign nationals suspected of being terrorists. * [[December 16]] - IT security company [[Symantec]] Corp signs a definitive agreement to merge with [[Veritas Software]] Corp, valued at $13.5 billion, in an all-stock transaction. * [[December 16]] - South Korean [[high-speed rail system]], [[Korea Train Express]] open between [[Seoul]] and [[Busan]]. * [[December 21]] - Iraqi insurgents attack a U.S. military base in the city of [[Mosul]], killing 22 people. * [[December 22]] - Armed robbers in [[Northern Ireland]] steal over £22 million from the headquarters of the [[Northern Bank]]. [[Irish unionism|Unionist]] politicians and the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]] blame the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]], and stall the [[Northern Ireland peace process|peace process]]. * [[December 23]] - The ''[[Nexialism|Nexialist]] Manifesto'' is published. * [[December 25]] - An historic and unprecedented snowfall occurs over portions of southern Texas during the early morning hours. Daily totals include 1.5" at [[Brownsville, Texas]], 3.5" at [[McAllen, Texas]], 4.4" at [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], and 12.1" at [[Victoria, Texas]]. [[Image:2004-tsunami.jpg|thumb|300px|The tsunami caused by the [[December 26]], 2004 earthquake strikes [[Ao Nang]], Thailand.]] * [[December 26]] - One of the worst [[natural disaster]]s in [[recorded history]] hits Southeast [[Asia]] when [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|the strongest earthquake in 40 years]] hits the entire [[Indian Ocean]] region. The massive 9.3 magnitude [[earthquake]], epicentered just off the west coast of the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Sumatra]], generates enormous [[tsunami]] waves that crash into the coastal areas of a number of nations including [[Thailand]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Maldives]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Indonesia]]. The official death toll in the affected countries stands at 186,983 while more than 40,000 people are still missing. * [[December 26]] - The re-run of the second round of the [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|Ukrainian presidential election]] takes place. Opposition candidate [[Viktor Yushchenko]] is declared the victor. * [[December 27]] - Astrophysicists from the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik in Garching near Munich measure the strongest burst from a [[magnetar]]. At 21:30:26 UT the earth was hit by a huge wave front of gamma and X-rays. It was the strongest flux of high-energetic gamma radiation measured so far. * [[December 28]] - The Ukrainian transport minister, [[Heorhiy Kyrpa]], is found shot dead, in a suspected suicide. * [[December 30]] - A fire in a [[Buenos Aires]] [[night club]] ([[República Cromagnon]]) kills 194 people during a rock concert. * [[December 31]] - [[Taipei 101]], the current [[World's tallest structures|tallest]] [[skyscraper]] in the world, standing at a height of 1,670 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]] (509 [[metre]]s ), officially opens. * [[December 31]] - [[Simón Trinidad]], high-profiled [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] leader, is extradited to the [[United States]], following the second extradition of a high drug dealer in a month and in 2004. * [[December 31]] - Ukrainian Prime Minister [[Viktor Yanukovich]] resigns. ===Undated=== ===Ongoing=== * [[War in Iraq]]. {{Year in other calendars}} ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[January 21]] - [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]] * [[February 6]] - [[Princess Louise of Belgium]], granddaughter of [[King Albert II]] of [[Belgium]]. * [[March 21]] - [[Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg]] ==Deaths== {{main|Deaths in 2004}} * [[Amnesty International]] reports that at least 3,797 people were [[execution (legal)|executed]] and another 7,395 had been [[death penalty|sentenced to death]] in 2004.<ref>[http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGACT500112005 (Amnesty International)]</ref> <ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=626479 (Independent)]</ref> <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4409857.stm (BBC)]</ref> ===January-June=== * [[January 2]] - [[Paul Hopkins]], American baseball player (b. [[1904]]) * [[January 2]] - [[Etta Moten Barnett]], American actress (b. [[1901]]) * [[January 2]] - [[Lynn Cartwright]], American actress (b. [[1927]]) * [[January 4]] - [[Joan Aiken]], English author (b. [[1924]]) * [[January 6]] - [[Tug McGraw]], American baseball player (b. [[1944]]) * [[January 6]] - [[Pierre Charles]], [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] (b. [[1954]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Ingrid Thulin]], Swedish actress (b. [[1926]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Norberto Bobbio]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1909]]) * [[January 11]] - [[Mairtín Crawford]], Irish poet (b. [[1967]]) * [[January 12]] - [[Randy VanWarmer]], American singer-songwriter (b. [[1955]]) * [[January 14]] - Terje "[[Valfar]]" Bakken, Norwegian musician (b. [[1978]]) * [[January 14]] - [[Uta Hagen]], German actress (b. [[1919]]) * [[January 22]] - [[Ann Miller]], American dancer and actress (b. [[1923]]) * [[January 22]] - [[Jack Tunney]], Canadian wrestling promoter (b. [[1935]]) * [[January 25]] - [[Miklos Feher]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1971]]) * [[January 27]] - [[Jack Paar]], American television show host (b. [[1918]]) * [[January 29]] - [[M. M. Kaye]], British writer (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Eleanor Holm]], American swimmer (b. [[1913]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Marco Pantani]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1970]]) * [[February 17]] - [[José López Portillo]], [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1920]]) * [[February 19]] - [[Archibald Paton Thornton]], British historian * [[February 21]] - [[John Charles]], Welsh footballer (b. [[1931]]) * [[February 23]] - [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]], American singer and actor (b. [[1945]]) * [[February 24]] - [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], American actor (b. [[1915]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Boris Trajkovski]], [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (b. [[1956]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Adolf Ehrnrooth]], Finnish general (b. [[1905]]) * [[February 27]] - [[Paul Sweezy]], American economist and editor (b. [[1910]]) * [[February 27]] - [[Yoshihiko Amino]], Japanese historian (b. [[1928]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], American historian and [[Librarian of Congress]] (b. [[1914]]) * [[March 2]] - [[Cormac McAnallen]], Irish footballer (b. [[1980]]) * [[March 2]] - [[Mercedes McCambridge]], American actress (b. [[1918]]) * [[March 2]] - [[Marge Schott]], American baseball team owner (b. [[1928]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Claude Nougaro]], French singer (b. [[1929]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Stephen Sprouse]], American fashion designer, artist, and photographer (b. [[1953]]) * [[March 5]] - [[Priscilla Paris]], American singer (b. [[1953]]) * [[March 7]] - [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (b. [[1941]]) * [[March 8]] - [[Abu Abbas]], founder of the [[Palestine Liberation Front]] (b. [[1948]]) * [[March 8]] - [[Robert Pastorelli]], American actor (b. [[1954]]) * [[March 8]] - [[Tichi Wilkerson Kassel]], American film personality and publisher (b. [[1926]]) * [[March 15]] - [[John Pople]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1925]]) * [[March 20]] - [[Juliana of the Netherlands|Juliana]], Queen of [[The Netherlands]] (b. [[1909]]) * [[March 22]] - [[Ahmed Yassin]], Palestinian co-founder of Hamas * [[March 26]] - [[Jan Berry]], American singer (b. [[1941]]) * [[March 26]] - [[Jan Sterling]], American actress (b. [[1921]]) * [[March 29]] - [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor and director (b. [[1921]]) * [[March 30]] - [[Alistair Cooke]], English-born journalist (b. [[1908]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (b. [[1946]]) * [[April 15]] - [[Ray Condo]], Canadian musician (b. [[1950]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Edmond Pidoux]], Swiss writer (b. [[1908]]) * [[April 18]] - [[Kamisese Mara]], first [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] and [[President of Fiji]] (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 19]] - [[Norris McWhirter]], Scottish co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (b. [[1925]]) * [[April 19]] - [[John Maynard Smith]], English biologist (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Pat Tillman]], [[American football]] player and [[75th Ranger Regiment|U.S. Army Ranger]] (b. [[1976]]) * [[April 24]] - [[Estée Lauder (person)|Estée Lauder]], American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. [[1906]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Thom Gunn]], British poet (b. [[1929]]) * [[May 9]] - [[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]], American actor (b. [[1927]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Anna Lee]], British actress (b. [[1913]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Tony Randall]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Ezzedine Salim]], President of the Iraqi Governing Council (b. [[1943]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Richard Biggs]], American actor (b. [[1960]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnast (b. [[1945]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Roger W. Straus, Jr.]], American publisher (b. [[1917]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Umberto Agnelli]], Swiss-born automobile executive (b. [[1934]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Bob Couture (musician)|Bob Couture]], Canadian musician (b. [[1940]]) * [[May 29]] - [[Archibald Cox]], American Watergate [[special prosecutor]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[May 29]] - [[Jack Rosenthal]], English playwright (b. [[1931]]) * [[May 29]] - [[Samuel Dash]], American Congressional counsel (b. [[1925]]) * [[June 2]] - [[Loyd Sigmon]], American [[Amateur radio|amateur ("ham") radio]] broadcastor (b. [[1909]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Ronald Reagan]], 40th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Iona Brown]], British violinist and conductor (b. [[1941]]) * [[June 7]] - [[Quorthon]], Swedish musician (b. [[1966]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Ray Charles]], American singer and musician (b. [[1930]]) * [[June 11]] - [[Egon von Furstenberg]], Swiss fashion designer (b. [[1946]]) * [[June 11]] - [[Xenophon Zolotas]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1904]]) * [[June 13]] - [[Dick Durrance]], American skier (b. [[1914]]) * [[June 16]] - [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[June 20]] - [[Jim Bacon]], [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. [[1950]]) * [[June 21]] - [[Ron Ashman]], former footballer and football manager (b. [[1926]]) * [[June 22]] - [[Mattie Stepanek]], American poet (b. [[1990]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Naomi Shemer]], Israeli songwriter (b. [[1931]]) * [[June 27]] - [[Darrell Russell (drag racer)|Darrell Russell]], American [[Auto racing|race car driver]] (b. [[1968]]) * [[June 27]] - [[George Patton IV]], American general (b. [[1923]]) * [[June 30]] - [[Jamal Abro]], Sindhi Short Story Writer (b. [[1924]]) ===July-December=== * [[July 1]] - [[Peter Barnes]], English writer (b. [[1931]]) * [[July 1]] - [[Marlon Brando]], American actor (b. [[1924]]) * [[July 1]] - [[Todor Skalovski]], Macedonian composer (b. [[1909]]) * [[July 2]] - [[John Cullen Murphy]], American [[Cartoonist|comic strip artist]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[July 3]] - [[Percy Wickman]], Canadian politician (b. [[1941]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1920]]) * [[July 5]] - [[Hugh Shearer]], [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (b. [[1923]]) * [[July 5]] - [[Rodger Ward]], American race car driver (b. [[1921]]) * [[July 6]] - [[Thomas Klestil]], [[President of Austria]] (b. [[1932]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (b. [[1917]]) * [[July 6]] - [[Syreeta Wright]],American singer,songwriter (b.[[1946]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Betty Oliphant]], co-founder of [[National Ballet of Canada]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[July 13]] - [[Carlos Kleiber]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1930]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Zenko Suzuki]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[July 21]] - [[Edward B. Lewis]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[July 21]] - [[Jerry Goldsmith]], American composer (b. [[1929]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Francis Crick]], English [[Molecular biology|molecular biologist]], recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Sam Edwards]], American actor (b. [[1915]]) * [[August 1]] - [[Philip Abelson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1913]]) * [[August 3]] - [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer (b. [[1908]]) * [[August 6]] - [[Rick James]], American musician (b. [[1948]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Fay Wray]], Canadian actress (b. [[1907]]) * [[August 12]] - [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[August 13]] - [[Julia Child]], American chef (b. [[1912]]) * [[August 14]] - [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Sune Bergström]], Swedish biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[August 17]] - [[Thea Astley]], Australian writer (b. [[1925]]) * [[August 17]] - [[Gérard Souzay]], French baritone (b. [[1918]]) * [[August 18]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (b. [[1922]]) * [[August 18]] - [[Charlie Waller]], American singer and guitarist (b. [[1935]]) * [[August 24]] - [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 26]] - [[Laura Branigan]], American singer (b. [[1957]]) * [[August 27]] - [[Willie Crawford]], American baseball player (b. [[1946]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Fred Lawrence Whipple]], American astronomer (b. [[1906]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Indian Larry]], American motorcycle builder (b. [[1949]]) * [[September 1]] - [[Ahmed Kuftaro]], [[Grand Mufti]] of Syria (b. [[1915]]) * [[September 8]] - [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], American animator (b. [[1912]]) * [[September 10]] - [[Brock Adams]], American politician (b. [[1927]]) * [[September 11]] - [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]] (b. [[1949]]) * [[September 13]] - [[Luis E. Miramontes]], Mexican chemist (b. [[1925]]) * [[September 14]] - [[Ove Sprogøe]], Danish Actor (b. [[1919]]) * [[September 15]] - [[Johnny Ramone]], American guitarist ([[The Ramones]]) (cancer) (b. [[1948]]) * [[September 18]] - [[Norman Cantor]], Canadian historian (b. [[1929]]) * [[September 19]] - [[Árpád Bogsch]], Hungarian-born civil servant (b. [[1919]]) * [[September 19]] - [[Skeeter Davis]], American singer (b. [[1931]]) * [[September 19]] - [[Ellis Marsalis, Sr.]], American businessman, musician, and activist * [[September 20]] - [[Brian Clough]], Football manager of Nottingham Forest and Derby County. * [[September 22]] - [[Ray Traylor]], American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] (b. [[1962]]) * [[September 24]] - [[Françoise Sagan]], French writer (b. [[1935]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Marianna Komlos]] American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and fitness model (b. [[1969]]) * [[October 1]] - [[Bruce Palmer]], Canadian musician ([[Buffalo Springfield]]) (b. [[1946]]) * [[October 3]] - [[John Cerutti]], American baseball player and announcer (b. [[1960]]) * [[October 3]] - [[Janet Leigh]], American actress (b. [[1927]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Gordon Cooper]], American astronaut (b. [[1927]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Rio Diaz]], Filipino actress and TV host (b. [[1959]]) * [[October 5]] - [[Rodney Dangerfield]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1921]]) * [[October 5]] - [[Maurice Wilkins]], New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[October 8]] - [[Jacques Derrida]], Algerian-born French literary critic (b. [[1930]]) * [[October 8]] - [[James Chace]], American historian (b. [[1931]]) * [[October 10]] - [[Ken Caminiti]], American baseball player (b. [[1963]]) * [[October 10]] - [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor and activist (b. [[1952]]) * [[October 13]] - [[Enrique Fernando]], Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court (b. [[1915]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Pierre Salinger]], U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. [[1925]]) * [[October 20]] - [[Anthony Hecht]], American poet (b. [[1923]]) * [[October 23]] - [[Robert Merrill]], American baritone (b. [[1919]]) * [[October 24]] - [[Ricky Hendrick]], American race car driver and owner (b. [[1980]]) * [[October 25]] - [[John Peel]], British radio [[disc jockey]] (b. [[1939]]) * [[October 28]] - [[Jimmy McLarnin]], Irish-born boxer (b. [[1907]]) * [[October 29]] - [[Edward Oliver LeBlanc]], Dominican politician (b. [[1923]]) * [[October 29]] - [[Peter Twinn]], English mathematician and World War II code-breaker (b. [[1916]]) * [[October 30]] - [[Peggy Ryan]], American actress (b. [[1924]]) * [[November 1]] - [[Mac Dre]], American rapper (b. [[1970]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]], Dutch film director (b. [[1957]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]], ruler of [[Abu Dhabi]] and President of [[United Arab Emirates|the United Arab Emirates]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Sergei Zholtok]], Latvian hockey player (b. [[1972]]) * [[November 7]] - [[Howard Keel]], American singer and actor (b. [[1919]]) * [[November 7]] - [[Eddie Charlton]], Australian [[Snooker|snooker player]] (b. [[1929]]) * [[November 10]] - [[Katy de la Cruz]], Filipino singer (b. [[1907]]) * [[November 11]] - [[Yasser Arafat]], Palestinian leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1929]]) * [[November 13]] - [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]], American rapper (b. [[1968]]) * [[November 14]] - [[Margaret Hassan]], Irish-born [[Humanitarian aid|aid worker]] (b. [[1945]]) * [[November 15]] - [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], British-born comedian (b. [[1930]]) * [[November 19]] - [[John Robert Vane]], British pharmacologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1927]]) * [[November 23]] - [[Rafael Eitan]], Israeli politician (b. [[1929]]) * [[November 29]] - [[John Drew Barrymore]], American actor (b. [[1932]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Bernard Robinson (footballer)|Bernard Robinson]], English footballer (b. [[1911]]) * [[December 1]] - [[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[December 2]] - [[Alicia Markova]], English ballerina (b. [[1910]]) * [[December 2]] - [[Mona Van Duyn]], American poet (b. [[1921]]) * [[December 5]] - [[Seymour Ginsburg]], American [[Computer science|computer scientist]] (b. [[1928]]) * [[December 7]] - [[Frederick Fennell]], American conductor (b. [[1914]]) * [[December 8]] - [[Dimebag Darrell]], American guitarist ([[Pantera]] and [[Damageplan]]) (murdered) (b. [[1966]]) * [[December 10]] - [[Gary Webb]], American journalist known for his investigation into the Iran-Contra affair (b. [[1955]]) * [[December 12]] - [[Kathryn Eames]], American actress (b. [[1908]]) * [[December 14]] - [[Fernando Poe, Jr.]], Filipino actor and 2004 presidential candidate (b. [[1935]]) * [[December 18]] - [[Anthony Sampson]], British journalist and biographer (b. [[1926]]) * [[December 19]] - [[Herbert C. Brown]], English-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1912]]) * [[December 19]] - [[Renata Tebaldi]], Italian soprano (b. [[1922]]) * [[December 20]] - [[Son Seals]], American guitarist (b. [[1942]]) * [[December 23]] - [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. [[1921]]) * [[December 24]] - [[Johnny Oates]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1926]]) * [[December 26]] - [[Mieszko Talarczyk]], Swedish guitarist/musician ([[Nasum]]) (b. [[1974]]) * [[December 26]] - [[Reggie White]], American football player (b. [[1961]]) * [[December 27]] - [[Hank Garland]], American guitarist (b. [[1930]]) * [[December 28]] - [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor (b. [[1935]]) * [[December 28]] - [[Susan Sontag]], American writer and activist (b. [[1933]]) * [[December 30]] - [[Artie Shaw]], American musician (b. [[1910]]) * [[December 31]] - [[Gerard Debreu]], French-born economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1921]]) ==Nobel Prizes== [[Image:Nobel medal dsc06171.jpg|right|100px]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[David Gross|David J. Gross]], [[H. David Politzer]], [[Frank Wilczek]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Aaron Ciechanover]], [[Avram Hershko]], [[Irwin Rose]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Linda B. Buck]], [[Richard Axel]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Elfriede Jelinek]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Wangari Maathai]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Finn E. Kydland]], [[Edward C. Prescott]] ==See also== * [[21st century]] {{Events by month}} ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat|2004}} {{wikinewscat|2004}} [[Category:2004| ]] [[af:2004]] [[als:2000er#2004]] [[am:2004 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:2004]] [[an:2004]] [[roa-rup:2004]] [[frp:2004]] [[ast:2004]] [[gn:2004]] [[av:2004]] [[ay:2004]] [[az:2004]] [[bn:২০০৪]] [[zh-min-nan:2004 nî]] [[be:2004]] [[be-x-old:2004]] [[bh:२००४]] [[bs:2004]] [[br:2004]] [[bg:2004]] [[ca:2004]] [[cv:2004]] [[cs:2004]] [[cy:2004]] [[da:2004]] [[pdc:2004]] [[de:2004]] [[et:2004]] [[el:2004]] [[es:2004]] [[eo:2004]] [[ext:2004]] [[eu:2004]] [[ee:2004]] [[fa:۲۰۰۴ (میلادی)]] [[fo:2004]] [[hif:2004]] [[fr:2004]] [[fy:2004]] [[fur:2004]] [[ga:2004]] [[gan:2004年]] [[gv:2004]] [[gd:2004]] [[gl:2004]] [[zh-classical:二〇〇四年]] [[ko:2004년]] [[haw:2004]] [[hy:2004]] [[hi:2004]] [[hr:2004.]] [[io:2004]] [[ilo:2004]] [[bpy:মারি ২০০৪]] [[id:2004]] [[ia:2004]] [[os:2004]] [[zu:2004]] [[is:2004]] [[it:2004]] [[he:2004]] [[jv:2004]] [[pam:2004]] [[kn:೨೦೦೪]] [[ka:2004]] [[csb:2004]] [[kk:2004]] [[kw:2004]] [[sw:2004]] [[ht:2004 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:2004]] [[la:2004]] [[lv:2004]] [[lb:2004]] [[lt:2004 m.]] [[lij:2004]] [[li:2004]] [[ln:2004]] [[jbo:2004moi nanca]] [[hu:2004]] [[mk:2004]] [[mt:2004]] [[mi:2004]] [[mr:इ.स. २००४]] [[ms:2004]] [[nah:2004]] [[na:2004]] [[nl:2004]] [[nds-nl:2004]] [[cr:2004]] [[new:२००४]] [[ja:2004年]] [[nap:2004]] [[no:2004]] [[nn:2004]] [[nrm:2004]] [[nov:2004]] [[oc:2004]] [[or:୨୦୦୪]] [[uz:2004]] [[pi:२००४]] [[pag:2004]] [[pap:2004]] [[pms:2004]] [[nds:2004]] [[pl:2004]] [[pt:2004]] [[ty:2004]] [[ksh:Joohr 2004]] [[ro:2004]] [[qu:2004]] [[ru:2004 год]] [[se:2004]] [[sm:2004]] [[sco:2004]] [[stq:2004]] [[sq:2004]] [[scn:2004]] [[simple:2004]] [[sk:2004]] [[sl:2004]] [[so:2004]] [[sr:2004]] [[sh:2004]] [[su:2004]] [[fi:2004]] [[sv:2004]] [[tl:2004]] [[ta:2004]] [[kab:2004]] [[tt:2004]] [[te:2004]] [[tet:2004]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2547]] [[vi:2004]] [[tg:2004]] [[tpi:2004]] [[tr:2004]] [[tk:2004]] [[uk:2004]] [[ur:2004ء]] [[vec:2004]] [[wa:2004]] [[vls:2004]] [[war:2004]] [[wuu:公元2004年]] [[yi:2004]] [[yo:2004]] [[zh-yue:2004年]] [[cbk-zam:2004]] [[bat-smg:2004]] [[zh:2004年]]