WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 2004
Find out what all happened January to May 2004

Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq. (1. March 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)

Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth. (2. January 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)

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

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members. (29. March 2004)

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

A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations. (19. March 2004)

Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. (25. January 2004)

In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others. (14. February 2004)

The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. (12. January 2004)

Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947 (28. February 2004)

The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. (17. May 2004)

The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released. (27. February 2004)

251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. (1. February 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)

An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. (9. January 2004)

In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007. (1. January 2004)

Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. (4. January 2004)