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Contents  (full)

1 Events of 2004

-  Jan. ^. Feb. ^. March ^. April

-  May ^. June ^. July  ^.  Aug.

-  Sept. ^. Oct. ^. Nov. ^.  Dec.

-  Undated ^. Ongoing ^.

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Nobel Prizes

5 See also -  Notes -  External links

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The year 2004 has been designated the:

• International Year of Rice (by the United Nations)
• International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO)
• 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization)
• Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar).

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Events of 2004

January

• January 1 - Pervez Musharraf wins a vote of confidence from an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the provincial assemblies, confirming him as President of Pakistan and de facto dictator until 2007.
• January 3 - Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard.
• January 4 - The LSU Tigers defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 21-14 for the national Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title.

• January 4 - Mikhail Saakashvili wins the presidential elections in Georgia.
• January 4 - NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
• January 4 - Leicester City footballers Paul Dickov, Keith Gillespie and Frank Sinclair are arrested in Spain over sexual assault charges. The charges are later dropped.
• January 8 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the RMS Queen Mary 2 cruise liner, currently the largest ocean liner in the world.
• 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. 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.
• January 14 - 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.
• January 15 - Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and endorses Howard Dean.
• January 19 - U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) wins the Iowa Democratic caucus. Vermont Governor Howard Dean's concession speech ends with a lively but controversial scream.
• January 24 - NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) lands on Mars at 05:05 UTC.
• January 26 - A whale explodes in Tainan City, Taiwan.UNIQ60a105592bac2e-ref-00000005-QINU
• January 27 - John Kerry wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
• January 27 - The British government narrowly wins a House of Commons vote on the proposed introduction of tuition top-up fees in British universities.^{Confirmation needed}
• 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

• February 1 - A hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 251 pilgrims.
• February 1 - The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVIII, as Adam Vinatieri kicks the game-winning field goal with 4 seconds left.
• February 2 - An 11-story apartment building collapses in Konya, Turkey, killing more than 90 residents.
• February 3 - The CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• February 3 - Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.
• February 6 - A suicide bomber kills 41 people on a metro car in Moscow.
• February 7 - Several leaders of Abnaa el-Balad are arrested in Israel.
• February 10 - At least 50 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.
• February 10 - The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.
• 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.
• February 13 - Athens gets hit by a major blizzard which blankets the entire city for days, causing widespread havoc.
• February 13 - Scientists in South Korea announce the cloning of 30 human embryos.
• February 14 - Riots break out between New South Wales Police and Aboriginal residents of Redfern, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
• February 14 - The roof of the Transvaal water park in Moscow collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100.
• February 14 - Vamoose Bus starts a new bus line between NYC and Washington, DC.
• 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.
• February 17-20 - A nor'easter blizzard devastates Atlantic Canada, dumping more than 95 centimeters on some areas.
• February 18 - A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.
• February 20 - Conservatives win a majority in the Iranian parliament election.
• February 24 - A 6.5 Richter scale earthquake in Northern Morocco hits in the Rif mountains near the city of Al Hoceima, killing 400. Ait Kamara is destroyed; 517 are killed.
• February 26 - The United States lifts a 23-year travel ban against Libya.
• February 26 - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• February 28 - Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947.
• February 29 - 2004 Haiti rebellion: Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti. The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
• February 29 - The film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson, wins Academy Awards in every category it was nominated for, with 11 wins in total, including Best Picture and Best Director.

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March

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• March 2 - John Kerry effectively clinches the 2004 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination by winning 9 out of 10 "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses.
• March 2 - NASA announces that the Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) has confirmed that its landing area was once drenched in water.
• March 10 - Five British men are released from detention at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. After they land at RAF Brize Norton, 4 of them are immediately arrested for questioning.
• March 11 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid kill 190 people.
• March 12 - Following the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, millions of protesters take to the streets of Spanish cities against terrorism.
• March 14 - Two suicide bombers kill 11 Israeli civilians in Ashdod, Israel.
• March 14 - Spanish legislative election, 2004: The incumbent government led by José María Aznar is defeated by the Socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
• March 14 - Wrestlemania XX is held at Madison Square Garden
• March 14 - Russian presidential election, 2004: Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term.
• March 15 - The new Spanish Government announces that it will withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq.
• March 17 - A pogrom-like organized violence breaks out over 2 days in Kosovo. Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes burned, schools and businesses vandalized, and over 30 Orthodox monasteries and churches burned and destroyed.
• March 19 - The United Nations launches a political corruption investigation due to the scandal over its Iraqi Oil for Food program.
• March 20 - President Chen Shui-bian wins the 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 'peace referendum' opposed by the People's Republic of China is invalidated.
• March 21 - Malaysian general election, 2004: The incumbent Barisan Nasional party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the Parliament of Malaysia.
• March 21 - Salvadoran presidential election, 2004: Antonio Saca is elected President of El Salvador (inaugurated June 1).
• March 22 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City, killing him and 7 others.
• March 25 - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Libyan 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.
• March 28 - In France, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections.
• March 28 - The first ever South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in South Brazil on the state of Santa Catarina - the hurricane is dubbed Hurricane Catarina.
• March 29 - The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all enclosed work places, including restaurants, pubs and bars.
• March 29 - The largest expansion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
• March 31 - Four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA are killed, and their bodies mutilated, after being ambushed in Fallujah, Iraq.

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A nation-wide consultative referendum (全國性公民投票) was held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on March 20, 2004 to coincide with the 2004 presidential election. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... General elections were held in Malaysia on March 21, 2004. ... Barisan Nasional (National Front or BN) is a major political coalition in Malaysia. ... The Malaysian Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A presidential election was held in El Salvador on Sunday, 21 March 2004. ... Elías Antonio (Tony) Saca González (born in Usulutan, 9 March 1965) is a Salvadoran politician and the current President of El Salvador. ... This page contains a list of presidents of El Salvador. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ... Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin   listen? (born August 3, 1948) is a French conservative politician. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Atlantic Ocean, not including Arctic and Antarctic regions. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on April 4, 1949. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A private military contractor (PMC) is a corporation that provides armed forces trained in combat, private military, for other corporations, organizations, individuals and state military forces. ... Blackwater USA is an international security contractor founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. ... This article is about the city of Fallujah in Iraq. ...

April

• April 1 - The 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 Faroese embassies, but some still use older versions of the Coat of Arms.
• April 5 - Queen Elizabeth II begins a state visit to France to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale.
• April 8 - Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and 2 rebel groups.
• April 11 - Phil Mickelson wins The Masters Tournament, his first Men's major golf championship.
• April 16 - India defeats Pakistan in their first cricket tour in 14 years.
• April 17 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing the Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.
• April 20 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents; 22 detainees are killed and 92 wounded. [1]
• April 21 - Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s, is released from prison in Israel after serving 18 years for treason.
• April 22 - Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in the Ryongchon disaster, in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes.
• April 22 - The last coal mine in France closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
• April 24 - 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 controlled parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour, the Greek Cypriots reject the proposal.
• April 28 - Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse in Iraq is revealed on the television show 60 Minutes II.
• April 29 - The last Oldsmobile rolls off of the assembly line.

2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in April • 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara • 19 Norris McWhirter • 22 Pat Tillman • 24 Estée Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq – Occupation & Resistance Israeli... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The god Týr, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. ... For other uses, see Wednesday (disambiguation). ... The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 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May

European Union flag

• May 1 - The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
• May 4 - A WNBC helicopter crashes in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. This event is covered by rival station WABC-TV.
• May 8 - Would-be "Saudi Princess" "Antoinette Millard" surfaces in New York City claiming that muggers had stolen jewels worth of $262,000 from her (she later proves to be an impostor).
• May 9 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a landmine placed under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial parade in Grozny.
• May 9 - Canada wins the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague.
• May 10 - Philippine general election, 2004: Incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected for 6-year term.
• May 12 - An American civilian contractor in Iraq, Nick Berg, is shown being decapitated by a group allegedly linked to al-Qaida on a web-distributed video.
• May 13 - In India, the Congress Party wins a surprise victory in the elections to the Lok Sabha.
• May 14 - Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, marries Australian Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen.

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• May 15 - Arsenal complete a whole English Premiership season unbeaten, 38 games.
• May 15 - South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup
• May 15 - Ruslana wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine with the song Wild Dances in İstanbul, Turkey.
• May 16 - A coup d'état in Chad against the President Idriss Déby fails.
• May 16 - The We Are the Future concert takes place in Rome, organized by Quincy Jones in partnership with the Glocal Forum.
• May 17 - Ezzedine Salim, holder of the rotating leadership of the Iraqi Governing Council, is killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad.
• May 17 - Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court (Goodridge v. Department of Public Health).
• May 19 - Tony Blair is hit with a purple flour bomb in the chamber of the House of Commons during a session of Prime Minister's Questions.
• May 19 - Jeremy Sivits pleads guilty in a court-martial in connection with alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
• May 23 - A section of the ceiling in Terminal 2E at Paris's Charles de Gaulle International Airport collapses, claiming at least 6 lives.
• May 23 - Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi visits North Korea, to secure the release of the families of the 9 abducted Japanese citizens returned earlier.
• May 26 - Terry Nichols is convicted by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• May 26 - F.C. Porto wins the European Champion Clubs Cup defeating A.S. Monaco by 3-0
• May 29 - The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC.
• May 30 - Thousands of people in Hong Kong take to the streets to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The god Týr, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. ... For other uses, see Wednesday (disambiguation). ... The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (Redirected from 1 May) May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 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For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (Ukrainian: Руслана Степанівна Лижичко; born May 24, 1973) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 from Lviv, Ukraine. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the forty-ninth Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Abdi Ä°pekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, with the final on 15 May 2004, and the new semi-final three days earlier, on 12 May 2004. ... Dyki tantsi (English: Wild Dances) is a song by Ukrainian pop-star Ruslana. ... The location of Istanbul Province Maiden Tower and Historical Peninsula of Istanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul) (the former Constantinople, Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Heads of State of Chad (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Affiliations:- See also:- Chad Heads of Government of Chad Colonial Heads of Chad lists of incumbents Categories: Lists of office-holders ... Lieutenant General Idriss Déby Itno (born in Fada in 1952) is the President of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the producer and songwriter. ... Based in Rome, Italy, the Glocal Forum aims to balance the global with the local by strengthening inter-city relations and harnessing global opportunities for the economic, social and cultural interests of the local community. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ezzedine Salim, Arabic عزالدين سليم, also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed (1943 - 17 May 2004), was an Iraqi politician. ... The Iraqi Governing Council. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... 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Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin... Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) (officially Questions to the Prime Minister) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, where every Wednesday when the House of Commons is sitting the Prime Minister spends half an hour answering questions from Members of Parliament (MPs). In Canada, this convention is known as... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sivits Jeremy C. 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The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monegasque football club, founded in 1919. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Memorial at dusk The National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial to all Americans that served in the armed forces and on the home front during World War II. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on the former site of the Rainbow... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly referred to as the Tiananmen Square Massacre,[1] were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals, and labor activists in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) between April 15 and June 4, 1989. ...

June

June 4: Home-made tank

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• June 1 - International Public Health Forum (IPHF),established to create global synergy as well as an advocacy, community, & resource -sharing platform for practitioners in the domain.
• June 1 - Twelve-year-old Satomi Mitarai, a Japanese schoolgirl attending Okubo Elementary School in 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 Internet phenomenon.
• June 3 - All outgoing flights from the UK are temporarily grounded following an air traffic control computer failure. (BBC)
• June 3 - Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet tenders his resignation, citing "personal reasons". John E. McLaughlin, CIA Deputy Director, becomes the acting Director until a permanent Director is chosen and confirmed by Congress.
• June 4 - Marvin Heemeyer destroys many local buildings with a home-made tank in Granby, Colorado.
• June 5 - Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, dies at his home in Bel-Air, California at the age of 93. A six-day state funeral follows after his death.
• June 6 - The 60th anniversary of D-Day is remembered by world leaders.
• June 6 - At the 58th Annual Tony Awards, Avenue Q upsets front-runner^{[citation needed]} Wicked to win the award for Best Musical
• June 7 - Tampa Bay Lightning defeats Calgary Flames in 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.
• June 8 - The first transit of Venus since 1882 occurs; the next one will occur in 2012.
• June 8 - The 30th G8 summit takes place over the next 2 days on Sea Island, in Georgia, USA.
• June 8 - The pickled heart of Louis XVII of France is buried in the royal crypt at Saint-Denis.
• June 9 - Ronald Reagan becomes the 10th American President to lie in state in the United States Capitol Building.
• June 11 - Terry Nichols is spared the death penalty by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The decision comes on the third anniversary of the execution of his co-defendant, Timothy McVeigh, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
• June 11 - After a National Funeral Service in the Washington National Cathedral, Ronald Reagan is laid to rest at his presidential library in Simi Valley, California.
• June 12 - A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand, causing serious damage but no injuries.
• June 15 - The Detroit Pistons upset the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers to win the 2004 NBA Finals, 4 games to 1.
• June 16 - The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (or "9/11 Commission") issues an initial report of its findings.
• June 20 - Retief Goosen wins the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
• June 21 - In Mojave, California, SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately-funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
• June 28 until June 29 - 2004 Istanbul Summit
• June 28 - Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains collide in a rural area outside of San Antonio, Texas. Forty cars are derailed, including one chlorine car. Three people die, another 50 people are hospitalized because of exposure to the gas.
• June 28 - The U.S.-led coalition occupying Iraq transfers sovereignty to an Iraqi Interim Government.
• June 28 - Canadian election: The Liberal Party, led by Paul Martin, is reduced to a minority government, after holding a majority since November 1993.
• June 30 - Preliminary hearings begin in Iraq in the trial of former president Saddam Hussein, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: June 2004 in sports Deaths in June • 28 Anthony Buckeridge • 26 Naomi Shemer • 26 Yash Johar • 22 Bob Bemer • 22 Thomas Gold • 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco • 16 Thanom Kittikachorn • 10 Ray Charles • 5 Ronald Reagan... For other uses, see June (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The god Týr, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. ... For other uses, see Wednesday (disambiguation). ... The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (Redirected from 1 June) June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 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July

• July 1 - The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn.
• July 4 - Groundbreaking for the Freedom Tower begins at Ground Zero in New York City.
• July 4 - Greece beats Portugal 1-0 to win the Euro 2004.
• July 18 - Todd Hamilton wins The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.
• July 22 - The Old Bridge of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina is reconstructed and reopened after being destroyed by Bosnian Croat forces on November 9, 1993.
• July 25 - Over 100,000 opponents of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004 participate in a human chain from Gush Katif, to the Western Wall, Jerusalem (90 kilometers).
• July 25 - Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas wins an unprecedented 6th consecutive Tour de France cycling title.
• July 26 – July 29 - The Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts nominates John Kerry for U.S. President and John Edwards for Vice President.

2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: July 2004 in sports Deaths in July • 31 David B. Haight • 29 Francis Crick • 29 Nafisa Joseph • 23 Joe Cahill • 23 Mehmood • 23 Illinois Jacquet • 23 Carlos Paredes... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The god Týr, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. ... For other uses, see Wednesday (disambiguation). ... The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (Redirected from 1 July) July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 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August

• August 1 - A supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, kills about 400 and leaves over 100 missing.
• August 1 - A bomb attack occurs in front of Prague's Casino Royal.
• August 2 - Monday demonstrations against social cutbacks began in Germany.
• August 3 - The Statue of Liberty reopens after security improvements.
• August 4 - Gibraltar celebrates 300 years of British rule.
• August 6 - A United Nations report blaming the government of Sudan for crimes against humanity in Darfur is released.
• August 9 - Footballer Lee Hughes, 28, is sentenced to 6 years in prison and banned from driving for 10 years after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. Hughes also has his contract terminated by his employers West Bromwich Albion.
• August 9 - A nuclear power plant facilities building turbines at Mihama Nuclear Power Plant 3 reactor, where occurred hot water and steam leaking a broaken pipe. The accident killed five, 6 injured. The accident worst nuclear disaster of Japan.
• August 12 - Singapore's prime minister Goh Chok Tong hands over his position to Lee Hsien Loong.
• August 12 - New Jersey Governor James McGreevey announces that he is "a gay American" and will resign effective November 15, 2004.
• August 13 – August 29 - The 2004 Summer Olympics are held in Athens.

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

• August 13 - Hurricane Charley kills 27 people in Florida after killing 4 in Cuba and 1 in Jamaica. Charley made landfall near Cayo Costa, FL as a Category 4 hurricane. Charley is the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
• August 15 - Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
• August 16 - Severe flooding occurs in the village of Boscastle in Cornwall.
• August 18 - In Dublin, Ireland, the Dublin Port Tunnel excavation works are completed and the final tunnel boring machine breakthrough ceremony takes place.
• August 20 - Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the peaceful democratic revolutionary leader of Mongolia, becomes Prime Minister of Mongolia for the second time.
• August 21 - A series of blasts rocks an opposition party rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people.
• August 22 - Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
• August 24 - Two airliners in Russia, carrying a total of 89 passengers, crash within minutes of each other after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, leaving no survivors. Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.
• August 29 - Around 200,000 protesters demonstrate in New York City against U.S. President George W. Bush and his government, ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention.
• August 29 - Michael Schumacher wins a record seventh world championship title by finishing second in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
• August 30 – September 2 - U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are renominated at the Republican National Convention in New York City.
• August 31 - Two suicide attacks on buses in Beer Sheva, Israel, kill at least 16 people and injure at least 60. Hamas claims responsibility for the attacks.
• August 31 - A woman commits a suicide attack near a subway station in northern Moscow, Russia, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 50. Authorities hold Chechen rebels responsible.

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September

• September - The Great Laxey Mine Railway of the Isle of Man is re-opened.
• September 1 - Chechen terrorists take between 1,000 and 1,500 people hostage, mostly children, in a school in the Beslan school hostage crisis. The hostage-takers demand the release of Chechen terrorists imprisoned in neighbouring Ingushetia and the independence of Chechnya from Russia.
• September 2 - The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 1559, calling for the removal of all foreign troops from Lebanon. This measure is largely aimed at Syrian troops.
• September 3 - Russian forces end the siege at a school in Beslan, Northern Ossetia. At least 335 people (among which are 32 of the approximately 40 hostage-takers) are killed and at least 700 people injured.
• September 3 - Hurricane Frances makes landfall in Florida. After killing 2 people in the Bahamas, Hurricane Frances kills 10 people in Florida, 2 in Georgia and 1 in South Carolina.
• September 2 - Hurricane Ivan forms.
• September 7 - The Scottish Parliament meets in the new Scottish Parliament Building for the first time.
• September 7 - Hurricane Ivan passes directly over Grenada, killing 37 people. It passes over other Caribbean islands over the next 2 days, killing 5 people in Venezuela, 4 in the Dominican Republic, 1 in Tobago and 20 in Jamaica.
• September 8 - In the "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 Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, kills 11 and injures up to 100 people.
• September 9 - Typhoon Songda hit western Japan, 45 killed, 1,352 injured.
• September 13 - The U.S. Assault Weapons Ban expires.
• September 15 - Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, steps down after serving as prime minister since April 30, 1991. Oddson trades posts with his foreign minister Halldór Ásgrímsson, who then becomes Prime Minister.
• September 15 - Security at the Palace of Westminster is compromised, when the House of Commons is stormed by a small group of protestors during a debate about fox hunting.
• September 15 - "Girl A" is sentenced to be institutionalized due to the murder of classmate Satomi Mitarai.
• 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 Agreement in Mexico City.
• September 21 - Construction of the Burj Dubai begins
• September 23 - Mount St. Helens becomes active again.
• September 23 - 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 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

• October 4 - Two car bombs kill at least 16 people and injure dozens more in Baghdad.
• October 5 - A fire breaks out on the Canadian submarine 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 insurgent, is killed after a failed escape attempt.
• October 8 - Suicide bombers detonate 2 bombs at the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people, mainly Israeli tourists and Egyptian workers.
• October 8 - Martha Stewart begins serving a 5-month sentence for insider trading at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia.
• October 9 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the new Scottish Parliament Building in a ceremony in Edinburgh.
• October 9 - Incumbent Prime Minister of Australia John Howard leads the Liberal-National coalition to victory over the Labor Party led by Mark Latham in federal elections.
• October 9 - Direct elections for president are held for the first time in Afghanistan. Interim president Hamid Karzai is eventually declared the winner.
• October 10 - Abdullahi Yusuf is chosen as the new transitional president of Somalia.
• October 14 - Prince Norodom Sihamoni is chosen as the new king of Cambodia.
• October 16 - The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 19-8 in Game 3 of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series. The game, which pushed the Yankees to a 3 games to 0 series lead, sets a record for longest 9 inning baseball game.
• October 16 - Arsenal loses for the first time in 49 league games, a national record, going down 2-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford.
• October 17 - A referendum in Belarus approves the lifting of constitutional term limits for the presidency.
• October 18 - Three men attack Greek journalist Philippos Syrigos in Athens and seriously wound him.
• October 19 - General Khin Nyunt is replaced by Lieutenant-General Soe Win as Prime Minister of Myanmar.
• October 19 - Polytechnic University of the Philippines celebrates its centennial founding.
• October 19 - A team of explorers reached the bottom of the world's deepest cave, located in Krubera. The depth reached was 2,080 meters (6,824 feet), setting a world record. (National Geographic)
• 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 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 Japanese 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 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.

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

• October 26 - The Cassini probe passes within 1,200km of 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 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 radio mast in Peterborough, UK collapses at a fire.
• October 31 - Leftist candidate Tabaré Vázquez is elected President of Uruguay.

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November

• November - 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. Republicans make gains in the House and Senate. Eleven states ban gay marriage.
• November 2 - Dutch film maker 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 National Army's air force.
• November 7 - U.S. forces launch a major assault on the Iraqi town of Fallujah, in an effort to rid the area of insurgents before the Iraqi elections in January.
• November 8 - The Irish High Court rules that Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan can sue the Revenue Commissioner to have their Vancouver, British Columbia Same-sex marriage recognized for tax purposes.
• November 9 - Meeting of the Scottish Socialist Party executive leads to the resignation of Tommy Sheridan as convenor. Contradictory accounts of what Sheridan said at the meeting become hotly disputed in the Sheridan v News International trial.
• November 12 - In Redwood City, California, a jury finds Scott Peterson guilty of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner.
• November 13 - After 6 days of intense battles, the Iraqi town of Fallujah is fully occupied by U.S. forces.
• November 14 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell submits his resignation. He is replaced by Condoleezza Rice after her confirmation by the United States Congress.
• November 16 - The European Space Agency probe, Smart 1, passes from Earth orbit into the orbit of the Moon.
• November 16 - A train crash near Bundaberg 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, 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 9.6, almost 10 times the speed of sound.
• November 17 – November 21 - The APEC Summit is held in Santiago, Chile.
• November 19 - The NBA's Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons engage in a 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 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.
• November 23 - World of Warcraft is released, the popular MMORPG.
• November 25 - The Indian political party Congress Jananayaka Peravai merges into the Indian National Congress.
• November 26 - A group of Iraqi political leaders, primarily from Sunni and 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.

November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The god Týr, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. ... For other uses, see Wednesday (disambiguation). ... The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (Redirected from 1 November) November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 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There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, 2004. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in his fourth term of office. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 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Tommy Sheridan (born 7 March 1964, in Glasgow) is a Scottish socialist politician and a leading figure in the new Scottish political party Solidarity. ... Sheridan v News International (Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd. ... is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County, California. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Scott Lee Peterson (born 24 October 2222) is a former fertilizer salesman convicted of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner Peterson. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the city of Fallujah in Iraq. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret. ... 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December

• December 2 - David Bieber, a 38-year-old former 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 Colombian 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 PC producer Lenovo announces its plan to purchase IBM's global PC business, making it the third largest world PC maker after 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 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 Jacques Chirac.
• December 15 - Albanian terrorists take a bus and its passengers hostage in Athens, Greece and demand 1 million euros 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. Unionist politicians and the Police Service of Northern Ireland blame the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and stall the 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.

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

• December 26 - One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia when 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 Indonesian 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 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.
• 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 tallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a height of 1,670 feet (509 metres ), officially opens.
• December 31 - Simón Trinidad, high-profiled 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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