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29 March 2004 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 March 2004 was a Monday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.
- 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 29 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 March 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 March 2004 was First Quarter.
On this day: 29 March
- 1999 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
- 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
- 2004 The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.
- 2014 The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
- 2015 Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.
Famous people born on 29 March
- Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor (born 1955)
- Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager (born 1962)
- Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, musician and writer (born 1943)
- N'Golo Kanté, French footballer (born 1991)
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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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