On 20 September 2003, in a nationwide referendum, the Latvians voted to join the European Union and Latvia's EU membership took effect on 1 May 2004.

According to the data of the China Bicycle Association, a government-chartered industry group, in 2004 China's manufacturers sold 7. 5 million electric bicycles nationwide, which was almost twice 2003 sales ; domestic sales reached 10 million in 2005, and 16 to 18 million in 2006.

In the 2004 elections to the European Parliament, the PDS won 6. 1 % of the vote nationwide, its highest total at that time in a federal election.

Saudi Arabia banned the sale of camera phones nationwide in April 2004, but reversed the ban in December 2004.

Based on how closely the county came to matching the nationwide swing for or against the winning Presidential candidate, Defiance deviated the least from 1980 to 2004.

Then, on September 22, 2004, " Naniwa Iroha Bushi " was released nationwide and re-debuted on the Oricon weekly singles charts at the No. 1 spot, becoming the first enka single to reach the No. 1 in seventeen years since Yujiro Ishihara's 1987 single " Kita no Tabibito " according to Oricon.

In 2004 49 babies were abandoned nationwide with slightly more boys than girls being abandoned.

Their case was taken up by a television consumer affairs show Fair Go, which broadcast the story nationwide on TV ONE in October 2004.

GlaxoSmithKline claims of prompt action and being unaware of the issue appear to be in conflict with the claim of the two high school students to have contacted Ribena manufacturers with their concerns in 2004, and a television broadcast of the story nationwide on TV ONE in October 2004.

The American Library Association says media reports it has compiled in 2004 showed some $ 162 million in funding cuts to libraries nationwide.

For example, Mohler-Kuo, Dowdall, Koss & Weschler ( 2004 ) found in a study of approximately 25, 000 college women nationwide that 4. 7 % experienced rape or attempted rape during a single academic year.

Comair came to nationwide attention in the United States during Christmas 2004 when it canceled all of its 1, 160 flights for Saturday December 25 and Sunday December 26, stranding 30, 000 people, many of them never reaching their destination for the holidays.

In 2004 the BBC conducted a nationwide poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ".

Blockbuster separated from Viacom in 2004 and launched Game Pass nationwide.

At the end of 2004, more than 70, 000 Internet cafés were closed in a nationwide campaign.

During the nationwide round of Heisei-era mergers, the was formed in August 2004 by the area's residents to consider the merger of the three municipalities.

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives the party-list got 464, 586 votes ( 3. 6518 % of the nationwide vote and one seat ; Liza Maza ) In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 2 seats in the nationwide party-list vote.

In 2004, 98. 5 % of the 16, 100 nursing facilities nationwide were certified to participate in Medicare, Medicaid, or both.

In the November 2004 presidential election, Cobb placed sixth in the popular vote total nationwide, earning over 118, 000 votes ( 0. 096 percent ), but received no electoral votes.

Approximately 1. 9 million voters nationwide cast provisional ballots in the 2004 election.

During much of 2004, Edwards joined her husband and United States Democratic Presidential nominee Senator John Kerry on the nationwide campaign trail.

Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

In 2004, he was voted the greatest British prime minister of the 20th century in a poll of 139 academics organised by MORI.

In a poll of Lebanese adults taken in 2004, 6 % of respondents gave unqualified support to the statement " Hezbollah should be disarmed ".

" In 2010, " Alone Again Or " came in at No. 442 in a poll of the 500 greatest songs of all time conducted by Rolling Stone magazine ( it was No. 436 in the 2004 poll ).

In a poll of cricket journalists, commentators, and players in 2004, the bodyline tour was ranked the most important event in cricket history.

In 2004, following an opinion poll, a move was mooted by the London Assembly to align the Greater London boundary with the M25.

A poll of non-English speakers by the British Council in 2004 found that " oi " was considered the 61st most beautiful word in the English language.

In 2004, the series came tenth in a 2004 BBC poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ".

In 2004, One Foot in the Grave came tenth in a BBC poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom " with 31, 410 votes.

In a 2004 poll in the United Kingdom, Marge was named the " most respected mother " by respondents.

Still in 2004, Marge was ranked third in a poll conducted by the Opinion Research Company.

The British public voted it the 13th greatest album of all time in a 2004 Channel 4 poll.

Pinker was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential scientists and thinkers in the world in 2004 and one of Prospect and Foreign Policys 100 top public intellectuals in both years the poll was carried out, 2005 and 2008 ; in 2010 and 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers.

The WE Youth Political Organization, which advocates Russian citizenship for Sevastopol residents, published a poll in 2004 claiming " 72 % of the Sevastopol citizens support the idea of the independent status of Crimea.

An independent opinion poll conducted by United Daily News shortly after in November 2004 indicated that the support for the status quo was 36 %, 21 % are in favor of immediate independence, only 6 % supported the idea of rapid reunification with China.

US Ambassador James Foley admitted in a confidential March 22, 2005, cable that an August 2004 poll " showed that Aristide was still the only figure in Haiti with a favorability rating above 50 %.

In 2004, a poll of actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Ian McKellen, Donald Sinden, Janet Suzman, Ian Richardson, Antony Sher and Corin Redgrave, acclaimed his Lear as the greatest Shakespearean performance ever.

The show came 14th in a high-profile 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom, and was praised for portraying older people in a non-stereotypical, positive, and active manner.

In 2004, after conducting a poll, Louisville's Courier-Journal newspaper listed Manual as one of Louisville residents ' ten favorite buildings.

Both shows placed in the top ten of the 2004 poll to determine Britain's Best Sitcom ; Porridge finished seventh and Open All Hours eighth.

The poll attracts over half a million votes every year ( increasing constantly from 500, 000 in 2004 to 1. 26 million in 2011 ).

In 2004, Adams was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his impact on the English game, and in 2008 he was placed third in the 50 Greatest Gunners poll on the club's website.