At A Glance

4 December 2004 at a glance

Day of the week
4 December 2004 was a Saturday.
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 4 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 December 2004 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 December 2004 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 4 December

  • 1991 Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
  • 1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
  • 1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
  • 2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
  • 2017 The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 1,140 square kilometers (440 sq mi) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

Famous people born on December 4

  • Marisa Tomei, American actress (born 1964)
  • Jelly Roll, American singer and rapper (born 1984)
  • Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records (born 1969)
  • Jeff Bridges, American actor (born 1949)

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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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