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51 unusual facts about 2004


2005 in England

On a killing spree in July last year, 35-year-old Hobson killed his girlfriend Claire Sanderson, Claire's sister Diane Sanderson, as well as pensioners James and Joan Britton.

A. R. Anjan Umma

In the 2004 election, she was elected from the Gampaha District to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a United People's Freedom Alliance candidate.

Abkhazian passport

The passports had been meant to be distributed before the 2004 Presidential election, but when the second batch arrived it became clear that the passports contained errors and so President Vladislav Ardzinba decided not to distribute them.

Alabama elections, 2004

The 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives, various state and local elections, and the presidential election of that year.

Alderman

The Local Government Act 2001 abolished the title as part of a modernisation of local government, and as such, none of the Councillors elected in the local elections of 2004 or later holds the title Alderman.

Alexandre Adler

Adler had predicted John Kerry's large victory over George Bush during the 2004 presidential election.

America Coming Together

In the last three weeks before the 2004 presidential and congressional elections, ACT planned on funding over 12 million phone calls to targeted voters and having canvassers hand-deliver 11 million pieces of literature at targeted doorsteps.

Annamarie Castrilli

Later in the year, she was co-chair of Jim Flaherty's unsuccessful bid to lead the provincial Tories.

Anthology 1984–2004

Anthology 1984 - 2004 is a compilation of the first 20 years of music by Dirk Serries under his pseudonym Vidna Obmana.

Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials

At the following general election, the then-National Justice Party performed poorly in the election, only winning five parliamentary seats.

Australian Government Future Fund

On 11 September 2004, the Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, announces that the Future Fund will be established following the 2004 federal election.

Bailo, Spain

According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 256 inhabitants.

Barry Chase

He ran for the Alberta Alliance Party in the 2004 provincial election in Calgary Shaw.

Benjamin Barber

Barber was an outside adviser to President Bill Clinton and a foreign policy adviser to Howard Dean's 2004 Presidential campaign.

Bernard Kenny

Kenny was one of New Jersey's presidential electors casting the state's Electoral College votes after the 2004 presidential election.

Best 1991–2004

# "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:18 previously unreleased

# "Les Mots" (featuring with Mylène Farmer) – 4:47 Bonus Track; Included only on the French release of the album.

Bill Cobey

Cobey was one of the leading candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination to challenge Democratic Governor Mike Easley in the 2004 election.

Bob Schaffer

Coors went on to lose to Democratic nominee Ken Salazar in the 2004 general election.

Champika Ranawaka

Originally a member of the Sihala Urumaya, a Sinhala nationalist political party, he joined the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) political party along with members of the Sihala Urumaya as only supportive and advisory personal, when it was formed in 2004 to wield candidates who were all Buddhist monks, for Parliament in the 2004 general election.

Conservative Party of New York State

In the 2004 U.S. Senate election, the Conservative Party endorsed Marilyn O'Grady to oppose Republican candidate Howard Mills and incumbent Democratic Senator Charles Schumer.

Dan Carr

Dan became politically active during the Howard Dean campaign of 2004.

David Crutcher

In the 2004 Alberta general election Crutcher ran for the Alberta Alliance Party in the provincial constituency of Calgary-Egmont.

David Mendell

Mendell began covering Barack Obama on a regular basis in 2003, during Obama's U.S. Senate campaign.

David Swann

He was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the Alberta general election on November 22, 2004.

Electoral district of Gaven

Facing a highly winnable by-election, the Coalition made the decision to allow the National Party to contest the seat, which bemused some observers, who noted that the party had only polled 2% for the Senate in Gaven's federal booths at the 2004 federal election.

Feleknas Uca

However, in the elections, the PDS secured a slightly increased share of the vote and she was returned in the last successful place.

Fern Shubert

Fern Shubert was one of the candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination to challenge Governor Mike Easley in the 2004 election.

First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

After his party's victory in the 2004 election, the new cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis was sworn in on 10 March.

Gabriel Stricker

Previously, Stricker worked in campaign politics and was featured in the Discovery-Times documentary, Venezuela: Revolution in Progress about the 2004 Presidential Recall Referendum in Venezuela.

Green Party of Canada

During the 2004 federal election the Green Party of Canada became the fourth federal political party ever to run candidates in all the ridings.

The party broke 1% of the popular vote in the 2004 federal election, when it received 4.3% and qualified for federal funding.

History of Chinese immigration to Canada

During the 2004 federal election campaign, NDP leader Jack Layton pledge to issue an apology and compensation for the head tax.

Independent Marxist–Leninist candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election

Walker also campaigned for the House of Commons as a Marxist-Leninist in the 1997, 2000 and 2004 elections, and each time finished in last place against a candidate of the Liberal Party.

James Rassman

Rassmann reappeared and became a public figure just before the 2004 Iowa caucus.

John E. Bridges

He presided over the high-profile legal challenge to the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election in which he upheld the election of Christine Gregoire.

Liverpool Walton by-election, 1991

They did not place fourth in an English by-election again until the Hartlepool by-election, 2004.

Louisiana Family Forum

Prior to his work with LFF Action, Richey was a paid consultant in David Vitter's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign.

Monash University, Gippsland campus

VSU was among the issues for which MUGSU campaigned against John Howard and in particular the now local member Peter McGauran in the 2004 Federal election.

Mortgage belt

In the 2004 federal election, the mortgage belt voted highly in favour of the Coalition, in fear that economic management under the Australian Labor Party could increase interest rates.

Nicholas S. H. Krawciw

The culmination of his efforts was the refusal of the Ukrainian Army to disperse the Orange Revolution demonstration that ultimately overturned the fraudulent election of 2004, thus justifying the years of dedicated effort General Krawciw and other American officers had spent to achieve a democratic Army in Ukraine.

Obama: From Promise to Power

Mendell, a Chicago Tribune reporter, had covered Obama since the beginning of his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Illinois.

Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004

The limited edition of the album included a bonus remix disc featuring remixes by artists such as Timo Maas, UNKLE, and M83.

Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry

The Coalition government was returned at the 2004 election and secured control of the Senate with effect from July 2005.

Sam Reed

As Secretary of State, Sam Reed oversaw the controversial 2004 Washington gubernatorial election between Dino Rossi and Christine Gregoire.

Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003-2004

On the management side, it involved the supermarket chain companies Albertsons (then an independent company), Ralphs (owned by Kroger) and Vons (owned by Safeway).

St George, Queensland

It gained national attention with the election of local accountant Barnaby Joyce to the Australian Senate following the 2004 federal election.

United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2004

The 2004 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 2, 2004.

United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2004

These elections were held concurrently with the United States presidential election of 2004, United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Oklahoma), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Uxue Barkos

Barkos, who was not a member of any of the parties, was selected to head the list at the 2004 Spanish General Election.

Vote for Change? 2004

He asked them if they would be interested in working with Pearl Jam, and mentioned that the band would be going out on the Vote for Change tour prior to the 2004 presidential election.


½ Prince

The series is written by Yu Wo and was published by Ming Significant Cultural in Taiwan between October 4, 2004 and August 15, 2005.

2003 Santa Fe flood

On 30 January 2004, nine months after the flood and under the administration of Jorge Obeid, a demonstration asking for government assistance to those affected by the flood ended with the burning of the government house's facade and several offices destroyed.

Alberto Alemanno

He became a qualified attorney at law in New York in 2004 and then served as a law clerk for Judge Allan Rosas and Judge Alexander Arabadjiev at the Court of Justice of the European Union and for Enzo Moavero Milanesi at the General Court of the European Union.

An Ode to Life

The drama achieved the highest viewership rate in Year 2004 (17%) despite being broadcast at the 7pm slot (which is generally perceived to have lower viewership figures), defeating other popular dramas in the same year such as Spice Siblings, Double Happiness and A Child's Hope 2.

Antonio Morales de la Peña

As vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, he took part in the 2004 Convention of the World Association of Mexicans Abroad, held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Axel Michaels

During the years 2004 to 2011, he was Speaker of the German Research Foundation Council “Cultural Anthropology, Religious Studies, Non-European Cultures”.

Bay Super V

Harold Bost purchased N3124V from the Oregon Aviation Museum, in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and donated it to Bonanza Baron Museum in October, 2004.

Bill Pearl

In 2011 Pearl appeared in the documentary Challenging Impossibility (film) describing when he hosted the 2004 strength exhibition by spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy.

Biometrics

The Disney, Pixar 2004 film The Incredibles shows a scene where Mrs Incredible visits Edna Mode (a fashion designer for superhero costumes) at her mansion.

Bob Cremins

Robert Anthony Cremins (February 15, 1906 – March 27, 2004) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1927 season.

Brian C. Griffin

In January 2004, Griffin was appointed the President and member of the Board for Clean Energy Systems, a private Rancho Cordova, California based energy technology innovations firm.

Bugle Call Rag

The song appears in several Hollywood films, including The Big Broadcast of 1937, Orchestra Wives (1942), Stage Door Canteen (1943), The Benny Goodman Story (1956) and The Aviator (2004).

CAP Scientific

CAP (Computer Analysts and Programmers) merged with the French firm Sema-Metra SA in 1988 as Sema Group plc which was acquired by Schlumberger in 2001 to become SchlumbergerSema, itself acquired by Atos Origin in 2004.

Castello Estense

The itinerary of the restoration of the castle has gone through important steps to remember: the exhibition "The Triumph of Bacchus" inaugurated in 2002 by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and the art exposition "The Este in Ferrara" opened on 14 March 2004 by the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi.

Chelsea Morning

Rebecca Luker recorded "Chelsea Morning" for her 2004 album Leaving Home.

Derek Brownlee

Brownlee worked as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young (1996–2002), Institute of Directors (2002–2004) and Deloitte (2004–2005), advising large and small businesses before his entering the Scottish Parliament.

Doniach

Deborah Doniach (1912–2004), clinical immunologist and pioneer in the field of autoimmune diseases

Dru Masters

Artist: Amici Forever Title: Jupiter (album track) Year: 2004 Label: RCA Victor BMG

Exercise Pitch Black

Although the 2000, 2004 and 2006 exercises were held in the Northern Territory, the 2002 exercise was scaled down and held at RAAF Bases Amberley and Williamtown, on the Australian east coast.

Francisco Flores Pérez

Even before he left office, Francisco Flores had expressed his interest in running for the office of Secretary General of the Organization of American States, a post which was won in late 2004 by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez an ex-president from Costa Rica.

Full Pipe

After being discovered by Tom Hall and John Romero at the Russian Game Developer's Conference (KRI-2004), distribution rights were discussed, and a localized version of the game was released (via download only) over Steam in 2006.

George Hollis

It was thought likely that the medal belonged to either George Hollis or John Pearson as the other two medals were accounted for; however Pearson's VC subsequently turned up in auction at 2004, along with his other medals.

J. Barry Griswell

He has been inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the United Way of Central Iowa Alexis de Tocqueville Society award, a 2004 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2004 recipient of the Central Iowa Philanthropic Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, and a 2006 recipient of the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award as well as a 2008 recipient of the American for the Arts Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award.

Jack Robert Nuzum

Judge Jack R. Nuzum was married for nearly a half century to Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum (1926–2004), the first female editor of a daily newspaper in West Virginia and interviewer of U.S. Presidents.

Jan Werner Danielsen

On the Christmas-concert tour in 2004 he now was a solo artist and the Norwegian Bishop Rosemarie Köhn was with him on selected concerts.

Loscil

Eight of his songs were featured on the film score of the 2004 documentary ScaredSacred by award-winning documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper.

Marc-André Moreau

In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finland.

Mate Recordings

Until recently most releases on Mate Recordings were by Roger®, but the label's 2004 "England vs. Finland" compilation album Music is Better Volume One (Manchester vs Helsinki) features also such British and Finnish artists as Alcohell, A Maze, A.N.I.M.A.L., Boys of Scandinavia, Kompleksi, Nu Science and The Science Block.

Mimi Lamote

From 2001 until 2004, she was a member of the board of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (VBO) and a member of the board of Fedis.

Mo Gaffney

Gaffney went on to team up with Jennifer Saunders with a recurring role as Bo in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous; in 2004, talks of a spin-off show began but nothing surfaced.

Music of Andorra

Andorra (through national broadcaster RTVA) has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest on only six occasions, each year from 2004 until 2009.

Nataraja

In 2004, a 2m statue of the dancing Shiva was unveiled at CERN, the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva.

Neville Thurlbeck

In 2004 Thurlbeck broke a story which alleged footballer David Beckham was having an affair.

Omkar Goswami

He has held the position of Chief Economist with the Indian business association Confederation of Indian Industry from August 1998 up to March 2004,.

Order of Katonga

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni decorated the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on 6 April 2004 in Tripoli, honouring him for his contribution to the National Resistance Army (NRA) bush struggle that liberated Uganda from dictatorship, adding that Colonel Gaddaffi has always been at the forefront of the liberation of Africa and unification of the continent.

Pearse Doherty

On 11 June 2004, he ran simultaneously in the 2004 European Parliament elections and in the local elections for Donegal County Council.

Phantom Blue

Her most notable work outside of Phantom Blue is in Asia's 2004 album Silent Nation.

Philip Schultz

He is the author of several collections of poetry, including The God of Loneliness, Selected and New Poems (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010); Failure (Harcourt, 2007), winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; Living in the Past (Harcourt, 2004); and The Holy Worm of Praise (Harcourt, 2002).

Plain Dealing, Louisiana

John J. Doles, Jr. (1923–2004), Plain Dealing banker and civic leader

Rupert Evans

Evans' first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers in director Guillermo del Toro's 2004 adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy.

Şanlıurfa Province

MHP, campaigning on Turkish-identity consciousness arguments, after having scored an exceptional 7,18% in 1999, has in 2004 ebbed back to a more usual 2,97%.

Scott Cam

In between, he appeared on the successful Renovation Rescue (2004–present) before appearing in his own live lifestyle program Our Place, however this was cancelled after just five episodes in 2005.

SG Wanna Be+

Later in 2004, the group was recognized for their vocal ability with numerous awards, including the PAVV Best Newcomer at the Golden Disk Awards and the Seoul Popular Music Awards.

Shahabuddin Nagari

In 2004 he wrote the story, dialogue, script and gave music direction for the feature film Ak Khondo Jomi produced by Impress Telefilm Limited.

Simone Gbagbo

In July 2008 she was formally called for questioning by a French investigative judge, examining the April 2004 disappearance and presumed death in Abidjan of French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer.

The Ice Maiden's Sheikh

The Ice Maiden's Sheikh is the ninth book in Alexandra Sellers's Sons of the Desert series, and was released in 2004.

The Last Horror Movie

2004 - Espoo Ciné - Méliès d'Argent, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver - Winner

Tina Ann

Her version of Mike + The Mechanics' "All I Need Is a Miracle" is included in the 2004 release by Bad Boy Joe, The Best of NYC Vocal Clubhouse: 1 AM Sessions, which also features performances by Deborah Cox and Melanie C, among others.

Tom French Cup

Carl Hayman was awarded the Tom French Cup in both 2004 and 2006, and was instrumental in helping New Zealand Māori defeat the British and Irish Lions for the first time in 2005.

Tony Messner

He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2004 for "service to the Australian Parliament, to Norfolk Island as Administrator, and to the community, particularly veterans and their families".