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 adds 10 new member-states; 333 people are killed in the Beslan school siege, carried out by Chechen terrorists; a massive 9.1-9.3 megathrust earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the resultant tsunami kill over 227,000 people—one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history.
Calendar year
Millennium:
3rd millennium
Centuries:
20th century
21st century
22nd century
Decades:
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Years:
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2004 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
2004 MMIV
Ab urbe condita
2757
Armenian calendar
1453 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԳ
Assyrian calendar
6754
Baháʼí calendar
160–161
Balinese saka calendar
1925–1926
Bengali calendar
1411
Berber calendar
2954
British Regnal year
52 Eliz. 2 – 53 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2548
Burmese calendar
1366
Byzantine calendar
7512–7513
Chinese calendar
癸未年 (Water Goat) 4701 or 4494 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4702 or 4495
Coptic calendar
1720–1721
Discordian calendar
3170
Ethiopian calendar
1996–1997
Hebrew calendar
5764–5765
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2060–2061
- Shaka Samvat
1925–1926
- Kali Yuga
5104–5105
Holocene calendar
12004
Igbo calendar
1004–1005
Iranian calendar
1382–1383
Islamic calendar
1424–1425
Japanese calendar
Heisei 16 (平成１６年)
Javanese calendar
1936–1937
Juche calendar
93
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4337
Minguo calendar
ROC 93 民國93年
Nanakshahi calendar
536
Thai solar calendar
2547
Tibetan calendar
阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 2130 or 1749 or 977 — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 2131 or 1750 or 978
Unix time
1072915200 – 1104537599
2004 by topic
Arts
Animation
Anime
Architecture
Comics
Film
Horror
Literature
Poetry
Radio
Science fiction
Television
Video games
esports
Music
Albums
By genre
Classical
Country
Hip hop
Jazz
Latin
Metal
Rock
By place
Africa
Asia
China
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Europe
Ireland
Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Politics and government
Elections
International leaders
Organized crime
Religion
Religious leaders
Sovereign states
Sovereign state leaders
Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology
Biotechnology
Computing
Palaeontology
Quantum computing and communication
Senescence research
Sustainable energy research
Environment
Birding and ornithology
Climate change
Weather
Transportation
Aviation
Rail transport
Spaceflight
Transportation technology
Sports
American football
Association football
Athletics (sport)
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Chess
Combat sports
Cricket
Cycling
Golf
Ice hockey
Pro wrestling
Rugby union
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
By sovereign state
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Comoros
Congo
D.R. Congo
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Eswatini
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Marshall Islands
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
Solomon Islands
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
By international organization
European Union
United Nations
Categories
Births
Deaths
Establishments
Disestablishments
Works
Introductions
Works entering the public domain
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2004 (MMIV) 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 and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.
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2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations,[1] and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).[2]
^"UN declares 2004 the International Year of Rice". October 31, 2003. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
^United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Archived September 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (2003). INTERNATIONAL YEAR TO COMMEMORATE THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SLAVERY AND ITS ABOLITION Archived July 24, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
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