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2004 (MMIV ) was aleap year starting on Thursday of theGregorian calendar , the 2004th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 3rd millennium and the21st century , and the 5th year of the2000s decade.
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2004 was designated as anInternational Year of Rice by the United Nations,[ 1] International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (byUNESCO ).[ 2]
Theworld population on January 1, 2004, was estimated to be 6.462 billion people and increased to 6.545 billion people by January 1, 2005.[ 3] [ 3] life expectancy was 67.7 years, an increase of 0.3 years from 2003.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
There were 32 armed conflicts in 2004 that resulted in at least 25 fatalities, all of which involvedviolent non-state actors .[ 6] [ 7] Colombian conflict , theIraqi insurgency , theKashmir insurgency , theNepalese Civil War , theSecond Chechen War in Russia, theSecond Sudanese Civil War , the SudaneseWar in Darfur , and theLord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda.[ 8]
The Iraqi insurgency emerged in Iraq in 2004 and carried out attacks againstthe US-backed caretaker government .[ 9] Sunni Triangle , but it expanded to other areas throughout the year withtwo suicide bombings inIraqi Kurdistan on February 1 anda conflict with the ShiaMahdi Army in April.[ 10] More intense fighting took place in the city ofFallujah toward the end of the year.[ 11] al-Qaeda continued in 2004, primarily in Pakistan along theAfghanistan–Pakistan border .[ 12] a series of train bombings in Madrid, killing approximately 200 people in March.[ 11] [ 9]
Conflict between Israel and Palestineremained heightened in 2004, including the targeted killings of Hamas leadersAhmed Yassin andAbdel Aziz al-Rantisi by Israel andthe bombing of Israeli tourists by Palestinian militants in October.[ 13] Second Congo War had ended, insurgencies continued within the Democratic Republic of the Congoin Ituri andin Kivu .[ 14] National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti successfully brought aboutthe resignation of PresidentJean-Bertrand Aristide , while theIslamic Jihad Union was defeated in its attempt to overthrow the government of Uzbekistan.[ 9]
The War in Darfur escalated significantly in Sudan with debate over whetherits mass killings constituted a genocide.[ 15] [ 16] Burundian Civil War was complicated as factionalism divided theCNDD-FDD and tentative peace agreements with the government were opposed by theNational Forces of Liberation .[ 17] Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) abducted over one thousand people to train as fighters and the Nepalese government established civilian militias.[ 18] escalated in July and August until a ceasefire was signed on August 18.[ 19] a bombing that killed Russian-backed Chechen presidentAkhmad Kadyrov ,[ 20] the capture of a school inBeslan , Russia, by Chechen militants that resulted in over 300 fatalities in September.[ 11] [ 21]
Two major peace agreements were made in 2004: one between Senegal and theMovement of Democratic Forces of Casamance , and one between Sudan and theSudan People's Liberation Movement .[ 22] Lord's Resistance Army .[ 23] Kashmir conflict , bringing about the conflict's first full year without military action in roughly a decade, although an insurgency continued in the region.[ 19] United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia began in November during the Colombian conflict, but fighting with theRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia continued and the Colombian government launched itsPlan Patriota mobilization program.[ 24]
Art and architecture [ edit ] Artspeculation resurged in 2004 as the economy recovered froma recession , with major sales includingGarçon à la pipe Pablo Picasso for approximately $100 million andLa Nona Ora Maurizio Cattelan for approximately $3 million.[ 25] The Scream Madonna Munch Museum in Oslo in 2004, while efforts continued throughout the year to recover and preserve works from theIraq Museum in response tothe looting that took place amid the invasion of Iraq.[ 26]
The biggest art exhibitions of 2004 wereTreasures of a Sacred Mountain at theTokyo National Museum andEl Greco at theMetropolitan Museum of Art .[ 25] National September 11 Memorial & Museum ; there were over 5,000 entries, from which the design "Reflecting Absence" byMichael Arad was selected.[ 27] Pritzker Architecture Prize was won by a woman,Zaha Hadid , for the first time.[ 28]
PrinceHans-Adam II of Liechtenstein opened a museum in Vienna to display the royal family's art collection, theFriedrich Christian Flick Collection was put on display in Berlin,[ 29] [ 29] Smithsonian Institution opened itsNational Museum of the American Indian on theNational Mall inWashington, D.C. [ 30] Duchess Anna Amalia Library was destroyed in a fire that consumed approximately 30,000 books.[ 26] Frauenkirche church in Dresden, which had been destroyed in World War II.[ 29]
Buildings that finished construction or opened in 2004 includedthe Gherkin and theScottish Parliament Building in the United Kingdom, theSanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in Italy, theSharp Centre for Design [fr ] in Canada, and theForum Building in Spain.[ 31] Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport opened in China along with terminals in theToronto Pearson International Airport in Canada andBen Gurion Airport in Israel. TheRio–Antirrio Bridge was completed in Greece, as was theMillau Viaduct in France. Among new rail stations were theBlue Line in Thailand, theHiawatha Light Rail and theLas Vegas Monorail in the United States, theYellow Line in India, and theShenzhen Metro in China. TheSödra länken motorway in Sweden and the final stage of theTrans-Siberian Railway in Russia were also completed.[ 32]
The highest-grossing film globally in 2004 wasShrek 2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Spider-Man 2 The Passion of the Christ [ 33] Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [ 34] [ 35] [ 36] [ 37] Kill Bill: Volume 2 [ 35] [ 36] [ 37] [ 38] Million Dollar Baby [ 34] [ 35] [ 36] [ 38] Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore andSuper Size Me Morgan Spurlock .[ 39]
Music sales in 2004 amounted to about 2.75 billion physical units, stalling the decline of units in previous years.CD albums made up 86% of sales, butDVD and digital music continued an upward trajectory.[ 40] Confessions Usher , followed byFeels like Home Norah Jones andEncore Eminem . The best-selling non-English album was the Japanese albumUtada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 Hikaru Utada , the 19th best-selling of the year.[ 41] peer-to-peer file sharing despite its frequent use forcopyright infringement .[ 42] Apple Inc. with itsiPod andiTunes service was the predominant source of legally downloaded music.[ 43]
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown was the best selling fiction book of 2004.[ 44] Stuff Happens David Hare andThe History Boys Alan Bennett .[ 45]
Critically acclaimed video games from 2004 includeGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas Half-Life 2 Halo 2 [ 46]
The2004 Summer Olympics were held in their birthplace ofAthens .[ 47] Irina Korzhanenko of Russia had her gold medal revoked after failing a drug test.[ 48]
TheBALCO scandal occurred in the United States after an investigation determined that theBay Area Laboratory Co-operative was distributingperformance-enhancing substances to athletes.[ 49]
Inassociation football , Greece won an upset victory over Portugal in theUEFA Euro 2004 , whileFC Porto defeatedAS Monaco FC in the2004 UEFA Champions League final .[ 50]
InMajor League Baseball , theBoston Red Sox ended its 86-year losing streak by defeating theSt. Louis Cardinals in the2004 World Series .[ 51] [ 52] Ichiro Suzuki of theSeattle Mariners broke the 84-year record of 257 hits in one season set byGeorge Sisler .[ 53]
Fijian golferVijay Singh unseatedTiger Woods as the topPGA Tour player in September, winning nine tournaments in 2004.[ 54]
TheTampa Bay Lightning won the2004 Stanley Cup Final in theNational Hockey League ,[ 52] 2004–05 NHL season was canceled followingan industry lockout .[ 55]
Maria Sharapova defeated champion playerSerena Williams in theWomen's Wimbledon Championships , becoming the first Russian to win a Wimbledon tournament.[ 55] Roger Federer won three of the four major tennis tournaments in men's tennis.[ 56]
Steve Fossett and his crew beat the record for fastestcircumnavigation by sailing, making the trip in 58 days, whileFrancis Joyon broke the solo record with 73 days.[ 52] Pete Cabrinha surfed on a 70 ft (21 m) wave in January, breaking the record for the tallest wave ever surfed.[ 55]
Vitali Klitschko became the world heavyweight champion in boxing following the retirement ofLennox Lewis .[ 49]
Vijay Singh became the world's highest-earning golfer, winning $10 million in 2004.[ 57]
Michael Schumacher won the2004 Formula One World Championship , marking his seventh win.[ 58]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the2004 World Snooker Championship in what was his second victory.[ 52]
Best Mate became the fourth horse to win threeCheltenham Gold Cups .[ 57]
The economy in 2004 grew steadily without significant interruptions.[ 59] gross world product increased by 4% in 2004, an increase from the 2.8% growth in 2003, with the highest growth taking place in the developing world.[ 60] [ 61] early 2000s recession by 2004, so governments in the developed world tightenedmonetary policy andcentral banks raised theirinterest rates .[ 62] United States dollar depreciated as the American trade deficit increased, while surpluses in Japan and the European Union led to appreciation for theJapanese yen and theeuro .[ 63] oil prices to increase by over 50%, which was followed by a smaller decrease in price; the global economy accommodated the price increase without significant inflation orprice shock .[ 64] Kmart announced its intention in November to acquire its competitorSears and createSears Holdings .[ 65]
The United States and several Central American countries signeda free trade agreement . The United States also signeda free trade agreement with Australia.[ 66]
TheWorld Trade Organization objected to agricultural subsidies for sugar in the European Union and cotton in the United States due to fears that they would negatively affect global prices.[ 67] Doha Development Round negotiations resumed in August after their failure in 2003, and a framework was agreed upon for developed countries to limit agricultural subsidies and reduce tariffs.[ 68]
Initial public offerings (IPO) from technology companies amounted to $10.7 billion in 2004, including the $1.7 billion IPO of Google, significantly exceeding the $3.3 billion of technology company IPOs in 2003.[ 69]
SCO Group was unable to advanceits dispute againstIBM regarding ownership ofUnix andLinux .[ 70]
Environment and weather [ edit ] The year 2004 was the fourth hottest year on record, and it was the first in four years to have above-average precipitation.[ 71] [ 71] Horn of Africa and thewestern United States , while deadly floods occurred in Brazil and on theMexico–United States border .[ 71]
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck Indonesia on December 26; the earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed approximately 230,000 people across the region.[ 72] Banda Aceh was destroyed by the tsunami.[ 73] [ 74]
There were 15named storms in the2004 Atlantic hurricane season 2004, nine of which were hurricanes. The most intense storms wereHurricane Ivan ,Hurricane Charley ,Hurricane Frances , andHurricane Karl .[ 75] Hurricane Jeanne killed over 3,000 people in Haiti as well as leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.[ 76] 2004 Pacific typhoon season , 21 of which were typhoons.[ 77] Typhoon Dianmu ,Typhoon Chaba , andTyphoon Nida , andTyphoon Ma-on .[ 78] Typhoon Rananim , the strongest typhoon to strike eastern China in five decades, destroyed 42,400 homes.[ 77] Typhoon Muifa andTyphoon Nanmadol killed a combined total of 1,375 people in Philippines.[ 78]
While the existence of man-madeclimate change had been confirmed by 2004, efforts continued to produce models that could accurately measure and predict its severity asgreenhouse gas emissions increased globally.[ 79] air pollution , as well as potential effects ofabrupt climate change like the shut down ofthermohaline circulation and the destruction of theGreenland ice sheet .[ 80] Arctic Climate Impact Assessment .[ 81] human-caused extinction of biodiversity from climate change, deforestation, and other causes.[ 82]
Russia agreed to sign theKyoto Protocol in September, allowing it to take effect in 2005 without the involvement of the United States.[ 83] Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants , an international treaty regulatingpersistent organic pollutants , came into force on May 17.[ 84] International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture came into effect on June 29.[ 85] 2004 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place inBuenos Aires , Argentina, in December.[ 83]
There were concerns of anavian influenza pandemic afterthe spread ofH5N1 that was first detected in January.[ 86] [ 66] research into theSpanish flu that involved reconstructions of the virus's genes and infected tissue.[ 87] bovine spongiform encephalopathy .[ 66] A locust outbreak spread across western Africa in July and August, causing food shortages throughout the region, while the War in Darfur led to a severe food crisis in Sudan.[ 67]
TheHIV/AIDS pandemic remained a predominant public health concern,[ 86] cotrimoxazole was trialed in Zambia as a treatment forHIV/AIDS .[ 87]
Trials for theMosquirix vaccine andOZ 277 treatment took place in an effort to combatmalaria .[ 88] tuberculosis prevention and treatment.[ 89]
A provisional government was created in Iraq under Prime MinisterAyad Allawi in June, succeeding the American-runCoalition Provisional Authority .[ 74] [ 11] [ 16] rationale for the Iraq War was scrutinized as misleading. TheIraq Survey Group was unable to find evidence ofweapons of mass destruction in Iraq that had been used to justify the invasion.[ 90] committing acts of torture against people held in theAbu Ghraib prison in Iraq.[ 11] Guantanamo Bay detention camp to hold suspected terrorists without due process.[ 90] Iraqi reconstruction .[ 91] Saddam Hussein appeared in court in July on charges of committing genocide during his rule.[ 11] anti-terrorism legislation and initiatedsurveillance programs as part of thewar on terror , prompting concerns about infringement of civil rights.[ 91]
Hamid Karzai wonAfghanistan's first presidential election ,[ 11] Kabul , as the rest of the country was occupied bywarlords .[ 92] Osama bin Laden releaseda video on October 29 where he claimed responsibility for theSeptember 11 attacks .[ 93]
George W. Bush wasreelected to a second term as president of the United States.[ 11] Vladimir Putin wasre-elected as president of Russia.[ 73] Manmohan Singh became the first Sikh prime minister of India following the victory of hisIndian National Congress partyin May ;[ 94] Sonia Gandhi was met with opposition fromHindu nationalists .[ 73]
TheUkrainian presidential election was disputed due to election fraud, voiding the victory ofViktor Yanukovych ;Viktor Yushchenko won in the re-run election, and theConstitution of Ukraine was amended in response to the affair.[ 11] Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti fled the country aftera coup on February 29 under pressure from the United States.[ 95]
Iranian andNorth Korean nuclear programs were brought under scrutiny in 2004, andan explosion in North Korea on September 9 raised fears of possiblenuclear weapons testing .[ 96] Abdul Qadeer Khan , a leading figure in the development ofPakistan's nuclear weapons , was discovered to have been trading nuclear secrets to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea. South Korea was also found to be developinga nuclear weapons program despite being involved in anti-proliferation efforts.[ 97]
In February, Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon proposed removing allIsraeli settlements from Palestine.[ 95] Yasser Arafat , the leader of Palestine and main figure in thePalestinian nationalism movement, died in November and was succeeded byMahmoud Abbas until an electioncould take place the following year.[ 13] [ 98]
Ten countries joined theEuropean Union in May, and the organization signedan agreement toward the creation of a constitution.[ 99] [ 100] [ 101]
For her work in environmentalism,Wangarĩ Maathai from Kenya became the first African woman to win theNobel Peace Prize .[ 102]
TheInternational Court of Justice made two rulings in 2004: it ruled in theAvena caseVienna Convention on Consular Relations when prosecuting Mexican nationals, and it ruled that it had no jurisdiction in theLegality of Use of Force Serbia and Montenegro against NATO nations.[ 16] an advisory opinion arguing that the construction of theWest Bank barrier violated the Palestinian people's right toself-determination .[ 103] a case against Ukraine regarding maritime boundaries.[ 16]
TheInternational Criminal Court opened its first two investigations: onein Uganda and onein the Democratic Republic of the Congo .[ 104] International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda convictedEmmanuel Ndindabahizi ,Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda , andSamuel Imanishimwe of genocide.[ 105] International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convictedRadislav Krstić ofcomplicity in genocide and began the trial ofSlobodan Milošević .[ 104]
The Catholic Church returned the relics ofJohn Chrysostom andGregory of Nazianzus to Istanbul.[ 106] Anglican groups and caused schisms, especially in the United States where theEpiscopal Church was more accepting of same-sex partnerships.[ 107] Eastern Orthodox Church leaderPatriarch Peter VII of Alexandria died in a helicopter crash.[ 106]
Islamic fundamentalism surged in Afghanistan and the Middle East.[ 13] [ 108] Ba'athist Iraq in 2003 meant increased religious tension within the country asSunni andShia sects of Islam.[ 109]
TheSankararaman murder case caused controversy following the death of temple manager Sankara Raman in the Hindu monasteryKanchi Kamakoti Peetham .[ 106]
Disagreement emerged among Jews in Israel when Chief RabbiAvraham Shapira declared thatOrthodox Jews should disregard orders todismantle Israeli settlements in Gaza .[ 110]
Independent experiments in 2004 successfully producedquantum teleportation in particles and ions.[ 111] carbon nanotubes in the United Kingdom, prompting theRoyal Society and theRoyal Academy of Engineering to propose their classification as a new chemical.[ 112]
Several studies of the relationship between humans and other hominids were completed in 2004, including a preliminarygenome sequence forchimpanzees .[ 113] stem cells for research purposes.Debate around stem cell usage occurred worldwide, and the United Nations was unable to agree on international law related tohuman cloning for the creation of stem cells.[ 88]
Wireless technology grew in popularity with the proliferation of devices likePocket PCs andportable media players .[ 114] 3G technology was more widely adopted in Europe, whileNTT DoCoMo began early trials for4G technology in Japan.[ 115] Microsoft entered 2004 with a monopoly overweb browsers throughInternet Explorer , but its share of the market was reduced to about 90 percent following the introduction ofFirefox .[ 116] Open-source software was incentivized and in some cases legally mandated by South American countries throughout the year.[ 70]
New automobiles entering production in 2004 included theChrysler 300 andFord Five Hundred .[ 117]
An early human species with small body proportions,homo floresiensis [ 118] Liang Bua archaeological site on the Indonesian island ofFlores . Announced on October 28, there had previously been no expectation of another human species in the area.[ 119]
The oldest known examples of shell beads in the South African siteBlombos Cave were discovered,[ 120] Klissoura Cave 1 , the oldest known Native American stone spear points nearLake Mégantic in Canada,[ 121] Norte Chico region that indicatedAndean religion was older than previously thought.[ 122] [ 121] Petén Basin in Guatemala, and a carved stone panel depictingTajal Chan Ahk was found in the country'sMaya site ofCancuén .[ 122] Pool of Siloam , a major reservoir from ancient Jerusalem, was discovered in the process of building a sewer pipe.[ 121] Tirunelveli district , 5th centurylecture halls in Egypt, aMinoan settlement inMiletus , anEtruscan road in the Italian city ofCapannori , and a 10th century viking burial ground in the English village ofCumwhitton .[ 121]
Analysis of corn inChaco Canyon provided evidence that ancientPueblo peoples engaged in trade with other groups.[ 122]
Astronomy and spaceflight [ edit ] NASA paused itsSpace Shuttle program followingthe previous year's explosion of theSpace ShuttleColumbia , meaning the only crewed flights in 2004 were part of Russia'sSoyuz [ 123] Mars Exploration Rover program continued with the landing of theSpirit Opportunity [ 124]
Spacecraft launches in 2004 included theEuropean Space Agency (ESA)'sRosetta 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko , NASA'sMESSENGER [ 124] a private spaceflight of theSpaceShipOne Burt Rutan in October,[ 125] Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (then called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer) launch into orbit in November to studygamma-ray bursts .[ 126]
NASA'sCassini–Huygens [ 124] its rings ,[ 127] Huygens Titan .[ 124] SMART-1 satellite achieved orbit around the Moon in November, and NASA'sGenesis [ 126]
Venus's pathled it between the Earth and the Sun for the first timesince 1882 .[ 128]
March 2 –A series of bombings occur inKarbala , Iraq, killing over 140Shia Muslims commemorating theDay of Ashura .[ 142] March 5 –ImClone stock trading case :Martha Stewart is found guilty of financial crimes.[ 131] March 7 – The2004 Greek legislative election is held to elect all 300 members of theHellenic Parliament and theNew Democracy party, led byKostas Karamanlis , won 165 out of 300 seats, ending over 11 years of rule by thePASOK party.[ 143] March 11 –Al-Qaeda bombings onCercanías trains inMadrid , Spain, kill at least 192 people.[ 144] [ 145] March 14 – ThePSOE wins theelection in Spain;José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is electedPrime Minister of Spain , replacingJosé María Aznar .[ 146] March 18 – ThePan-African Congress meets for the first time, inAddis Ababa .March 19 – TheKonginkangas bus disaster kills 23 and injures 14 people inÄänekoski, Finland .[ 147] March 28 –Hurricane Catarina , the first ever recorded South Atlantic hurricane, makes landfall inSanta Catarina , Brazil.[ 148] March 29 –Bulgaria ,Estonia ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Romania ,Slovakia andSlovenia are admitted toNATO , the largest expansion of the organization.[ 149] March 30 – The Iranian government under PresidentMohammad Khatami approved a policy stating that children of foreign nationals inIran without valid documentation are not entitled to education in Iran. Furthermore, foreign students with valid documents are required to pay all or part of the enrollment fees and are not allowed to study in pre-university courses, vocational and technical schools, or evening classes.[ 150] March 31 –Air America , a planned progressive alternative to the popularity ofconservative talk radio in the U.S., airs its first broadcast.[ 131] April 1 –George W. Bush signs theUnborn Victims of Violence Act into law. The law recognizes a "child in utero" as alegal victim if killed in the commission of a crime.[ 131] April 4 – TheFirst Battle of Fallujah starts.April 7 –Rwanda observes a nationalmoment of silence on the 10th anniversary of the start of theRwandan genocide .[ 131] April 8 – TheHumanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by theSudanese government and two rebel groups, in order to put a pause on theWar in Darfur .April 17 –Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in theGaza Strip , killingHamas leaderAbdel Aziz al-Rantisi .[ 151] April 18 – Newly-electedprime minister of Spain ,José Zapatero , announces the withdrawal of all 1,300 Spanish troops fromIraq .[ 152] April 23 – TheUnited States eases economic embargo againstLibya , in preparation for the resumption of diplomatic relations in July.[ 153] April 24 –Referendums on theAnnan Plan forCyprus , which proposes to reunite the island, take place in both theGreek -controlled and theTurkish -controlled parts. Although theTurkish Cypriots vote in favour, theGreek Cypriots reject the proposal.[ 154] April 28 –CBS News first breaks the story ofAbu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse .[ 131] April 29 – TheWorld War II Memorial inWashington, D.C. opens to the public.[ 131] May 1 May 6 –2004 Adjara crisis :Aslan Abashidze goes into exile inMoscow , leavingAdjara to come underGeorgian government control.[ 156] May 7 May 9 – Astadium bombing inGrozny ,Chechnya , Russia kills ten people, including regional governorAkhmad Kadyrov .[ 159] May 10 –2004 Philippine presidential election : Incumbent presidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo won a full six-year term as Philippine President.May 12 –15 – TheEurovision Song Contest 2004 takes place inIstanbul , Turkey, and is won byUkrainian entrantRuslana with the song "Wild Dances ".[ 160] May 15 -Arsenal F.C. defeatLeicester City F.C. 2 - 1 atHighbury Stadium on the last day of the2003–04 FA Premier League to end the season unbeaten, the first and, so far, only time a team in thePremier League has done so. The team would go on to be known throughout the world asThe Invincibles (English football) .May 18 –Royal Tongan Airlines ceases operations.[ 131] May 19 – TheMuskogee, Oklahoma school district announces it will comply with theDepartment of Justice 's order to permit the wearing ofhijab by Muslim students.[ 161] May 22 –Manmohan Singh (aSikh ) is sworn in asIndia 's first non-Hindu prime minister.[ 162] June 1 – AUnited Nations peacekeeping mission inHaiti begins, theUnited Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).June 4 –Marvin Heemeyer takes his modified and armouredKomatsu D355Abulldozer (killdozer ) on a rampage through the town ofGranby, Colorado , causing approximately 7 million dollars' worth of damage.[ 163] June 8 –2004 transit of Venus .[ 164] June 12 –July 4 –Portugal hosts theUEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, which is won byGreece .June 21 June 22 – Rebuilding of theFrauenkirche inDresden , heavily damaged in the 1945firebombing , is completed, .[ 131] June 26 –Minneapolis inaugurates alight rail service, 56 years after the end of the city'strolley service.[ 167] June 28 – The U.S.-led coalition occupying Iraq, theCoalition Provisional Authority (CPA), transfers sovereignty to theIraqi Interim Government .[ 168] June 30 – Preliminary hearings begin inIraq in the trial of presidentSaddam Hussein , forwar crimes andcrimes against humanity .August 1 – A fire in the"Ycua Bolaños-Botánico" supermarket inAsunción , Paraguay kills around 400 people.[ 172] August 3 –NASA 's unpilotedMESSENGER Mercury .[ 173] August 12 –Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as the thirdPrime Minister of Singapore .[ 174] August 13 –Hurricane Charley makes landfall atPunta Gorda, Florida , atCategory 4 intensity.[ 131] August 13 –Akku Yadav , a notorious gangster and serial rapist, is lynched to death by several women in a courtroom inNagpur , India, while appearing for a bail hearing.[ 175] August 13 –29 – The2004 Summer Olympics are held inAthens , Greece.[ 176] August 18 –Broadband internet connections surpassdial-up for the first time in the United States.[ 177] August 22 – Armed robbers stealEdvard Munch 'sThe Scream Madonna Munch Museum inOslo , Norway.[ 178] August 24 October 8 – Suicide bombersdetonate two bombs at theRed Sea resort ofTaba, Egypt , killing 34 people and injuring 171, mostly Israeli tourists.[ 186] October 9 –2004 Australian federal election :John Howard 'sLiberal /National Coalition government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating theLabor Party led byMark Latham .[ 187] October 17 –Parque Central Complex fire : A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of theParque Central Urban Complex inCaracas , Venezuela.[ 188] October 19 – A team of explorers reach the bottom ofKrubera Cave , the world's deepest cave, with a depth of 2,080 meters (6,824 feet).[ 189] October 20 –Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is sworn in as the 6thPresident of Indonesia , becoming the first directly elected president in Indonesia.[ 190] October 27 – TheBoston Red Sox win theWorld Series for the sixth time after completing a sweep of theSt. Louis Cardinals . It was their first championship since1918 .October 29 – European heads of state sign in Rome the Treaty and Final Act, establishing the firstEuropean Constitution .[ 191] November 2 –2004 United States presidential election :George W. Bush is re-electedPresident of the United States , defeating his Democratic challengerJohn Kerry .November 7 – TheSecond Battle of Fallujah starts.November 13 – TheEuropean Space Agency probeSMART-1 arrives at theMoon , becoming the first European satellite to fly to the Moon and orbit it.[ 192] November 16 –NASA 'shypersonic Scramjet Mach 9.6) in an unpiloted experimental flight.[ 193] [ 194] [ 195] November 21 –Nintendo releases theNintendo DS , the best-selling handheld game console, in North America.November 22 – TheOrange Revolution begins, following adisputed presidential election inUkraine whereViktor Yanukovych won againstViktor Yushchenko amid accusations of electoral fraud. A revote results in Yushchenko being declared the winner.[ 196] November 26 – The last knownPo'ouli dies in captivity at the Maui Bird Conservation Center inMaui ,Hawaii .November 30 – AMcDonnell Douglas MD-82 , operating asLion Air Flight 538 ,overran the runway and crashed on a cemetery nearAdisumarmo Airport ,Surakarta ,Central Java , Indonesia, killing 25 people.[ 197] December 2 –EUFOR takes over peacekeeping duties inBosnia and Herzegovina from theUnited Nations .[ 131] December 12 –Vladimir Putin signs a bill bringinggubernatorial elections inRussia to an end; governors will hereafter be appointed rather than directly elected.[ 131] December 13 –New Zealand passes theCivil Union Act , granting civil unions to same-sex couples as of April 2005.December 14 – The world's tallest bridge, theMillau Viaduct over theTarn in theMassif Central mountains, France, is officially opened.[ 198] December 16 – TheEuropean Council decides to start accession negotiations forTurkey to become a full member of theEuropean Union .[ 199] December 20 –Hungary withdraws the last of its 300coalition troops fromIraq .[ 131] December 21 – Iraqi insurgentsattack a U.S. military base in the city ofMosul , killing 22 people.[ 200] December 23 – TheSecond Battle of Fallujah ends.December 26 – The 9.1–9.3 Mw Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northernSumatra with a maximumMercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). One of the largest observedtsunamis follows, affecting coastal areas ofThailand ,India ,Sri Lanka ,Somalia , theMaldives ,Malaysia ,Myanmar ,Bangladesh , andIndonesia , killing 227,000 people.[ 201] December 27 – Astrophysicists from theMax Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching near Munich measure the strongest burst from amagnetar . At 21:30:26 UT Earth is hit by a huge wave front of gamma and X-rays. It is the strongest flux of high-energetic gamma radiation measured so far.[ 202] December 30 – Afire in the República Cromañón nightclub inBuenos Aires , Argentina kills 194.[ 203] December 31 –Taipei 101 , at the time thetallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a height of 1,670 feet (510 m), officially opens.[ 204]
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