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 )

* Update from Myanmar Dieter Hettler, Railway Gazette International November 2004.

( 2003 ), additional strandings have been reported in the Philippines ( 2004 ), Taiwan and Myanmar ( 2005 ), the Andaman Islands ( 2009 ), and Maui ( 2010 ).

In the spirit of tikkun olam, a Hebrew phrase referring to the moral responsibility to repair the world and alleviate suffering, the JDC has contributed funding and expertise in humanitarian crises such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Myanmar cyclone of 2008, the genocide in Darfur, the escalating violence in Georgia and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ).

Losses, both human and economic, continue to increase from natural disasters such as the tsunami of December 2004, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan and Sichuan earthquakes and Hurricane Nargis that hit Myanmar in 2008.

Thin represented Myanmar at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Burma competed as Myanmar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

de: Olympische Sommerspiele 2004 / Teilnehmer ( Myanmar )

nl: Myanmar op de Olympische Zomerspelen 2004

Official reports from the government of Myanmar ( Burma ) cite a death toll of 90 due to the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004.

On 16 February 2004, Anjaw district was carved out from the northern part of Lohit district bordering Tibet and Myanmar, with its headquarters at Hawai.

In July 2004, the Asian Tribune announced that the joint venture between shareholders of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific airline and the Myanmar Ministry of Transport would soon launch international flights.

On 28 July 2004 The Myanma Airways of the Ministry of Transport and its partners signed an agreement to launch the Air Myanmar Line, with an address by Minister for Transport Major General Hla Myint Swe.

In August 2004 the Myanmar Times said that the international service would be launched by the end of the year, with two routes.

The international Air Myanmar service was a failed project, starting in 2004 and ending in 2005.

Since 2004, there has been an increasing number of reports of the incidence of P. knowlesi among humans in various countries in South East Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Indonesia.

* Elizabeth Moore, Myanmar Historical Research Journal 2004.