About the day » Wednesday March 24, 2004Calender converter

• Cecilia Johanna IJsseldijk (71), Nieuwegein
• Aaltje de Weerd (76), Ermelo (Sonnevanck)
• Adrian Cornelius Wyker (82), Wantagh-New York City (NY)
• Piet Kats, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clothilde DECKERS (89), Heusy, 4802, Liège, Belgique
• Arthur Washington Lithgow III (88), Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Martina Sellmeijer (82), Diemen
• Arie Jan Kruithof (93), Heerjansdam
• Antonius de Brouwer (79), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cisca den Brand (80), Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1988 » Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete
• 1988 » Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1990 » Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor
• 1990 » Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
• 1990 » Lacey Evans, American wrestler
• 1990 » Starlin Castro, American baseball player
• 1991 » Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » Nick Browne, English cricketer
• 1995 » Enzo Fernandez, French-Spanish footballer

• 2001 » Muriel Young, English television host and producer (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsledder (b. 1932)
• 2002 » César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian cardinal (b. 1919)
• 2006 » Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Shripad Narayan Pendse, Indian Marathi novelist (b. 1913)
• 2008 » Chalmers Alford, American guitarist (b. 1955)
• 2008 » Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (b. 1941)
• 2008 » Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914)

• 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 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
• 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.
• May 15 » Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
• August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
• September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
• December 27 » Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

The temperature on March 24, 2004 was between -1.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.