What Happened In January 2004 In History

Historical Events for January, 2004

• 1st » In a Motion of no confidence vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College (Pakistan) Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elect
• 2nd » 'Stardust (spacecraft) called Stardust' successfully flies past Comet 81P/Wild or Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
• 3rd » Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history.
• 4th » Spirit rover e.g 'Spirit', a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 Coordinated Universal Time known as UTC.
• 4th » Mikheil Saakashvili is Georgian presidential election, 2004 e.g elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
• 9th » An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants Karaburun tragedy stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula, Albania Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28.
• 14th » The national flag of The Republic of Georgia (country) e.g Georgia, the so-called "Flag of Georgia (country) called five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
• 25th » Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.
• 26th » President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.
• 26th » A exploding whale or whale explodes in the town of Tainan City or Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.

Famous Birthdays on January in 2004

• 13th » Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, Italian conjoined twins
• 21st » Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Famous Deaths for January 2004

• 3rd » Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
• 4th » Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
• 4th » Brian Gibson (director) named Brian Gibson, English director (b. 1944)
• 4th » Jake Hess, American singer (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V) (b. 1927)
• 4th » Jeff Nuttall, English actor, poet, and painter (b. 1933)
• 4th » John Toland (author) called John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912)
• 5th » Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (b. 1911)
• 5th » Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 6th » Pierre Charles, Dominican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
• 6th » Charles Dumas, American high jumper (b. 1937)
• 6th » Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
• 7th » Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
• 8th » Charles Brown (actor) named Charles Brown, American actor (b. 1946)
• 8th » John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930)
• 9th » Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
• 10th » Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 10th » Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
• 12th » Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
• 12th » Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)
• 13th » Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian mountaineer (b. 1937)
• 13th » Harold Shipman, English serial killer (b. 1946)
• 13th » Zeno Vendler, American philosopher (b. 1921)
• 14th » Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
• 15th » Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (b. 1978)
• 15th » Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
• 16th » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
• 17th » Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
• 17th » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 17th » Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (b. 1939)
• 17th » Ray Stark, American stage and film producer (b. 1915)
• 17th » Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
• 19th » Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (b. 1917)
• 19th » David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
• 20th » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)
• 20th » Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter (b. 1920)
• 21st » Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian playwright (b. 1929)
• 22nd » Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)
• 22nd » Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918)
• 22nd » Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927)
• 23rd » Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
• 24th » Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
• 25th » Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch runner (b. 1918)
• 25th » Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
• 25th » Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player (b. 1945)
• 26th » Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
• 27th » Salvador Laurel, Filipino politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
• 27th » Jack Paar, American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
• 27th » Don Stansauk, American wrestler and actor (b. 1925)
• 28th » Lloyd M. Bucher, American navy officer (b. 1927)
• 28th » Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
• 28th » Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
• 28th » Mel Pritchard, English drummer (Barclay James Harvest) (b. 1948)
• 28th » Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
• 29th » Janet Frame, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
• 29th » M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author (b. 1908)
• 31st » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913)

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