Portal:Current events/August 2004/Sidebar

Deaths
August 30 Fred Whipple August 26 Laura Branigan August 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross August 18 Elmer Bernstein August 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary August 14 Czesław Miłosz August 13 Julia Child August 8 Robert Bootzin August 8 Fay Wray August 7 Bernard Levin August 7 Red Adair August 6 Rick James August 3 Arturo Tolentino August 3 Henri Cartier-Bresson More deaths

Ongoing events

2004 Atlantic hurricane season Reconstruction of Iraq Iraqi Special Tribunal - Trials of high-ranking Ba'athists Iraqi resistance#Sadr Rebellion - Standoff in Najaf 2004 in Afghanistan#August Darfur conflict in Sudan Israeli-Palestinian conflict War on Terrorism US Presidential Campaign Republican National Convention Swift Boat Controversy US 9–11 Commission Same-sex marriage debate in the US AIDS epidemic Abu Ghraib investigation

Elections
August 15: Venezuela: Hugo Chávez recall August 3: Missouri: Same-sex marriage ban August 1: Mexico: three states

Ongoing trials
US: Scott Peterson US: Kobe Bryant US: Michael Jackson Iraq: Saddam Hussein