The November 1, 2004 was a Monday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 305 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 21 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, November 1, 2025, 251 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, November 1, 2026, in 113 days. You have lived for 7,921 days, or about 190,105 hours, or about 11,406,300 minutes, or about 684,378,000 seconds.
Date: 01 November 2004
By Joel Brinkley
Joel Brinkley
Vice Pres Cheney repeats core anti-Kerry message several times in every campaign appearance, and is far more reliant on stump speech than other candidates, so that local news outlets sometimes see little to report; photo (M)
Date: 02 November 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Major television networks, their memories of botched calls in 2000 still embarrassingly fresh, vow not to make hasty calls in extremely tight race this year; photos; networks and AP devise new reporting system and executives say they have warned anchors and analysts to avoid declaring results where they are uncertain, no matter what others report (M)
Date: 02 November 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Newspaper Association of America analysis of Audit Bureau of Circulations figures finds average daily circulation of nation's newspapers fell 0.9 percent in six months ended in Sept from year-earlier period and average Sunday circulation fell 1.5 percent; losses were widespread, with two-thirds of papers reporting flat or declining circulations, including Washington Post and Daily News; New York Times circulation increased 0.2 percent; New York Post circulation rose 5.2 percent (M)
Date: 01 November 2004
By Jacques Steinberg and David Carr
Jacques Steinberg
Issue of whether news organizations should disclose controversial news about political candidate in last weeks of election campaign discussed in light of Republican complaints about disclosure by New York Times and CBS News that 380 tons of conventional explosives are missing from munitions facility in Iraq; Times executive editor Bill Keller says publication more than week before election gave candidates enough time to react; says decision to publish would have been harder if story broke closer to election (M)
Date: 02 November 2004
By Joseph Kahn
Joseph Kahn
New China News Agency offers first official bulletin on unrest in Henan Province; says riots there resulted in 7 deaths and 42 injuries and were quelled after authorities imposed martial law; does not describe reasons for riots; local residents blame sustained clashes between Hui Muslims and Han Chinese (M)
Date: 02 November 2004
By John Tierney
John Tierney
Americans eager for presidential election results map plans for long night of television viewing (M)
Date: 01 November 2004
By Eric Pfanner
Eric Pfanner
Times of London, long voice of English establishment, is quietly going fully tabloid, dropping broadsheet version that has been published alongside new compact version for year; number of broadsheet papers across Europe have added tabloid-size editions or switched over entirely, seeking to bolster eroding circulations by appealing to new readers who prefer ease of smaller paper; photo (M)
Date: 01 November 2004
By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder
Adam Nagourney
Nation girds for presidential election, worried about integrity of voting system, divided over legitimacy of Pres Bush's election four years ago and anxious about future no matter who wins contest; final New York Times/CBS News Poll shows Bush and Sen John Kerry in statistical tie, although it does register increase in Bush job approval rating that Republicans say means he is picking up speed; graph (M)
Date: 02 November 2004
By Joe Sharkey
Joe Sharkey
Joe Sharkey column on increasing complaints from airline passengers about groping since Transportation Security Administration issued new guidelines requiring checkpoint screeners to conduct more frequent, and more intimate, pat-downs; dozens of female passengers nationally have been taking their complaints to news media; drawing (M)
Date: 01 November 2004
By Nat Ives
Nat Ives
Staff of Legal Affairs, two-year-old magazine of law and ideas, sever magazine's ties to Yale Law School as of Jan/Feb issue; chairman Seth P Waxman and editor and president Lincoln Caplan comment; photo (M)