What Happened In October 2004 In History

Historical Events for October, 2004

• 4th » 'SpaceShipOne' wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
• 18th » Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption.
• 19th » Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.
• 23rd » A powerful 2004 Chūetsu earthquake named earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
• 24th » Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United F.C. called Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
• 25th » Cuban President Fidel Castro announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
• 29th » The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

Famous Birthdays on October in 2004

• 28th » Miss Beazley (dog) or Miss Beazley, American dog of George W. Bush (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for October 2004

• 1st » Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (b. 1923)
• 1st » Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (b. 1946)
• 1st » Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 3rd » John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 3rd » Janet Leigh, American actress, singer, and author (b. 1927)
• 4th » Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 4th » Rio Diaz, Filipino model, actress, and politician (b. 1959)
• 5th » Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 5th » William H. Dobelle, American biologist (b. 1941)
• 5th » Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 6th » Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican singer and actor (b. 1947)
• 7th » Kenneth Bigley, English engineer (b. 1942)
• 7th » Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (b. 1935)
• 8th » James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
• 9th » Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher (b. 1930)
• 10th » Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
• 10th » Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)
• 10th » Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
• 10th » Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)
• 11th » Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
• 13th » Enrique Fernando, Filipino jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)
• 13th » Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (b. 1928)
• 14th » Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek actor and singer (b. 1949)
• 17th » Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 18th » Veerappan, Indian criminal and murderer (b. 1952)
• 20th » Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (b. 1923)
• 20th » Chuck Hiller, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
• 23rd » Robert Merrill, American opera singer (b. 1919)
• 23rd » Bill Nicholson (footballer) named Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
• 24th » Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
• 24th » Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (b. 1980)
• 24th » James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
• 24th » Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
• 25th » John Peel, English radio host (b. 1939)
• 26th » Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924)
• 27th » Lester Lanin, American bandleader (b. 1907)
• 27th » Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
• 27th » Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
• 28th » Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-American boxer (b. 1907)
• 29th » Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician, List of heads of government of Dominica or Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)
• 29th » Vaughn Meader, American actor (b. 1936)
• 29th » Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)
• 30th » Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist (b. 1917)
• 30th » Peggy Ryan, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1924)

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