What day of the week was October 4, 2004?

The day of the week October 4th, 2004 fell on was a Monday.

Gordon Cooper the American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927) died on this day in 2004. As did Rio Diaz the Filipino model, actress, and politician (b. 1959) .

SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight the by being the first private craft to fly into space.