WHAT HAPPENED IN 2004.
Look what happened the 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)

Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth. (2. January 2004)

Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history. (3. January 2004)

Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. (4. January 2004)

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

The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. (8. January 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)

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

The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. (14. January 2004)

NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. (21. January 2004)

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

President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan. (26. January 2004)

A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion. (26. January 2004)

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

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)

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. (4. February 2004)

Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. (5. 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)

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)