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2004 events January 28 - Hutton Inquiry publishes reports on Iraq dossier. February 29 - Political unrest in Haiti as Jean-Bertrande Aristide flees the country. March 2 - ''Super Tuesday'': John Kerry secures Democratic nomination for US President. March 11 - A series of bomb attacks on Madrid's train network kill more than 190 people. March 14 - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is elected Prime Minister of Spain. March 14 - Vladimir Putin is reelected as Russia's President. April 24 - In a referendum, Cyprus votes against reunification. May 1 - Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Cyprus (Greek part) join the EU for the biggest enlargement in the organisation's history. May 14 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark marries Mary Donaldson. May 22 - Crown Prince Felipe of Spain marries Letizia Ortiz. May 23 - The roof of a terminal building collapses at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. June 5 - Ronald Raegan dies aged 93. June 6 - 60th anniversary of D-Day landings June 10 - 13 - Elections to European Parliament June 12 - Euro 2004 football championship begins. July 3 - Maria Sharapova triumphs at Wimbledon (women's singles) July 4 - Roger Federer triumphs at Wimbledon (men's singles) July 4 - Greece surprisingly wins Euro 2004. August 1 - Supermarket fire occurs in Asuncion, Paraguay. August 10 - Several British tourists die in a bus crash in Austria. August 13 - 29 - Olympic Games are held in Athens. August 16 - Torrential rain floods the Cornish village of Boscastle. August 18 - Landslide occurs near Lochearnhead, Scotland. August 22 - 'The Scream' is stolen from a museum in Oslo. September 3 - Beslan School massacre occurs in southern Russia. September 11 - Hurricane Ivan hits Jamaica. September 17 - 28 - Paralympic Games are held in Athens. October 5 - A Canadian submarine sinks off Ireland. November 2 - George W. Bush wins reelection as US President. November 11 - Yasser Arafat dies aged 75. November 15 - Colin Powell announces his resignation as US secretary of state. November 21 - Ukrainian Presidential Election ends in dispute, after victory is declared in favour of the pro Russia candidate Viktor Yanukovich. December 15 - Hostage situation develops on a bus in Athens, Greece. December 15 - British Home Secretary David Blunkett resigns after a VISA scandal. December 18 - Storms hit northern France. December 26 - Asian tsunami disaster triggered by a seaquake off Sumatra kills over 300, 000 people. December 26 - Re-run of Ukraine's Presidential Election results in victory for pro-western candidate Viktor Yushchenko.

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Historic events of 2004 include the January 3 crash of Flight 604, an Egyptian airliner that crashed into the Red Sea, killing the 148 people on board. On February 26, the ban on travel to Libya was lifted by the United States and on August 13, the category four storm, Hurricane Charley hit and devastated areas of Florida.

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Well...in 2004 Bush was re-elected president!!!

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