WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 2004
Find out what all happened May to July 2004

The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) which kills one resident, and becomes the widest tornado on record at 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide; a record that wouldn't be broken until a the El Reno tornado on May 31, 2013. (22. May 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)

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

Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. (28. June 2004)

The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. (28. May 2004)

Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. (1. July 2004)

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

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

Yelwa massacre: more than 630 nomad Muslims are killed by Christians in Nigeria. (2. May 2004)

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. (1. May 2004)

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. (21. June 2004)

In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. (24. June 2004)

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

Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy! (2. June 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)

Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe. (11. June 2004)

American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet. (7. May 2004)

The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing. (26. May 2004)

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