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Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond September 2004
Events in September 2004 5
2004Beslan school siegeChechen militants seize a school in North OssetiaArmed 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.
2004United States declares genocide in DarfurSecretary of State Colin Powell testifies to CongressPowell 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 2004Released "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 – presentNodirbek AbdusattorovUzbek world rapid championNodirbek Abdusattorov became one of the youngest world rapid champions and a leading representative of the new generation of elite players.
2004Brian Wilson Presents SmileLost album finishedBrian completes the album abandoned in 1967.