October 2004

Friday 01:

Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki makes his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.

Saturday 02:

American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.

Sunday 03:

The Montreal Expos play their last major league baseball game before the franchise is moved to Washington, D.C.

Monday 04:

SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.

Thursday 07:

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.

Friday 08:

Schapelle Corby is arrested for drugs smuggling in Bali.

Saturday 09:

The tri-annual federal election is held in Australia and Liberal Party of Australia leader, John Howard, wins a fourth term as Prime Minister in a landslide victory over opponent, Mark Latham of the Australian Labor Party.

Tuesday 19:

Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the Thai government on charges of corruption.

Thursday 21:

The Boston Red Sox win the American League pennant, defeating the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, capping off a remarkable comeback from three games to none down to win.

Saturday 23:

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

Monday 25:

Official Guided by Voices Day in Bloomington, Indiana.

Wednesday 27:

Matti Nykänen, once a very successful Finnish ski-jumper, is found guilty of attempt of manslaughter and sentenced to a two year and two month jail term for stabbing a family friend.

Friday 29:

In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution.

Saturday 30:

A 163-metre high radio mast in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK collapses in a fire.