2004

2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium, the 4th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.

Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
2004 by topic:
Arts
ArchitectureComicsFilmHome videoLiterature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Rock, Metal, UK, US) – RadioPhotoTelevision (UK, US) – Video gaming
Politics and government
ElectionsInternational leaders – Sovereign states
Sovereign state leadersTerritorial governors
Science and technology
ArchaeologyAviationBirding/OrnithologyPalaeontologyRail transportSpaceflight
Sports
American footballAssociation footballAthletics (sport)BadmintonBaseballBasketballChessCombat sportsCricketCyclingGolfHandballIce hockeyRugby unionSwimmingTennisVolleyball
By place
AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntarcticaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBangladeshThe BahamasBahrainBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaComorosCroatiaCubaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEstoniaEthiopiaEuropean UnionFijiFinlandFranceGabonGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGuatemalaGuineaGuyanaHaitiHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyIvory CoastJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMadagascarMarshall IslandsMalawiMalaysiaMaliMaltaMauritaniaMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNauruNamibiaNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaNorth MacedoniaNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestinePanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussiaRwandaSamoaSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSomaliaSouth AfricaSolomon IslandsSouth KoreaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTongaTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamYemenZambia – Zimbabwe
Other topics
Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions
Works entering the public domain
2004 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2004
MMIV
Ab urbe condita2757
Armenian calendar1453
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԳ
Assyrian calendar6754
Bahá'í calendar160–161
Balinese saka calendar1925–1926
Bengali calendar1411
Berber calendar2954
British Regnal year52 Eliz. 2  53 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2548
Burmese calendar1366
Byzantine calendar7512–7513
Chinese calendar癸未年 (Water Goat)
4700 or 4640
     to 
甲申年 (Wood Monkey)
4701 or 4641
Coptic calendar1720–1721
Discordian calendar3170
Ethiopian calendar1996–1997
Hebrew calendar5764–5765
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2060–2061
 - Shaka Samvat1925–1926
 - Kali Yuga5104–5105
Holocene calendar12004
Igbo calendar1004–1005
Iranian calendar1382–1383
Islamic calendar1424–1425
Japanese calendarHeisei 16
(平成16年)
Javanese calendar1936–1937
Juche calendar93
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4337
Minguo calendarROC 93
民國93年
Nanakshahi calendar536
Thai solar calendar2547
Tibetan calendar阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
2130 or 1749 or 977
     to 
阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
2131 or 1750 or 978
Unix time1072915200 – 1104537599

2004 was designated as the International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).[1]

Events

January

  • January 3 Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history at the time.[2]
  • January 4 NASA's MER-A (Spirit) spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars.
  • January 8 The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by its namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
  • January 25 NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) spacecraft has landed on the surface of Mars.

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

October 11 PBS Kids GO! launches.

November

December

Date unknown

Births

Deaths

Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Nobel Prizes

New English words and terms

  • e-waste
  • life hack
  • paywall
  • podcast
  • roentgenium
  • Silver Alert
  • social media
  • waterboarding[37]

References

  1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. (2003). INTERNATIONAL YEAR TO COMMEMORATE THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SLAVERY AND ITS ABOLITION
  2. "Egypt plane crash claims 148 lives". BBC News. January 3, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. Jeffery, Simon; agencies (February 26, 2004). "Macedonian president killed in plane crash". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  4. "Embattled Aristide quits Haiti". BBC News. February 29, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  5. Burns, John F.; Gettleman, Jeffrey (March 2, 2004). "Blasts at Shiite Ceremonies in Iraq Kill More Than 140". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  6. "elmundo.es. Documento: Auto del 11-M".
  7. ZoomNews (in spanish). The 192nd victim (Laura Vega) died in 2014, after a decade in coma in a hospital of Madrid. She was the last hospitalized injured person.
  8. "Zapatero vence con casi 11 millones de votos". El País (in Spanish). March 15, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  9. "First South Atlantic hurricane hits Brazil". USA Today. January 29, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  10. Association, Press (April 2, 2004). "Seven join Nato in biggest expansion". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  11. "Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike". CNN. April 17, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  12. Sachs, Susan (April 25, 2004). "Greek Cypriots Reject a U.N. Peace Plan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  13. "EU welcomes 10 new members". CNN. May 1, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  14. Long, Tony (June 21, 2004). "SpaceShipOne Reaches Space". Wired. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  15. "US hands over power in Iraq". The Guardian. June 28, 2004. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  16. "Cassini probe enters Rhea orbit". BBC News. July 1, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  17. "Some Russians still live in the USSR - PravdaReport". English.pravda.ru. July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/world/6-are-charged-with-murder-after-paraguay-store-fire.html
  19. Malik, Tariq (August 3, 2004). "NASA Sends Mercury a MESSENGER". Space.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  20. "Let us shape our future together". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). August 13, 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  21. "Olympics open in Athens". BBC News. August 13, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  22. "Armed robbers steal 'The Scream'". CNN. August 23, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  23. 31 August 2006: Beslan – Two Years On, UNICEF
  24. "Australian embassy bomb kills nine". The Guardian. September 9, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  25. Urquhart, Conal (October 8, 2004). "Dozens killed in bomb blasts at Sinai resorts". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  26. "2004 Federal Election".
  27. "Cavers smash world depth record". BBC News. April 22, 2005. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  28. "Indonesian President Is Sworn In, Promising a Cleaner Government". New York Times. October 21, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  29. "SCADPlus: A Constitution for Europe". Europa. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  30. Leonard, David (September 3, 2006). "SMART-1 Space Probe Slams into the Moon". Space. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  31. Schneider, William. "Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution'". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  32. "France shows off tallest bridge". BBC News. December 14, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  33. "Deadly Attack on U.S. Military Base". Fox News. December 22, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  34. "Indian Ocean tsunami anniversary: Memorial events held". BBC News. December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  35. "World's tallest building opens". BBC News. December 31, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  36. "David Reimer and John Money Gender Reassignment Controversy: The John/Joan Case - The Embryo Project Encyclopedia". embryo.asu.edu.
  37. "Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2004". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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