Dominica previously maintained official relations with the Republic of China ( commonly known as " Taiwan ") instead of the People's Republic of China, but on 23 March 2004, a joint communique was signed in Beijing, paving the way for diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic.

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

Linkin Park also received significant recognition during the 2004 Radio Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year and Song of the Year (" Numb ") awards.

In recognition of its support for the War on Terrorism, in June 2004 U. S. President George W. Bush designated Morocco as a major non-NATO ally.

However, this changed with the establishment in 2004 of the Transitional Federal Government, an entity which currently enjoys international recognition and support.

Working with Swedish pilots flying in the JAS-39 Gripen cockpit, Englund ( 2004 ) found recognition deteriorated with increasing G-loads.

On July 14, 2004, the United States Postal Service issued a 23 cent Distinguished Americans series postage stamp in recognition of her accomplishments.

In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

Several of her early 2000s films, including 2001's Someone Like You and 2002's High Crimes, received only mixed reviews and moderate box office success ; although she did receive positive recognition, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, for her performance in the 2004 biography of Cole Porter, De-Lovely, opposite Kevin Kline.

In recognition of that fact, on November 30, 2004 President George W. Bush signed HR 1446, the " California Mission Preservation Act ", into law.

The first time this occurred was in 2004, in recognition of the extreme popularity of Metallica.

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.

Mann holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( PhD in Media Arts and Sciences ' 97 ) and McMaster University, where he was also inducted into the McMaster University Alumni Hall of Fame, Alumni Gallery, 2004, in recognition of his career as an inventor and teacher.

Franks, Dr. George R., Jr., Ph. D .-Past Grand Master of Masons in Arkansas ( 2004 ). He received the Scottish Rite 33rd Degree and many other forms of Masonic recognition.

He gained mainstream recognition and fame with the 2004 independent romantic comedy Sideways.

In recognition of his contributions to the arts, as well as his sustained support, he was installed as Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto in 2004.

In 2004 the Beckman pH meter was designated an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of its significance as the first commercially successful electronic pH meter.

In recognition of its combat achievements in Iraq, the United States Department of the Army, in 2004, awarded the Headquarters and Headquarters Company the Meritorious Unit Commendation ( Army ).

In recognition for his contribution to theatre and performing arts, Rea was given honorary degrees from both the Queen's University of Belfast and the University of Ulster in 2004.

Gradi was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2004 in recognition of his impact as a manager in the English game.

In 2004, South Africa announced formal recognition of the SADR, delayed for ten years despite unequivocal promises by Nelson Mandela as apartheid fell.

In 2004, Mississippi voters passed a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman and further banning recognition of same-sex marriages from other states and countries.

In 2004 the Freedom Party was involved in founding the English Lobby, a pressure group and electoral coalition which campaigns for the recognition of St George's Day and the creation of an English Parliament.

He made international headlines in 2004 when, as Chairman of CARICOM, he led the regional organization in the decision to refuse recognition of the Gérard Latortue government in Haiti following the removal of the democratically elected Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office.

During an audience interview at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 April 2004, series author J. K. Rowling had this to say about the fictional Killing Curse's etymology: " Does anyone know where avada kedavra came from?

* Played by his grandson Richard Attlee, in the TV series Dunkirk in 2004, and in Jerome Vincent ’ s ' Stuffing Their Mouths with Gold '; the story of how the National Health Service came to be.

Charles was a contestant in the Celebrity Poker Club tournament ( 2004 ) on Challenge, where he reached the semi-finals, and in the Channel 4 reality game show, The Games ( 2005 ), which documented the contestants ' intensive training regime and each live Olympic Games-style sporting event, in which he came fourth overall in the men's competition.

The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004 came in to force on 8 October and give effect to The European Company Statute Regulation, ( Council Regulation EC no. 2157 / 2001 ) which gives the framework for a new form of company, the European Public Limited-Liability Company or Societas Europaea ( SE ).

The European Public Limited-Liability Company ( Fees ) Regulations 2004 also came into force on 8 October 2004.

Amended financial assistance provisions came on-line in FY 2004.

Windows XP SP1 was released in September 2002, SP2 came out in August 2004 and SP3 came out in April 2008.

In December 2004, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld came under criticism from U. S. soldiers and their families for not providing better-equipped HMMWVs.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and more recently, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union, the main waves of migration came from the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe ( especially Romania, Albania, Ukraine and Poland ).

" 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 ).

Vindication later came when President Bush campaigned at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on June 18, 2004.

On 15 May the CDS-Rahama, the party without which the MNSD could not have formed governments in 1999, 2004, and 2007, came out opposing the referendum, and calling the constitution unalterable.

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.

Between 1977 and 1994 the country came under UNP rule and between 1994 and 2004 under SLFP rule.

Goldman's Knowledge in a Social World came out in 1999 ; he is currently editor of the journal Episteme: a journal of social epistemology, which was founded in 2004.

In the 2003 and 2004 seasons, a hawk named Faith would fly around the stadium just before the team came out of the tunnel.

In 2004, Matthew Bourne came to Burton with the idea to turn the story of Edward into a ballet.

Most of the visitors in 2004 — 27 % — came from China, with 8 to 9 % coming from the United States, Japan, and South Korea, respectively.

Attention to crunching came to something of a head in 2004 when a blog entry titled " ea_spouse ", a manifesto of sorts, was published.

X11R6. 8 came out in September 2004.

It is not known when Yiddish came to be written down, but the oldest surviving literary document in Yiddish is a blessing in the Worms mahzor, a Hebrew prayer book from 1272 ( with a scalable image online at the indicated reference ; described extensively in Frakes, 2004 and Baumgarten / Frakes, 2005 ):