WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 2004
Find out what all happened March to November 2004

The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history. (12. March 2004)

2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people. (9. September 2004)

Tamil is established as a "classical language" by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament. (6. June 2004)

Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. (8. April 2004)

Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned. (25. October 2004)

War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. (8. November 2004)

SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space. (4. October 2004)

Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production. (29. April 2004)

156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. (13. August 2004)

The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. (28. May 2004)

Marvin Heemeyer's eventually suicidal protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 buildings in Granby, Colorado, including the town hall. (4. June 2004)

Millennium Park, considered Chicago, Illinois's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. (16. July 2004)

The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed. (21. November 2004)

Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq. (1. March 2004)

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. (6. April 2004)

The first Indonesian presidential election is held. (5. July 2004)

The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (29. May 2004)

The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity. (21. November 2004)

The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt. (21. November 2004)

Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. (22. April 2004)

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