History in 2004 May

By rrazawi
  • Yelwa massacre

    Yelwa massacre

    Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by
  • Friends

    Friends

    The season finale of the sitcom Friends airs
  • Chechen president

    Chechen president

    Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast
  • The Constitutional Court

    The Constitutional Court

    The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
  • The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest

    The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest

    The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians
  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts

    Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
  • Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest

    Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest

    Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year.