President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly, the first such impeachment in the nation's history. Date: March 12, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people. Date: March 11, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. Date: March 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. Date: March 2, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers. Date: February 27, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced. Date: February 24, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅…
Up to 295 people, 182 of which being rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes. Date: February 18, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others. Date: February 14, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Date: February 13, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in…