Slow news day today, so here's some Bonusy stuff that took place in 2004. My personal favorite is the exploding whale. Fuck "Year of Rice" let's rename 2004 International Year of the Exploding Whale, who's with me?
2004International Year of Rice
January 26 – A whale explodes in Tainan City, Taiwan, while being transported through the town to a university for a necropsy.[1]
February 4 – Facebook was founded at Cambridge, Massachussetts.
April 29 – The last Oldsmobile rolls off of the assembly line.
May 16 – The We Are the Future Concert takes place in Rome, organized by Quincy Jones in partnership with the Glocal Forum.
June 12 – A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand, causing serious damage but no injuries.
July 1 – The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn?
August 1 – A supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, kills about 400 and leaves over 100 missing.
September 23 – Mount St. Helens becomes active again.
October 24 – Brazil successfully launches its first rocket into space. The universe is now hot.
November 28 – A male Po'o-uli dies of avian malaria at the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda before it can breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
January 26 – A whale explodes in Tainan City, Taiwan, while being transported through the town to a university for a necropsy.[1]
February 4 – Facebook was founded at Cambridge, Massachussetts.
April 29 – The last Oldsmobile rolls off of the assembly line.
May 16 – The We Are the Future Concert takes place in Rome, organized by Quincy Jones in partnership with the Glocal Forum.
June 12 – A 1.3 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand, causing serious damage but no injuries.
July 1 – The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn?
August 1 – A supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, kills about 400 and leaves over 100 missing.
September 23 – Mount St. Helens becomes active again.
October 24 – Brazil successfully launches its first rocket into space. The universe is now hot.
November 28 – A male Po'o-uli dies of avian malaria at the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda before it can breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
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