WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2004
Find out what all happened February to April 2004

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup. (29. February 2004)

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

War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. (2. March 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)

Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq. (1. March 2004)

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment. (6. April 2004)

Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. (1. February 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)

Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. (22. 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)

U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. (30. April 2004)

The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. (29. March 2004)

The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. (24. April 2004)

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

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

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". (13. February 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)

Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production. (29. April 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)

Iraq War in Anbar Province - In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed. (31. March 2004)