What is 2004?
{{Year nav|2004}} {{Year in various calendars|2004}} '''2004''' ([[Roman numerals|MMIV]]) was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2004th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|2004}}. == Events == ===January=== *[[January 1]] - [[Joseph Deiss|Deiss]] becomes [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] in [[Switzerland]]. *[[January 2]] - Several [[British Airways]] flights from [[London Heathrow Airport]] to [[Washington D.C.]] and [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] are cancelled due to security fears. *[[January 3]] - [[Flash Airlines Flight 604]] crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off the coast of [[Egypt]]. All 148 aboard are killed. *[[January 3]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (''Spirit'') lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. *[[January 3]] - [[Tony Blair]] goes to [[Basra]], [[Iraq]] and talks to the [[British people|British]] soldiers there. Very few people are told before he comes. *[[January 4]] - Dr. [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] wins presidential elections in the [[Republic of Georgia]]. * January 4 - A [[NASA]] [[Mars rover|rover]] lands on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and starts sending back photos of Mars. *[[January 5]] - [[Britney Spears]]'s marriage to childhood sweetheart [[Jason Allen Alexander]] is annulled (declared invalid) by a [[Las Vegas]] court after a surprise 55-hour marriage. * January 5 - [[China]] confirms that a sick man in southern China has the [[SARS]] [[virus]]. *[[January 6]] - An official look into the death of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] begins in [[London]]. It is held by [[Michael Burgess]], the [[coroner]] of [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]]'s household. *[[January 12]] - More than 100,000 people come together in [[Tel Aviv]] against [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]]'s plan to withdraw from parts of [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and the [[West Bank]]. *[[January 13]] - An [[Uzbekistan Airways]] plane crashes in [[Uzbekistan]]'s capital of [[Tashk