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 )

* 2004 – Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01: 12 UTC and ends at 02: 48 UTC.

It was first seen by scientists in images taken by the Cassini-Huygens probe on October 28, 2004 and announced on November 8 that year.

* 2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.

Mallinckrodt who also makes 5 mg, 10 mg and 40 mg generic tablets in addition to their branded generic Methadose received approval for their plain generic tablets on April 27, 2004.

Given that Toutatis makes many close approaches the Earth, such as in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012, it is listed as a potentially hazardous object.

Heaney's 2004 play The Burial at Thebes makes parallels between Creon with the foreign policies of the Bush administration.

In Ocean's Twelve ( 2004 ), he makes a cameo appearance as himself.

In 2004, Henry Gee, editor of the journal Nature, mentioned the Yeti as an example of a legend deserving further study, writing, " The discovery that Homo floresiensis survived until so very recently, in geological terms, makes it more likely that stories of other mythical, human-like creatures such as Yetis are founded on grains of truth ... Now, cryptozoology, the study of such fabulous creatures, can come in from the cold.

Tony Clifton still makes occasional appearances, most notably in the days leading up to May 16, 2004, the twentieth anniversary of Kaufman's death.

With a Gross Metropolitan Product of $ 13. 66 billion in 2004, Springfield's economy makes up 6. 7 % of the Gross State Product of Missouri.

Held ( 2004 ) argued that while positive psychology makes contributions to the field of psychology, that it is not without its faults.

In the massive multiple online role playing games " Mabinogi " ( 2004 ) and " LaTale " ( 2006 ), the Bandersnatch makes an appearance.

Most subsequent Tango advertisements have avoided showing violence, except for an ad in 2004 which was again banned because of violence, and the 1997 ' Vote Orange Now ' advert, where the orange clad man makes another appearance ( although probably played by another person ), slapping the main man in the advert several times just before the advert finishes.

Armstrong's time in 2004 ( 37m 36s ) makes him fifth fastest, highlighting how the 1990s had faster ascents than other eras.

In 2004, Jim Emerson wrote that Prince of Darkness was an undervalued horror film: " What makes me goose-pimply about Prince of Darkness is its goofy-but-ingenious central conceit and its truly Surrealistic imagery, some of which could have sprouted out of Buñuel and Dali's Un Chien Andalou.

According to Forbes (" The 400 Richest Americans of 2004 ") and other sources, Geffen has pledged to give whatever money he makes from now on to charity, although he has not specified which charities or the manner of his giving.

Released in summer 2004, it makes more extensive use of the cartridge's sunlight sensor and allows players to combine various new solar weapons.

In 2004, Rodale filed suit against Men's Fitness for its redesign which makes it " a copycat version -- one that is obviously intended to confuse consumers.

Australia's take on the show, Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, premiered on Network Ten in February 2005 but was cancelled after three episodes ; a Spanish version named El equipo G aired on Antena 3 for only a few weeks ; the German equivalent, RTL 2's Schwul macht cool (" Gay makes you cool ") was canceled after six episodes ; Queer, Cinq Experts dans le Vent was shown in France on TF1 for eight episodes in 2004 ; and Esquadrão G, a Portuguese version of the show, was cancelled in Portugal after the end of the first season.

Webb is one of the growing number of MPs to have a blog and a website, and in 2004 his website, which makes use of SMS technology, was commended in the New Statesman New Media Awards and, in February 2005, led him to win the inaugural Hansard Society E-Democracy Award.

* 2004 ( 13 January ): Spirit of Tasmania III makes its first voyage from Sydney to Devonport

Freire believed that " education makes sense because women and men learn that through learning they can make and remake themselves, because women and men are able to take responsibility for themselves as beings capable of knowing — of knowing that they know and knowing that they don't " ( Freire, 2004, p. 15 )

The 2002 – 03 and 2004 – 05 National Champion Mascot of the Year ( Capital One / ESPN ) has evolved into a " motorcycle-riding, break-dancing, back flipping, slam-dunking, movie-making, crowd-surfing, goal post smashing, prank-pulling superstar that makes the women of Montana swoon.

The song " Gay Messiah " on the 2004 album Want Two by Rufus Wainwright makes a reference to the popularity of Fire Island for gay and lesbian tourists, remarking that when the " gay messiah " comes, " He will fall from the star / of Studio 54 / and appear on the sand / of Fire Island's shore ".

Trunks also makes an appearance in the 2004 Fuji TV interactive feature Kyūtai Panic Adventure Returns !, where he and six other Dragon Ball characters delivers the Dragon Balls to restore the aqua city of Odaiba.

" Willie Nelson, who is credited on the 2004 album, also provides a verse which makes reference to his hit " On the Road Again ".