Month April 2004 Calendar

About Month of April Calendar

• April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
  
  April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).

Historical Events for April, 2004

• Day of Week 1st » Google announces Gmail to the public.
• Day of Week 2nd » Islamism called Islamist terrorism e.g terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
• Day of Week 3rd » Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
• Day of Week 6th » Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
• Day of Week 8th » Darfur conflict: The April 8 Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement named Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
• Day of Week 21st » Five suicide car bombers 21 April 2004 Basra bombings or target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
• Day of Week 22nd » Two fuel trains Ryongchon disaster named collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
• Day of Week 29th » Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
• 29th » Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
• Day of Week 30th » U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

Famous Deaths for April 2004

• 1st » Paul Atkinson (guitarist) known as Paul Atkinson, English guitarist and producer (The Zombies) (b. 1946)
• 1st » Aaron Bank, American colonel, founded the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
• 1st » Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 1st » Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946)
• 1st » Nilo Soruco, Bolivian-Venezuelan singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2nd » John Argyris, Greek computer scientist (b. 1913)
• 3rd » Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
• 4th » Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
• 5th » Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 5th » Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
• 6th » Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 6th » Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)
• 6th » Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)
• 7th » Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
• 7th » Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
• 8th » Enda Colleran, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 10th » Jacek Kaczmarski, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957)
• 12th » Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)
• 13th » Caron Keating, English television host (b. 1962)
• 14th » Micheline Charest, English-Canadian television producer, co-founded the Cookie Jar Group (b. 1953)
• 15th » Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
• 15th » Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)
• 17th » Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
• 17th » Edmond Pidoux, Swiss author and poet (b. 1908)
• 18th » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 2nd President of Fiji (b. 1920)
• 19th » Norris McWhirter, English author and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (b. 1925)
• 19th » John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (b. 1920)
• 21st » Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
• 22nd » Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 22nd » Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
• 24th » José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)
• 24th » Estée Lauder (person) named Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906)
• 24th » Robert McBain, English actor and photographer (b. 1932)
• 25th » Thom Gunn, English-American poet (b. 1929)
• 26th » Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 29th » Sid Smith (ice hockey) named Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)

• « Year 2003 Calendar
• Year 2005 Calendar »