Timeline September 2004

Events in September 2004 5

• 2004 Beslan school siege Chechen militants seize a school in North Ossetia Armed militants took over 1,100 hostages, mostly children, at School Number One in Beslan, Russia. The three-day siege ended in chaos and explosions, leaving over 330 people dead, including 186 children. It remains one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Russian history.
• 2004 United States declares genocide in Darfur Secretary of State Colin Powell testifies to Congress Powell told the US Senate that atrocities committed by Janjaweed militias against non-Arab civilians in Darfur, Sudan, constituted genocide. It was the first time a sitting government had used the term for an ongoing conflict.
• 2004 "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" Reunion album, 14 September 2004 Released "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" on 14 September 2004 — their first studio album together since The Seeds of Love fifteen years earlier, marking a full creative reunion between Orzabal and Smith.
• 2004 – present Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbek world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov became one of the youngest world rapid champions and a leading representative of the new generation of elite players.
• 2004 Brian Wilson Presents Smile Lost album finished Brian completes the album abandoned in 1967.