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<div style="float:right;margin-left:1em">[[Image:Titan cassini 261004.jpg|100px|Cassini image of Titan as of Oct. 26, 2004]]</div> |
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*<!--Oct. 28--> By winning the '''[[2004 World Series]]''', four games to none, the [[Boston Red Sox]] end the famous [[Curse of the Bambino | title drought]] which has haunted the team since [[1918]]. |
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*The [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] [[spacecraft]] images the Saturnian moon '''[[Titan (moon)|Titan]]''' in unprecedented detail, showing an unexpectedly smooth surface. |
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*<!--Oct. 28--> A report published in the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' announces the discovery of '''''[[Homo floresiensis]]''''', an extinct [[species (biology)|species]] closely related to [[human being]]s, on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Flores]]. |
*<!--Oct. 28--> A report published in the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' announces the discovery of '''''[[Homo floresiensis]]''''', an extinct [[species (biology)|species]] closely related to [[human being]]s, on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Flores]]. |
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*<!--Oct. 28--> A vote by the [[European Parliament]] over the approval of the new '''[[European Commission]]''' is delayed after incoming president [[José Durão Barroso]] asks for more time to reshuffle his team. |
*<!--Oct. 28--> A vote by the [[European Parliament]] over the approval of the new '''[[European Commission]]''' is delayed after incoming president [[José Durão Barroso]] asks for more time to reshuffle his team. |
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Revision as of 03:42, 28 October 2004
- By winning the 2004 World Series, four games to none, the Boston Red Sox end the famous title drought which has haunted the team since 1918.
- The Cassini spacecraft images the Saturnian moon Titan in unprecedented detail, showing an unexpectedly smooth surface.
- A report published in the journal Nature announces the discovery of Homo floresiensis, an extinct species closely related to human beings, on the Indonesian island of Flores.
- A vote by the European Parliament over the approval of the new European Commission is delayed after incoming president José Durão Barroso asks for more time to reshuffle his team.
- Israel's parliament, the Knesset, approves Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to dismantle 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank.