September 2004

Wednesday 01:

The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.

Friday 03:

The Beslan school massacre results in the deaths of approximately 344 teachers and children.

Sunday 05:

Tropical Storm Ivan becomes Hurricane Ivan in the Atlantic Ocean.

Tuesday 07:

The Serbian government backs a decision by Minister of Education and Sport Ljiljana ?oli? to require the teaching of both creationism and evolution in schools.

Wednesday 08:

The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

Thursday 09:

Friends spin off Joey premieres.

Saturday 11:

Petros VII, the (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria and his company are killed in an unexplained helicopter crash outside Mount Athos, Greece.

Monday 13:

The anime InuYasha finishes its run in Japan with episode 167.

Tuesday 14:

Canada wins the 2004 World cup of Hockey.

Wednesday 15:

Davíð Oddsson the longest serving Prime Minister of Iceland, steps down after serving in office from 1991, and becomes minister for foreign affairs. At the time he was the longest serving PM in Europe

Thursday 16:

Hurricane Ivan touches land near Gulf Shores, Alabama, becoming the third costliest hurricane to strike the United States.

Friday 17:

Barry Bonds becomes only the third Major League Baseball player to hit 700 or more home runs.

Tuesday 21:

Punk rock band Green Day releases its critically acclaimed album American Idiot.

Thursday 23:

At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.

Monday 27:

2004 - Virgin Group announces a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.

Wednesday 29:

Baseball: The Montreal Expos play their last game at Olympic Stadium.