WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 2004
Find out what all happened July to October 2004

The Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in Beslan in North Ossetia, Russia. (1. September 2004)

NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. (8. September 2004)

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

The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired. (30. September 2004)

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. (3. August 2004)

Hurricane Jeanne: At least 1,070 in Haiti are reported to have been killed by floods. (23. September 2004)

A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. (23. October 2004)

Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League. (24. October 2004)

The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (4. July 2004)

A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. (1. August 2004)

The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. (29. October 2004)

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

Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption. (18. October 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)

Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers' championship (and 7th overall) at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix to beat the 47 year old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio. (29. August 2004)

Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya. (24. August 2004)

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

Beslan school hostage crisis – day 3: the Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children. (3. September 2004)

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

Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area. (13. August 2004)