September 19, 2004

The former president of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin, resigns from his last official post, the Chairmanship of the Central Military Commission, and is replaced by Hu Jintao. (CNN) (IOL) (The Australian)
Two Palestinian women, who the Israeli government alleges intended to carry out suicide bomb attacks, voluntarily surrender to Israeli authorities. (INN) (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Iran rejects a unanimous United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency resolution calling on Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment activities. Iran threatens to prevent UN inspections of its nuclear program. (Reuters)
The George E. Trelease Memorial Baseball Park at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts, is dedicated. (Western New England College Athletics)
Turkey's parliament adjourns without passing an important reform of its penal code — intended to prepare the country for membership in the European Union — due to a dispute over a controversial proposal (opposed by the EU) to criminalize adultery. (ABC News) (Bloomberg)