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  2.1 : January
  2.2 : February
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  2.4 : April
  2.5 : May
  2.6 : Predicted and scheduled events
    2.6.1 : June
    2.6.2 : July
    2.6.3 : August
    2.6.4 : September
    2.6.5 : November
3 : Births
4 : Deaths
  4.1 : January
  4.2 : February
  4.3 : March

2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar), and is also:

International Year of Technology
''International Year of Rice
International Year of Education by Sports

Elections are to be held in 73 countries in 2004.

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Events

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January

January 1 - Joseph Deiss becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland
January 2 - Several British Airways flights from London Heathrow Airport to Washington D.C. and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are cancelled due to security fears.
January 3 - Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard.
January 3 - NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars.
January 3 - Tony Blair makes an unannounced trip to Basra, Iraq to give a speech to British troops.
January 4 - Dr. Mikhail Saakashvili won Presidential Elections in the Republic of Georgia.
January 5 - Britney Spears's marriage to childhood sweetheart Jason Allen Alexander is annulled by a Las Vegas court following a surprise 55-hour marriage.
January 6 - An inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales opens in London held by Michael Burgess, the coroner of The Queen's Household.
January 8 - Queen Elizabeth II officially names the Queen Mary 2 cruise liner.
January 13 - An Uzbekistan Airways plane crashes in Uzbekistan's capital of Tashkent, killing 37.
January 14 - The shock site Goatse.cx was placed on registry lock for violating the AUP
January 15- The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yoon Young-kwan resigns following his support for American policy towards North Korea.
January 20- India signs a $1.5 billion deal with Russia to buy the 45,000 tonne aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov along with 28 MiG-29k fighters.
January 22- The European Union bans the import of poultry from Thailand, as bird flu spreads throughout Southeast Asia
January 24 - NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) lands on Mars.
January 27- A House of Commons vote on University tuition top-up fees is narrowly won by the British Government. It is however the worst voting result for Tony Blair since he came to power in 1997.
January 28- The findings of the Hutton Inquiry are published in London. The British Government is found not to have falsified information in the "sexed up dossier". The report criticises the BBC's role in the death of David Kelly, a weapons expert on Iraq.
January 28- At a hearing of the Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, it is revealed that the September 11, 2001 terrorists used Mace (a brand of tear gas) or pepper spray in overpowering the flight crew of American Airlines Flight 11

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February

February 1 - Janet Jackson's right breast is exposed during the live Super Bowl XXXVIII half time show, sparking a controversy in the United States.
February 1 A hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia kills 251 pilgrims.
February 2 - An apartment building collapses in Konya, Turkey, killing 92.
February 3- The CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
February 6- A suicide bomber kills 41 people on a subway train in Moscow.
February 7- His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales begins a tour of the Middle East, visiting troops in Iraq, the Iranian earthquake zone at Bam and Saudi Arabia.
February 10 - At least 50 people killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.
February 10 - The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.
February 11 - Up to 47 people are killed in a car bomb attack on an army recruiting centre in Baghdad.
February 12 - Same sex marriage in the United States: The City and County of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples as an act of civil disobedience.
February 13 - Scientists in South Korea announce the cloning of 30 human embryos.
February 18 - A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser and sulphur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.
February 20 - Iranian parliament election was held, with many reformist candidates banned from running, resulting in a win by conservatives.
February 22 - A suicide bomber kills eight bus passengers in Jerusalem.
February 22 - Rebels capture Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Ha�tien.
February 24 - An earthquake in Morocco kills 571 people.
February 26- Former British cabinet minister, Clare Short reveals that British Intelligence bugged the phonecalls of United Nations officials, including Kofi Annan.
February 26 - The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
February 29 - 2004 Haiti Rebellion: Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti. The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president. Aristide later announces that his resignation was forced and that he was abducted by U.S. soldiers who forced him to leave the country against his will.

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March

March 2 - John Kerry effectively clinches the U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004 by winning 9 out of 10 "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses.
March 4 - a series of devastating bomb blasts in Iraq threaten to de-stabilise the country.
March 5 - CBS broadcasts tape recordings of Diana, Princess of Wales as she describes suicide attempts while pregnant with Prince William of Wales.
March 10 - Five British men released from detention at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay land at RAF Brize Norton. Four are immediately arrested by the Metropolitan Police and taken to Paddington Green high security police station in Central London for questioning.
March 11 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid kill 190 people.
March 12 - Following the terrorist attacks in Madrid on March 11, millions of protesters take to the streets of Spanish cities against terrorism.
March 14 - Two suicide bombers kill eleven Israeli civilians in Ashdod, Israel.
March 14 - The Spanish parliamentary elections of 2004 take place. The incumbent government led by Jose Maria Aznar is defeated by the Socialist Jos� Luis Rodr�guez Zapatero.
March 14 - Presidential elections in Russia are held. Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term.
March 15 - A trio of astronomers announce they have discovered a large trans-Neptunian object, unofficially named Sedna, the largest object found in the solar system since Pluto was discovered in 1930.
March 15 - The new Spanish government announces that it will withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq.
March 20 - President Chen Shui-bian wins the Taiwanese presidential election by less than 0.25% of the votes. The day before, he and Vice President Annette Lu were shot. Lien Chan refuses to concede and demands a recount.
March 20 - Thousands protest at the 1-year anniversary of the start of the War in Iraq.
March 22 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City, killing Yassin and 7 others.
March 28 - In France, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in the regional elections, leading to Raffarin's resignation on March 30.
March 29 - The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in restaurants, pubs and bars.
March 31- Four American contractors are killed and their bodies mutilated after being ambushed in Northern Iraq.

April

April 2 - A bomb found on the Madrid to Seville train line is defused by Spanish police.
April 3 - A bomb explosion in a Madrid flat kills five suspected terrorists responsible for the Madrid train bombings on March 11, and a Spanish policeman.
April 5 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II begins a state visit to France to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale
April 8 - Three Japanese citizens are taken hostage in Iraq.
April 16 - India defeats Pakistan in their historic first cricket tour in 14 years.
April 17 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vechiles in the Gaza Strip, killing the leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
April 20 - Tony Blair announces that the UK will hold a referendum on the European constitution.
April 21 - Mordechai Vanunu is released from prison in Israel after an 18 year term for treason.
April 21 - The American TV network, CBS broadcasts pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales as she lay dying moments after the fatal car crash that killed her.
April 22 - Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in the North Korean town of Ryongchon, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes.
April 22 - The last coal mine in France closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
April 24 - The christening of Lady Louise Windsor takes place at Windsor Castle.
April 25 - Referenda on a United Nations plan, which proposes to re-unite the island of Cyprus, take place in both the Greek and Turkish parts. Although the Turkish vote in favour, the Greeks reject the proposal.

May

May 1 - An enlargement of the European Union takes place, expanding the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
May 2 - After 3 weeks of captivity, American contractor Thomas Hamill escapes from his captors in Iraq with just a gunshot wound to the arm and makes it to US Military personnel.
May 5 - Parliament grounds in New Zealand host 15,000 people protesting about the proposed law that would change the ownership of foreshore and seabed.
May 6 - The president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, announces that Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze has left the country, ending a political crisis there.
May 6 - The final episode of Friends airs on NBC. Advertisers pay $2 million for 30 second ads.
May 9 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by landmine placed under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.
May 10 - Canadian bureaucrat, Chuck Guite, and GroupeAction president, Jean Brault, are arrested and charged with six counts each of fraud in connection with the Liberal Party sponsorship scandal.
May 10 - National election takes place in the Philippines for the presidency and almost all other elective positions.
May 11 - Explosion destroys a plastics factory in Glasgow, UK, killing nine people and injuring over a hundred.
May 12 - An American civilian contractor in Iraq, Nick Berg, is shown being decapitated by a group allegedly linked to al-Qaida on a web-distributed video. They state it is retaliation for the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
May 13 - In India, the Congress Party wins a surprise victory in the elections to the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament).
May 13-15 - The broadsheet edition of The Independent newspaper is phased out in favour of the tabloid version.
May 13 - The season finale for Frasier is aired.
May 14 - The editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper in the UK, Piers Morgan, is sacked after the British army proves photographs in the newspaper, allegedly showing British soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees, to be fake.
May 14 - Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark marries Australian Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen.
May 15 - FIFA announces that South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament, making it the first African nation to do so.
May 15 - Ruslana Lyzhichko, of Ukraine, wins the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, held in Turkey
May 15 - Smarty Jones wins the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, USA, claiming the second leg of the US Triple Crown
May 15 - Arsenal F.C. wins the English FA Premier League without losing a single game all season; the first club to do so since 1889.
May 17 - Ezzedine Salim, holder of the rotating leadership of the Iraqi Governing Council, is killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad.
May 17 - Massachusetts legalises same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court (Goodridge et al. v. Department of Public Health).
May 18 - The IOC announces the short list of candidates for the 2012 Summer Olympics: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris. Unsuccessful cities are Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig and Rio de Janeiro.
May 18 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel started.
May 18 - Jazz Drumming sensation, (Elvin Jones) dies of heart failure.
May 19 - Valencia C.F. beat Olympique de Marseille 2-0 in football's UEFA Cup final, held in G�teborg, Sweden.
May 19 - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is hit with a purple flour bomb during a session of Prime Minister's Questions, London, England.
May 19 - Jeremy Sivits pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a plea-bargain to avoid a tougher sentence, in a court-martial in connection with alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. He was sentenced to a maximum of one year in prison.
May 22 - The final of the English FA Cup in football takes place in Cardiff, Wales with Manchester United defeating Millwall 3-0.
May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel ended. Next time is expected to be held in 2007.
May 23 - A section of the ceiling in Terminal 2E at Paris's Charles de Gaulle International Airport collapses, claiming at least six lives.
May 23 - The writ is dropped for the 2004 Canadian election; it will be held on June 28.
May 23 - Jarno Trulli wins the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix.
May 24 - The French Open tennis tournament starts.
May 26 - The final of the Champions League in football takes place in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, with FC Porto defeating AS Monaco FC 3-0.

Predicted and scheduled events

May

May 23 - Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi visits North Korea.
May 23 - Grand opening of the re-built Seattle Public Library, downtown Central Library branch.
May 29 - Dedication of the United States National World War II Memorial takes place in Washington, DC.
May 29 - The results from the Copenhagen Consensus project are announced.
May 30 - The Indianapolis 500 takes place in Indianapolis.

June

June 1 - A United Nations peacekeeping mission starts in Haiti.
June 3 - U.S. President George W. Bush and Australian prime minister John Howard meet in Washington, DC to discuss issues related to terrorism and trade.
June 4 - The movie version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is scheduled to be released in many countries. It is scheduled for release as early as May 31 in a few countries.
June 5 - Belmont Stakes take place in Elmont, New York.
June 6 - The 60th Anniversary of D-Day (the initial attack made by the Allied countries of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada and others against the forces of Nazi Germany on the Normandy beaches of Northern France, starting the liberation of Europe, during World War II).
June 8 - The first transit of Venus since 1882; the next one will occur in 2012.
June 8 - June 10 - The G8 Summit takes place in Georgia, USA.
June 10 to June 13 - European Parliament election takes place throughout the European Union.
June 10 - Elections take place in the United Kingdom for the European parliament, the Greater London Assembly, Mayor of London, and English local councils.
June 12 - The EURO 2004 European football (soccer) championships start in Portugal.
June 13 - Elections for the Swedish representatives in the European Parliment
June 16 - The launch of Independence Air, a new airline, takes place at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC.
June 17 - June 20 - The U.S. Open golf tournament takes place on Long Island.
June 21 - July 4 - Wimbledon tennis tournament takes place in London.
June 28 - June 30 - The Space Elevator: 3rd Annual International Conference will be held in Washington, D.C.
June 28 - 2004 Canadian election.
June 30 - Control and sovereignty of Iraq is expected to be handed over from the United States to an interim Iraqi government.

July

July - The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn.
July 4 - Groundbreaking of Freedom Tower in New York City.
July 7 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm, in Canada, expires.
July 13 - The major league baseball All-Star Game takes place in Houston.
July 15 - July 18 - The Open Championship in golf, known in North America as the British Open, takes place in Scotland.
July 26 - The United States Democratic Party national convention convenes in Boston, Massachusetts.

August

August 13 - The 2004 Summer Olympics starts in Athens.
August 30 - The United States Republican Party national convention convenes in New York City. Massive protests are expected.
August 30 - The U.S. Open tennis tournament expected to kick off in New York City.

September

September 12 - The U.S. Open tennis tournament expected to conclude.
September 29 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within 4 lunar distances of Earth.

November

November - The Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center opens in Tacoma, Washington, USA and the Central City highway opens in Colorado.
November 2 - U.S. presidential election. Presidential candidates will be nominated during the party conventions held from May through September.

Births

January 21 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
May 14 - Apple Blythe Alison Martin, daughter of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

Deaths

For more deaths see: Deaths in 2004

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