What Happened on October 29, 2004

Historical Events

Event of Interest

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

In Rome, 25 European heads of state sign a Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

Famous Weddings

"Jackass" member Chris Pontius (30) weds Claire Nolan in Malibu

Famous Deaths

Alice, British Princess and Duchess of Gloucester, aunt of Elizabeth II, dies at 102
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician, dies at 81
Peter Twinn, English mathematician (b. 1916)