At A Glance

17 March 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
17 March 2004 was a Wednesday.
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 17 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 17 March 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 17 March 2004 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 17 March

  • 1973 The Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • 1988 Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
  • 1992 A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
  • 2003 Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
  • 2016 Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.

Famous people born on March 17

  • Rob Lowe, American actor (born 1964)
  • Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer (born 1944)
  • Grimes, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist (born 1988)
  • Claressa Shields, American boxer and mixed martial artist (born 1995)

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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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