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Clockwise from top-left: Facebook, originally called TheFacebook, is launched by Mark Zuckerberg; the 2004 transit of Venus, the first such occurrence since 1882; NASA lands the Opportunity and Spirit rovers on Mars; the 2004 Summer Olympics are held in Athens; Al-Qaeda bombs multiple trains in Madrid, killing 193 people; the European Union ...
November 14 – United States Secretary of State Colin Powell submits his resignation. He is replaced by Condoleezza Rice after her confirmation by the United States Congress. November 16 – NASA 's hypersonic Scramjet breaks a record by reaching a velocity of about 7,000 mph in an unmanned experimental flight.
2004 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium, the 4th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.
George W. Bush. Republican. The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. The Republican ticket of incumbent President George W. Bush and his running mate incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney were elected to a second term, defeating the Democratic ticket of John ...
January 2004: Wikipedia reaches 200,000 articles in English and 450,000 articles in all languages. January 30: The first article is written on the Ukrainian Wikipedia. February 25: Wikipedia reaches 500,000 articles in 50 languages. April 20: The English Wikipedia reaches 250,000 articles.
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Shrek 2 was the year's top-grossing film, and Million Dollar Baby won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films of 2004 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Shrek 2: DreamWorks: $441,181,022 2 Spider-Man 2: Sony: $373,400,548 3 The Passion of the Christ: Newmarket Films: $369,895,386 4 Meet the Fockers: Universal: $279,261,160 5 The Incredibles: Disney: $261,441,092 6 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Warner Bros ...
