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2004 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2032. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

2004 Calendar

Historical Events Of 2004

• January 22, 2004 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• January 26, 2004 – A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.
• February 18, 2004 – Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur in Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
• March 8, 2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq’s Governing Council.
• March 11, 2004 – Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
• March 19, 2004 – Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
• September 30, 2004 – The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
• November 21, 2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election’s integrity.
• December 20, 2004 – A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.

Who Were Born On 2004?

• January 10, 2004 – Kaitlyn Maher, American child singer and actress
• January 21, 2004 – Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
• March 21, 2004 – Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg
• March 27, 2004 – Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
• June 7, 2004 – Clarence Delgado, Filipino actor
• June 8, 2004 – Francesca Capaldi, American child actress
• June 23, 2004 – Mana Ashida, Japanese actress and singer
• September 25, 2004 – Seiran Kobayashi, Japanese actress and singer
• October 28, 2004 – Miss Beazley, American dog of George W. Bush (d. 2014)
• November 21, 2004 – Lyca Gairanod, Filipino singer and actress