The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom. Date: February 12, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport. Date: February 10, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. Date: February 5, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Date: February 4, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks. Date: February 2, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Double suicide attack in Erbil on the offices of Iraqi Kurdish political parties by members of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Date: February 1, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured. Date: February 1, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 crashes while landing at Tashkent International Airport, killing 37. Date: January 13, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. Date: January 12, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)