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.

* 1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1912 – Walt Gorney, American actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1923 – Ann Miller, American actor and dancer ( d. 2004 )

* 1952 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – U. S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

* 1909 – Juliana of the Netherlands ( d. 2004 )

* 1923 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna ( d. 2004 )

* 1923 – Jess Collins, American artist ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.

* 2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

* 2004 – Paul Atkinson, British guitarist ( The Zombies ) ( b. 1946 )

* 2004 – Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces ( b. 1902 )

* 2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager ( b. 1952 )

* 2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress ( b. 1946 )

* 2004 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter ( b. 1927 )

* 2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.

* 1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

* 1905 – Franz König, Austrian cardinal ( d. 2004 )

* 1926 – Anthony Sampson, English journalist ( d. 2004 )

* 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer ( b. 1908 )

* 2004 – Bob Murphy, American sportscaster ( b. 1924 )

The publishing rights to the Amber DRPG games were acquired in 2004 by Guardians of Order, who took over sales of the game and announced their intention to release a new edition of the game.

* 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

In 2004, a new head coach, Jim L. Mora, was hired and Michael Vick returned for the full season.

The 2004 season set a new record with over burned.

Bulletins on BBC One moved into a new set in January 2003 although retained the previous ivory Lambie-Nairn titles until February 2004.

The removal of beef from the recipe in 2004 was not without criticism, with many complaining that the new variant did not taste the same and had a different mouth feel.

In 2004, a controversial new traffic law was introduced, which provides for drastic safety measures for drunken or dangerous driving: it reduced the blood alcohol limit to 0 ‰ of alcohol in blood.

In 2004 a new report published in the Lancet medical journal showed that vCJD can be transmitted by blood transfusions.

In April 2004 legislative elections were held, completing the implementation of the new constitution.

In 2004, a new tiger stripe pattern and more accents were added to the uniforms.

Later series of new Conan material include the Bantam editions ( 1978 – 1982 ), Ace Maroto editions ( 1978 – 1981 ), and Tor editions ( 1982 – 2004 ).

Although the counter-demonstration attracted half a million participants, the movement for change started in 2000 was influential on King Mohammed VI, and he enacted a new Mudawana, or family law, in early 2004, meeting some of the demands of women's rights activists.

In July 2004, Tulip announced a new series of products using the Commodore name: fPET, a flash memory-based USB Flash drive ; mPET, a flash-based MP3 Player and digital recorder ; eVIC, a 20 GB music player.

In 2004, ESPN released a made-for-TV movie entitled 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story which used a new ( but similarly colored ) No. 3 logo.

The franchise again received popular attention in 2004 with the release of Doom 3, a retelling of the original game using new technology, and an associated 2005 Doom motion picture.

Several recent Tao Te Ching translations ( e. g., Lau 1989, Henricks 1989, Mair 1990, Henricks 2000, Allan and Williams 2000, and Roberts 2004 ) utilize these two versions, sometimes with the verses reordered to synthesize the new finds.

In late 2004, he released the EP Merry F #%$ in ' Christmas, which included a mix of new music, previously unreleased recordings, and some tracks from Lock ' n Load.

Its status as an official geological period was ratified in 2004 by the International Union of Geological Sciences ( IUGS ), making it the first new geological period declared in 120 years.

In December 2004, Gutiérrez unconstitutionally dissolved and appointed new judges to the Supreme Court.

A bare majority of Congress, acting in a special session called by former President Lucio Gutiérrez in December, 2004, ousted 27 of the 31 justices and replaced them with new members chosen by Congress, notwithstanding the lack of any provisions permitting impeachment of Supreme Court justices by Congress and the specific provisions giving the Court the power to select new members.

Following the elections in 2004, the former MEPs of the group took MEPs from the new member countries on board and together, they registered the new group Independence and Democracy ( IND / DEM ).

The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 came in to force on 8 October and give effect to The European Company Statute Regulation, ( Council Regulation EC no. 2157 / 2001 ) which gives the framework for a new form of company, the European Public Limited-Liability Company or Societas Europaea ( SE ).