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March 7, 2004Born on Monday March 8, 2004
- Puck Evelien Spoelder, amsterdam
Died on Monday March 8, 2004
- Donald Frank Dutcher (76), Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
- Elizabeth van Helden (72), Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
- Elisabeth Strijkers (86), Susteren
- Clarence Miller Bridges
- Carl C. VanHaveren (81), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Emily Curling Morey (92), Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
- Dale Clarence Spurlock (79)
- Bernhard Peter Flecken (67), Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
- Ale Jetze Hoekstra (81), Amsterdam
- Bertha Maria Mas (89), Alken, België
Born on March 8
- 1990 » Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
- 1990 » Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
- 1991 » Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
- 1991 » Tom English, Australian rugby player
- 1992 » Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host
- 1994 » Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer
- 1994 » Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer († 2014)
- 1994 » Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 » Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
- 1998 » Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter
Died on March 8
- 1999 » Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)
- 1999 » Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)
- 2001 » Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2003 » Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)
- 2003 » Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2004 » Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
- 2005 » Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
- 2005 » César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1924)
- 2007 » John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
- 2007 » John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
Names that were popular for boys in 2004
- Samuel
- Thomas
- Sam
- Lucas
- Sem
- Jelle
- Lars
- Daan
- Niels
- Tim
- Claus-casimir
- Thijs
- Noah
- Max
- Johannes
- Rick
Names that were popular for girls in 2004
- Sanne
- Amber
- Anna
- Emma
- Lotte
- Isa
- Anne
- Lisa
- Iris
- Chiara
- Femke
- Ameila
- Julia
- Noa
- Charlotte
- Anouk
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2004
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- February 2 » Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
- February 27 » Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
- April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
- June 1 » Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
- November 19 » The Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest suspended 86 games (rest of season), Stephen Jackson suspended 30 games.
- December 5 » The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
Weather March 8, 2004
The temperature on March 8, 2004 was between -3.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.