===March 7, 2004===

*The New York City medical examiner reveals that a body pulled from the East River is that of actor/writer Spalding Gray, missing since January. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/arts/09GRAY.html?ex=1079413200&en=9da7fe5385030286&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE (NYT)
*Greek legislative election, 2004: New Democracy, led by Costas Karamanlis, wins over the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, led by George Papandreou.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3540163.stm (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3540163.stm (BBC)
* An explosion rocks a Moscow apartment block. Initial reports from police suggest that the explosion was caused by a bomb, in spite of increased security in the run-up to the presidential election on March 14. Later reports state that the explosion was due to a gas leak. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3540077.stm (BBC)
* The White House reports that all of Libya's remaining nuclear weapons-related equipment has been sent to the United States. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3539799.stm (BBC)
* Palestinian sources say that 14 people died after an Israeli raid into the refugee camps of al-Bureij and Nusseirat. Israeli sources say it was a "pinpoint" operation against the "terrorist infrastructure". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3540179.stm (BBC)
* The 2004 Formula One championship gets under way with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Michael Schumacher wins. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3539193.stm (BBC)
* In Sweden some 15,500 skiers compete in the 80th installment of Vasaloppet, the oldest and longest cross-country ski race in the world. Norwegian Anders Aukland wins. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/more/03/07/bc.eu.spt.ski.cross.vasaloppet.ap/index.html (Sports Illustrated) http://www.vasaloppet.se/wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Nyheter/nyheter/en/Pressreleaser/332.html (Vasaloppet press release)
* In Austria there are elections in the states of Salzburg and Carinthia. In Salzburg, the SPÖ earns a majority for the first time. In Carinthia, the election is an unexpected success for Jörg Haider (FPÖ).
* It is announced that Peter Maxwell Davies is to be the United Kingdom's next Master of the Queen's Music. http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=267762004 (Scotsman)
* The headquarters of the US-led coalition in Baghdad come under rocket attack from Iraqi guerillas, the day before the new Iraqi temporary constitution is due to be signed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3541321.stm (BBC)

Category:Days in 2004