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28 October 2004 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 October 2004 was a Thursday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Out of the Blue” by Delta Goodrem.
- 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 28 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 October 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 October 2004 was Full Moon.
On this day: 28 October
- 2007 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
- 2009 NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
- 2009 US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
- 2014 A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
- 2018 Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
Famous people born on 28 October
- Julia Roberts, American actress and producer (born 1967)
- Annie Potts, American actress (born 1952)
- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer (born 1974)
- Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress (born 1949)
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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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Famous Faces Born in the 2000s
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