* 1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic ( d. 2004 )

Rabbi Steinsaltz accepted the position as Nasi ( President ) of the 2004 attempt to revive the Sanhedrin.

This version of the script logo has been on the front of the away jerseys since 2001 and the home ones since 2004. The Orioles began the 2008 season in a rebuilding mode under President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail.

After his death, the Looney Tunes cartoon Daffy Duck for President, based on the book that Jones had written and using Jones ' style for the characters, originally scheduled to be released in 2000, was released in 2004 as part of disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 DVD set.

Dick Brass, a Vice President at Microsoft from 1997 to 2004, complained that the company was slow in moving ClearType to market in the portable computing field.

In 2004 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in recognition of her distinguished service to the country.

A bare majority of Congress, acting in a special session called by former President Lucio Gutiérrez in December, 2004, ousted 27 of the 31 justices and replaced them with new members chosen by Congress, notwithstanding the lack of any provisions permitting impeachment of Supreme Court justices by Congress and the specific provisions giving the Court the power to select new members.

Following the 2004 Summer Olympics, President Romano Prodi pointed out that the combined medal total of the European Union was far greater than that of any other country and called for EU athletes to fly the European flag at the following games alongside their own as a sign of solidarity ( which did not happen ).

* 2004 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.

* 1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 2004, Fine Gael supported the re-election of President Mary McAleese.

This was followed by a visit to the White House by President Bongo in May 2004.

His final film to date was Welcome to Mooseport ( 2004 ), a comedy with Ray Romano, in which Hackman portrayed a former President of the United States.

In 2004 during the Democratic Primaries, Senator John Kerry, the eventual Democratic Nominee for President, visited George Mason University and gave a speech on the floor of the Johnson Center.

Immediately after 21 April 2004 these troops were withdrawn by President Ricardo Maduro in the wake of a similar decision by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

President of Afghanistan | Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaking before United States Congress | U. S. Congress in June 2004

In the March 2004 elections, PASOK was defeated by New Democracy, led by Kostas Karamanlis, the nephew of the former President.

Relations between Indonesia and the U. S. are positive and have advanced since the election of President Yudhoyono in October 2004.

He was President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004, and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998.

* 2004 – President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.

* 2004 – Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A. P. J.

* Chen, Zhiduan and Li, Jianhua ( 2004 ).

Vanuatu briefly recognized the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) in late 2004 when on 3 November Prime Minister Serge Vohor signed a communiqué in Taipei with ROC Foreign Minister Mark Chen.

In 2004, President Chen was re-elected to a second four year term after an assassination attempt which occurred the day before the election.

During the legislative elections held on 8 December 2004, the Kuomintang-PFP dominated Pan-Blue alliance gained a slim majority in the elections which resulted into President Chen resigning as DPP chairman.

After the October 10, 2004 speech by President Chen, polls showed as little as 5 % support for reunification, with 60 % support for maintaining the status quo and 65 % opposition to the founding of a Republic of Taiwan in 2008 ( the projected date for completion of the 2006 constitutional reforms proposed by President Chen in his speech ).

In an interview with Time Asia bureau prior to the 2004 presidential elections, Chen used the model of Germany and the European Union as examples of how countries may come together, and the Soviet Union as illustrating how a country may fragment.

He and director Chen Shi-zheng have collaborated on three pieces of musical theatre ; Orphan of Zhao ( 2003 ), Peach Blossom Fan ( 2004 ), and My Life as a Fairy Tale ( 2005 ) Select tracks from these works have been released on Nonesuch Records under the title Showtunes.

To avoid a repeat of this effect, which led to the election of Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian to the presidency in 2000 by a low share of votes, Chairman Soong ran as vice-president on KMT Chairman Lien Chan's presidential ticket in the 2004 presidential election.

In the 2004 presidential election, he ran as vice president on the ticket of KMT chairman Lien Chan ; they narrowly lost to Chen Shui-bian.

Though both men garnered a combined 60 % of the vote in 2000 ( compared to Chen's 39 %) they lost to Chen in 2004 by a mere 0. 22 % of the vote and never conceded.

After the re-election of Chen Shui-bian in 2004, Hu's government changed tactics.

His solid victory, especially in light of opposition from both President Chen and former President and KMT Chairman Lee Teng-hui, led many to speculate about his chances as the KMT candidate for the 2004 presidential elections, although nothing came of it.

Ma again dissuaded angry Pan-Blue supporters from protesting, following the very close re-election victory of President Chen in 2004 after the 3-19 shooting incident.

* Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army — General Chen Bingde ( since September 2004 )

In his May 20, 2004 inaugural address, Chen called for a " Constitutional Reform Committee " to be formed by " members of the ruling party and the opposition parties, as well as legal experts, academic scholars and representatives from all fields and spanning all social classes " to decide on the proper reforms.

* Tor yingjiangensis, Chen & Yang, 2004

) Lee represented President Chen again in the 2003 and 2004 APEC summits in Thailand and Chile, respectively.

In January 2004, he and industrial tycoon Wang Yung-ching and theatre director Lin Hwai-min issued a joint statement asking both Chen Shui-bian and Lien Chan to " drop hatred and extreme behavior and resort to honesty.

" This, and other critical statements of the President, led to speculation that he would not back Chen again in the 2004 elections until he issued a statement of support for the DPP on March 17, 3 days before polls opened.

Chen Shui-bian was re-elected by a narrow 0. 2 % of the vote the 2004 presidential election over Kuomintang Chairman Lien, who had PFP Chairman Soong as his running mate.

During the legislative elections held on 8 December 2004, the Kuomintang-PFP dominated Pan-Blue alliance gained a slim majority in the elections which resulted into President Chen resigning as DPP chairman.

Following the election, PRC analysts reached the conclusion that the PRC statements had actually been counterproductive and helped Chen to win ; consequently, the PRC avoided making such an open attempt to influence the 2004 elections.

On March 19, 2004, last day of election campaign, President Chen Shui-bian and Vice-President Annette Lu were both shot while campaigning in Tainan.