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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.
  • January 21 » NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
  • March 22 » Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
  • 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 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
  • June 11 » Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
  • December 14 » The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
Weather January 15, 2004

The temperature on January 15, 2004 was between 2.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI