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 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

It has been used in many nonviolent resistance movements in India ( Gandhi's campaigns for independence from the British Empire ), in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution and in East Germany to oust their communist governments, in South Africa in the fight against apartheid, in the American Civil Rights Movement, in the Singing Revolution to bring independence to the Baltic countries from the Soviet Union, recently with the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia and the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, among other various movements worldwide.

Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press, 2004.

In 2004, in a TV show, Fortuyn was chosen as De Grootste Nederlander (" Greatest Dutchman of all-time "), followed closely by William of Orange, the leader of the independence war that established the precursor to the present-day Netherlands.

In March 2004, the mergers made by France Telecom between its mobile phone subsidiary Orange, bought at full price during the dot-com bubble, and its internet provider subsidiary Wanadoo which was renamed Orange led to a controversy.

* Oryx and Crake ( 2003, finalist for the 2003 Booker Prize and the 2003 Governor General's Award and shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction.

* Orange was the rallying colour of the 2004 – 2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine.

In 2004 Orange withdraws from Denmark: the operator Orange A / S ( formerly Mobilix, established in 1997 ) is sold to the Finno-Swedish operator TeliaSonera for 600 million Euros, paid in cash

Before the approval by voters of a 2004 charter amendment, the position of Mayor was called " Orange County Chairman ", which became an elected position in 1990.

In 2004 Monsanto was sued in a US court by a group of Vietnamese, along with Dow and other chemical companies for the effects of its Agent Orange defoliant, used by the US military in the Vietnam War.

In 2004, MTV created a reality television show titled Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which aired on MTV for three seasons.

In both 2007 and 2004, The LCMS National Youth Gatherings were held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

In 2004, she was a judge for the Whitbread Prize ( now the Costa ), and in 2005, was a judge for the Orange Prize.

* Walking with the Beggar Boys-Low Transit Industries / Orange Twin ( 2004 )

In 2003, Social Distortion recorded a live DVD called Live in Orange County at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California which was released in 2004 along with Sex, Love and Rock ' n ' Roll, both of which were released on Time Bomb Recordings.

* Live In Orange County ( 2004 )

* Orange, Vincent 2004.

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.

* Tango Strange Soda Odd Orange ( 2002 – 2004 )

Connex, the ancestor of Vodafone Romania, held the largest number of subscribers, except the year 2000, until September 2004, when Orange edged ahead.

In Orange County, Florida in 2004 while the 3-1-1 system was being piloted three hurricanes struck Central Florida.