June 19, 2004
(Saturday)
- Witnesses and hospital officials say that 22 Iraqis, among them children, women, and youths, are killed in a U.S. air strike in a residential neighborhood in Fallujah. U.S. officials say that they targeted an Abu Musab al-Zarqawi safe house. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (CBC) Iraqi locals dispute the American account. (BBC)
- OpenBeOS becomes Haiku (operating system), announced at the first WalterCon in Columbus, Ohio.
- An asteroid discovered by NASA named 2004 MN4 that may hit earth in 2029. [1] [2]