At A Glance

14 November 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
14 November 2004 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “My Boo” by Usher and Alicia Keys.
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 14 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 14 November 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 14 November 2004 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 14 November

  • 2001 War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • 2001 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan Plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
  • 2003 Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.
  • 2008 The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
  • 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.

Famous people born on November 14

  • Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms (born 1948)
  • Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1975)
  • Josh Duhamel, American model and actor (born 1972)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (1889–1964)

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.

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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