NationMaster - Encyclopedia: May 28, 2004

May 28, 2004

A court in Chile strips former dictator Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution, paving the way for him be tried for human rights abuses in the 1970s and 1980s. (BBC)

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes on Iran's Caspian Sea coast. Some 20 deaths and minor damage are reported. (BBC)

May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Augusto JosÃ© RamÃ³n Pinochet Ugarte (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... Immunity confers a status on a person or body that makes that person or body free from otherwise legal obligations such as, for example, liability for damages or punishment for criminal acts. ... A human rights abuse is abuse of people in a way that violates any fundamental human rights. ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963â€“1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit Caspian redirects here. ...