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June 8, 2004

On June 8, 2004, the first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882. The year's #1 song was "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris. Ismaël Gharbi, Savinho, Diana Shnaider would arrive in the same year.

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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.

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On June 8, 2004

  1. 2004 The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

    Astronomical event on 8 June 2004

    A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast media. No human alive at the time had witnessed a previous Venus transit since that transit occurred on 6 December 1882 in the 19th century.

Arrivals

Born on June 8, 2004

Francesca Capaldi 2004– American actress (born 2004)

Farewells

Died on June 8, 2004

Charles Hyder American astrophysicist and dissident
Mack Jones American baseball player (1938–2004)

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Ismaël Gharbi 2004– French-Spanish footballer
Savinho 2004– Brazilian footballer
Diana Shnaider 2004– Russian tennis player
Arch Manning 2004– American football player
TommyInnit 2004– English YouTuber and streamer
Marsai Martin 2004– American actress and producer

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