At A Glance

28 September 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
28 September 2004 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Call on Me” by Eric Prydz.
Top Film of 2004
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2004 was Shrek 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 28 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 September 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 September 2004 was Full Moon.

On this day: 28 September

  • 1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
  • 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
  • 2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
  • 2006 Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years.
  • 2008 Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.

Famous people born on 28 September

  • Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer (born 1968)
  • Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1987)
  • Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (1907–1931)
  • Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director (born 1982)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2004 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2004 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 January – RMS Queen Mary 2 is christened by Elizabeth II.
  • 28 April – Landmark office building 30 St Mary Axe ("The Gherkin") in the City of London, designed by Norman Foster, opens.
  • 31 May – Long-running children's animated television series Peppa Pig premieres on the Nick Jr. Channel and Five.
More events of 2004 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 2004

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£2.20

Loaf of Bread

80p

Average House

£159,249

Weekly Wage

£556.00

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