WHAT HAPPENED IN 2004.
Look what happened the 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)

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 Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882. (8. June 2004)

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

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)

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

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

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

A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. (1. August 2004)

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

Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area. (13. August 2004)

156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. (13. August 2004)

The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. (17. August 2004)

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. (22. August 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)

Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers' championship (and 7th overall) at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix to beat the 47 year old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio. (29. August 2004)