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Gregorian Year
2004 (MMIV) was
a leap year starting
on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar,
the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE)
and Anno Domini (AD)
designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium, the 4th year of
the 21st century,
and the 5th year of the 2000s decade. 2004 was designated as: ·
International
Year of Rice (by the United Nations) ·
International
Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths · 5New English
words and terms Events[edit] January[edit] ·
January 3 Flash Airlines
Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard making it one
of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history at the time.[1] ·
January 8 The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner
ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. February[edit] ·
February 4 - Mark Zuckerberg creates the social
networking site Facebook. ·
February 26 Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane
crash near Mostar,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] ·
February 29 Haitian president Jean-Bertrand
Aristide is overthrown in a
coup d'ιtat.[3] March[edit] ·
March 2 A series of
bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq, killing over 140 Shia Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura.[4] ·
March 11 Coordinated
bombings at a Cercanνas train
station in Madrid, Spain,
kill at least 192 people.[5][6] ·
March 28 Hurricane Catarina,
the first ever recorded South Atlantic tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Santa Catarina, Brazil.[7] ·
March 29 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are admitted to NATO,
the largest expansion of the organization.[8] April[edit] ·
April 8 The Humanitarian
Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel
groups, in order to put a pause on the War in Darfur. ·
April 17 Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a
convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas leader Abdel Aziz
al-Rantisi.[9] ·
April 24 Referendums on
the Annan Plan for
Cyprus, which proposes to reunite the island, take place in both
the Greek-controlled
and the Turkish-controlled
parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour,
the Greek Cypriots reject
the proposal.[10] May[edit] ·
May 1 The European
Union expands by 10 member states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.[11] June[edit] ·
June 12 July 4 Portugal hosts the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament,
which is won by Greece. ·
June 21 In Mojave, California, SpaceShipOne becomes the first
privately funded spaceplane to
achieve spaceflight.[12] ·
June 28 The U.S.-led coalition
occupying Iraq, the Coalition
Provisional Authority (CPA), transfers sovereignty to
the Iraqi Interim
Government.[13] ·
June 30 Preliminary hearings begin
in Iraq in the trial of president Saddam Hussein, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. July[edit] ·
July 1 ·
The
unmanned CassiniHuygens spacecraft
arrives at Saturn.[14] ·
The Russian Federation stops
recognizing Soviet Union passports
as legal identification.[15] August[edit] ·
August 3 NASA's
unmanned MESSENGER spacecraft
is launched, with its primary mission being the study of Mercury.[16] ·
August 1329 The 2004 Summer Olympics are
held in Athens, Greece.[17] ·
August 22 Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna,
and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.[18] ·
August 24 After departing Domodedovo
International Airport in Moscow, Volga-AviaExpress
Flight 1303, a Tupolev Tu-134, explodes over Russia's Tula Oblast and crashes, killing all 43
people on board; minutes later, Siberia
Airlines Flight 1047, a Tupolev Tu-154 departing the same
airport, explodes over Rostov Oblast and crashes, killing all
46 on board. The Government of Russia declares
the explosions to have been caused by female Chechen suicide bombers. September[edit] ·
September 1 Chechen rebels take 1,128 people
hostage, mostly children, at a school in Beslan, Russia. The crisis ends when Russian
security forces storm the building, resulting in more than 330 people being
killed.[19] October[edit] ·
October 8 Suicide bombers detonate two bombs at
the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people and injuring
171, mostly Israeli tourists.[20] ·
October 9 Australian
federal election, 2004: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition Government is
re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led
by Mark Latham.[21] ·
October 19 A team of explorers reach
the bottom of Krubera Cave, the
world's deepest cave, with a depth of 2,080 meters (6,824 feet).[22] ·
October 29 European heads of state
sign in Rome the Treaty and Final Act, establishing the first European
Constitution.[23] November[edit] ·
November 2 George W. Bush is reelected President
of the United States ·
November 13 The European Space
Agency unmanned probe SMART-1 arrives at the Moon,
becoming the first European satellite to fly to the Moon and orbit it.[24] ·
November 16 NASA's hypersonic Scramjet breaks a record by
reaching a velocity of about 7,000 mph (Mach 9.6) in an unmanned experimental
flight. ·
November 22 The Orange Revolution begins
following a disputed
presidential election in Ukraine where Viktor Yanukovych won
against Viktor Yushchenko amid
accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared
the winner.[25] December[edit] ·
December 14 The world's tallest
bridge, the Millau Viaduct over
the Tarn in
the Massif Central mountains,
France, is officially opened.[26] ·
December 21 Iraqi insurgents attack
a U.S. military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people.[27] ·
December 26 The 9.19.3 Mw Indian
Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli
intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest
observed tsunamis follows, affecting coastal
areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, killing over 200,000 people.[28] ·
December 27 Astrophysicists from
the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in
Garching near Munich measure the strongest burst from a magnetar. At 21:30:26 UT Earth is hit by a
huge wave front of gamma and X-rays. It is the strongest flux of
high-energetic gamma radiation measured so far. ·
December 30 A fire in
the Repϊblica Cromaρσn nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina
kills 194. ·
December 31 Taipei 101, at the time the tallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a
height of 1,670 feet (510 m), officially opens.[29] Births[edit]
January[edit] ·
January 4 Peyton Kennedy, Canadian actress ·
January 15 Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter ·
January 21 Princess
Ingrid Alexandra of Norway February[edit] ·
February 1 Ashley Gerasimovich,
American actress ·
February 19 Millie Bobby Brown,
British actress March[edit] ·
March 5 Choi Soo-in, South Korean child actress ·
March 27 Amira Willighagen,
Dutch singer April[edit] ·
April 14 Anastasia Tarakanova,
Russian figure skater ·
April 16 Elha Nympha, Filipino singer ·
April 22 Teagan Croft, Australian actress May[edit] ·
May 4 Kanon Tani, Japanese actress ·
May 22 Peyton Elizabeth Lee,
American actress ·
May 27 You Young, South Korean figure skater June[edit] ·
June 1 Miyu Honda, Japanese actress ·
June 4 Mackenzie Ziegler,
American dancer ·
June 8 Francesca Capaldi,
American actress ·
June 15 Sterling Jerins, American actress ·
June 17 Fuku Suzuki, Japanese actor and singer ·
June 23 ·
Alexandra Trusova,
Russian figure skater ·
Mana Ashida, Japanese actress July[edit] August[edit] ·
August 14 Marsai Martin, American actress September[edit] ·
September 23 Anthony Gonzalez,
American actor ·
September 25 Seiran Kobayashi, Japanese actress October[edit] ·
October 3 Noah Schnapp, American actor ·
October 5 Choi Kwon-soo, South Korean actor ·
October 6 LeBron James Jr., American basketball player ·
October 12 Darci Lynne Farmer,
American ventriloquist November[edit] ·
November 11 Oakes Fegley, American actor December[edit] ·
December 6 Lala Kramarenko, Russian gymnast Deaths[edit] Main article: Deaths in 2004 January[edit] Main article: Deaths in January
2004 ·
January 6 Pierre Charles, 5th Prime Minister of
Dominica (b. 1954) ·
January 7 Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926) ·
January 9 Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher
(b. 1909) ·
January 13 Harold Shipman, British serial killer
(b. 1946) ·
January 14 Terje Bakken, Norwegian musician (b. 1978) ·
January 16 Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician, 34th Prime
Minister of Finland (b. 1930) ·
January 17 Czesław Niemen,
Polish singer-songwriter (b. 1939) ·
January 22 Ann Miller, American dancer and actress
(b. 1923) ·
January 23 Helmut Newton, German-Australian
photographer (b. 1920) ·
Fanny Blankers-Koen,
Dutch athlete (b. 1918) ·
Miklσs Fehιr,
Hungarian footballer (b. 1979) February[edit] Main article: Deaths in
February 2004 ·
February 14 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970) ·
February 17 Josι Lσpez Portillo,
51st President of Mexico (b. 1920) ·
February 21 John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931) ·
Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905) ·
Boris Trajkovski, 2nd president of the
Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956) ·
February 27 Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor
(b. 1910) ·
February 28 Daniel J. Boorstin,
American historian and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914) ·
February 29 Harold Bernard
St. John, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1931) March[edit] Main article: Deaths in March 2004 ·
March 2 Mercedes McCambridge,
American actress (b. 1916) ·
March 4 Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929) ·
March 5 Carlos
Julio Arosemena Monroy, 31st President of Ecuador (b. 1919) ·
March 7 Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1939) ·
March 8 ·
Muhammad Zaidan, founder of the Palestine
Liberation Front (b. 1948) ·
Tichi Wilkerson
Kassel, American film personality, publisher of The Hollywood
Reporter (b. 1926) ·
March 15 John Pople, English Nobel chemist (b. 1925) ·
March 18 Abdujalil Samadov,
4th Prime Minister of Tajikistan (b. 1949) ·
March 20 Juliana, Queen regnant of the Netherlands
(b. 1909) ·
March 22 Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of
Hamas (b. 1937) ·
March 28 Peter Ustinov, English actor and director
(b. 1921) April[edit] Main article: Deaths in April 2004 ·
April 18 Kamisese Mara, 1st Prime Minister and 2nd
president of Fiji (b. 1920) ·
April 19 John Maynard Smith,
English biologist (b. 1920) ·
April 24 Estιe Lauder,
American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906) ·
April 26 Hubert Selby, Jr.,
American writer (b. 1928) May[edit] Main article: Deaths in May 2004 ·
May 5 Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese songwriter
(b. 1959) ·
May 7 Nicholas Berg, American businessman
(b. 1978) ·
May 9 Alan King, American comedian and actor
(b. 1927) ·
May 17 ·
Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920) ·
Ezzedine Salim, 45th Prime Minister of Iraq
(b. 1943) ·
May 22 Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960) June[edit] Main article: Deaths in June 2004 ·
June 5 Ronald Reagan, American politician and
actor, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911) ·
June 10 Ray Charles, American singer and musician
(b. 1930) ·
June 11 Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, interim
177th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904) ·
June 16 Thanom Kittikachorn,
Thai military general, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911) ·
June 26 Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter (b. 1931) July[edit] Main article: Deaths in July 2004 ·
July 1 Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924) ·
July 5 ·
Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, 3rd Prime
Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923) ·
Rodger Ward, American race car driver
(b. 1921) ·
July 6 Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and
diplomat, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932) ·
July 10 Maria de
Lourdes Pintasilgo, 108th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1930) ·
July 13 Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930) ·
July 16 Charles Sweeney, American WWII pilot
(b. 1919) ·
July 19 Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 44th
Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911) ·
July 21 ·
Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929) ·
Edward B. Lewis, American Nobel geneticist
(b. 1918) ·
July 22 Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933) ·
July 28 Francis Crick, English Nobel molecular
biologist (b. 1916) August[edit] Main article: Deaths in August
2004 ·
August 1 Philip Abelson, American Nobel physicist
(b. 1913) ·
August 3 Henri
Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908) ·
August 6 Rick James, American musician (b. 1948) ·
August 8 Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress
(b. 1907) ·
August 12 Godfrey Hounsfield,
English Nobel electrical engineer and inventor (b. 1919) ·
August 13 Julia Child, American chef (b. 1912) ·
August 14 Czesław
Miłosz, Polish-born Nobel writer (b. 1911) ·
August 15 Sune Bergstrφm,
Swedish Nobel biochemist (b. 1916) ·
August 18 Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922) ·
August 24 Elisabeth
Kόbler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926) ·
August 26 Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1952) ·
August 30 Fred Lawrence
Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906) September[edit] Main article: Deaths in
September 2004 ·
September 2 Vonda Phelps, American child actress
(b. 1915) ·
September 11 Patriarch
Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949) ·
September 13 Luis E. Miramontes,
Mexican chemist (b. 1925) ·
Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (b. 1948) ·
Daouda Malam Wankι,
6th President of Niger (b. 1946) ·
September 18 Russ Meyer, American director and
photographer (b. 1922) ·
September 20 Brian Clough, British football manager of
Nottingham Forest and Derby County (b. 1935) ·
Winston Cenac, 3rd Prime Minister of Saint
Lucia (b. 1925) ·
Ray Traylor Jr.,
American professional wrestler (b. 1963) ·
September 24 Franηoise Sagan,
French writer (b. 1935) October[edit] Main article: Deaths in October
2004 ·
October 1 Richard Avedon, American photographer
(b. 1923) ·
October 3 Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927) ·
October 4 Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927) ·
Rodney Dangerfield,
American comedian and actor (b. 1921) ·
Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born Nobel
physicist (b. 1916) ·
October 8 Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French
literary critic (b. 1930) ·
October 10 Christopher Reeve,
American actor and activist (b. 1952) ·
October 25 John Peel, British radio disc jockey
(b. 1939) ·
October 29 Princess
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (b. 1901) November[edit] Main article: Deaths in
November 2004 ·
Theo van
Gogh, Dutch film director (b. 1957) ·
Zayed bin
Sultan Al Nahyan, 1st president of 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) ·
Iris Chang, American journalist (b. 1968) ·
Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (b. 1947) ·
Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (b. 1954) ·
November 11 Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Nobel leader
(b. 1929) ·
November 13 Ol' Dirty Bastard,
American rapper (b. 1968) ·
November 19 John Vane, British Nobel pharmacologist
(b. 1927) ·
November 23 Rafael Eitan, Israeli politician (b. 1929) ·
November 29 Yvonne Aitken, Australian botanist (b. 1911) December[edit] Main article: Deaths in
December 2004 Prince
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ·
December 1 Prince
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince consort of the Netherlands
(b. 1911) ·
December 8 Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (b. 1966) ·
December 18 Srully Blotnick, American author and
journalist (b. 1941) ·
Herbert C. Brown, English-born Nobel chemist
(b. 1912) ·
Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922) ·
December 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao,
Indian politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921) ·
Jerry Orbach, American actor (b. 1935) ·
Susan Sontag, American writer and activist
(b. 1933) ·
December 29 Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) ·
December 30 Artie Shaw, American musician (b. 1910) ·
December 31 Gιrard Debreu, French-born Nobel economist
(b. 1921) Nobel Prizes[edit] ·
Chemistry Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose ·
Economics Finn E. Kydland, Edward C. Prescott ·
Literature Elfriede Jelinek ·
Peace Wangari Maathai ·
Physics David J. Gross, H. David Politzer, Frank Wilczek ·
Physiology
or Medicine Linda B. Buck, Richard Axel New English words and terms[edit] ·
e-waste ·
life
hack ·
paywall ·
podcast ·
roentgenium ·
Silver
Alert ·
social
media ·
waterboarding[30] See also[edit] |
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