At A Glance
11 February 2004 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 February 2004 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Hey Ya!” by OutKast.
- Top Film of 2004
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2004 was Shrek 2.
- Bestselling Novel of 2004
- “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2004.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2004–05 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 February 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 February 2004 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 11 February
- 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 1999 Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
- 2000 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
- 2001 A Dutch programmer launches the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
- 2011 Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
Famous people born on February 11
- Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer (born 1969)
- Damian Lewis, English actor (born 1971)
- Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (1936–2018)
- Carey Lowell, American actress (born 1961)
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Events of 2004 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2004 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 11 – Drake & Josh premieres on Nickelodeon.
- February 4 – Mark Zuckerberg launches "TheFacebook", later renamed to Facebook, a social networking website for Harvard University students.
- April 28 – Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse is revealed on the television show 60 Minutes II.
Life in the US in 2004
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.88
Loaf of Bread
$1.20
Average House
$219,000
Weekly Wage
$618
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