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 )

Glamour Women of the Year 2001, 2001 SAIS-Novartis International Journalism Award from Johns Hopkins University, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the U. S. Congress, 2004, Honorary Doctorate from University of Antwerp ( Belgium ) for outstanding non-academic achievements, as well as many other awards.

In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

In 2004, Edwards received an Honorary Academy Award for cumulative achievements over the course of his film career.

* Honorary doctorate from Dankook University in Seoul ( South Korea, ( 2004 )

* Honorary doctorate from the University of Örebro ( 2004 )

Despite the lack of formal diplomatic relations, Bhutan has also maintained an Honorary Consul in Macau since 2000 and Hong Kong since 2004.

In 2004 she was made an Honorary Member of the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( UNIFEM ).

* Honorary Professor, Warwick University, Coventry ( R .- U. ), 1999 – 2004

* Honorary doctorate, Radboud University ( Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6 September 2004 )

In 2004 he was awarded an Honorary Degree ( Doctor of Letters ) from the University of Bath.

In 2004, he was both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California .< ref >

In 2004, Gillian Wearing received an Honorary Doctorate from the University for the Creative Arts ; in 2007, Henry Bond received a Doctorate from University of Gloucestershire ; in 2007, Tracey Emin received Honorary Doctorates from the Royal College of Art and London Metropolitan University ; in 2010, Fiona Banner received an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University.

He became an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society before leaving for the US in 2004.

* Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England ( 2004 )

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In 2004 Veneman was honored with an Honorary Membership with the U. S. State Department ’ s U. S .- Afghan Women ’ s Council and an Honorary Membership with Sigma Alpha Sorority, the national professional agriculture sorority.

* 2004 Bavarian Film Awards Honorary Award

2004 SHU appointed its first clinical medical Honorary Professors.

He held the chair of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University for the five-year term 1999 – 2004, and is an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford University.

In 2001 he was bestowed the title of " Honorary Conductor " of the Vienna Philharmonic and in 2004 the Munich Philharmonic awarded him the same title, as did the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2006.

* Honorary citizen of Glowno ( posthumously, 2004 )