Template:In the news
- Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey is expected to resign at four o'clock
- The California Supreme Court voided all same-sex marriages that were sanctioned by San Francisco, California this year.
- Competition in the 2004 Summer Olympics begins, with football (soccer) matches already under way.
- South Korea's government announces that the country's capital is to be moved from Seoul to a new site at Gongju in South Chungcheong province.
- U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Porter J. Goss to be the new head of the CIA.
