July 2004

Thursday 01:

Saturn Orbit Insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UT and ends at 02:48 UT.

Saturday 03:

Official opening of Bangkok's subway system.

Sunday 04:

National Team of Greece won the EURO 2004 Cup after the Final against Portugal with 1-0.

Monday 05:

Éric Gagné's consecutive baseball saves streak comes to an end at 84 games.

Tuesday 06:

The New York Post erroneously reports that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has selected Dick Gephardt as his running mate.

Wednesday 07:

The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.

Friday 09:

After José Manuel Durão Barroso's appointment to the European Commission, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of PSD, Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.

Sunday 11:

CIA Director George Tenet leaves his position at the CIA

Monday 12:

Pedro Santana Lopes is officially appointed Prime Minister of Portugal.

Thursday 15:

The BBC airs the documentary The Secret Agent, exposing racism by members of the British National Party.

Friday 16:

A fire at a private school in Kumbakonam, India kills over 80 people.

Wednesday 21:

The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces.

Friday 23:

11 years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened.

Sunday 25:

Lance Armstrong makes history, winning his 6th consecutive Tour de France.

Thursday 29:

U.S. Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts accepts the Democratic nomination for President of the United States at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.

Friday 30:

A gas explosion kills 16 people in Belgium.