2004 Calendar
What Happened In Year 2004?
- January 1, 2004 – In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is “deemed to be elected” to the office of President until October 2007.
- January 4, 2004 – Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
- January 8, 2004 – The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
- January 22, 2004 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 12, 2004 – The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
- February 14, 2004 – In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
- February 21, 2004 – The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
- February 27, 2004 – The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
- February 29, 2004 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
- March 12, 2004 – The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its national assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation’s history.
- March 19, 2004 – Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
- March 29, 2004 – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
- April 22, 2004 – Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
- April 30, 2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
- June 2, 2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
- August 3, 2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
- September 7, 2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- November 11, 2004 – The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
- November 27, 2004 – Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- December 26, 2004 – Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
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