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2004 in the United Kingdom

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2004 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 2004 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • March – Vauxhall launches the fifth generation of its popular Astra family hatchback. It is initially just available as a five-door hatchback, with a three-door "Sporthatch" and a five-door estate due later in the year.
  • 11 March – Support for the Conservatives and Labour is equal at 35% for the second time in nine months, raising the spectre of a hung parliament at the next general election which is expected within a year.[5]
  • 16 March – 15-year-old Scottish boy Kriss Donald is abducted, tortured and murdered by Pakistani gang in racially motivated attack in Glasgow.[6]
  • 21 March – Architect Zaha Hadid becomes the first female recipient of the Pritzker Prize.[7]
  • 28 March – The actor, author, diplomat and Chancellor of Durham University, Peter Ustinov, dies of heart failure aged 82 at a hospital in Switzerland.
  • 30 March
    • Operation Crevice, the arrest of a group of British Islamists, 5 of whom are subsequently convicted of conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger life.[8]
    • The British-born American journalist Alistair Cooke dies of lung cancer at his home in New York City aged 95, only four weeks after his last broadcast of Letter from America.

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Full date unknown

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Publications

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Births

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Millie Bobby Brown

Deaths

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January

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Joan Aiken
Hugh Scanlon

February

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Frances Partridge

March

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Peter Ustinov
Alistair Cooke

April

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Ben Pimlott
Norris McWhirter

May

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11th Duke of Devonshire
Anna Lee

June

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Judy Campbell

July

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Francis Crick

August

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Godfrey Hounsfield

September

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Brian Clough
Kenneth Sandford

October

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John Peel
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

November

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Fred Dibnah

December

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Alicia Markova
Dick Heckstall-Smith

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "2004: Serial killer Shipman found hanged". BBC News. 13 January 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 656–660. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  4. ^ a b c d McGuinness, Ross (16 March 2009). "Metro". pp. 30, 31.
  5. ^ "Poll tracker". BBC. 29 September 2009.
  6. ^ Carrell, Severin (9 November 2006). "Three jailed for life for race murder of schoolboy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  8. ^ "A View from the CT Foxhole: Jonathan Evans, Former Director General, MI5". 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. The plot... appeared to be encouraged and fomented by al-Qa`ida in the tribal areas. It was one of the early ones we saw. It involved predominantly British citizens or British residents of Pakistani heritage, something which became something of a theme for this period.
  9. ^ "30 St Mary Axe". Emporis. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Court fines factory blast firms". BBC News. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ^ "2004: Angry dads hit Blair with purple flour". BBC News. 19 May 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  12. ^ "Chelsea appoint Mourinho". BBC News. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  13. ^ "League gets revamp". BBC News. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  14. ^ "Liverpool appoint Benitez". BBC News. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  15. ^ "Wimbledon to change name". BBC News. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  16. ^ uefa.com (24 June 2004). "UEFA EURO 2004 – History – Portugal-England". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  17. ^ R v Bourgass | [2005] EWCA Crim 1943 | England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) | Judgment | Law | CaseMine
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  19. ^ "The Police (Injury Benefit Regulations) 2006".
  20. ^ "Pair killed 'minutes after call'". BBC News. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  21. ^ "2004: Second gold for Kelly Holmes". BBC News. 28 August 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  22. ^ ""Hunt brawl in Commons", Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  23. ^ "2004: British hostage feared dead in Iraq". BBC News. 7 October 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  24. ^ "2004: British aid worker kidnapped in Iraq". BBC News. 19 October 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  25. ^ "Manchester United v Arsenal: Pizzagate revisited-10 years on". BBC Sport. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  26. ^ Hughes, Marcia (25 October 2004). "Mourning subdued as last Selby pit shuts". BBC News. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  27. ^ a b Corby, Tom (1 November 2004). "Obituary: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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  30. ^ "2004: Blunkett resigns over visa accusations". BBC News. 15 December 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  31. ^ "Timeline: Northern Bank robbery". BBC News. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  32. ^ "2004: Thousands died in Indian Ocean tsunami". BBC News. 26 December 2004. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  33. ^ Crouch, Nick (4 March 2021). "What the Forces Children's Trust can do for you < RAF Families Federation". RAF Families Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  34. ^ Sansome, Jessica (21 June 2022). "ITV Corrie star Millie Gibson shares actual name as brother gives her sweet gift". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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