Portal:Current events/2004 September 4
September 4, 2004 (Saturday)
- 2.5 million Florida residents are ordered to evacuate their homes in preparation for Hurricane Frances, which has already hit the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. Frances is currently a strong Category Two Hurricane, and will be very near the east coast of Florida by late tonight or early next morning. (BBC) (NOAA/NHC)
- The X Factor makes its worldwide debut premiering for the first time in the UK and will later go on to become the biggest show in television history.
- In American high school football, Bellevue defeats De La Salle with a score of 39-20, ending De La Salle's 151-winning streak, which was the longest in high school football. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)