At A Glance

11 March 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
11 March 2004 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris.
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 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 March 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 March 2004 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 11 March

  • 1990 Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 2003 The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
  • 2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.
  • 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.
  • 2010 Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.

Famous people born on March 11

  • Johnny Knoxville, American actor and entertainer (born 1971)
  • Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate (born 1931)
  • Jodie Comer, English actress (born 1993)
  • Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (1989–2016)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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.
More events of 2004 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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