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 )

Harold Evans used the memoir as a source for a chapter about Kildall in the 2004 book They Made America, concluding that Microsoft had robbed Kildall of his inventions.

* Evans, Harold ; Gail Buckland ; David Lefer ( 2004 ).

The current president of the government elected by the Congress is Harold Martin, from the loyalist ( i. e. anti-independence ) " Future Together " party ( l ' Avenir Ensemble ), which toppled the long-time ruling Rally for Caledonia in the Republic ( RPCR ) in May 2004.

Jewish variations of process theology are also presented in Harold Kushner's When Bad Things Happen to Good People ( New York: Anchor Books, 2004, ISBN 1-4000-3472-8 ) and Sandra B. Lubarsky and David Ray Griffin, eds., Jewish Theology and Process Thought ( Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995, ISBN 0-7914-2810-9 ).

* January 14 – Harold Shipman, British serial killer ( d. 2004 )

* October 3 – Harold Henning, South African golfer ( d. 2004 )

In 1969, under the leadership of publisher Harold Grumhaus and editor Clayton Kirkpatrick ( 1915 – 2004 ), the Tribunes past conservative partisanship became history.

* Howard Keel, ( born Harold, 1917 or 1919 – 2004 ), singer and actor

Dr Harold Fredrick Shipman ( 14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004 ) was an English doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history by proven murders with 250 + murders being positively ascribed to him.

In a programme screened by the BBC in early 2004, paying tribute to the series, it was revealed that Jay and Lynn had drawn on information provided by two insiders from the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, namely Marcia Williams and Bernard Donoughue.

Sidcup is mentioned in two famous plays and their film adaptations, Noël Coward's Relative Values and Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, and it was the location of the 2004 Dasani scandal.

Harold Clifford Keel ( April 13, 1919November 7, 2004 ), known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer.

In 2004, his granddaughter Suzanne produced a book of selections from his photographs, Harold Lloyd's Hollywood Nudes in 3D!

Jack Harold Paar ( May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004 ) was an American author, radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962.

* 2004 – The Dumb Waiter and Other Pieces by Harold Pinter, directed by Douglas Hodge ( in his directorial debut ) and starring Toby Jones as Gus and Jason Watkins as Ben, at The Oxford Playhouse, in Oxford, from 17 to 28 February 2004.

* On November 17, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced “ charges concerning undisclosed market timing against Harold J. Baxter and Gary L. Pilgrim in the Commissions ’ pending action in federal district court in Philadelphia .” Based on these charges, Baxter and Pilgrim agreed to “ pay $ 80 million – $ 60 million in disgorgement and $ 20 million in civil penalties .”

In 2004, Carroll was elected to the Kentucky Senate from District 7, defeating Harold Fletcher – the older brother of then-governor Ernie Fletcher – by a wide margin.

Fred Harold Hale, Sr. ( December 1, 1890 – November 19, 2004 ) was an American supercentenarian and one of the 90 oldest verified people ever.

He remains one of the youngest governors elected to date in U. S. history, along with Harold Stassen in Minnesota ( 1938 ), Bill Clinton in Arkansas ( 1978 ), Christopher " Kit " Bond and Matt Blunt in Missouri ( 1972 ) and ( 2004 ), respectively, and Bobby Jindal in Louisiana ( 2007 ).

), The Harold Nicolson Diaries 1907 – 1963, ( Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 ), ISBN 0-297-84764-3

# 2004 – 2009 Harold Hongju Koh

* Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of the law school ( 2004 – 2009 ) and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Clinton administration ( 1998 – 2001 ).

* Harold Legg-Doctor in the British soap opera EastEnders from 1985 – 1997, making guest appearances in 2000 and 2004.