WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2004
Find out what all happened July to September 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)

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)

Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings. (7. September 2004)

The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo. (30. September 2004)

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

The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth. (29. September 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)

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

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

The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the prize. (29. September 2004)

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

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

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. (22. August 2004)

National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office. (15. September 2004)

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

Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. (1. July 2004)

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

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