At A Glance
11 April 2004 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 April 2004 was a Sunday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)” by Eamon.
- Top Film of 2004
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2004 was Shrek 2.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2004
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2004 was the Holden Commodore.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 April 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 April 2004 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 11 April
- 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
- 1987 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
- 1990 Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
- 2001 The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals.
- 2006 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
Famous people born on 11 April
- Milly Alcock, Australian actress (born 2000)
- Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter (born 1960)
- Dele Alli, English international footballer (born 1996)
- Jennifer Esposito, American actress and writer (born 1973)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2004 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2004 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 2 January – "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin feeds a crocodile at his famous Australia Zoo while holding his one-month-old baby son, Robert Irwin. The incident generates a great deal of criticism both nationally and internationally over the next few days.
- 1 February – The first Ghan passenger train across Australia from Adelaide to Darwin sets off on its three-day journey.
- 3 March – A bottle of wine is discovered on board the Queensland Government jet when Indigenous Policy Minister Liddy Clark and her staff visit an alcohol-free Indigenous community at Lockhart River, about 800 km north of Cairns.
Life in Australia in 2004
Prime Minister
John Howard
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.00
Loaf of Bread
$2.40
Average House
$290,000
Weekly Wage
$970.00
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