Konginkangas Bus Disaster Kills 23 in Finland, March 19, 2004

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004. Date: March 29, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅…

Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Date: July 16, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2004Dave Matthews Band…

NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. Date: January 21, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This…

Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. Date: February 27, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2004NBA Malice…

Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles. Date: March 22, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅…

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members. Date: March 29, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2004Madrid Train Bombings Kill 191 in Madrid, Spain March 11, 2004South Korea…