* 2004 – U. S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

Styx continued to have multiplatinum albums with their 1981 release Paradise Theater ( a concept album about a decaying theater in Chicago which became a metaphor for childhood and American culture ) and 1983's Kilroy Was Here ( a science fiction rock opera about a future where moralists imprison rockers ).

In September 2011, a new album called " My Heart " was released by Sony in the UK ; the American release came out in December 2011 distributed through City Hall Records.

American media mogul Ted Turner bought the rights to the Doraemon anime series in the mid-1980s for an English-language release, but canceled it without explanation before any episodes were aired.

: In the 1970s, the production was re-edited again for its first American theatrical release, on double bills with both Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Treasure Island.

In the case of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the American versions were released first, followed by the Japanese versions and then the European versions, with each regional release offering new content not found in the previous one.

American Pies success made McLean an international star and piqued interest in his first album, which charted more than two years after its initial release.

" American Pie " reached number one on the U. S. Billboard magazine charts for four weeks in 1972, and remains McLean's most successful single release.

A North American ( Region 1 ) release of the Video Collection DVD was announced on several occasions during 2000 – 2001, but it did not occur ; the reason for which has never been officially stated.

In January 2012, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, with the Association for Cultural Equity, announced that they would release Lomax's vast archive of 1946 and later recording in digital form.

With the release of 1958's Hercules, starring American bodybuilder Steve Reeves, the Italian film industry gained entree to the American film market.

* 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.

Upon its North American limited release on 11 March 1994, Four Weddings and a Funeral opened with $ 138, 486 in 5 theatres.

Written by Robert Riskin, it is one of the first of the " screwball comedies ", and with its release during the period of the Great Depression, critics considered it an escapist story and a variation of the " American Dream ".

The American version was released on VHS by GoodTimes Entertainment ( which acquired the license of some of Universal's film catalogue ) in 1987, and then on DVD to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the film's U. S release in 1998.

The film was given a North American theatrical release in March 1978 by Bob Conn Enterprises under the title The Terror of Godzilla.

The 1994 Paramount release of Terror of Mechagodzilla listed a running time of 89 minutes on the slipcase, implying that this release would be the longer version first shown on American TV.

When Godzilla 1985 failed at the box office, it was the last Godzilla film produced by Toho to receive any major release in North American theaters until Godzilla 2000 fifteen years later.

The earliest association between anime and adult animation occurred prior to the 1972 release of Fritz the Cat when American distributors attempted to cash in on the publicity garnered from the rating by rushing out dubbed versions of two other adult animations from Japan, both of which featured an X rating in their advertising material: Senya ichiya monogatari and Kureopatora, retitled One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, respectively.

* The American Heavy Metal band Virgin Steele take influence from the poem for their 1998 release Invictus ( album ).

The plan deteriorated into an arms-for-hostages scheme, in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of the American hostages.

He was asked to resign after the release of Quake II, then moved to Electronic Arts where he gained industry notoriety with the development of his own game American McGee's Alice.

* 1981 – Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

According to the American foreign policy analyst Mitchell Bard, Palestinian death squads killed hundreds of Palestinians, often in open areas to send a message to Palestinians who thought about joining the Shin Bet.

One of those servicemen that Shin taught was an American named Carlos Ray “ Chuck ” Norris.

The dub is of American origin, with actors and actresses such as Kath Soucie, Russi Taylor, Grey DeLisle, and Pat Fraley playing major roles ( Soucie plays Shin himself, and his mother ).

Some were released overseas such as River City Ransom ( the American version of Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari ), Nintendo World Cup ( Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen ) and Crash ' n the Boys: Street Challenge ( Bikkuri Nekketsu Shin Kiroku!

The Snow Queen quest, a sidestory removed from Revelations: Persona, has been added to the North American release of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.

Alter also composed large-scale pieces for piano and orchestra, including American Serenade and Metropolitan Nocturne.

The band toured lightly in the U. S. and Europe in support of the album, playing with bands including Dismantled, Nocturne, Feindflug, Aslan Faction, Grendel, and American industrial rock figurehead Martin Atkins on his spoken word tour.

* 1912 – Walt Gorney, American actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1923 – Ann Miller, American actor and dancer ( d. 2004 )

* 1952 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist ( d. 2004 )

* 1923 – Jess Collins, American artist ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces ( b. 1902 )

* 2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress ( b. 1946 )

* 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – Bob Murphy, American sportscaster ( b. 1924 )

* 1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author ( d. 2004 )

* 1928 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player ( d. 2004 )

* 1978 – Nick Berg, American businessman ( d. 2004 )

* 1980 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver ( d. 2004 )

* 1924 – Peggy Ryan, American actress ( d. 2004 )

* 1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress ( d. 2004 )

* 1924 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer ( d. 2004 )

* 1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player ( d. 2004 )

* 1918 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist ( d. 2004 )

* 1984 – Adán Sánchez, American singer ( d. 2004 )

* African American Lives, edited by Henry L. Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Oxford University Press, 2004 — more than 600 biographies.

* 1940 – Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter ( d. 2004 )

* 1919 – Don Cornell, American singer ( d. 2004 )

* 1963 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player ( d. 2004 )

* 2004 – Mary McGrory, American journalist ( b. 1918 )

* 2004 – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies ( b. 1906 )