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* 2004 – A 9. 3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230, 000 people including over 1700 on a moving train.
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The debate continues unabated – e. g. S. Georg 2004, A. Vovin 2005, S. Georg 2005 ( anti-Altaic ); S. Starostin 2005, V. Blažek 2006, M. Robbeets 2007, A. Dybo and G. Starostin 2008 ( pro-Altaic ).
* 2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
* 2004 – U. S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
* 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
* 2004 – Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces ( b. 1902 )
* 2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
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* 2004 – Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9 / 11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
2004 ), haplogroup D ( 9 / 51 = 17. 6 %, particularly D4 ( xD1 )), haplogroup M7a ( 8 / 51 = 15. 7 %), and haplogroup G1 ( 8 / 51 = 15. 7 %).
For example, an array of 10 integer variables, with indices 0 through 9, may be stored as 10 words at memory addresses 2000, 2004, 2008, … 2036, so that the element with index i has the address 2000 + 4 × i.
Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record high of $ 476 billion in 2005, an increase of 4. 9 percent over 2004 ...
Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.
The 2003 All-Star Game had the same U. S. viewership as 2002 ( 9. 5 rating ; 17 share ) and the ratings declined in 2004 ( 8. 8 rating ; 15 share ) and 2005 ( 8. 1 rating ; 14 share ).
Caitlin Clarke ( May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004 ) was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998 – 1999 Broadway musical Titanic.
She returned to Pittsburgh to teach theater at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Rauh Conservatory as well as to perform in Pittsburgh theatre until her death on September 9, 2004.
Egypt ’ s main exports to the EU in 2004 were energy ( 39 %), textiles and clothing ( 15 %), agricultural products ( 9 %), and chemicals ( 5 %).
South Korea 15. 6 %, Russia 13. 1 %, Spain 12. 3 %, Ireland 9. 1 %, United States 7. 5 %, Ukraine 5. 6 %, Belgium 5. 2 % ( 2004 )
Côte d ' Ivoire 15. 5 %, France 9 %, Belgium 6. 1 %, the People's Republic of China 6 %, South Africa ( 2004 )
This overall downturn affected Holden's profits ; the company recorded a combined gain of A $ 842. 9 million between 2002 and 2004, and a combined loss of A $ 290 million between 2005 and 2006.
Space probes have been placed into orbit around all the five planets known to the ancients: first Mars ( Mariner 9, 1971 ), then Venus ( Venera 9, 1975 ; but landings on Venus and atmospheric probes were performed even earlier ), Jupiter ( Galileo, 1995 ), Saturn ( Cassini / Huygens, 2004 ), and most recently Mercury ( MESSENGER, March 2011 ), and have returned data about these bodies and their natural satellites.
The 2004 season, the tenth season of the Jaguars franchise, resulted in a winning record of 9 – 7 with road victories against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field and the Indianapolis Colts at the RCA Dome.
William Jan Berry ( born in Los Angeles, California April 3, 1941 ; died March 26, 2004 ), was the son of aeronautical engineer William L. Berry ( born December 7, 1909 in The Bronx, NY ; died December 19, 2004 in Camarillo, California ), who had been project manager of the " Spruce Goose " and flew on its only flight with Howard Hughes, and Clara Lorentze Mustad Berry ( born September 2, 1919 in Bergen, Norway ; died July 9, 2009 ).
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