Today in History for March 2004
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Historical Events
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1st - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
1st - Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.
2nd - Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy-derived flag.
2nd - War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
3rd - Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world's largest brewer.
7th - New Democracy wins the national elections in Greece.
8th - A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
11th - Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter train and rocking three stations, killing 190
12th - Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history.
15th - Announcement of the discovery of 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed.
17th - Unrest in Kosovo results in more than 22 killed, 200 wounded, and the destruction of 35 Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.
19th - Äänekoski bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
19th - A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations.
19th - 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
20th - Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader.
21st - In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority.
22nd - Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
23rd - Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India.
27th - HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
29th - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
29th - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
31st - In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed and their bodies mutilated after being ambushed.
Famous Birthdays
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21st - Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
Famous Deaths
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2nd - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2nd - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
2nd - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
3rd - Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
4th - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)
4th - Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
4th - George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
4th - Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
5th - Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
6th - Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
6th - Ray Fernandez, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
7th - Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)
8th - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
9th - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (b. 1917)
9th - Dr. Gerald Deskin, Ph.D., clinical child psychologist (b. 1929)
9th - Rust Epique, former Crazy Town guitarist (b. 1968)
10th - Dave Blood, real name David Schulthise; American musician, bassist for The Dead Milkmen (b. 1956)
13th - Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
15th - Sir William Pickering, New Zealand-born space scientist (b. 1910)
15th - John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
16th - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
17th - J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)
18th - Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
19th - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
20th - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
20th - Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1917)
21st - Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924)
22nd - Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
23rd - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
26th - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
26th - Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
27th - Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (b. 1984)
28th - Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
28th - Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
30th - Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b. 1908)
30th - Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
30th - Michael King, New Zealand historian (b. 1945)
30th - Timi Yuro, American singer (b. 1940)
