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 ).

* 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 )

Rolandas Paksas (; born 10 June 1956 ) is a Lithuanian politician who was President of Lithuania from 2003 to 2004.

Following the impeachment of President Rolandas Paksas on 6 April 2004, Paulauskas served as acting President of Lithuania until early elections were held and a new President, Valdas Adamkus, was sworn on 12 July 2004.

* Valentinas Mazuronis – for the period of Rolandas Paksas ' presidency ( 2003 – 2004 )

* Rolandas Paksas – ( 2004 – present )

:* President: 1993 ( Algirdas Brazauskas ), 1997 ( Valdas Adamkus ), 2002 ( Rolandas Paksas-impeached 2004 ), 2004 ( Valdas Adamkus ), 2009 ( Dalia Grybauskaitė )

Paksas was later impeached and removed from office by a parliamentary vote on April 6, 2004.

He returned to politics as surprisingly as he had left, after the presidential scandal of 2003 / 2004, when his former rival Paksas was impeached and removed from office.

* 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

* 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.

* 2004 – SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

* 2004 – Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.

* 2004 – Massachusetts becomes the first U. S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

* 2008 – California becomes the second U. S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

* 2004 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.

* January 5, 2004 Wonders of Life becomes seasonal

* 2004 – The Cassini – Huygens spacecraft becomes the first to orbit Saturn.

In 2004 the original Skyway car was replaced by a new car with a liquid crystal panel floor, which abruptly becomes transparent while the car travels.

In the 2004 film National Treasure, a treasure map becomes the source of the quest itself.

* 2004: Stephen Elop becomes Chief Operating Officer.

Some people, such as the following authors, have inferred, insinuated, or suggested that entering a state of perpetual war becomes progressively easier in a modern democratic republic, such as the United States, due to the development of a relationship network between people who wield political and economic power also owning capital in companies that financially profit from war, lobby for war, and influence public opinion of war through influence of Mass media outlets that control the presentation for the causes of war, the effects of war, and the Censorship of war: ( 1 ) " The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group " ( 2004 )" by Dan Briody ; ( 2 ) " The Pentagon Labyrinth: 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It " ( 2011 ) an anthology by nine authors who are Pierre M. Sprey, George Wilson, Franklin C. Spinney, Bruce I. Gudmundsson, Col. G. I. Wilson, Col. Chet Richards, Andrew Cockburn, Thomas Christie, and Winslow T. Wheeler ; ( 3 ) " Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex " ( 2010 ), by William D. Hartung ; ( 4 ) " Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda ( 2002 ), by Noam Chomsky ; and ( 5 ) " Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media " ( 2002 ), by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.

at: 2004 shift :( 15, 0 ) text: Space Ship One becomes first privately built space vehicle

* 8 November 2004: DHL Express invests € 120 million in Indian domestic courier Blue Dart and becomes the majority shareholder in the company.

** FSFE becomes WIPO observer, November 2004

** New Forest National Park becomes a reality ( DEFRA press release, 24 February 2004 )

2004 – University of Toronto becomes a full member, Saint Mary's University becomes an associate member, Seaborg Award to Don Fleming for pioneering work in muonium, charge radius of < sup > 11 </ sup > Li measured, T2K collaboration with J-PARC begins, Synergy Award for collaboration between TRIUMF and Nordion

Michel Ducros becomes chairman and CEO of Fauchon in January 2004 and invites to participate in the capital of Fauchon on the one hand, the company Universal Capital Partners, owned and managed by Pierre Besnainou, founder of the web access company Liberty Surf and President of the European Jewish Congress in 2005 and on the other hand the Swiss group Gonset Holding S. A.

# Witches ' Kitchen ( 2004 ) -- Fifteen years after killing Erik Blódøx ( English, Bloodaxe ), Norse King of Jórvík, the renegade Corban Loosestrife is living thinly but idyllically with his family on the coast of Vinland, until warfare among the local tribes and trouble from back home force him to return to Denmark, where he again becomes embroiled in politics.

: The SCO Group becomes the target of the Mydoom computer worm, which was programmed to launch a denial of service attack on the company's website beginning on February 1, 2004.

* 2004: Boisemont becomes the 12th commune of Cergy-Pontoise.

** March 2004: becomes the first non-commercial station in the United States to be a monitored reporter when they join the Billboard Magazine Dance Radio Airplay panel.