2004 Calendar
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2004 Historical Event(s)
January 22, 2004
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
February 1, 2004
– 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
February 14, 2004
– In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
February 27, 2004
– A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines’ worst terrorist attack kills 116.
May 6, 2004
– Aslan Abashidze, leader of Georgia’s autonomous republic of Adjara resigns after public protests and months of stalemate with the central authorities.
May 17, 2004
– Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
June 24, 2004
– In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
August 22, 2004
– A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
September 3, 2004
– Beslan school hostage crisis – day 3: the Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.
November 30, 2004
– Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$ 2,520,700, television’s biggest game show winnings.
Who Were Born On 2004?
January 21, 2004
– Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
March 21, 2004
– Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
July 18, 2004
– Giuliano Stroe, Romanian weightlifter and bodybuilder
August 19, 2004
– Xyriel Manabat, Filipino actress