WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 2004
Find out what all happened February to August 2004

Tamil is established as a "classical language" by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament. (6. June 2004)

The first Indonesian presidential election is held. (5. July 2004)

HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe. (27. March 2004)

The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (4. July 2004)

Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups. (8. April 2004)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks. (2. February 2004)

Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160. (21. April 2004)

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. (3. August 2004)

Marvin Heemeyer's eventually suicidal protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 buildings in Granby, Colorado, including the town hall. (4. June 2004)

Millennium Park, considered Chicago, Illinois's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. (16. July 2004)

Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes. (18. February 2004)

Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others. (23. May 2004)

Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles. (22. March 2004)

The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun. (14. May 2004)

Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office. (29. April 2004)

Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves. (3. April 2004)

The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (29. May 2004)

The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom. (12. February 2004)

Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya. (24. August 2004)

Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured. (19. March 2004)