Friday September 24, 2004

Historical Events

• Major League Baseball has announced that the Montreal Expos will be moving to Washington D.C. in 2005.
• Scientists have announced that they have decoded the entire DNA sequence of Legionella pneumophila (the bacteria that causes Legionnaires Disease).
• Conflict in Iraq: A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain is sent to Baghdad by the British government in hopes of securing Kenneth Bigley's release.
• Canada's same-sex marriage: The Nova Scotia Supreme Court overturns a provincial law that forbade same-sex marital relationships. This makes Nova Scotia the sixth province and territory in Canada to allow same-sex marriage. The court challenge was not opposed by the federal government nor Nova Scotia.
• 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm, formerly named Hurricane Ivan, is now a tropical depression and makes landfall close to the Texas-Louisiana border on Thursday night with maximum sustained winds 35 mph.

See also

What happened on September 24 in history? Find out the list of September 24th major events

What was 2004 famous for? Discover everything about 2004

Who was born on September 24, 2004?

• Brailee Butler

  YouTube Star

Other September 24th famous birthdays

• Ruhollah Khomeini

  Iranian Islamic religious leader and politician (d. 1989)

• Howard Hughes

  American industrialist, film producer and aviator who, at age 19, inherited $650,000, his dad's interest in Hughes Tool Co. and the drill bit patent. Howard's estate was valued at $2.5 billion at the time of his death. He set three world air speed records in the 1930's and twice won the International Harmon Trophy given yearly to the world's outstanding …

• Linda McCartney

  American photographer and musician, a chef and cook-book writer. She was also the wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, an uncommonly stable marriage contracted on 3/12/1969. For 29 years, she and Paul never spent a night apart except for one ten-day period when he was arrested and held in a Tokyo jail for having marijuana on his person. They lived …

• Jim Henson

  American puppeteer, producer, director, writer and performing genius. Winner of seven Emmys, Henson was inducted into the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame 1987.

See all famous people born on September 24th

How old am I?

If September 24, 2004 is your birthday you are 18 years old. Find out how old you are in years, months, weeks and days and how long until your next birthday on September 24.

Who died on September 24, 2004?

• Françoise Sagan
• Raja Ramanna (ರಾಜಾ ರಾಮಣ್)
• Françoise Sagan (Françoise Quoirez
• Pierre de Hauteclocque

Other September 24th famous deaths

• Susan Atkins

  American homicide perpetrator.

• Charles Reisner

  American silent actor and film director (Born 1887).

• Nelly Arcan

  Canadian novelist (Born 1975).

• Bruno Pontecorvo

  Italian nuclear physicist who defected to Russia.

See all famous people who died on September 24th

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Libra

Libra personality

Who should a Libra marry?

Babies born in September are either Virgo or Libra. People born before September 22nd are Virgo, while people born from September 23rd have the sign of Libra

Personality of September born

Chinese Zodiac

Monkey

The day of the week was Friday.

September 24th marks the 267th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2004.

There are 98 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

September 2004 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ciara - Goodies
2. Terror Squad - Lean Back
3. Lil' Flip - Sunshine
4. Nelly - My Place
5. Maroon5 - She Will Be Loved

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings
2. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
3. 3 Of A Kind - Baby Cakes
4. JoJo - Leave (Get Out)
5. Eric Prydz - Call On Me

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo - Goodies
2. Terror Squad - Lean Back
3. Alicia Keys Featuring Tony! Toni! Tone! - Diary
4. Jadakiss Featuring Anthony Hamilton - Why?
5. Nelly Featuring Jaheim - My Place

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Juanes - Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor
2. Pepe Aguilar - Miedo
3. Alejandro Fernandez - Me Dedique A Perderte
4. Andy & Lucas - Son De Amores
5. Carlos Vives - Como Tu

Jupiler League

• Charleroi - Anderlecht : 2 - 1
• FC Brussels - Club Brugge : 1 - 6

Bundesliga 2

• Burghausen - Essen : 3 - 2
• Erfurt - Ahlen : 1 - 1
• Karlsruhe - Saarbrucken : 1 - 1

Division 2

• Grenoble - Laval : 2 - 1
• Guingamp - Nancy : 3 - 2
• Le Havre - Brest : 0 - 0

Championship

• Leeds - Sunderland : 0 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $47.65
• Apple AAPL: opens at $37.40
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $27.39
• General Electric GE: opens at $33.50
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $83.80

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 110.61 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.274 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2604 CHF
• 1 EUR = 135.75 JPY
• 1 EUR = 0.6801 GBP