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Nov. 7 - Nov.14, 2004 |
SARS and the Iraqi war conquer world headlines
A year of natural disasters, terrorist attacks and surprises made the last 12 months one of sadness and exhiliration
Originally Published: 2004-01-11
JANUARY
5 • Two suicide bombs kill at least 23 people in Tel Aviv.
20 • Libya wins chairmanship of UN Human Rights Commission.
23 • McDonald's reports its first quarterly loss ever ($345 million US), and says it plans to close 719 restaurants.
26 • Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl.
27 • UN inspectors say in report to Security Council they have found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
29 • AOL Time Warner posts loss of nearly $100 billion US, the largest ever in American corporate history.
FEBRUARY
1 • Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere over Texas; crew of five men and two women killed.
2 • Vaclav Havel steps down after more than a decade as president of Czech Republic.
5 • U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presents spy photos and taped radio intercepts at UN Security Council as evidence that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
12 • International Atomic Energy Agency declares North Korea in violation of its international obligations.
15 • Millions of people around the world march in peace rallies to protest impending war on Iraq.
17 • At least 21 die in stampede at Chicago nightclub.
18 • Israeli tanks roll into Gaza City killing 11 Palestinians. Fire in subway car in Daegu, South Korea, kills an estimated 190 people.
19 • An Iranian military plane crashes in southeastern Iran, killing over 300.
20 • Nightclub erupts in flames during pyrotechnics display at a rock concert in West Warwick, R. I., killing at least 99.
24 • Earthquake kills at least 265 people in western China.
MARCH
11 • Libya accepts responsibility for 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people, and agrees to pay compensation to families of victims.
12 • Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated by gunmen in Belgrade. Elizabeth Smart, a teenager who was abducted from her bedroom nine months ago, is found just kilometres from her home in Salt Lake City.
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