Unix Timestamp: 1092009600
Monday, August 9. 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC

At the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant, a pipe leaking hot water and steam kills 5 and injures 6 others, in the 2nd worst nuclear disaster in Japan.

New Jersey Governor James McGreevey announces that he is a gay American and will resign effective November 15, 2004.

Singapore's prime minister Goh Chok Tong hands over his position to Lee Hsien Loong.