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unusual facts about January 2004


Grigoris Georgatos

The next season, he scored six goals in six games but was unsettled at AEK and in the January transfer window began his third spell at Olympiacos, helping them finish second.



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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.

2004 Dutch Figure Skating Championships

The competition took place between 2 January and 4 January, 2004 in Groningen.

2004 German Skeleton Championship

The 38th German Skeleton Championship 2004 was held on 10-11 January 2004 at the Königssee track.

Ambroise-Marie Carré

He was elected to the Académie française on 26 June 1975, replacing Jean Cardinal Daniélou, a post he held until his death on 15 January 2004 at Ancourt, in France.

Andy Parfitt

More recently, Parfitt has been instrumental in changes to the Radio 1 daytime output including the appointment of Chris Moyles as the Radio 1 Breakfast Show host in January 2004, as well as the 2006 reshuffle which saw Colin Murray move to 10pm.

Ante Jelavić

On 22 January 2004, Jelavić was arrested in his home in Mostar, on charges of corruption.

Ares I

President George W. Bush had announced the Vision for Space Exploration in January 2004, and NASA under Sean O'Keefe had solicited plans for a Crew Exploration Vehicle from multiple bidders, with the plan for having two competing teams.

Beautiful Circle

In January 2004, she recorded a DVD called "Stories to Tell" on a family property near Dubbo where she tells the stories behind her songs.

Being Somebody

"Everybody Cries" was released as the album's third single on 12 January 2004.

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.

Community Broadband Network

CBN was launched in the United Kingdom during January 2004 by the then Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael and Broadband Minister Stephen Timms; at this time the UK was lagging behind neighboring developed countries in the provision of first generation broadband services, leaving significant holes in availability.

David Hookes

A memorial service was held on Adelaide Oval on 27 January 2004, attended by all members of the Australian, South Australia and Victoria cricket teams, as well as the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks.

Delian Society

The society was founded on 23 January 2004 by American composer Joseph Dillon Ford and takes its name from the Greek Island of Delos, legendary birthplace of Apollo, god of music and light.

Derry Journal

In 1998, the McCarroll family sold the paper to what became Trinity Mirror, who sold it to Local Press Ltd, a 3i holding company, in January 2004.

Elis Bakaj

In January 2004 his loan was ended and he returned to Partizani where the previous coach Spahiu had left and Sulejman Mema had now took charge.

Francisca Ballesteros

On 12 January 2004 Ballesteros killed her husband Antonio González Barribino with Colme and with the sedatives Zolpidem and Bromazepam.

Giant sable antelope

In January 2004, a group from the Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica of the Catholic University of Angola, led by Dr. Pedro vaz Pinto, was able to obtain photographic evidence of one of the remaining herds from a series of trap cameras installed in the Cangandala National Park, south of Malanje.

Jang Jae-Ho

By January 2004 Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (released July 2003) replaced Reign of Chaos as the game of choice for professional competitions and at this time Jang Jae Ho was recognized as one of South Korea's greatest WarCraft III players, but had limited exposure globally as he had at this point not competed in any competitions outside of South Korea.

Jean-Michel Dubernard

Dr. Dubernard is most famous for performing the first successful hand transplant on Clint Hallam on 23 September 1998, the first successful double hand transplant shortly thereafter (but not announced until 14 January 2004), and assisting Prof. Bernard Devauchelle perform the first partial face transplant on Isabelle Dinoire on 27 November 2005.

Jeffrey Donaldson

On 18 December 2003 Donaldson, Norah Beare MLA and Arlene Foster announced their resignation from the UUP and on 5 January 2004 they announced that they had joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

Karel De Gucht

In January 2004 he was forced to step down as chairman and was temporarily replaced until after the elections of 4 June by Dirk Sterckx.

KISN

KZHT, a radio station (97.1 FM) licensed to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, which used the call sign KISN or KISN-FM until January 2004

KSCW-DT

KWCH had been producing local news on KSAS-TV (owned by Newport Television) through a news share agreement since January 2004, but the news share arrangement expired at the end of 2011.

Mail-order bride

However, during the January 2004 visit to Eastern Europe by Australian Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Philip Ruddock, Australian-Russian relationships were strengthened while both nations committed to a timetable for reductions in Russian human trafficking into Australia.

Marcel Cas

This was something that unsettled Cas who eventually fell out with Groves, thus paving the way for his departure from Blundell Park in January 2004.

Misshitsu

The results of the trial was the conviction of artist Yūji Suwa in January 2004 (on the charges of violating article 175 of the "National Penal Code", the Penal Code of Japan, which forbids creating and distributing "indecent" materials).

Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam

From November 2004 to November 2008 he worked as Culture Advisor and Linguist for the US forces in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and from January 2004 to November 2004 he served as a Main Awareness Trainer, Admin and Logistic Officer and Medical Assistant at the Demobilization Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) project of the United Nations in Kabul.

New Generation Party

Created in 2000 as a centrist grouping around former Mayor of Bucharest Viorel Lis, it was taken over in January 2004 by businessman Gigi Becali (owner of FC Steaua București), who became its leader.

PeakFit

PeakFit was originally developed by Ron Brown of AISN Software and distributed by Jandel Scientific Software in the late 1980s but by January 2004, Systat Software acquired the exclusive worldwide rights from SPSS Inc. to distribute SigmaPlot and other Sigma Series products.

Philippe Saint-André

But yet again his tenure came to an abrupt end when he was sacked in January 2004 after he admitted that he was a candidate to succeed Steve Hansen as coach of Wales.

Rawnsley's Bowerbird

The specimen disappeared prior to 1950 and a second example was not recorded until sightings and photographic evidence of another bird were obtained in November 2003 and January 2004 at Beechmont, South East Queensland, adjacent to the Lamington National Park.

Reverse auction

In January 2004, Ariba announced its purchase of FreeMarkets for $493 million.

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

In January 2004, the United States Congress passed legislation that provided for the establishment of a federally operated Nixon Presidential Library.

Sam Rainsy

He has also accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of involvement in the 22 January 2004 murder of SRP-affiliated union leader Chea Vichea.

Screener

In January 2004, Academy member Carmine Caridi was announced as a person of interest in an ongoing FBI investigation into video piracy.

Simon Grand

He began the 2003–04 season in the first team and was a regular until January 2004 when, having made 21 appearances in all competition, he was dropped from the side following the arrival of new manager Steve Parkin.

Simón Trinidad

Palmera was captured in January 2004 in Quito, Ecuador, by local authorities and speedily deported to Colombia, where he faced charges for rebellion, the kidnapping and later assassination of Colombian former minister Consuelo Araújo and various other criminal offenses that he allegedly committed, including the extortion or kidnapping of several of his former banking associates, former childhood friends and relatives.

StayFriends.de

Since January 2004, StayFriends GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Classmates Online (Renton, USA), the operator of the online community Classmates.com, which is a subsidiary of the U.S. internet company United Online.

Strawberry Panic!

In December 2003, the characters from Spica (Hikari, Amane, Yaya, and Tsubomi) and Lulim (Kizuna, Chikaru, Remon, and Kagome) were introduced and in the January 2004 issue the first illustrations of the three schools and the Strawberry Dorms were published, drawn by Chitose Maki; the reader participation game began in this issue.

Te Quise Tanto

The track was selected as the lead single from the album, and was released in January 2004 in North America, Latin America and Spain (see 2004 in music).

The Afghan Women

In January 2004, Mastrosimone presented a reading of the play to actors in Kabul which is the capital of Afghanistan.

Thom Calandra

Thom Calandra was co-founder and the founding editor and chief columnist for CBS MarketWatch.com and its related properties until his resignation in January 2004.

Tristan Nitot

Since January 2004 he has been the founder and chairman of Mozilla Europe, the international affiliate of the Mozilla Foundation, a post he first occupied on a pro bono basis.

Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi

After Khoroshkovsky's resignation as Economics Minister in January 2004 he was appointed vice president of steel giant Evraz, becoming its head in April 2006 either because of his connections or his 13-year friendship with Alexander Abramov.

VKS737

On Australia Day, 26 January 2004, Steve was awarded with the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community, particularly residents and travellers in remote locations, through the Australian National Four Wheel Drive Radio Network Inc.

WCTI

WCIW-LP, a low-power radio station (107.9 FM) licensed to Immokalee, Florida, United States, which used the call sign WCTI-LP from December 2003 to January 2004

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE (8 June 1912, St Andrews, Fife – 26 January 2004) was one of the foremost British abstract artists, a member of the influential Penwith Society of Arts.

William Rivers Pitt

In January 2004, Pitt took over for David Swanson as the Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich, who was seeking the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2004 presidential election.