Today in History for February 2004
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 17 of 17
1st - 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
1st - Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
5th - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
5th - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
12th - The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
13th - The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.
14th - In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
16th - The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record
18th - Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes.
19th - Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."
21st - The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
26th - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
26th - The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
27th - Former BPMC general secretary Ordrick Samuel launches a new party in Barbuda, Barbudans for a Better Barbuda.
27th - A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines worst terrorist attack kills 116.
28th - Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947
29th - Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as President of Haiti following popular rebel uprising.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 1 of 1
6th - Princess Louise of Belgium
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 35 of 35
1st - May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
2nd - Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
3rd - Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
5th - John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
8th - Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
9th - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
10th - Guy Provost, Quebec actor (b. 1925)
11th - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
13th - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen leader (b. 1952)
14th - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
15th - Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)
15th - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
16th - Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
17th - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
18th - Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
21st - Guido Molinari, Canadian artist (b. 1933)
21st - John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
22nd - Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
22nd - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
23rd - Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
23rd - Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
23rd - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (b. 1918)
23rd - Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919)
23rd - Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915)
24th - John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
25th - Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
26th - Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
26th - Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
26th - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
27th - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910)
27th - Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928)
28th - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914)
28th - Carmen Laforet, famed Spanish novelist
28th - Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
29th - Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)
