At A Glance

7 May 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
7 May 2004 was a Friday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “My Band” by D12.
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 7 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 May 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 May 2004 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 7 May

  • 1994 Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
  • 1998 Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
  • 1999 Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
  • 1999 In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
  • 2000 Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.

Famous people born on 7 May

  • MrBeast, American YouTuber (born 1998)
  • Jake Bongiovi, American model and actor (born 2002)
  • Youri Tielemans, Belgian footballer (born 1997)
  • Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer (born 1999)

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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Famous Faces Born in the 2000s

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