Friday May 07, 2004

Historical Events

• American businessman Nick Berg is executed by Islamic militants. The videotape recording of the act is made and then released online.
• Yasuo Fukuda is Japan's longest serving chief cabinet secretary. He resigns in protest at the non-payment of pension payments.
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a report describes a "reign in terror" that was imposed by militias backed by the government in Sudan's western Province of Darfur.
• A bomb explosion at Friday prayers in a Shia mosque, Karachi, Pakistan kills 10 and injures 100. Suicide bombing is suspected. The mosque's head cleric is among the dead.
• Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russian president for his second and final four-year term.
• Shieik Abdul–Satar al–Bahadli is a senior aide of Muqtada Al-Sadr and offers a reward for any Iraqi woman soldier captured by a British soldier. He says the captive will be kept in a concubine.
• The United States Armed Forces are subject to heavy fighting in Karbala (Iraq), where at least 24 of Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army gunmen were killed, and in Najaf, where 12 more are killed.
• Three Polish journalists were killed and another injured by Iraqi gunmen while traveling between Baghdad, Karbala and Karbala.
• Donald Rumsfeld, the U.S. Defense Secretary, testifies before Congress. He takes "full responsibility" for the abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison and apologizes. This hearing reveals a divide between how abuses are viewed as either "isolated incidents" and as part of the "chain-of-command".
• According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, some of its inspections of Coalition detention centers in Iraq revealed that it had observed "incidents equivalent to torture".
• Chilean President Ricardo Lagos signs legislation legalizing divorce.
• U.S. Attorney Brandon Mayfield is being held in connection with the investigation into the 11 March Madrid Attacks.
• In protest by opposition parties, Surya Bahadur Thapa, the Prime Minister of Nepal, resigns. King Gyanendra appointed Prime Minister Thapa eleven months ago. Opposing parties demand formation of an all-party government with a Prime Minster of their choice.
• Despite the recommendation of a federal advisory board (23-4), the FDA has blocked the sale of an over-the-counter morning-after pill.
• Cinemassacre Productions premieres the first episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd's Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
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See also

What happened on May 07 in history? Find out the list of May 7th major events

What was 2004 famous for? Discover everything about 2004

Who died on May 07, 2004?

• Waldemar Milewicz

  Polish reporter (Born 1956).

Other May 7th famous deaths

• Guy Williams

  Actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65.

• Seve Ballesteros

  Spanish golfer, arguably one of the best Europeans to ever play the game.

• Dawn Addams

  British actress on-screen from 1951 in international films with three years in Hollywood.

• Alfred Adam

  French actor, on stage and in films, known as a character actor who often plays in treacherous roles.

See all famous people who died on May 7th

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Taurus

Taurus personality

Who should a Taurus marry?

Babies born in May are either Taurus or Gemini. People born before May 20th are Taurus, while people born from May 21st have the sign of Gemini

Personality of May born

Chinese Zodiac

Monkey

The day of the week was Friday.

May 7th marks the 127th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2004.

There are 238 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

May 2004 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Usher - Yeah!
2. Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know
3. Usher - Burn
4. Beyonce - Naughty Girl
5. J-Kwon - Tipsy

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)
2. Frankee - FURB (F U Right Back)
3. D12 - My Band
4. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
5. Maroon 5 - This Love

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
2. Mario Winans Featuring Enya & P. Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know
3. Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah!
4. Usher - Burn
5. Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson - All Falls Down

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Gloria Estefan - Tu Fotografia
2. Paulina Rubio - Te Quise Tanto
3. Marco Antonio Solis - Mas Que Tu Amigo
4. Victor Manuelle - Tengo Ganas
5. Rey Ruiz - Creo En El Amor

Bundesliga 2

• Burghausen - Regensburg : 2 - 0
• Mainz - Unterhaching : 2 - 0
• Osnabruck - Nurnberg : 3 - 4

Division 2

• Niort - St Etienne : 0 - 1

Serie B

• Genoa - Messina : 2 - 2

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $43.50
• Apple AAPL: opens at $26.57
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $26.03
• General Electric GE: opens at $30.32
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $87.75

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 112.22 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.3833 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.3006 CHF
• 1 EUR = 133.44 JPY
• 1 EUR = 0.6652 GBP