What Happened In December 2004 In History

Historical Events for December, 2004

• 5th » The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom named civil partnership is registered there.
• 8th » The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cusco or Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
• 14th » The Millau Viaduct, the List of tallest bridges in the world or tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
• 20th » A gang of thieves Northern Bank robbery e.g 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 robbery or bank robberies in British histor
• 21st » Iraq War: A suicide attack e.g suicide bomber 2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing or killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.
• 26th » A 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami known as 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,0
• 26th » Orange Revolution: The final Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 or run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
• 27th » Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
• 30th » A fire in the República Cromañón nightclub fire named República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
• 31st » The official opening of Taipei 101, the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of convert 509 m ft.

Famous Deaths for December 2004

• 1st » Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
• 1st » Bill Brown (Scottish footballer) named Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 2nd » Leonid Telyatnikov, Kazakh-Ukrainian firefighter (b. 1951)
• 2nd » Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
• 4th » Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
• 4th » Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
• 6th » Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 7th » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 7th » Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 7th » Jay Van Andel, American businessman, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
• 8th » Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pantera, Damageplan, and Gasoline (band) e.g Gasoline) (b. 1966)
• 9th » David Brudnoy, American radio host (b. 1940)
• 9th » Lea De Mae, Czech porn actress and model (b. 1976)
• 9th » Norman D. Wilson (actor) or Norman D. Wilson, American actor (b. 1938)
• 10th » Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 11th » José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
• 11th » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1917)
• 11th » M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer and actress (b. 1916)
• 13th » Bernarda Bryson Shahn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 13th » Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
• 13th » David Wheeler (computer scientist) or David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)
• 14th » Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• 14th » Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and politician (b. 1939)
• 15th » Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician, List of Speakers of the Parliament of Nauru named Speaker of the Nuru Parliament (b. 1943)
• 15th » Pauline LaFon Gore, American lawyer (b. 1912)
• 16th » Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 16th » Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded 'The Point (the Gambia) or The Point' (b. 1946)
• 17th » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
• 18th » Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 19th » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 19th » Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922)
• 21st » Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (b. 1925)
• 22nd » Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)
• 23rd » P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
• 24th » Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
• 25th » Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)
• 25th » Robert Elliott (actor born 1944) or Robert Elliott, American actor (b. 1944)
• 26th » Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)
• 26th » Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)
• 26th » Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1945)
• 26th » Poom Jensen, American son of Ubolratana Rajakanya (b. 1983)
• 26th » Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)
• 26th » Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
• 26th » Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
• 26th » Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nasum and Genocide Superstars) (b. 1974)
• 26th » Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
• 27th » Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
• 27th » Alfredo Rostgaard, Cuban visual artist (b. 1943)
• 28th » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
• 28th » Susan Sontag, American author and academic (b. 1933)
• 29th » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 29th » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
• 29th » Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 30th » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 31st » Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)

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