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 )

* 1943 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano ( d. 2004 )

Their retreat to the Dark Continent was not as it seemed, and in 2004 ( four years after the first anime series finished its run ), Prozen was revealed to be Zenebas ' son ... and the current ruler of the Republic his daughter under the alias Louise Elena Camford.

The highlight of Myskina's 2004 season was a victory at the French Open, where she saved match points in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova, then defeated former world number 1 players Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati, en route to a 6 – 1, 6 – 2 victory over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian Grand Slam final, thus making her the first female Russian to win a Grand Slam singles title.

In 2004, Paola hoped to obtain the French Open title that would become her first grand slam championship, but lost in the semi-finals against Elena Dementieva.

* Best Dressed Artist in a Video ( Elena Paparizou in " Alli Mia Fora ", 2004, nominated )

His other libretti include The Girl of Sand, also composed by Elena Langer and performed at the Almeida Opera Festival in 2004, and The Birds ( after Aristophanes ), composed by Edward Dudley Hughes and performed by I Fagiolini at the City of London Festival in 2005.

A study by UNICEF Mexico and the DIF / National System for Integral Family Development estimated that more than 16, 000 children in Mexico were involved in prostitution ( in June 2000 ); a 2004 study by researcher Elena Azaola estimated that some 17, 000 children under the age of 18 are victims of the sex trade in Mexico ; the State System of Integral Family Development ( DIF ) reported that more than 20, 000 minors were victims of child prostitution in Mexico in 2005, an increase since the year 2000.

Elena has played in 105 games for her National team ( which is Russia all-time record for men and women ), in which she scored over 1300 points representing her country at three Olympic Games ( 1992, 1996, 2004 ), two World championships ( 1998, 2002 ) and seven European Championships ( 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 ).

Elena Souliotis ( spelled Suliotis in the early part of her career ; ; 28 May 19434 December 2004 ) was an operatic soprano.

Elena Souliotis died of heart failure in 2004 in Florence, Italy, aged 61.

In 2006, MSC was levied a US $ 10 million fine, and placed on five years probation, after being found guilty in a " magic pipe " case involving MSC Elena in which more than 40 tons of sludge and oil-contaminated bilge waste was intentionally discharged over a five-month period in 2004.

On September 11, 2004 at DM Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany, Elena Reid fought her first title fight when she took on local favorite and German media darling Regina Halmich, for Halmich's WIBF Flyweight Title.

Russian musicologist Elena Dubinets, music research coordinator for the SSO, joined the ensemble in 2002 as artistic advisor, and has been largely responsible for transforming them from a local to an international institution, hosting international festivals such as Icebreaker I: Voices from New Russia ( 2004 ) and Icebreaker II: Baltic Voices ( 2004 ); the planned Icebreaker III ( 2006 ) will feature music from the countries of the Caucasus.

* An Order of the British Empire was stolen from its owner, educator Elena Nemirovskaya, in July 2004.

While the Brides usually remain nameless, they are called Marishka, Aleera, and Verona ( played by actresses Josie Maran, Elena Anaya and Silvia Colloca, respectively ) in the 2004 film Van Helsing.

* Born: Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player, in Moscow ; and Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver and Olympic gold medalist in 2004 and 2008 ; in Baoding, Hebei province