8, April 2004, pp. 3 – 25.

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?

Satellite image of the Bosphorus, taken from the International Space Station in April 2004.

* Dedicating April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day ( 2004 )

* In April 2004, Beverly Hughes was forced to resign as minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Counter Terrorism when it was shown that she had been informed of procedural improprieties concerning the granting of visas to certain categories of workers from Eastern Europe.

The European Commission replied to the answers of the questionnaire sent to Croatia on April 20, 2004 with a positive opinion.

However, in October 2004, the Cuban government announced an end to this policy: from November US dollars would no longer be legal tender in Cuba, but would instead be exchanged for convertible pesos ( since April 2005 at the exchange rate of $ 1. 08 ) with a 10 % tax payable to the state on the exchange of US dollars cash — though not on other forms of exchange.

A United Nations plan sponsored by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was announced on 31 March 2004, based on what progress had been made during the talks in Switzerland and fleshed out by the UN, was put for the first time to civilians on both sides in separate referendums on 24 April 2004.

* Ogg, Jim ; June, 2004, Overview of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points ( GSSP's ) http :// www. stratigraphy. org / gssp. htm Accessed April 30, 2006.

The disease has also been shown to result from use of Human Growth Hormone obtained from the pituitary glands of persons who died from Creutzfeldt – Jakob Disease, though the known incidence of this cause is ( as of April 2004 ) quite small.

20th Century Fox and Legend Films released a colorized version of the film on DVD on April 20, 2004, a reference to its ironic appeal ( see 420 ( cannabis culture )).

In April 2004 legislative elections were held, completing the implementation of the new constitution.

The USASF hosted the first Cheerleading Worlds on April 24, 2004.

Muhtar Cem Karaca ( April 5, 1945-February 8, 2004 ), also called Cem Baba ( Daddy Cem or Father Cem ), was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement.

On March 15, 2004, Amiga, Inc. announced that on April 23, 2003 it had transferred its rights over past and future versions of the Amiga OS ( but not over other intellectual property ) to Itec, LLC, later acquired by KMOS, Inc., a Delaware company.

DOM Level 3, the current release of the DOM specification, published in April 2004, added support for XPath and keyboard event handling, as well as an interface for serializing documents as XML.

In April 2004, in cooperation with the American Society of Cinematographers, DCI created standard evaluation material ( the ASC / DCI StEM material ) for testing of 2K and 4K playback and compression technologies.

Hewlett-Packard purchased Compaq later that same year, continuing development of the existing product line until 2004, and promising to continue selling Alpha-based systems, largely to the existing customer base, until October 2006 ( later extended to April 2007 ).

As of April 2004, net international reserves stood at $ 1. 9 billion.

Satellite image of Estonia in April 2004

For instance, in the 55 Cancri system the first planet – 55 Cancri b – was discovered in 1996 ; two additional farther planets were simultaneously discovered in 2002 with the nearest to the star being named 55 Cancri c and the other 55 Cancri d ; a fourth planet was claimed ( its existence was later disputed ) in 2004 and named 55 Cancri e despite lying closer to the star than 55 Cancri b ; and the most recently discovered planet, in 2007, was named 55 Cancri f despite lying between 55 Cancri c and 55 Cancri d. As of April 2012 the highest letter in use is " j ", for the unconfirmed planet HD 10180 j ( HD 10180 h is the confirmed planet with the highest letter ).

At an extraordinary Congress in Brussels held on 30 April 2004 the day before the enlargement of the European Union, the ELDR Party incorporated itself under Belgian law and later became a European political party.

* EverQuest Hero's Call 2 ( Pocket PC, April 2004 )

New York City impresario Steve Sylvester and producer Sal Abbetiello launched Stevie Sly's Freestyle Party show at the Manhattan live music venue Coda on April 1, 2004.

On April 4, 2004, Colangelo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Richard John Colangelo ( April 14, 1957 – March 10, 2007 ), better known by the stage name of Richard Jeni, was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Combined Insurance was sold to ACE Limited in April 2008.

Between June 12, 1995 and April 4, 2001, the Indians sold out 455 consecutive home games, drawing a total of 19, 324, 248 fans to Jacobs Field.

By late April 2012, the remaining copies of the 2010 edition had sold out at Britannica's online store.

Beck spent roughly $ 15, 500 making his English version and sold the film to Universal Pictures International for roughly $ 200, 000 on April 29, 1963.

In April 2007, Verizon sold its shares to Telekom Slovenije which is the incumbent telecommunications operator in Slovenia and is quoted on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange.

On April 7, 1852, he sold his business and returned to Russia.

In April 2010, AOL sold ICQ to Digital Sky Technologies for $ 187. 5 million.

By the time the final single " Wasting Time " was released the album had sold 7 million albums, Devil Without A Cause was certified 11 times platinum by the RIAA on April 17, 2003.

NUON was created by VM Labs whose assets were sold to Genesis Microchip in April 2002.

The rest of the post-September 1950 cartoons by Famous Studios that were released prior to April 1, 1962 ( except some special releases ) were sold to Harvey Comics, along with all rights to Famous ' characters Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Herman and Katnip, et al., in 1958, which were retitled " Harveytoons " for television distribution after 1959 ( beginning with their exposure on Matty's Funday Funnies ).

Liberty Films was closed in April 1951 and the former film was sold to U. M .& M.

On April 1, 2006, Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home was sold to Arvin Starrett and E. Casey Rose ( who was managing the firm at the time ) and the name was changed to Starrett-Rose Funeral Home.

A custom signature amplifier was engineered by Lifeson and released in April 2005 with the stipulation that UNICEF will receive a donation in the amount of $ 50 for every Alex Lifeson Signature TriAmp sold.

In April 1191, a Frankish woman's three month old baby had been stolen from her camp and had been sold on the market.

As of April 2005, 3. 4 million Pico consoles and 11. 2 million software cartridges had been sold.

In April 1989, Rangers owner and oil tycoon Eddie Chiles, sold the team to an investment group headed by George W. Bush, son of the President of the United States, George H. W. Bush.

In 1903, Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel completed Germany's first fully functional submarine, Forelle which was sold to Russia during the Russo-Japanese War in April 1904.

This photograph sold at an auction in London in April 2002 for about $ 13, 000.

In April 2007, a dark brown leather sofa set, sold by Vanaik Furniture and Mattress Store in Toronto, Canada, was labelled as " Nigger-brown " color.

In order to advertise the plebiscite, special postage stamps were produced by overprinting German stamps and sold from 3 April.

In April 1920, the Government sold the site and its contents to the Slough Trading Co. Ltd. Repair of ex-army vehicles continued until 1925, when the Slough Trading Company Act was passed allowing the company ( renamed Slough Estates Ltd ) to establish an Industrial Estate.

In April 2009, the International Trade Commission closed a patent infringement case that will permit Chinese manufacturers to produce copycat versions of Splenda products which will be sold under different brand names.

Despite popularity of its ThinkPad set of laptop PC's, IBM finally relinquished its role as a PC manufacturer during April 2005, when it sold its consumer PC division to Lenovo for $ 1. 75 billion.

The book sold more than a quarter of a million copies between April and November 1971.

Originally sold by VA Software, SourceForge Enterprise Edition was acquired by CollabNet on April 24, 2007.