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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.
• February 14, 2004 – In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
• March 31, 2004 – Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
• April 21, 2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
• April 22, 2004 – Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
• June 2, 2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
• August 29, 2004 – Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers’ championship (and 7th overall) at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix by finishing second to Kimi Raikkonen to beat the 47-year-old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio.
• September 8, 2004 – NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
• December 5, 2004 – The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
• December 8, 2004 – The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

Who Were Born On 2004?

• January 13, 2004 – Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, Italian conjoined twins
• March 21, 2004 – Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg
• March 27, 2004 – Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
• June 1, 2004 – Miyu Honda, Japanese actress
• June 7, 2004 – Clarence Delgado, Filipino actor
• June 8, 2004 – Francesca Capaldi, American child actress
• June 17, 2004 – Fuku Suzuki, Japanese actor and singer
• June 23, 2004 – Mana Ashida, Japanese actress and singer
• July 2, 2004 – Caitlin Carmichael, American actress
• October 28, 2004 – Miss Beazley, American dog of George W. Bush (d. 2014)