What Happened In May 2004 In History

Historical Events for May, 2004

• 1st » Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the President of Ireland or Irish President in Dublin.
• 2nd » Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christian
• 6th » The The Last One (Friends) e.g series finale of the television sitcom Friends is aired on NBC. The finale attracts 52.46 million viewers, making it the List of most-watched television broadcasts called fourth most watched television series finale in U.S.
• 7th » American businessman Nick Berg is decapitation e.g beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
• 14th » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President of South Korea e.g President Roh Moo-hyun.
• 17th » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts First same-sex marriages or Massachusetts.
• 26th » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 29th » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

Famous Deaths for May 2004

• 1st » Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist (b. 1924)
• 3rd » Anthony Ainley, English actor (b. 1932)
• 3rd » Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917)
• 3rd » Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
• 5th » Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Melocure) (b. 1959)
• 6th » Philip Kapleau, American educator (b. 1912)
• 6th » Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (The Wrecking Crew (music) or The Wrecking Crew) (b. 1923)
• 6th » Virginia Capers, American actress (b. 1925)
• 7th » Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956)
• 9th » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
• 9th » Alan King (comedian) or Alan King, American actor (b. 1927)
• 11th » Mick Doyle (rugby union) e.g Mick Doyle, Irish rugby player and coach (b. 1941)
• 11th » John Whitehead (singer) e.g John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
• 12th » Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (b. 1912)
• 14th » Anna Lee, English actress (b. 1913)
• 17th » Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group) (b. 1951)
• 17th » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
• 17th » Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
• 17th » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
• 17th » Vladislav Terzyul, Siberian mountaineer (b. 1953)
• 18th » Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)
• 18th » Serge Turgeon, Canadian actor and union leader (b. 1946)
• 19th » Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
• 22nd » Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
• 22nd » Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
• 23rd » Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist (b. 1919)
• 24th » Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917)
• 24th » Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
• 24th » Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (b. 1900)
• 25th » Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux named Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (b. 1917)
• 26th » Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
• 28th » Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (b. 1934)
• 28th » Francis Brunn, German juggler (b. 1922)
• 28th » Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (b. 1979)
• 29th » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)
• 29th » Samuel Dash, American politician (b. 1925)
• 31st » Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist
• 31st » Robert Quine, American guitarist (Richard Hell and the Voidoids) (b. 1941)
• 31st » Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941)

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