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What Happened In February 2004 In History

Historical Events for February, 2004

  • 1st » Incidents during the Hajj Failures in crowd control e.g 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
  • 4th » Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
  • 5th » Rebellion or Rebels from the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti known as Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
  • 12th » The city of San Francisco San Francisco, California begins issuing San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
  • 14th » In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal Park called Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
  • 18th » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer Nishapur train disaster named catches fire and explodes.
  • 27th » The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
  • 28th » Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a convert 500 km mi adj=on long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947
  • 29th » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.

Famous Deaths for February 2004

  • 2nd » Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)
  • 5th » John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
  • 6th » Gerald Bouey, Canadian economist (b. 1920)
  • 8th » Cem Karaca, Turkish guitarist (b. 1945)
  • 8th » Julius Schwartz, American editor (b. 1915)
  • 9th » Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
  • 10th » Guy Provost, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
  • 11th » Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (b. 1925)
  • 11th » Tony Pope, American voice actor (b. 1947)
  • 13th » François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1942)
  • 13th » Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen politician, 2nd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1952)
  • 14th » Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
  • 15th » Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1917)
  • 15th » Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
  • 16th » Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
  • 17th » José López Portillo, Mexican politician, 51st President of Mexico (b. 1920)
  • 18th » Jean Rouch, French anthropologist and director (b. 1917)
  • 21st » John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
  • 21st » Guido Molinari, Canadian painter (b. 1933)
  • 22nd » Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
  • 22nd » Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
  • 23rd » Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker) known as Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)
  • 23rd » Carl Anderson (singer) or Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945)
  • 23rd » Neil Ardley, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
  • 23rd » Sikander Bakht, Indian politician (b. 1918)
  • 23rd » Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919)
  • 23rd » Carl Liscombe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
  • 24th » John Randolph (actor) e.g John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
  • 25th » Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (b. 1912)
  • 25th » Donald Hings, English-Canadian inventor, invented the Walkie-talkie (b. 1907)
  • 26th » Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1920)
  • 26th » Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
  • 26th » Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
  • 27th » Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (b. 1928)
  • 27th » Paul Sweezy, American economist (b. 1910)
  • 28th » Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)
  • 28th » Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (b. 1921)
  • 28th » Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian sergeant (b. 1982)
  • 29th » Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Makuuchi Yokozuna called Yokozuna (b. 1923)
  • 29th » Jerome Lawrence, American playwright and author (b. 1915)
  • 29th » Toni Onley, Canadian painter (b. 1928)
  • 29th » Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1931)
  • 29th » Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (b. 1943)

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