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Year '''2004''' ('''[[roman numerals|MMIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
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The year 2004 has been designated the:
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* ''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]])
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* ''International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against [[Slavery]] and its Abolition'' (by [[UNESCO]])
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* ''2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety'' (by [[World Health Organization]])
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* ''Year of the [[Monkey]]'' (by the [[Chinese calendar]]).
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''Also see: [[Current events#Past events by month|Wikipedia's almanac]] of events for this year.''
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==Events of 2004==
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===[[January 2004|January]]===
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* [[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.
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* [[January 3]] - [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off the coast of [[Egypt]], killing all 148 aboard.
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* [[January 4]] - The [[LSU Tigers football|LSU Tigers]] defeat the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]] 21-14 for the national [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) title.
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* [[January 4]] - [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] wins the presidential elections in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
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* [[January 4]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (''Spirit'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] at 04:35 UTC.
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* [[January 4]] - [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] footballers [[Paul Dickov]], [[Keith Gillespie]] and [[Frank Sinclair]] are arrested in Spain over sexual assault charges. The charges are later dropped.
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* [[January 8]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] christens the ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2]]'' [[Cruise ship|cruise liner]], currently the largest [[ocean liner]] in the world.
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* [[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. Shipman, who would have been 58 the next day, was blamed for the deaths of a further 200 patients at an inquest 18 months ago and some reports claimed that he may have murdered as many as 400 or 500 people.
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* [[January 14]] - ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' newspaper causes controversy within the British media and public for its reporting on Harold Shipman's suicide. It runs the front page headline "SHIP SHIP HOORAY" and names another prisoner that it would like to see following Shipman's example.
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* [[January 15]] - [[Carol Moseley Braun]] drops out of the race for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nomination, and endorses [[Howard Dean]].
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* [[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.
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* [[January 24]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MER-B]] (''Opportunity'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] at 05:05 UTC.
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* [[January 26]] - A [[exploding whale|whale explodes]] in [[Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]].<ref name="jasonpan">Pan, Jason. [http://web.archive.org/web/20050909142010/http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/01/27/1075168255.htm "Sperm whale explodes in Tainan City"]. ''eTaiwanNews.com'', [[January 27]], 2004. Accessed [[January 8]], [[2007]]. </ref>
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* [[January 27]] - [[John Kerry]] wins the [[New Hampshire]] Democratic primary.
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* [[January 27]] - The British government narrowly wins a [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] vote on the proposed introduction of tuition [[top-up fees]] in British universities.<ref>{{cite web
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* [[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]], a weapons expert on [[Iraq]].
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===[[February 2004|February]]===
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* [[February 1]] - A [[hajj]] stampede in [[Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills 251 pilgrims.
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* [[February 1]] - The [[New England Patriots]] win [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]], as [[Adam Vinatieri]] kicks the game-winning field goal with 4 seconds left.
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* [[February 2]] - An 11-story apartment building collapses in [[Konya]], [[Turkey]], killing more than 90 residents.
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* [[February 3]] - The [[CIA]] admits that there was no imminent threat from [[weapons of mass destruction]] before the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].
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* [[February 3]] - [[Jóannes Eidesgaard]] becomes Prime Minister of the [[Faroe Islands]].
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* [[February 6]] - A [[suicide bomber]] kills 41 people on a [[metro]] car in [[Moscow]].
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* [[February 7]] - Several leaders of [[Abnaa el-Balad]] are arrested in [[Israel]].
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* [[February 10]] - At least 50 people are killed in a [[car bomb]] attack on a police recruitment centre south of [[Baghdad]].
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* [[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.
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* [[February 12]] - [[Same sex marriage in the United States]]: [[San Francisco, California]] begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as an act of [[civil disobedience]].
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* [[February 13]] - [[Athens]] gets hit by a major [[blizzard]] which blankets the entire city for days, causing widespread havoc.
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* [[February 13]] - Scientists in [[South Korea]] announce the [[cloning]] of 30 human [[embryo]]s.
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* [[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]].
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* [[February 14]] - The roof of the [[Transvaal Park|Transvaal water park]] in [[Moscow]] collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100.
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* [[February 14]] - [[Vamoose|Vamoose Bus]] starts a new bus line between [[NYC]] and [[Washington, DC]].
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* [[February 15]] - 3 years after his dad [[Dale Earnhardt]] was killed at the [[Daytona 500]], [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] won his first Daytona 500 in one of stock car racing's most emotional moments ever.
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* [[February 17]]-[[February 20|20]] - A [[nor'easter]] blizzard devastates [[Atlantic Canada]], dumping more than 95 centimeters on some areas.
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* [[February 18]] - A train carrying a convoy of [[petrol]], [[fertiliser]], and [[sulfur]] derails and explodes in [[Iran]], killing 320 people.
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* [[February 20]] - Conservatives win a majority in the [[Iran Majlis election, 2004|Iranian parliament election]].
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* [[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.
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* [[February 26]] - The [[United States]] lifts a 23-year travel ban against [[Libya]].
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* [[February 26]] - [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] President [[Boris Trajkovski]] is killed in a plane crash near [[Mostar]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[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.
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* [[February 29]] - The  [[76th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], are held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]] with the film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' directed by [[Peter Jackson]], winning a record-tying 11 Oscars (all its nominations), including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Directing|Best Director]].
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===[[March 2004|March]]===
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[[Image:John F. Kerry.jpg|thumb|John Kerry]]
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[[Image:Cyclone Gafilo.jpeg|thumb|[[Cyclone Gafilo]]]]
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* [[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.
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* [[March 2]] - [[NASA]] announces that the [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] rover [[MER-B]] (Opportunity) has confirmed that its landing area was once drenched in water.
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* [[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.
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* [[March 11]] - [[March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks|Simultaneous explosions]] on rush hour trains in [[Madrid]] kill 190 people.
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* [[March 12]] - Following the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, millions of protesters take to the streets of Spanish cities against terrorism.
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* [[March 14]] - Two suicide bombers kill 11 Israeli civilians in [[Ashdod, Israel]].
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* [[March 14]] - [[Spanish legislative election, 2004]]: The incumbent government led by [[José María Aznar]] is defeated by the Socialist [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]].
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* [[March 14]] - [[Wrestlemania XX]] is held at Madison Square Garden
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* [[March 14]] - [[Russian presidential election, 2004]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] easily wins a second term.
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* [[March 15]] - The new [[Spanish Government]] announces that it will withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops in [[Iraq]].
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* [[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.
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* [[March 19]] - The [[United Nations]] launches a [[political corruption]] investigation due to the [[scandal]] over its [[Iraq]]i [[Oil for Food program]].
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* [[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.
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* [[March 21]] - [[Malaysian general election, 2004]]: The incumbent [[Barisan Nasional]] party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the [[Parliament of Malaysia]].
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* [[March 21]] - [[Salvadoran presidential election, 2004]]: [[Antonio Saca]] is elected [[President of El Salvador]] (inaugurated [[June 1]]).
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* [[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.
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* [[March 25]] - Former British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] visits [[Libya]]n leader Colonel [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]], 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 -->
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* [[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.
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* [[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]].
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* [[March 29]] - The [[Republic of Ireland]] bans smoking in all enclosed work places, including restaurants, pubs and bars.
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* [[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.
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* [[March 31]] - Four American [[private military contractor]]s working for [[Blackwater USA]] are killed, and their bodies mutilated, after being ambushed in [[Fallujah]], [[Iraq]].
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===[[April 2004|April]]===
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* [[April 1]] - The [[Faroe Islands|Faroese]] Prime Minister's Office announces that from then on the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's Office will use a new version of the Faroese Coat of Arms. The colours were inspired from the Merkið (flag) and yellow/gold was added. The new [[Coat of Arms]] depicts a Ram on a blue shield ready to defend. It can be used by the Government Ministries and by [[Faroe Islands|Faroese]] embassies, but some still use older versions of the [[Coat of Arms]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[April 8]] - [[Darfur conflict]]: The [[April 8 Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement|Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement]] is signed by the [[Sudan]]ese government and 2 rebel groups.
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* [[April 11]] - [[Phil Mickelson]] wins [[The Masters Tournament]], his first [[Men's major golf championship]].
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* [[April 16]] - [[India]] defeats [[Pakistan]] in their first [[cricket]] tour in 14 years.
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* [[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]].
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* [[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]
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* [[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]].
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* [[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.
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* [[April 22]] - The last [[coal]] mine in [[France]] closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
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* [[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.
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* [[April 28]] - [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]] in [[Iraq]] is revealed on the television show ''[[60 Minutes II]]''.
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* [[April 29]] - The last [[Oldsmobile]] rolls off of the assembly line.
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===[[May 2004|May]]===
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[[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|thumb|European Union flag]]
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* [[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]].
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* [[May 4]] - A [[WNBC]] [[helicopter]] crashes in the [[Flatbush]] section of [[Brooklyn, New York]]. This event is covered by rival station [[WABC-TV]].
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* [[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]]).
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* [[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]].
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* [[May 9]] - [[Canadian national men's hockey team|Canada]] wins the [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|World Ice Hockey Championship]] in [[Prague]].
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* [[May 10]] - [[Philippine general election, 2004]]: Incumbent president [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] is elected for 6-year term.
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* [[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.
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* [[May 13]] - In India, the [[Congress Party]] wins a surprise victory in the elections to the [[Lok Sabha]].
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* [[May 14]] - [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]], marries Australian [[Mary Donaldson]] in [[Copenhagen]].
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[[Image:Nichols2.jpg|thumb|Terry Nichols]]
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* [[May 15]] - [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] complete a whole [[FA Premier League|English Premiership]] season unbeaten, 38 games.
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* [[May 15]] - [[South Africa]] is awarded the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]
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* [[May 15]] - [[Ruslana]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] for [[Ukraine]] with the song [[Wild Dances]] in [[İstanbul]], [[Turkey]].
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* [[May 16]] - A coup d'état in [[Chad]] against the [[Heads of State of Chad|President]] [[Idriss Déby]] fails.
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* [[May 16]] - The We Are the Future concert takes place in Rome, organized by [[Quincy Jones]] in partnership with the [[Glocal Forum]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[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]]'').
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* [[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]].
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* [[May 19]] - [[Jeremy Sivits]] pleads guilty in a court-martial in connection with alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at [[Abu Ghraib]] prison in [[Baghdad]].
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* [[May 23]] - A section of the ceiling in Terminal 2E at [[Paris]]'s [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]] collapses, claiming at least 6 lives.
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* [[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.
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* [[May 26]] - [[Terry Nichols]] is convicted by an [[Oklahoma]] state court on murder charges stemming from the [[1995]] [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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* [[May 26]] - [[F.C. Porto]] wins the [[UEFA Champions League|European Champion Clubs Cup]] defeating [[A.S. Monaco]] by 3-0
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* [[May 29]] - The [[National World War II Memorial]] is dedicated in [[Washington, DC]].
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* [[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]].
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===[[June 2004|June]]===
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{{Month3|6|1|1}}
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[[Image:Killdozer.jpg|thumb|180px| [[June 4]]: Home-made tank]]
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[[Image:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Ronald Reagan]] (1911&ndash;2004)]]
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* [[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", becomes the basis for the [[Nevada-tan]] [[List of Internet phenomena|Internet phenomenon]].
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* [[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)]
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* [[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.
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* [[June 4]] - [[Marvin Heemeyer]] destroys many local buildings with a home-made tank in [[Granby, Colorado]].
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* [[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.
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* [[June 6]] - The 60th anniversary of [[D-Day]] is remembered by world leaders.
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* [[June 6]] - At the 58th Annual [[Tony Awards]], ''[[Avenue Q]]'' upsets front-runner<ref>{{cite web
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* [[June 7]] - [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] defeats [[Calgary Flames]] in 2004 [[List of Stanley Cup champions|Stanley Cup Finals]].
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* [[June 8]] - The first [[transit of Venus]] since [[1882]] occurs; the next one will occur in [[2012]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[June 8]] - The pickled heart of [[Louis XVII of France]] is buried in the royal crypt at Saint-Denis.
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* [[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]].
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* [[June 11]] - Food fight at [[Monroe-Woodbury High School]] escalates into a near-riot.
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* [[June 12]] - A 1.3 [[kilogram|kg]] chondrite type [[meteorite]] strikes a house in [[Ellerslie, New Zealand]], causing serious damage but no injuries.
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* [[June 14]] - [[Cartoon Network]] relaunches itself, thus ending its renaissance.
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* [[June 15]] - The [[Detroit Pistons]] upset the heavily favored [[Los Angeles Lakers]] to win the [[2004 NBA Finals]], 4 games to 1.
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* [[June 16]] - The [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]] (or "9/11 Commission") issues an initial report of its findings.
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* [[June 20]] - [[Retief Goosen]] wins the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] at [[Shinnecock Hills Golf Club]].
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* [[June 21]] - In [[Mojave, California|Mojave]], [[California]], [[SpaceShipOne]] becomes the first privately-funded [[spaceplane]] to achieve [[Human spaceflight|spaceflight]].
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* [[June 28]] until [[June 29]] - [[2004 Istanbul Summit]]
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* [[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.
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* [[June 28]] - The U.S.-led [[2003 occupation of Iraq|coalition occupying Iraq]] transfers [[sovereignty]] to an [[Iraqi Interim Government]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[June 30]] - Preliminary hearings begin in [[Iraq]] in the trial of former president [[Saddam Hussein]], for [[war crimes]] and crimes against humanity.
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===[[July 2004|July]]===
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* [[July 1]] - The [[Cassini probe|Cassini-Huygens]] spacecraft arrives at [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]].
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* [[July 4]] - Groundbreaking for the [[Freedom Tower]] begins at [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]] in [[New York City]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[July 18]] - [[Todd Hamilton]] wins [[The Open Championship]] at [[Royal Troon Golf Club]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[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).
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* [[July 25]] - [[Lance Armstrong]] of [[Austin, Texas]] wins an unprecedented 6th consecutive [[Tour de France]] cycling title.
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* [[July 26]] – [[July 29]] - The [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] nominates [[John Kerry]] for U.S. President and [[John Edwards]] for Vice President.
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===[[August 2004|August]]===
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* [[August 1]] - A supermarket fire in [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]], kills about 400 and leaves over 100 missing.
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* [[August 1]] - A bomb attack occurs in front of [[Prague]]'s Casino Royal.
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* [[August 2]] - [[Monday demonstrations, 2004|Monday demonstrations]] against social cutbacks began in [[Germany]].
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* [[August 3]] - The [[Statue of Liberty]] reopens after security improvements.
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* [[August 4]] - [[Gibraltar]] celebrates 300 years of British rule.
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* [[August 6]] - A [[United Nations]] report blaming the government of [[Sudan]] for crimes against humanity in [[Darfur]] is released.
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* [[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]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[August 12]] - [[Singapore]]'s prime minister [[Goh Chok Tong]] hands over his position to [[Lee Hsien Loong]].
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* [[August 12]] - [[New Jersey]] Governor [[James McGreevey]] announces that he is "a [[gay]] American" and will resign effective [[November 15, 2004]].
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* [[August 13]] – [[August 29]] - The [[2004 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Athens]].
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[[Image:Olympic flame at opening ceremony.jpg|thumb|The [[Olympic Flame]] during the Opening Ceremony of the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Athens]].]]
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* [[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.
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* [[August 15]] - [[Vijay Singh]] wins the [[PGA Championship]] at [[Whistling Straits]].
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* [[August 16]] - Severe [[flooding]] occurs in the [[village]] of [[Boscastle]] in [[Cornwall]].
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* [[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.
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* [[August 20]] - [[Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj|Elbegdorj Tsakhia]], the peaceful democratic revolutionary leader of [[Mongolia]], becomes [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]] for the second time.
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* [[August 21]] - A series of blasts rocks an opposition party rally in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]], killing at least 13 people.
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* [[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.
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* [[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]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[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.
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===[[September 2004|September]]===
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{{Month3|9|2|1}}
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* September - The [[Great Laxey Mine Railway]] of the [[Isle of Man]] is re-opened.
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* [[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]].
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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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* [[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]].
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* [[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]] hit western [[Japan]], 45 killed, 1,352 injured.
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* [[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]] - [[Nevada-tan|"Girl A"]] is sentenced to be institutionalized due to the [[murder]] of classmate Satomi Mitarai.
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* [[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]] leaves 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 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.
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 +
===[[October 2004|October]]===
 +
{{Month3|10|4|1}}
 +
* [[October 4]] - Two [[car bomb]]s kill at least 16 people and injure dozens more in [[Baghdad]].
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* [[October 4]] - Start the soap opera [[Rebelde]] and the pop group [[RBD]], in [[Mexico]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[October 9]] - [[Queen Elizabeth II]] opens the new [[Scottish Parliament Building]] in a ceremony in [[Edinburgh]].
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* [[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.
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* [[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]].
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* [[October 14]] - Prince [[Norodom Sihamoni]] is chosen as the new king of [[Cambodia]].
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* [[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]].
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* [[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)]
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* [[October 20]] - First release of [[Ubuntu (Linux distribution)]]
 +
* [[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 29]] - [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] is released on the [[Sony]] [[Playstation 2]]. Much controversy surrounds the content within the game, ultimately leading to a recall and re-release.
 +
* [[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]] - [[The Epoch Times#The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party|The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party]] released by [[The Epoch Times]]
 +
* [[November 1]] - A 16-year-old [[Palestinian]] [[Muslim]] blows himself up in an outdoor market in [[Tel Aviv]], killing 3 [[Israelis]].
 +
* [[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]]. Eleven 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 15]] - EA Releases [[Need For Speed Underground 2]] in the U.S.
 +
* [[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 23]] - [[Alex Ferguson]] takes charge of his 1,000th game as manager of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].
 +
* [[November 23]] - [[World of Warcraft]] is released, the popular [[MMORPG]].
 +
* [[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 (bars, restaurants, hotels, school etc...)
 +
* [[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 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.]]
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* [[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 28]] - The Ukrainian transport minister, [[Heorhiy Kyrpa]], is found shot dead, in a suspected suicide.
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* [[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.
 +
 
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===Undated===
 +
===Ongoing===
 +
* [[War in Iraq]].
 +
* [[Search engine|Search-engine]] revolution.
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{{Events by month}}
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{{Year in other calendars}}
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==Births==
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* [[January 21]] - [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]]
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* [[February 6]] - [[Princess Louise of Belgium]], granddaughter of [[King Albert II]] of [[Belgium]].
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* [[February 10]] - [[Jackson Robert Borowski]], Grandson of Richard F. Borowski of [[Ford Motor Company]].
 +
* [[March 21]] - [[Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg]]
 +
* [[April 1]] - Nupur Paresh Inamdar
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==Deaths==
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{{main|Deaths in 2004}}
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* [[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>
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===January-June===
 +
* [[January 2]] - [[Paul Hopkins]], Reported to be the oldest living former MLB player (b. [[1904]])
 +
* [[January 2]] - [[Etta Moten Barnett]], American actress (b. [[1901]])
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* [[January 2]] - [[Lynn Cartwright]], American actress (b. [[1927]])
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* [[January 4]] - [[Joan Aiken]], English author (b. [[1924]])
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* [[January 6]] - [[Tug McGraw]], baseball player (b. [[1944]])
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* [[January 6]] - [[Pierre Charles]], [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] (b. [[1954]])
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* [[January 7]] - [[Ingrid Thulin]], Swedish actress (b. [[1926]])
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* [[January 9]] - [[Norberto Bobbio]], Italian philosophist (b. [[1909]])
 +
* [[January 11]] - [[Mairtín Crawford]], Irish poet (b. [[1967]])
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* [[January 12]] - [[Randy VanWarmer]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1955]])
 +
* [[January 14]] - Terje "[[Valfar]]" Bakken, Norwegian musician (b. [[1978]])
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* [[January 14]] - [[Uta Hagen]], German actress (b. [[1919]])
 +
* [[January 22]] - [[Ann Miller]], American dancer and actress (b. [[1923]])
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* [[January 22]] - [[Jack Tunney]], Canadian wrestling promoter (b. [[1935]])
 +
* [[January 27]] - [[Jack Paar]], American television show host (b. [[1918]])
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* [[January 29]] - [[M. M. Kaye]], British writer (b. [[1908]])
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* [[January 31]] - [[Eleanor Holm]], [[United States|American]] [[swimming]] (b. [[1913]])
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* [[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]] CBE, Welsh footballer (b. [[1931]])
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* [[February 23]] - [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]], American singer and actor (b. [[1945]])
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* [[February 24]] - [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
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* [[February 26]] - [[Boris Trajkovski]], [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (b. [[1956]])
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* [[February 26]] - [[Adolf Ehrnrooth]], Finnish general (b. [[1905]])
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* [[February 27]] - [[Paul Sweezy]], American economist and editor (b. [[1910]])
 +
*  February 27  - [[Yoshihiko Amino]], Japanese historians (b. [[1928]])
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* [[February 28]] - [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], American historian and [[Librarian of Congress]] (b. [[1914]])
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* [[March 2]] - [[Cormac McAnallen]], Irish footballer (b. [[1980]])
 +
* [[March 2]] - [[Mercedes McCambridge]], American actress (b. [[1918]])
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* [[March 2]] - [[Marge Schott]], baseball team owner (b. [[1928]])
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* [[March 4]] - [[Claude Nougaro]], French singer (b. [[1929]])
 +
* [[March 4]] - [[Stephen Sprouse]], American fashion designer, artist, and photographer (b. [[1953]])
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* [[March 5]] - [[Priscilla Paris]], American singer (b. [[1953]])
 +
* [[March 7]] - [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (heart attack) (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 of [[The Hollywood Reporter]] (b. [[1926]])
 +
* [[March 15]] - [[John Pople]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1925]])
 +
* [[March 20]] - [[Juliana 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]] (killed in action) (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]], Founder of Swedish [[black metal]] band, [[Bathory]] (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]])
 +
 
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===July-December===
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* [[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]])
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* [[July 6]] - [[Thomas Klestil]], [[President of Austria]] (b. [[1932]])
 +
* [[July 9]] - [[Isabel Sanford]], Harlem actress (b. [[1917]])
 +
* [[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 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]])
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* [[August 12]] - [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1919]])
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* [[August 13]] - [[Julia Child]], American chef (b. [[1912]])
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* [[August 14]] - [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]])
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* [[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]])
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* [[August 18]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (b. [[1922]])
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* [[August 18]] - [[Charlie Waller]], American singer and guitarist (b. [[1935]])
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* [[August 24]] - [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. [[1926]])
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* [[August 26]] - [[Laura Branigan]], American singer (b. [[1957]])
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* [[August 27]] - [[Willie Crawford]], baseball player (b. [[1946]])
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* [[August 30]] - [[Fred Lawrence Whipple]], American astronomer (b. [[1906]])
 +
* [[August 30]] - [[Indian Larry]], Custom motorcycle builder (b. [[1949]])
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* [[September 1]] - [[Ahmed Kuftaro]], [[Grand Mufti]] of Syria (b. [[1915]])
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* [[September 8]] - [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], American animator (b. [[1912]])
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* [[September 10]] - [[Brock Adams]], American politician (b. [[1927]])
 +
* [[September 11]] - [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]] (helicopter crash) (b. [[1949]])
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* [[September 13]] - [[Luis E. Miramontes]], Mexican chemist (b. [[1925]])
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* [[September 14]] - [[Ove Sprogøe]], Danish Actor (b. [[1919]])
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* [[September 15]] - [[Johnny Ramone]], American guitarist ([[The Ramones]]) (cancer) (b. [[1948]])
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* [[September 18]] - [[Norman Cantor]], Canadian historian (b. [[1929]])
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* [[September 19]] - [[Árpád Bogsch]], Hungarian-born civil servant (b. [[1919]])
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* [[September 19]] - [[Skeeter Davis]], American singer (b. [[1931]])
 +
* [[September 19]] - [[Ellis Marsalis, Sr.]], American businessman, musician, and activist
 +
* [[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]], baseball player and announcer (b. [[1960]])
 +
* [[October 3]] - [[Janet Leigh]], American actress (b. [[1927]])
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* [[October 4]] - [[Gordon Cooper]], astronaut (b. [[1927]])
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* [[October 4]] - [[Rio Diaz]], Filipino actress & TV hosts (b. [[1959]])
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* [[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]], baseball player (heart attack) (b. [[1963]])
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* [[October 10]] - [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor and activist (b. [[1952]])
 +
* [[October 16]] - [[Pierre Salinger]], [[John F. Kennedy]]'s [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. [[1925]])
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* [[October 20]] - [[Anthony Hecht]], American poet (b. [[1923]])
 +
* [[October 23]] - [[Robert Merrill]], American baritone (b. [[1919]])
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* [[October 24]] - [[Ricky Hendrick]], American race car driver and owner (b. [[1980]])
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* [[October 25]] - [[John Peel]], British radio [[disc jockey]] (b. [[1939]])
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* [[October 28]] - [[Jimmy McLarnin]], Irish-born boxer (b. [[1907]])
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* [[October 29]] - [[Edward Oliver LeBlanc]], Dominican politician (b. [[1923]])
 +
* [[October 29]] - [[Peter Twinn]], English mathematician and World War II code-breaker (b. [[1916]])
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* [[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]])
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* [[November 7]] - [[Howard Keel]], American singer and actor (b. [[1919]])
 +
* [[November 7]] - [[Eddie Charlton]], Australian [[Snooker|snooker player]] (b. [[1929]])
 +
* [[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-b. [[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]])
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* [[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]])
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* [[December 1]] - [[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1911]])
 +
* [[December 2]] - [[Alicia Markova]], English ballerina (b. [[1910]])
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* [[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 14]] - [[Fernando Poe Jr.]], Philippine Movie Actor (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]], 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]])
 +
 
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==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[David Gross|David J. Gross]], [[H. David Politzer]], [[Frank Wilczek]]
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* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Aaron Ciechanover]], [[Avram Hershko]], [[Irwin Rose]]
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Linda B. Buck]], [[Richard Axel]]
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* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Elfriede Jelinek]]
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* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Wangari Maathai]]
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* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Finn E. Kydland]], [[Edward C. Prescott]]
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==See also==
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* [[21st century]]
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==Notes==
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Template:Year nav Template:C21YearInTopic Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.

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Also see: Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.

Events of 2004

January

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March

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John Kerry
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Cyclone Gafilo


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Terry Nichols

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June 4: Home-made tank
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Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)

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The Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens.

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Titan shown in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths. Photo captured by the Cassini spacecraft

November

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The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004 earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand.

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  1. ^ Pan, Jason. "Sperm whale explodes in Tainan City". eTaiwanNews.com, January 27, 2004. Accessed January 8, 2007.
  2. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Blair wins key top-up fees vote" (html). BBC. 2004-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  3. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Tony Finds a Home on 'Avenue Q'" (html). 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  4. ^ (Amnesty International)
  5. ^ (Independent)
  6. ^ (BBC)

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