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| + | * [8- 3 -2004] -- France: Famed photographer & anarchist [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]] (1908-2004) dies, Chanteloup. Member of the photographer-owned outfit (Magnum) founded by Robert Capa & others. Like Capa he photographed during the [[Spanish Revolution]] (1937), his "Victoire de la vie" documenting the hospitalized. On May 1, 2000, he provided a photo collection, "Vers un autre futur, un regard libertaire" (Towards another future, a libertarian glance) sponsored by the anarcho-syndicalist French [[CNT]]. Cartier-Bresson notes: "L'anarchie c'est une éthique avant tout. Une éthique d'homme libre. Relisez Bakounine." |
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| − | '''2004''' '''(MMIV)''' was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was designated the:
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| − | *''International Year of [[Rice]]'' (by the [[United Nations]]) | + | |
| − | *''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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| − | '''See [[the world in 2004]] for a description of the state of the world in this year.'''
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| − | ===[[January 2004|January]]===
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| − | * [[January 1]] - [[Pervez Musharraf]]<!--confirmed here--> gets 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]] 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]] - [[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 8]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] christens the ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2]]'' cruise liner, currently the largest [[ocean liner]] in the world.
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| − | * [[January 13]] - An [[Uzbekistan Airways]] plane crashes in [[Uzbekistan]]'s capital of [[Tashkent]], killing 37.{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[January 19]] - [[ANIMAX]] Asia had been launched in South-East Asia.
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| − | * [[January 22]] - The [[European Union]] :the import of [[poultry]] from [[Thailand]], as [[bird flu]] spreads throughout [[Southeast Asia]].{{noMention}}
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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 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 [[university|universities]].{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[January 28]] - The findings of the [[Hutton Inquiry]]<!--confirmed here--> are published in [[London]]. The [[British Government]] is found not to have falsified information in the "[[sexed up]] dossier". The report criticises the [[BBC]]'s role in the death of [[David Kelly]], a weapons expert on [[Iraq]].
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| − | * [[January 28]] - At a hearing of the [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]], it is revealed that the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001]], terrorists used [[Mace (spray)|Mace]] (a brand of [[tear gas]]) or [[pepper spray]] in overpowering the flight crew of [[American Airlines Flight 11]].
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| − | ===[[February 2004|February]]===
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| − | * [[February 1]] - A [[hajj]] stampede in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills 251 pilgrims.
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| − | * [[February 2]] - An 11-storey 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 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]] arrested in [[Israel]].
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| − | * [[February 10]] - At least 50 people 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]]: The [[San Francisco, California|City and County of San Francisco]] begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as an act of [[civil disobedience]].
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| − | * [[February 13]] - Scientists in [[South Korea]] announce the [[cloning]] of 30 human embryos.
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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]], 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 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]] - 6.5 Richter scale earthquake in Northern [[Morocco]] hits in the [[Rif|Rif mountains]] near the city of [[Al Hoceima]] - over 400 dead. [[Ait Kamara]] is destroyed. 517 dead.
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| − | * [[February 25]]- [[Ash Wednesday]]. Also, the [[religious]] [[docudrama]], ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'' was released.
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| − | * [[February 26]] - The [[United States]] lifts a ban on travel to [[Libya]], ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
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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 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 film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' directed by [[Peter Jackson]] wins [[Academy Awards]] in every category it was nominated, with 11 wins in total.
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| − | ===[[March 2004|March]]===
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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 nine 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 the area of Mars they landed in was once drenched in water.
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| − | * [[March 10]] - Five British men released from detention at [[Camp X-Ray|Camp Delta]], [[Guantanamo Bay]] land at [[RAF Brize Norton]]. Four 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 terrorist attacks in Madrid on March 11, millions of protesters take to the streets of [[Spain|Spanish cities]] against terrorism.
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| − | * [[March 14]] - Two [[suicide bombing|suicide bombers]] kill eleven Israeli civilians in [[Ashdod, Israel]].
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| − | * [[March 14]] - The [[Spanish legislative election, 2004 | Spanish parliamentary elections of 2004]] take place. The incumbent government led by [[José MarÃa Aznar]] is defeated by the Socialist [[José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero]].
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| − | * [[March 14]] - [[Russian presidential election, 2004 | Presidential elections in Russia]] are held. [[Vladimir Putin]] easily wins a second term.
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| − | * [[March 15]] - A trio of [[astronomy|astronomers]] announce they have discovered a large [[trans-Neptunian object]], the largest object found in the [[solar system]] since [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] was discovered in [[1930]]. Initially designated '''2003 VB<sub>12</sub>''', it was named [[90377 Sedna]] in late September.
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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]] - Organized violence breaks out over two days in [[Kosovo]]. Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes are burned, schools and businesses are vandalized, and over 30 orthodox monasteries and churches are burned and destroyed.
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| − | * [[March 19]] - The [[UN]] launches a [[political corruption|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]] - The [[Malaysian general election, 2004|2004 Malaysian general election]] takes place. The incumbent [[Barisan Nasional]] party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the [[Malaysian]] [[Parliament]].
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| − | * [[March 21]] - [[Antonio Saca|Tony Saca]] is [[Salvadoran presidential election, 2004|elected President]] of [[El Salvador]] (inauguration [[June 1]]).
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| − | * [[March 22]] - [[Palestinian]]s protest in the streets after an [[Israel|Israeli]] helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of [[Sheikh Ahmed Yassin|Ahmed Yassin]] in [[Gaza City]], killing Yassin and 7 others.
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| − | * [[March 25]] - British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] visits [[Libya]]n leader Colonel [[Muammar al-Qaddafi]], in return for the dismantling of Libya's [[WMD]] 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]]. The first ever 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]] [[Smoking ban|bans smoking]] in all enclosed work places including: restaurants, pubs and bars.
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| − | * [[March 29]] - Largest expansion of [[NATO]] to date, 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 1]] - [[Faroe Islands|Faroese]] Prime Minister's Office announces that from then on the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's Office would 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]]. [[Image:Faroe Coat of Arms 4.png|thumb|right|100x112px|Faroese Coat of Arms]]
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| − | * [[April 3]] - A bomb explosion in a Madrid flat kills a Spanish policeman and five terrorists suspected of responsibility for the Madrid train bombings on [[March 11]].
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| − | * [[April 4]] - Serious fighting breaks out in Najaf, Sadr City, and Basra in [[Iraq]] as Shia [[insurgents]] supporting [[Muqtada al-Sadr]] rise against coalition forces.
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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 two rebel groups.
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| − | * [[April 8]] - Three [[Japan]]ese citizens are taken [[hostage]] in [[Iraq]].
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| − | * [[April 8]] - Former [[Japanese people|Japanese]] famous economist, [[professor]] at [[Waseda University]] [[graduate school]] [[Kazuhide Uekusa]] was arrested on the [[escalator]] of [[Japan Railway|JR]] [[Shinagawa Station]] because of trying to peep under [[high school]] [[girl]]'s [[skirt and dress|skirt]] with his hand [[mirror]].
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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 were fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents. Twenty two detainees were 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 an 18 year term for [[treason]].
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| − | * [[April 22]] - Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in the [[North Korea]]n town of [[Ryongchon]], 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 25]] - [[Cyprus reunification referendum, 2004|Referenda]] on a [[Annan Plan|United Nations plan]], which proposes to re-unite the island of [[Cyprus]], take place in both the [[Republic of Cyprus|Greek]] and [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish]] parts. Although the Turks vote in favour, the Greeks reject the proposal.
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| − | * [[April 28]] - [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse|Abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison]] in [[Iraq]] is revealed on the television show [[60 Minutes II]].
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| − | * [[April 29]] - Last [[Oldsmobile]] rolls off of the assembly line.
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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 6]] - The final episode of ''[[Friends]]'' airs on [[NBC]], drawing an estimated 52 million viewers in [[North America]].
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| − | * [[May 8]] - Would-be "Saudi Princess" "[[Antoinette Millard]]" surfaces in [[New York City]] and claims 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 landmine placed under a VIP stage during a [[World War II]] memorial parade in [[Grozny]].
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| − | * [[May 9]] - Team of [[Canadian national men's hockey team|Canada]] won the [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|World Ice Hockey Championship]] in [[Prague]].
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| − | * [[May 10]] - The [[Philippine general election, 2004|2004 Philippine presidential and legislative elections]] take place. Incumbent president [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] wins the presidency.
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| − | * [[May 11]] - An [[Stockline Plastics factory explosion|explosion destroys a plastics factory]] in [[Glasgow]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], killing nine people and injuring over a hundred.
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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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| − | * [[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 the United States|same-sex marriage]] in compliance with a ruling from the state's [[State supreme court|Supreme Judicial Court]] (''[[Goodridge v. Department of Public Health]]'').
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| − | * [[May 19]] - [[Tony Blair]] is [[Fathers 4 Justice House of Commons protest#House of Commons protest|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 prisoner abuse|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 six 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 nine 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 29]] - Dedication of the [[National World War II Memorial]] takes place 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 1]] - Twelve-year-old [[Satomi Mitarai]], a [[Japan|Japanese]] schoolgirl attending Okubo Elementary School in [[Sasebo, Nagasaki|Sasebo, Japan]] is [[murder|murdered]]. Her killer, an 11-year-old classmate identified by Japanese authorities as "Girl A", becomes the basis for the [[Nevada-tan]] [[Internet meme]].
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| − | * [[June 3]]- All outgoing [[Aircraft|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". He will serve as CIA Director until mid-July. [[John McLaughlin (CIA)|John McLaughlin]], the deputy director for the CIA will become 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 [[Grancby, Colorado]]
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| − | * [[June 5]] - Former [[President of the United States]], [[Ronald Reagan]], dies at age 93.
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| − | * [[June 6]] - The 60th anniversary of [[D-Day]] is remembered by world leaders.
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| − | * [[June 7]] - Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Calgary Flames in 2004 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 [[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 came on the third anniversary of the execution of his co-defendant, [[Timothy McVeigh|Timothy James McVeigh]], in [[Terre Haute]], [[Indiana]].
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| − | * [[June 11]] - After the first presidential state funeral since [[1973]], President [[Ronald Wilson Reagan]] is laid to rest at [[Simi Valley, California]], at the site of the [[Reagan Presidential Library]].
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| − | *[[June 12]] - A 1.3 [[kilogram|kg]] chondrite type [[meteorite]] struck a house in [[Ellerslie, New Zealand]] causing serious damage but no injuries.[[Image:Saddam.jpg|thumb|Imprisoned Saddam Hussein]]
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| − | *[[June 15]] - The [[Detroit Pistons]] upset the heavily favored [[Los Angeles Lakers]] to win the 2004 NBA Finals, four games to one.
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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 21]] - [[SpaceShipOne]] becomes the first privately-funded [[spaceplane]] to achieve [[Human spaceflight|spaceflight]].
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| − | * [[June 28]] - [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] trains collided in a rural area outside of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. Forty cars were derailed, including one [[chlorine]] car, and three people died, another 50 people were 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 interim Iraqi 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]] - The preliminary hearings begin in [[Iraq]] in the trial of former president [[Saddam Hussein]], for [[war crimes]] and crimes against [[crimes against humanity|humanity]].
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| − | * [[July 1]] - The [[Cassini probe|Cassini-Huygens]] spacecraft arrives at [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]].
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| − | * [[July 4]] - Groundbreaking of [[Freedom Tower]] at [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]] in [[New York City]].
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| − | * [[July 4]] - The [[2004 UEFA European Championship|Euro 2004]] final between [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and [[Greece national football team|Greece]] takes place in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]. Greece win the match 1-0.
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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 to [[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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| − | * [[August 1]] - Supermarket fire in [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]], kills about 400 people and leaves over 100 missing.
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| − | *[[August 2]] - [[Monday demonstrations, 2004|Monday demonstrations]] against social cutbacks began in [[Germany]]
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| − | * [[August 3]] - [[Statue of Liberty]] reopens after security improvements.
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| − | * [[August 6]] - A [[United Nations]] report that blames the government of [[Sudan]] for crimes against humanity in [[Darfur]] is released.
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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]] - The [[2004 Summer Olympics]] begin in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]]. They end on [[August 29]].
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| − | * [[August 13]] - [[Hurricane Charley]] kills 27 people in [[Florida]] after killing four in [[Cuba]] and one in [[Jamaica]]. Charley made landfall near Cayo Costa, FL as a Category 4 hurricane. Charley was the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
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| − | * [[August 16]] - Severe [[flooding]] 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 were completed and the final [[tunnel boring machine]] breakthrough ceremony took place.
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| − | * [[August 21]] - A series of blasts rocks a rally of an opposition party 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]].
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| − | * [[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 [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] and his government, ahead of the [[2004 Republican National Convention]].
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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.
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| − | * [[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]]===
| + | |
| − | {{Year C 9}}
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| − | * [[September 1]] - [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels take between 1,000 and 1,500 people hostage, mostly children, in a school in [[Beslan]], [[Northern Ossetia]]. The hostage-takers demand the release of Chechen rebels imprisoned in neighbouring [[Ingushetia]] and the independence of [[Chechnya]] from [[Russia]].
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| − | * [[September 2]] - The [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Security Council|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 [[Syrian]] 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 at least 32 of the approximately 40 hostage-takers) have been killed and at least 700 people have been injured.
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| − | * [[September 3]] - [[Hurricane Frances]] makes landfall in [[Florida]]. After killing two people in the [[Bahamas]], [[Hurricane Frances]] killed ten people in [[Florida]], two in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and one in [[South Carolina]].
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| − | * [[September 4]] - [[Hurricane Ivan]] formed.
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| − | * [[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 two 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.
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| − | * [[September 9]] - A [[bomb]] blast outside the [[Australia]]n embassy in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], kills eleven people and injures up to 100 people.
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| − | * [[September 13]] - The [[Assault Weapons Ban]] expires.
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| − | * [[September 15]] - [[DavÃð Oddsson]] prime minister of Iceland steps down after serving as prime minister since April 30 1991. Oddson becomes foreign minister as his foreign minister Halldór ÃsgrÃmsson becomes prime minister.
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| − | * [[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]].
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| − | * [[September 15]] - [[Nevada-tan|"Girl A"]] is sentenced to be [[involuntary commitment|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]].
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| − | * [[September 17]] - [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] commences in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].
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| − | * [[September 17]] - [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]] finish the two year long negotiations and sign a Free Trade Agreement in Mexico City.
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| − | * [[September 23]] - [[Mount St. Helens]] becomes [[2004 volcanic activity of Mount St. Helens|active]] again.
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| − | * [[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 killed 92 people.
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| − | * [[September 25]] - [[Hurricane Jeanne]] makes landfall near Hutchinson Island, FL. In all, Jeanne killed over 3,000, most in Haiti.
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| − | * [[September 29]] - First [[Ansari X-Prize]] flight of [[SpaceShipOne]].
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| − | ===[[October 2004|October]]===
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| − | {{Year C 10}}
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| − | * [[October 4]] - Two [[car bomb]]s kill at least 16 people and injure dozens more in [[Baghdad]].
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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]]. One crewmember is killed.
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| − | * [[October 8]] - [[Kenneth Bigley]], the British hostage held by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], an Iraqi insurgent, is killed after a failed escape attempt.
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| − | * [[October 8]] - Suicide bombers detonate two bombs at the [[Red Sea]] resort of [[Taba]], [[Egypt]], killing 34 people, mainly Israeli tourists and Egyptian workers.
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| − | * [[October 9]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|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]] - [[Afghan presidential election, 2004|Direct elections for president]] held for the first time in [[Afghanistan]]. Interim president [[Hamid Karzai]] is eventually declared the winner.
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| − | * [[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 none series lead, sets a record for longest nine [[inning]] baseball game.
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| − | * [[October 17]] - A referendum in [[Belarus]] approves the lifting of constitutional term limits for the presidency.
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| − | * [[October 18]] - Three men attack Greek journalist [[Philippos Syrigos]] in [[Athens]] and seriously wound him
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| − | * [[October 19]] - General [[Khin Nyunt]] is replaced by Lieutenant-General [[Soe Win]] as [[Prime Minister of Myanmar]].
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| − | * [[October 20]] - The [[Boston Red Sox]] defeat the [[New York Yankees]] in Game 7 of the [[American League Championship Series]], completing an unprecedented comeback from three games to none down.
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| − | * [[October 20]] - [[Corporate Airlines Flight 5966]] crashes in [[Missouri]], killing 13 people, and injuring 2.
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| − | * [[October 20]] - [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] becomes the first directly-elected [[President of Indonesia]].
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[October 24]] - The bodies of 49 Iraqi soldiers discovered after being ambushed by insurgents.
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| − | * [[October 24]] - [[Brazil]] successfully launches its first rocket into space.
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| − | * [[October 25]] - Reverend Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr]] and [[Coretta Scott King]] receive [[Congressional Gold Medal]].
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| − | * [[October 26]] - [[Image:Titan multi spectral overlay.jpg|thumb|Titan shown in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths. Photo captured by the Cassini spacecraft]]The [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] probe passes within 1,200km of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]
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| − | * [[October 27]] - Details of the discovery of a new, recent, species of fossil [[hominid]], ''[[Homo floresiensis]]'', from the island of [[Flores]], [[Indonesia]] are published.
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| − | * [[October 27]] - The [[Boston Red Sox]] sweep the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] to win the [[World Series]] championship for the first time since [[1918]].
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| − | * [[October 29]] - A [[2004 Osama bin Laden video|videotape]] of [[Osama Bin Laden]] speaking airs on Arabic TV, in which he threatens terrorist attacks on the [[United States]], and taunts the [[President of the United States|president]], [[George W. Bush]], over the [[September 11 Terrorist attacks]].
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| − | * [[October 29]] - European heads of state signed in [[Rome]] the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first [[European Constitution]].
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| − | * [[October 30]] - A 163 metre high [[Transmitter Peterborough|radio mast]] in [[Peterborough]], [[UK]] collapsed at a fire
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| − | * [[October 31]] - [[Left-wing politics|Leftist]] candidate [[Tabaré Vázquez]] is elected President of [[Uruguay]].
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| − | ===[[November 2004|November]]===
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| − | {{Year C 11}}
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| − | * [[November 1]] - a 16 year old [[Palestinian]], a [[muslim]], blew himself up in an outdoor market in [[Tel Aviv]], killing three [[Israelis]].
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| − | * [[November 2]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential election]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] defeats Senator [[John Kerry]]. [[United States Republican Party|Republicans]] make gains in the [[U.S. House election, 2004|House]] and [[U.S. Senate election, 2004|Senate]].
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| − | * [[November 2]] - Dutch film maker [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]] is assasinated in [[Amsterdam]] by [[Mohammed Bouyeri]].
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| − | * [[November 6]] - [[Ufton Nervet rail crash]] in [[Berkshire]], [[England]], kills 7 people.
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| − | * [[November 6]] - In [[Côte d'Ivoire]], National Army bombings kill nine people, including French UN soldiers. French UN forces retaliate by destroying the [[Military of Côte d'Ivoire|National Army's air force]].
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| − | * [[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
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| − | * [[November 9]] - The 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.
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| − | *[[November 12]] - Jury finds [[Scott Peterson]] guilty of murder of his wife Laci and unborn son, Connor
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| − | *[[November 13]] - After six days of intense battles, Iraqi town of Fallujah fully occupied by U.S. forces.
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| − | *[[November 14]] - [[United States of America|American]] [[Secretary of State]] [[Colin Powell]] submits his resignation. He is replaced by [[Condoleezza Rice]] after her confirmation from the [[United States Congress]].
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| − | * [[November 16]] - The [[European Space Agency]] probe, [[Smart 1]] passes from orbit of the [[Earth]] into orbit of the [[The Moon|Moon]]
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| − | * [[November 16]] - A train crash near [[Bundaberg]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], injures 150 people.
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| − | * [[November 16]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] to invest $20 billion dollars in [[Argentina]], a deal signed days before the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] forum to be held in the City of [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] in [[Chile]].
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| − | * [[November 16]] - [[NASA]]'s [[hypersonic]] jet ''ScramJet'' breaks a record by reaching a [[velocity]] of about 7,000 [[Miles per hour|mph]] in an unmanned experimental flight. It obtained a [[speed]] of [[Mach number|Mach]] 9.6, almost 10 times the [[speed of sound]].
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| − | * [[November 21]] - Final round of [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004| presidential election in Ukraine]]. Official winner: [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. International election observers express severe criticism, and large crowds gather in a protest rally in [[Kiev]]. 12 days later, the Supreme Court annuls the result, and a new poll is scheduled.
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| − | * [[November 26]] - A group of Iraqi political leaders, primarily from [[Sunni]] and [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] parties, advocate a six-month delay in popular elections scheduled for [[January]] [[2005]].
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| − | * [[November 28]] - Explosion in [[Coal mining|coal mine]] in [[China]]. Death toll expected to be above 150.
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| − | * [[November 28]] - [[Ricardo Lagos]], President of [[Chile]] promises economic compensation to 28000 victims of torture during [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s military dictatorship.
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| − | ===[[December 2004|December]]===
| + | |
| − | {{Year C 12}}
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| − | * [[December 3]] - The [[Colombia]]n government extradites [[Gilberto RodrÃguez Orejuela]], one of the most powerful drug dealers of the world, arrested in 1995 and 2003, to the [[United States]].
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| − | * [[December 6]] - Terrorists attack the [[United States|U.S.]] [[consulate]] in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], killing several people.
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| − | * [[December 7]] - Guitarist Darrell Lance "Dimebag Darell" Abbott, of Pantera and Damageplan fame, is gunned down during a performance in Columbus, OH.
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| − | * [[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]].
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| − | * [[December 11]] - Tests show that Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate [[Viktor Yushchenko]] was poisoned with a large dose of [[dioxin]].
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| − | * [[December 13]] - Software giants [[Oracle Corporation]] and [[PeopleSoft]] to merge in a $10.3 billion deal, creating the second largest maker of [[business]] applications [[computer software|software]].
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| − | * [[Image:Millau2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Millau bridge]] in [[France]].]][[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]].
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| − | * [[December 15]] - [[Albania]]n terrorists take a bus and its passengers hostage in [[Athens]], [[Greece]] and demand 1 million [[euro]]s in ransom money.
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| − | * [[December 16]] - The [[House of Lords]] rules that the [[British Government]] breaches [[human rights]] legislation by detaining without trial foreign nationals suspected of being [[terrorist]]s.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[December 21]] - Iraqi insurgents attack a U.S. military base in the city of [[Mosul]] and kill 22 people.
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| − | * [[December 22]] - Armed robbers in [[Northern Ireland]] steal over £22 million from the headquarters of the [[Northern Bank]]. [[Irish unionism|Unionist]] politicians and the [[PSNI]] blame the [[PIRA]], and stall the [[Northern Ireland peace process|peace process]].
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| − | * [[December 26]] - [[Image:Sumatra devastation1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A village near the coast of Sumatra lies in ruins after the December 26 tsunami.]] [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|The strongest earthquake in 40 years]] originates from the [[Indian Ocean]] off the west coast of [[Sumatra]] island in Indonesia, measuring 9.3 on the [[Richter Scale]] and creating [[tsunami]] waves that sweep across much of the coastlines of [[Sri Lanka]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], the [[Maldives]], [[Burma]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]]. At least 290,000 people from [[South Asia]] to as far as [[Somalia]] in [[Africa]] are confirmed to be dead.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[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 rock concert.
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| − | * [[December 31]] - [[Simón Trinidad]], high-profiled [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] leader, was extradited to the [[United States]], following the second extradition of a high drug dealer in a month and in 2004.
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| − | * [[December 31]] - Ukrainian Prime Minister [[Viktor Yanukovich]] resigns.
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| − | * [[December 31]] - The official opening of [[Taipei 101]], the current [[World's tallest structures|tallest]] [[skyscraper]] in the world, standing at a height of 508 [[metre]]s or 1,676 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]].
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| − | ==Births==
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| − | *[[January 21]] - [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]]
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| − | *[[November 20]] - HRH [[Princess 'M'aSeeiso]] of [[Lesotho]]
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| − | ==Deaths==
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| − | '''For more deaths, see: [[Deaths in 2004]]'''
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| − | ===January===
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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]])
| + | |
| − | *[[January 6]] - [[Pierre Charles]], [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] (b. [[1954]])
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| − | *[[January 11]] - [[MairtÃn Crawford]], Northern Irish poet (b. [[1967]])
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| − | *[[January 12]] - [[Randy Van Warmer]], Singer and songwriter (b. [[1955]])
| + | |
| − | *[[January 14]] - [[Uta Hagen]], German Actress (b. [[1919]])
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| − | *[[January 22]] - [[Ann Miller]], dancer and actress (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[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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| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 14]] - [[Marco Pantani]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1970]])
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| − | *[[February 17]] - [[José López Portillo]], [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1920]])
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| − | *[[February 23]] - [[Carl Anderson]], American singer and actor (b. [[1945]])
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| − | *[[February 24]] - [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
| + | |
| − | *[[February 26]] - [[Boris Trajkovski]], [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (b. [[1956]])
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| − | *[[February 27]] - [[Paul Sweezy]], American economist and editor (b. [[1910]])
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| − | *[[February 28]] - [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], American historian and [[Librarian of Congress]] (b. [[1914]])
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 2]] - [[Cormac McAnallen]], Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. [[1980]])
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| − | *[[March 2]] - [[Mercedes McCambridge]], 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]])
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| − | *[[March 7]] - [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (heart attack) (b. [[1941]])
| + | |
| − | *[[March 8]] - [[Robert Pastorelli]], Actor (b. [[1954]])
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| − | *[[March 8]] - [[Abu Abbas]], founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b. [[1948]])
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| − | *[[March 15]] - [[John Pople]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[March 20]] - [[Juliana of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1909]])
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| − | *[[March 22]] - [[Ahmed Yassin]], Palestinian co-founder of Hamas
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| − | *[[March 26]] - [[Jan Berry]], singer (b. [[1941]])
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| − | *[[March 26]] - [[Jan Sterling]], actress (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[March 29]] - [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor and director (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[March 30]] - [[Alistair Cooke]], English-born journalist (b. [[1908]])
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 1]] - [[Carrie Snodgress]], actress (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[April 17]] - [[Edmond Pidoux]], Swiss writer (b. [[1908]])
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| − | *[[April 18]] - [[Kamisese Mara]], first [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] and [[President of Fiji]] (b. [[1920]])
| + | |
| − | *[[April 18]] - Frances Rafferty, American actress (b. [[1922]])
| + | |
| − | *[[April 19]] - [[Norris McWhirter]], Scottish co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[April 19]] - [[John Maynard Smith]], English biologist (b. [[1920]])
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| − | *[[April 22]] - [[Pat Tillman]], American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. [[1976]])
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| − | *[[April 24]] - [[Estée Lauder (person)|Estée Lauder]], American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. [[1906]])
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 9]] - [[Alan King]], American actor (b. [[1927]])
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| − | *[[May 14]] - [[Anna Lee]], British actress (b. [[1913]])
| + | |
| − | *[[May 17]] - [[Tony Randall]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
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| − | *[[May 17]] - [[Ezzedine Salim]], President of the Iraqi Governing Council (b. [[1943]])
| + | |
| − | *[[May 22]] - [[Richard Biggs]], American actor (b. [[1960]])
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| − | *[[May 22]] - [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnist (b. [[1945]])
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| − | *[[May 25]] - [[Roger W. Straus, Jr.]], American publisher (b. [[1917]])
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| − | *[[May 28]] - [[Umberto Agnelli]], Swiss-born automobile executive (b. [[1934]])
| + | |
| − | *[[May 29]] - [[Archibald Cox]], American Watergate special prosecutor (b. [[1912]])
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| − | *[[May 29]] - [[Samuel Dash]], American Congressional counsel (b. [[1925]]
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 5]] - [[Ronald Reagan]], [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1911]])
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| − | *[[June 6]] - [[Iona Brown]], British violinist and conductor (b. [[1941]])
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| − | *[[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]])
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| − | *[[June 16]] - [[Thanom Kittikachorn]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. [[1912]])
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| − | *[[June 20]] - [[Jim Bacon]], [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. [[1950]])
| + | |
| − | *[[June 26]] - [[Naomi Shemer]], Israeli songwriter (b. [[1931]])
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| − | *[[June 27]] - [[Darrell Russell (drag racer)]], Drag driver (b. [[1968]])
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| − | *[[June 27]] - [[George Patton IV]], American general (b. [[1923]])
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 1]] - [[Peter Barnes]], English writer (b. [[1931]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 1]] - [[Marlon Brando]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 2]] - [[John Cullen Murphy]], American comic strip artist (b. [[1919]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 4]] - [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1920]])
| + | |
| − | *[[July 5]] - [[Hugh Shearer]], [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (b. [[1923]])
| + | |
| − | *[[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]])
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| − | *[[July 21]] - [[Edward B. Lewis]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1918]])
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| − | *[[July 28]] - [[Francis Crick]], English molecular biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1916]])
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| − | *[[July 28]] - [[Sam Edwards]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
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| − | ===August===
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| − | *[[August 1]] - [[Philip Abelson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1913]])
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| − | *[[August 3]] - [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer (b. [[1908]])
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| − | *[[August 6]] - [[Rick James]], American musician (b. [[1948]])
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| − | *[[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]] - [[CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz]], 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]])
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| − | *[[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]])
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| − | ===September===
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| − | *[[September 1]] - [[Ahmed Kuftaro]], Grand Mufti of Syria (b. [[1915]])
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| − | *[[September 10]] - [[Brock Adams]], American politician (b. [[1927]])
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| − | *[[September 11]] - [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]] (helicopter crash) (b. [[1949]])
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| − | *[[September 13]] - [[Luis E. Miramontes]], Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the [[contraceptive pill]] (b. [[1925]])
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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]] - [[Skeeter Davis]], American singer (b. [[1931]])
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| − | *[[September 19]] - [[Ellis Marsalis, Sr.]], American businessman, musician, and activist
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| − | *[[September 23]] - Roy Drusky, country music singer (b. [[1930]])
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| − | *[[September 24]] - [[Françoise Sagan]], French writer (b. [[1935]])
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| − | ===October===
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| − | *[[October 1]] - [[Bruce Palmer]], Canadian musician ([[Buffalo Springfield]]) (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[October 3]] - [[John Cerutti]], baseball player and announcer (b. [[1960]])
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| − | *[[October 3]] - [[Janet Leigh]], American actress (b. [[1927]])
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| − | *[[October 4]] - [[Gordon Cooper]], astronaut (b. [[1927]])
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| − | *[[October 5]] - [[Rodney Dangerfield]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[October 5]] - [[Maurice Wilkins]], New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1916]])
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| − | *[[October 8]] - [[Jacques Derrida]], Algerian-born French literary critic (b. [[1930]])
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| − | *[[October 10]] - [[Ken Caminiti]], baseball player (heart attack) (b. [[1963]])
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| − | *[[October 10]] - [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor and activist (b. [[1952]])
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| − | *[[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]])
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| − | *[[October 23]] - [[Robert Merrill]], American baritone (b. [[1919]])
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| − | *[[October 24]] - [[Ricky Hendrick]], NASCAR driver and owner (b. [[1980]])
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| − | *[[October 25]] - [[John Peel]], Radio 1 DJ (b. [[1939]])
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| − | *[[October 28]] - [[Jimmy McLarnin]], Northern Irish-born boxer (b. [[1907]])
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| − | *[[October 29]] - [[Edward Oliver LeBlanc]], Dominican politician (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[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]])
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| − | ===November===
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| − | *[[November 2]] - [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]], Dutch film director (b. [[1957]])
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| − | *[[November 2]] - [[H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan-al Nahyan]], ruler of Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates president (b. [[1918]])
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| − | *[[November 11]] - [[Yasser Arafat]], Palestinian leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1929]])
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| − | *[[November 14]] - [[Margaret Hassan]], Irish-born aid worker (b. [[1945]])
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| − | *[[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 and former Chief of staff (b. [[1929]])
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| − | *[[November 29]] - [[John Drew Barrymore]], American actor (b. [[1932]])
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| − | ===December===
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| − | *[[December 1]] - [[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1911]])
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| − | *[[December 2]] - [[Alicia Markova]], English ballerina (b. [[1910]])
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| − | *[[December 2]] - [[Mona Van Duyn]], American poet (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[December 7]] - [[Frederick Fennell]], American conductor (b. [[1914]])
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| − | *[[December 8]] - [[Dimebag Darrell]], American gutiarist ([[Pantera]] and [[Damageplan]]) (murdered) (b. [[1966]])
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| − | *[[December 12]] - [[Denise Gritzmacher]], American MS Patient (b. [[1967]])
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| − | *[[December 18]] - [[Anthony Sampson]], British journalist and biographer (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[December 19]] - [[Herbert C. Brown]], English-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1912]])
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| − | *[[December 19]] - [[Renata Tebaldi]], Italian soprano (b. [[1922]])
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| − | *[[December 20]] - [[Son Seals]], Blues guitarist (b. [[1942]])
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| − | *[[December 23]] - [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[December 24]] - [[Johnny Oates]], baseball player and manager (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[December 26]] - [[Reggie White]], American football player (b. [[1961]])
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| − | *[[December 27]] - [[Hank Garland]], guitarist (b. [[1930]])
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| − | *[[December 28]] - [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor (b. [[1935]])
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| − | *[[December 28]] - [[Susan Sontag]], American writer and activist (b. [[1933]])
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| − | *[[December 29]] - [[Julius Axelrod]], American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1912]])
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| − | *[[December 30]] - [[Artie Shaw]], American musician (b. [[1910]])
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| − | *[[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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| − | * [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Finn E. Kydland]], [[Edward C. Prescott]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.coinpage.com/2004-pictures.html 2004 Coin Pictures]
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