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4 February 2004 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 February 2004 was a Wednesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “What About Me” by Shannon Noll.
- 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 4 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 February 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 February 2004 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 4 February
- 1992 A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
- 2000 The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
- 2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
- 2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
- 2008 Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
Famous people born on 4 February
- Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
- Hunter Biden, American attorney and lobbyist (born 1970)
- Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1975)
- Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (1913–2005)
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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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