What Happened In August 2004 In History

Historical Events for August, 2004

• 1st » A Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire called supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
• 3rd » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
• 13th » Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area.
• 13th » One hundred fifty-six Democratic Republic of the Congo e.g Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 17th » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the Coat of arms of Serbia or coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
• 22nd » Versions of 'The Scream' and 'Madonna (Edvard Munch) known as Madonna', two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
• 24th » Eighty-nine passengers die after Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004 known as two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian R

Famous Deaths for August 2004

• 1st » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
• 2nd » Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter (b. 1929)
• 2nd » François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2nd » Heinrich Mark, Estonian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
• 2nd » Don Tosti, American composer (b. 1923)
• 3rd » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
• 3rd » Bob Murphy (announcer) e.g Bob Murphy, American sportscaster (b. 1924)
• 6th » Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948)
• 6th » Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
• 7th » Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)
• 7th » Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948)
• 8th » Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (b. 1934)
• 8th » Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
• 9th » Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908)
• 9th » Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
• 9th » David Raksin, American composer and educator (b. 1912)
• 11th » K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (b. 1925)
• 12th » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 12th » Peter Woodthorpe, English actor (b. 1931)
• 13th » Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912)
• 14th » Czesław Miłosz, Polish-American author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 14th » Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
• 15th » Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 15th » Semiha Berksoy, Turkish actress and singer (b. 1910)
• 15th » Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
• 16th » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 16th » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
• 16th » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
• 16th » Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 17th » Thea Astley, Australian author (b. 1925)
• 17th » Gérard Souzay, French singer (b. 1918)
• 18th » Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 18th » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
• 22nd » Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
• 22nd » Angus Bethune (politician) known as Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
• 22nd » Al Dvorin, American bandleader and talent agent (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
• 24th » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
• 26th » Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
• 27th » Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 29th » Hans Vonk (conductor) known as Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
• 31st » Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move, The Hollies, and The Vikings (British band) called The Vikings) (b. 1943)

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