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22 December 2004 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 December 2004 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 2004
- The Irish chart song for 2004 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 22 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 December 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 December 2004 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 22 December
- 1997 Somali Civil War: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
- 2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
- 2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
- 2008 An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
- 2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Famous people born on 22 December
- Ralph Fiennes, English actor (born 1962)
- Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (1960–1988)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (1887–1920)
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Events of 2004 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '2004 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Scouting Ireland was created when the merger between Scouting Ireland (CSI) and the Scout Association of Ireland (SAI) became effective.
- 29 March – A smoking ban introduced by Minister for Health, Micheál Martin, came into effect in all pubs, restaurants, and work places.
- 20 April – Welsh pub landlords reported an increase in the number of Irish patrons visiting Wales where they could avoid the restrictions of Ireland's new smoking ban which prohibited smoking in Irish pubs.
Life in Ireland in 2004
Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
Petrol (per litre)
€0.98/L
Loaf of Bread
€1.15
Average House
€265,000
Weekly Wage
€365
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