Unix Timestamp: 1082505600
Wednesday, April 21. 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The last coal mine in France closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.

Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, is released from prison in Israel after serving 18 years for treason.

Ryongchon disaster: Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes.