May 2004 in History

Events in History

PM Manmohan Singh

May 22 Manmohan Singh becomes the 13th Prime Minister of India

May 22 The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also kills one local resident.
May 23 Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
May 24 North Korea bans mobile phones.
May 26 The New York Times publishes admission of journalistic failings, claims its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism during buildup to 2003 Iraq War helped promote belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
May 26 The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
May 28 The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become Prime Minister of Iraq's interim government
May 29 The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22
May 29 The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

Birthdays in History

May 10 The Gosselin Sextuplets

Weddings in History

May 14 Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (35), eldest son of Margrethe II of Denmark and heir apparent, marries Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (32), at Copenhagen Cathedral

Felipe VI

May 22 Felipe (later Felipe VI), Prince of Asturias, of the Spanish Royal Family weds Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano at The Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain

Deaths in History

May 2 John MacKenzie, Scottish-Canadian bagpiper and pipe-major, dies at 83 [1]
May 6 Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher and founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven), dies at 91
May 7 Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)
May 7 William J. "Pete" Knight, American astronaut and test pilot (X-15), dies at 74
May 8 John Peel, British politician (C), dies at 91
May 9 Akhmad Kadyrov, 1st President of Chechnya, dies at 52
May 16 June Taylor, American choreographer, dies at 86
May 17 Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
May 17 Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)
May 20 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, British labour politician and union leader, dies of emphysema and pneumonia at 82
May 23 Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
May 24 Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (b. 1900)
May 24 Henry Ries, German-American photographer (New York Times - "The Berlin Airlift"), dies at 86
May 24 Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
May 25 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
May 26 Dullah Omar, South African attorney and UDF-leader, dies at 69
May 26 Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
May 28 Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (Fiat, 1965-2004), dies of lung cancer at 69
May 29 Archibald Cox, American lawyer and special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 92
May 29 Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
May 30 Andrew Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, English aristocrat (Chatsworth) and politician, married Deborah Mitford, dies at 84