2004 Minnesota Vikings season
In the wildcard round of the playoffs, the Vikings defeated their rival Green Bay Packers 31–17 in their first ever playoff meeting, making them the second team in NFL history to have a .500 record (8–8) in the regular season and win a playoff game (following the St. Louis Rams, who had beaten the Seattle Seahawks the previous day). In the divisional round, the Vikings were defeated 27–14 by the eventual NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles and did not return to the playoffs for four years.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season
Following the season, Randy Moss was traded to the Oakland Raiders; he returned briefly to the Vikings in 2010.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Vikings kicked off the season hosting the Bill Parcells coached Dallas Cowboys. After an opening quarter that only saw the Cowboys recording a field goal, Daunte Culpepper caught fire, throwing two-second quarter touchdowns to Onterrio Smith and Marcus Robinson. Vinny Testaverde responded down 14–3, finding Terry Glenn for a 32-yard touchdown as the half expired. Randy Moss found his groove in the third quarter, finding himself on the receiving end of two Daunte Culpepper touchdowns.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Dallas Cowboys
In the fourth quarter, the Cowboys drove into the red zone down 28–17, but Antoine Winfield forced and recovered a Richie Anderson fumble, which led to Daunte Culpepper's fifth touchdown pass, via a 43-yard pass to Kelly Campbell. Onterrio Smith helped ice the game away, finishing with 76 yards rushing, giving him 139 yards from scrimmage. The Vikings defense did show some holes in the win, allowing 41-year-old Vinny Testaverde to pass for 355 yards, while also allowing 71 yards rushing on the day.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Vikings traveled to Philadelphia for a Monday night showdown with the NFC favorite Eagles. The Vikings started the game with a Morten Andersen field goal. The Eagles then responded with a strong drive by Brian Westbrook, resulting in an 11-yard touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb to L. J. Smith. The remaining second half resulted in a series of frustrations for the Vikings, twice having a 1st-and-goal within the 2-yard line, only to result in a field goal and a Culpepper fumble.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Philadelphia Eagles
In the second half, the Eagles scored on their opening possession, capped off with a 20-yard touchdown run by Donovan McNabb. Morten Andersen then missed a field goal with the Vikings down 17–9, which the Eagles responded to with a 45-yard touchdown reception by Terrell Owens three plays later. The Vikings finally found the end zone with three minutes remaining on a 4-yard Randy Moss reception to bring the Vikings within 8, only to be countered by a David Akers field goal with 1:15 remaining, putting the game away. The Vikings defense put together a second-straight poor effort, allowing 353 yards of offense. Daunte Culpepper continued his strong start in the loss, throwing for 348 yards, while also being the Vikings leading rusher, finishing with 41 yards.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears
The Vikings returned home in week 3 to face the 1–1 Bears. The Bears scored a field goal on the opening drive, with the game devolving to a slop fest over the next quarter. The Vikings missed a field goal, responded with Lance Johnstone forcing a Rex Grossman fumble, only for Onterrio Smith to fumble on the following play. After falling behind 6–0, the Vikings finally found offensive success, with Culpepper finding Kelly Campbell for 40 yards, followed several plays later with a 3-yard Randy Moss touchdown.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears
The Vikings extended their lead following a long third quarter drive, culminating with a 1-yard Culpepper touchdown run, giving the Vikings a 17–6 lead. After trading field goals, the Bears cut the lead to 20–16 on a Thomas Jones touchdown run. The Vikings again responded, with Culpepper throwing a 63-yard pass to Nate Burleson, setting up a 2-yard touchdown connection to Randy Moss. Rex Grossman led the Bears in their comeback attempt, as he dove for the pylon, and appeared to fumble out of the back of the end zone.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears
A Lovie Smith challenge showed Grossman crossed the plane prior to fumbling, but Grossman tore his ACL on the play, ending his 2004 season. The Bears got the ball with 1:16 left trailing 27–22, but backup quarterback Jonathan Quinn threw three consecutive incompletions, and then be sacked on fourth down by Kevin Williams, sealing the victory for the Vikings. Daunte Culpepper continued to have stellar numbers, throwing for 360 yards, with Randy Moss having 119 yards receiving, and Onterrio Smith having 104 yards receiving, and 94 yards rushing. The defense continued to act as a sieve, with Grossman throwing for 248 yards, and running back Thomas Jones rushing for 110 yards, and adding 71 yards receiving.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans
The Vikings came out of their bye week to face the 2–2 Houston Texans for the first time in franchise history. The Vikings defense appeared fresh, shutting down David Carr and the Texans in the first half, while Daunte Culpepper and the Vikings offense continued humming, with Culpepper finding Nate Burleson and Randy Moss for second quarter touchdowns, giving the Vikings a 14–0 halftime advantage. The Vikings defense continued strongly in the second half, forcing a three-and-out, which the Vikings followed with three Culpepper completions, capped off with a 10-yard Burleson touchdown.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans
David Carr found some success, leading the Texans on two long scoring drives, resulting in touchdowns by Andre Johnson and Dominack Williams. The Vikings seemingly put the game out of reach on a 50-yard touchdown pass from Culpepper to Randy Moss with 6:58 remaining. David Carr continued his career best game, leading two long drives, capping them off with touchdown passes to Derrick Armstrong and David Carr, sandwiching a Vikings three-and-out, forcing overtime. In overtime, the Vikings won the toss, and the teams traded punts.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans
On the Vikings second possession of overtime, Culpepper found Marcus Robinson on a post on 3rd-and-12 from the 50, earning the walk-off win for the Vikings. Culpepper finished with 396 yards passing and five touchdowns, with Mewelde Moore adding 92 yards rushing and 90 yards receiving. The defense ended up allowing David Carr to pass for 372 yards and three touchdowns, with Andre Johnson burning the Vikings for 170 yards receiving on 12 catches. The win did bring the Vikings record to 3–1.


2004 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans
The Vikings returned home to host the 2–4 Titans. After a Darren Bennett punt, Steve McNair led the Titans down the field, setting up a Gary Anderson 40-yard field goal. The Vikings immediately responded with an eight-minute drive of their own, resulting in a 29-yard Morten Andersen field goal. Steve McNair was injured on the ensuing drive, and was replaced by Billy Volek. Volek was overwhelmed by the Vikings defense, throwing three interceptions, and getting sacked twice. Moe Williams and Marcus Robinson scored on short touchdowns for the Vikings, and Mewelde Moore added 138 yards rushing to ice a defensive second half. The Vikings defense had their season best performance, holding the Titans to 243 yards in the victory, which improved their record to 4–1.


2004 Mississippi Amendment 1
Amendment 1 of 2004 is an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution that prohibited same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Mississippi. The Amendment passed a public referendum on November 2, 2004 with 86% of voters supporting and 14% opposing.


2004 Mississippi Amendment 1
When compared to all similar amendments passed in the United States, Mississippi Amendment 1 had the highest percentage of votes for the amendment, outpacing the next two states, Alabama and Tennessee, at 81%.


2004 Mississippi Amendment 1, Contents
The text of the adopted amendment, which is found at Article XIV, section 263A of the Mississippi Constitution, states:


2004 Mississippi Amendment 1, Contents
Marriage may take place and may be valid under the laws of this state only between a man and a woman. A marriage in another state or foreign jurisdiction between persons of the same gender, regardless of when the marriage took place, may not be recognized in this state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this state.


2004 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 2004 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Sylvester Croom. The Bulldogs played their home games in 2004 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi.


2004 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
The 2004 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


2004 Missouri Amendment 2
Constitutional Amendment 2 of 2004 is an amendment to the Missouri Constitution that prohibited same-sex marriages from being recognized in Missouri. The Amendment passed via public referendum on August 3, 2004 with 71% of voters supporting and 29% opposing. Every county voted in favor of the amendment, with only the independent city of St. Louis voting against it.


2004 Missouri Amendment 2
The text of the adopted amendment, which is found at Article I, section 33 of the Missouri Constitution, states:


2004 Missouri Amendment 2
That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman.


2004 Missouri Amendment 2
This amendment was voided by the 2015 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v Hodges, which overturned statewide bans on same-sex marriage nationwide.


2004 Missouri Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Missouri Democratic presidential primary on February 3, 2004 determined the recipient of the state's 88 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary.


2004 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Endorsements
Several major endorsements, such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, helped John Kerry to clinch the primary. John Edwards got former speaker of the house Jim Kreider and Buchanan County Auditor Susan Montee as endorsements. Governor Howard Dean got the endorsement of Chairman and CEO of King Hershey Richard A. King.


2004 Missouri Democratic presidential primary, Results
John Kerry won a majority of the Missouri vote. He won every congressional district and county except Knox County and Lawrence County which Edwards won. Howard Dean received 9%, Clark got 4%, and several other candidates split the remainder.


2004 Missouri Republican presidential primary
The 2004 Missouri Republican presidential primary on February 3, 2004 determined the recipient of 57 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary.


2004 Missouri Tigers football team
The 2004 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.


2004 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2004 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will be played in St. Louis, Missouri at the conclusion of the 2003–2004 regular season.


2004 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2004 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 14th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2004 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2004 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted by Creighton and won by SMU.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 2004 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of Missouri. The Republican nominee, Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt, defeated Democratic State Auditor Claire McCaskill. This gave the Republican Party control of both the governorship and the Missouri General Assembly for the first time in 80 years.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election
McCaskill had earlier defeated incumbent Governor Bob Holden in the Democratic primary. This was the first time a sitting Governor of Missouri had been defeated in a primary and the first time any United States governor had lost in a primary since the 1994 elections.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election
Coincidentally, McCaskill's mother Betty Anne had previously been defeated by Blunt's grandfather, Leroy Blunt, in a 1978 General Assembly election. Blunt's father Roy Blunt was a Congressman and served with McCaskill in the U.S. Senate from 2011 to 2019.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt faced only token opposition in the Republican primary, easily defeating several lesser known opponents.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Bob Holden had a difficult term as Missouri governor, starting at his inauguration on January 8, 2001, which cost $1 million, and which he struggled to pay for. The state economy suffered a downturn forcing him to make budget cuts and the Republican party gained control of the State Senate for the first time in 50 years. Holden was nicknamed by his opponents as "One Term Bob".


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Holden announced that he would run for re-election in March 2003, blaming the Republican party for many of the problems during his term as governor. However, Holden was challenged by State Auditor Claire McCaskill for the Democratic nomination, who said that she would be a stronger candidate in the General election against Blunt.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
McCaskill attacked Holden for delays in education funding, the state's deteriorating roads and increases in tuition fees at Missouri's universities. Holden sought to defend his term in office and attacked McCaskill for the people she accepted campaign contributions from. McCaskill picked up most newspaper endorsements during the primary and won the primary on August 3 against Holden.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
After the primaries finished Holden and McCaskill met to unite the Democratic party for the general election for what was always seen as being a close race against Blunt.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The first of two debates between Blunt and McCaskill was held on 18 October where McCaskill compared her experience to Blunt's inexperience; while Blunt said that McCaskill would not support the Marriage protection amendment to the State Constitution. In the two debates Blunt described himself as bringing change to Missouri  and was assisted by President George W. Bush during the campaign. McCaskill kept her distance from Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry due to Bush's lead in Missouri.


2004 Missouri gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In the end Blunt narrowly defeated McCaskill with surveys showing his conservative stance on social issues and the strong showing of President Bush in Missouri helped him to victory. Blunt obtained strong leads in the rural parts of the state, as well as the large cities of southwest Missouri, Springfield and Joplin,  which was sufficient to overcome McCaskill's leads in St. Louis and Jackson County. Blunt thus became Missouri's second youngest governor.


2004 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2004 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was an election for the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, held on November 4, 2008. Republican Peter Kinder won the election narrowly.


2004 Miyun stampede
The 2004 Miyun stampede (Chinese: 2004年北京密云灯会踩踏事故) also known as Beijing lantern festival stampede was a human stampede that occurred in a crowded lantern festival in Miyun District, Beijing, resulting in 37 deaths and 15 persons injured.


2004 Miyun stampede, Background
The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. It marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, and falls on some day in February or March in the Gregorian calendar.


2004 Miyun stampede, Disaster
At the Mihong Park, when people were celebrating the lantern festival on a bridge, a spectator tripped on an open grate and fell, causing a chain-reaction of people falling upon each others.


2004 Miyun stampede, Disaster
Wu Kun, a spokesman for the Beijing city government described the stampede:


2004 Miyun stampede, Disaster
One person fell down on a grate in the park and caused many people to fall down, there was a stampede. It was a lot of people. I'm not sure how many. These things are packed.


2004 Miyun stampede, Aftermath
After the accident, Beijing Mayor Liu Qi, rushed to the scene of the disaster, and Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao ordered local authorities to investigate how the accident happened and "to try their best to save the injured and make suitable arrangement for the families of the dead."


2004 Miyun stampede, Aftermath
Two police officers, Sun Yong and Chen Bainian, were sentenced to three years in jail for dereliction of duty by the 2nd Branch of Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate.


2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival
The 2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival (MKMF) was the sixth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea, that took place on December 4, 2004, at the Kyung Hee University.


2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival
Solo artists Rain and BoA lead the nominees with three nominations each. Although each of them received the daesang awards, boyband Shinhwa was the only artist/group to receive two awards by the end of the ceremony.


2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival, Background
The award-giving body continued to use the name "M.net Korean Music Festival" (MKMF) for the sixth consecutive time, and the grand awards (or daesang) were still the Best Popular Music Video and Music Video of the Year. For the second time, the event took place at the Kyung Hee University, and Shin Dong-yup and Kim Jung-eun hosted the event together again, the first was during the fourth MKMF.


2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival, Background
During this year, the category for Best OST was introduced for the first time. Three international artists performed in one night; Jerry Yan became the first Taiwanese singer to perform on the event.


2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins
The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):


2004 Mnet Km Music Video Festival, Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.


2004 Mojo Awards
The first annual Mojo Awards, distributed by Mojo magazine, were held during Spring 2004 in London. The awards were produced by the Mojo magazine team and attendance was by invitation only.


2004 Molde FK season
The 2004 season was Molde's 29th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. In Tippeligaen they finished in 11th position.


2004 Molde FK season
Molde participated in the Norwegian Cup. On 9 June 2004, Molde was defeated 1–2 by Vard Haugesund in the third round.


2004 Molde FK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 Moldovan census
The 2004 Moldovan census was carried out between October 5 and October 12, 2004. The breakaway Transnistria failed to come into an agreement with the central government in Chişinău, and carried out its own census between November 11 and November 18, 2004. The results of the census in Transnistria were put into question.


2004 Moldovan census
Moldova's previous census was performed in 1989, when the territory of the country was part of the former Soviet Union.


2004 Moldovan census
The census was delayed several times and had difficulties because of political problems, ethnic tensions, and a lack of financial resources.


2004 Moldovan census, Terminology
The questionnaires used the term "Nationality", but the sense of this term must be understood as a synonym of ethnicity, as nation can also be defined as a grouping based on language and cultural self-determination rather than on relations with a sovereign state. In the context of former the Soviet Union, nationality is often used as translation of the Russian terms (национальность / natsional'nost) used for ethnic groups, and local affiliations within the post-Soviet countries.


2004 Moldovan census, Criticism
According to a May 19, 2005 article carried by the Moldova Azi news agency, the expert group of the International Census Observation Mission to the Republic of Moldova described the Moldovan census as "generally conducted in a professional manner", but consider that "there were a few topics in the census that were potentially more problematic". These were:


2004 Moldovan census, Criticism
The expert group recommended that the Moldovan National Bureau of Statistics carry out an evaluation study, offered its assistance in doing so, and indicated its intention of further studying the matter itself.


2004 Moldovan census, Criticism
Vitalie Valcov, the then director of the Department of Statistics and Sociology, stated that Transnistria did not comply with the international recommendations for carrying out a census and, thus, the data collected in Transnistria — where almost 17% of Moldova's population live — may not be taken together with the data from the rest of Moldova, since it was gathered without international monitoring. Therefore, all census figures released by the Department of Statistics and Sociology do not include territories that are under the control of the breakaway Transnistrian authorities.


2004 Mole Valley District Council election
Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 49.8%.


2004 Molson Indy Montreal
The 2004 Molson Indy Montreal was the tenth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 29, 2004 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole and his teammate Bruno Junqueira won the race.


2004 Molson Indy Toronto
The 2004 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 11, 2004 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race win, his third consecutive win and fourth overall for the season. In doing so he also took over the lead in the drivers championship standings, a lead which he would not relinquish for the remainder of the season.


2004 Molson Indy Vancouver
The 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver was the seventh round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 25, 2004 on the streets of Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Paul Tracy swept the pole and the race win. It was the last Champ Car event to take place in Vancouver.


2004 Molson Indy Vancouver, Race
* Gastón Mazzacane crashed on the pace lap and did not take the green flag.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix
The 2004 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LXII Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 23 May 2004, at the Circuit de Monaco, contested over 77 laps. It was Race 6 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by the Renault driver Jarno Trulli; this was his only victory in Formula One. BAR driver, Jenson Button finished in second position, one second behind Trulli. Rubens Barrichello took the third and final podium spot for Ferrari.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix
In fine conditions Trulli beat Button to the first corner off the grid, and the fast starting Takuma Sato beat Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher to fourth place before retiring at the end of the second lap. On lap three the safety car was deployed due to a collision between David Coulthard and Giancarlo Fisichella, with the race resuming on lap seven. The two Renault drivers, Trulli and Fernando Alonso remained close together at the front of the race until the pit stops which briefly saw Michael Schumacher lead the race.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix
Alonso retired after crashing trying to lap Ralf Schumacher, and a second safety car period ensued. After briefly leading, Michael Schumacher retired behind the safety car following a collision with Juan-Pablo Montoya, who subsequently finished fourth. Schumacher's retirement elevated Button to second, and Trulli to the lead. Button subsequently reduced Trulli's lead, and the pair raced closely until the finish.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix
The race was Trulli's sole victory of his F1 career. The retirement of Michael Schumacher, the defending Drivers' Champion, brought to an end his run of five successive victories from the inaugural race of the season. The race result had no bearing on the Drivers' Championship standings, and despite his retirement, Schumacher departed Monaco as the points leader, ahead of Barrichello and Button. Trulli's victory placed him ten points ahead of his teammate Alonso. Ferrari maintained their lead in the Constructors' Championship, 36 points ahead of Renault and 48 ahead of BAR, with 12 races of the season remaining.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Four practice sessions were held before the qualifying session, two on the Thursday before the race, and two on Saturday morning before the qualifying session. The driver's championship leader, the Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, was fastest in all four practice sessions, and in the final session set a record lap time for the Monaco circuit, of 1:14.014. Schumacher's record time was set in response to a fast lap time from Jarno Trulli. The Jaguar driver Mark Webber suffered an engine failure in the final practice session, and for changing his engine suffered an automatic 10 place grid penalty for the subsequent qualifying session, a penalty also suffered by Ralf Schumacher, for an engine failure in the first practice session.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The Bridgestone tyres used by Schumacher were inferior to the Michelin tyres used by the Renault, BAR and Williams teams at the Monaco weekend. In the weeks before the Monaco race Bridgestone had worked with the Ferrari team on tyres that could perform a fast single lap during qualifying and the opening laps of the race. Schumacher had set his fast practice times on soft tyres, but after his tyres had struggled on a slippery track, Schumacher and the other Bridgestone teams returned to hard tyres.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Michael Schumacher had won pole at four of the last five races. In recent years the Monaco Grand Prix had rarely been won from pole position, the last winner from pole before 2004 had been Mika Häkkinen at the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix and Michael Schumacher at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The first four fastest times in qualifying were set by cars with Michelin tyres. The Sauber team decided to use the soft Bridgestone tyre and their performance had suffered, with their drivers qualifying 10th and 16th.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The Renault driver Jarno Trulli set his pole time of 1m13.985s, it was the fastest ever recorded around the Monaco circuit, and was the first pole position of his career. His time was 0.411 faster than the next driver. Trulli had previously started on the front row at Monaco in 2000. Of his first pole Trulli said that "I'm pretty impressed over my lap time because I couldn't believe I lapped under the 14s... I put in a very impressive lap. In Monaco, being on pole, which is something I have chased for such a long time, I'm so pleased."


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The BAR driver Jenson Button started the race alongside Trulli on the front row, although the Williams driver Ralf Schumacher had qualified second, he was demoted to twelfth for changing his engine. Ralf Schumacher had qualified on pole at Monaco at the previous year's race. Trulli's Renault teammate Fernando Alonso qualified third, with Michael Schumacher eventually qualified fifth. Michael Schumacher was moved to fourth following his brother Ralf's demotion. Takuma Sato qualified seventh after a fast time in the first sector of the circuit, but a driving error damaged his chances of a quick lap.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
"... Where we will end up from our situation is the big question. Monaco is a long race, it's not optimum where we start from, we're not very happy about that, but what can you do?"


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Following the qualifying session, a mini-bus carrying the session's three fastest drivers was hit by a car. No one was hurt in the incident. Trulli described the accident as "...a big surprise... Maybe they thought we had not taken enough risks already on the track. But I don't think so. Not during qualifying in Monte Carlo."


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race began with Trulli on pole and BAR's Jenson Button behind; Renault's Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher occupied the second row. After two aborted starts (Olivier Panis stalled his Toyota and Trulli's Renault leaked coolant onto the track) the parade lap began; Panis stalled again and started the race from the pits. As the race began, BAR's Takuma Sato made an excellent start, moving from eighth to fourth in seconds. Presently Sato's engine began smoking; on the third lap, it exploded spectacularly and released an enormous cloud of smoke, in which Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella collided with McLaren’s David Coulthard and overturned. Both drivers were unhurt but out of the race, as was Sato.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Out came the yellow flags, and the race proceeded under the safety car until the eighth lap, at which point Alonso fought Trulli for the lead, followed by Button. When the race restarted, Juan Pablo Montoya moved past Rubens Barrichello to take sixth position, and Trulli set three consecutive fastest laps, but was only able to increase his lead to 1.2 seconds over Alonso. The leaders began their first pit stops on lap 18, and by Michael Schumacher's stop on lap 26, Trulli led from Alonso, with Schumacher now in third ahead of both Kimi Räikkönen and Button.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 28, Räikkönen retired with mechanical troubles, joining Jaguar's Christian Klien and Mark Webber, as well as Jordan's Giorgio Pantano and Minardi's Gianmaria Bruni on the sidelines.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
"...I've been waiting so long to win and it came at the best race in Monaco... In the end I just took no risks. I was just doing what I had to do and just responding to the lap times and there was no point taking any risks. Everything was under control... It has been a faultless weekend and it is the best way to win – being on top all weekend"


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
In an attempt to lap Ralf Schumacher, who was down in 11th position, Alonso tried to pass him offline around the outside in the tunnel and crashed heavily. Alonso was enraged by this incident, and publicly accused Ralf of dangerous driving. The safety car was immediately deployed, and all of the front-runners (except Michael Schumacher and Montoya) took the opportunity to pit. While following the safety car, Schumacher locked his left front tyre in the tunnel in an apparent attempt to generate heat in his brake pads and discs ahead of the restart.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Montoya, directly behind, moved to the inside trying to avoid running into the back of Schumacher. However, as Schumacher continued there was no space between his car and the barrier for Montoya's and he clipped Montoya's left front tyre with his right rear, spun sideways and hit the barriers. This accident ended Schumacher's hopes for a sixth consecutive victory and a perfect season. Upon investigations, the stewards declined to apportion blame to either driver.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the order settled down towards the end of the race, Trulli led from Button, with Barrichello in third. The top three were a lap in front of the rest of the field, and the only drivers with a chance of winning the race. Barrichello needed to pit with 22 laps remaining, and rejoined too far behind the top two in order to make a challenge. From then on, it was a straight fight between Trulli and Button, but Monaco is notoriously the hardest circuit to make a passing move on. Therefore, Button having no chance of passing, Trulli took the win by close to half a second.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Following what would turn out to be the only Grand Prix win of his Formula One career, Trulli was left literally speechless during interviews, having teammate Alonso conduct interviews on his behalf.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Thursday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Thursday. These drivers drove on Thursday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Classification, Race
† Olivier Panis started from the pit lane after he stalled at the start of the parade lap. †† Ralf Schumacher received a 10 position grid penalty for an engine change on Friday.


2004 Monaghan County Council election
An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Mongolian Premier League
The 2004 Mongolian National Championship was the thirty-seventh recorded edition of top flight football in Mongolia and the ninth season of the Mongolian Premier League, which took over as the highest level of competition in the country from the previous Mongolian National Championship. Khangarid from Erdenet were champions, their second title, Khoromkhon were  runners up, with Ordiin-Od in third place.


2004 Mongolian Premier League, Format
The competition was played in two stages: firstly a regular league competition. Following this, four of the six competing teams qualified for the semi-final play offs, the winners of which advanced to a one off final, with the losers contesting a third place match.


2004 Mongolian Premier League, Format, Playoffs
Erchim and Mazalaai were eliminated in the regular stage, the other four participants proceeded to the playoff stage.


2004 Mongolian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Mongolia on 27 June 2004. The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party remained the largest party in the State Great Khural, winning 36 of the 76 seats. On 27 February 2005 a by-election was held in the 59th constituency and was won by the MPRP, giving them an extra seat.


2004 Monmouth Hawks football team
The 2004 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Hawks were led by 12th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. They finished the season 10–1 overall and 6–1 in NEC play to share the conference championship with Central Connecticut State. Despite their regular season success, the Hawks did not receive an invitation to participate in the NCAA Division I-AA postseason.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election
The 2004 Monmouthshire County Council election were held on 10 June 2004 to Monmouthshire County Council in southeast Wales, on the same day of the European Elections. The election was preceded by the 1999 elections and followed by the 2008 elections.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Background
The Conservatives had formed a minority administration from the previous county council election in May 1999, being largest group on the council by one seat.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Background
Following two by-elections in 2002 (the Conservatives losing one seat to the Liberal Democrats and Labour taking a seat from an Independent), the Labour party became the largest group by one seat.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Background
Having secured the support of Independent and Liberal Democrat councillors, Labour formed a minority administration from July 2002 until the election in June 2004.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Background
IN June 2004 the whole council was up for election and following boundary changes the number of seats was increased to 43.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Overview of results
The Conservatives gained overall control of the council from a previous minority Labour administration.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Overview of results
The election results were noticeable seeing two Plaid Cymru councillors elected in Caldicot, a first for the Welsh nationalists in heavily anglicised Monmouthshire, and the election of a 21-year-old student, Matthew Jones , for the Liberal Democrats in Chepstow.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Overview of results
The Labour party suffered heavy losses to the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and Independents.


2004 Monmouthshire County Council election, Overview of results
The election result saw a fragmentation of the non-conservative vote; the emergence of the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru onto the council. Of note was the number of close races in individual wards, as well as several individual contests where the winning candidate polled far less than a majority of the votes cast.


2004 Montana Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Montana Democratic presidential primary was held on June 8 in the U.S. state of Montana as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 2004 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.


2004 Montana House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 2, 2004 to elect all 100 members to Montana's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 8, 2004.


2004 Montana House of Representatives election
A net loss of three seats by the Republicans resulted in the House being tied at 50 seats each. Democrats regained control of the House after 12 years by virtue of Governor Brian Schweitzer being a Democrat.


2004 Montana House of Representatives election, Results, Statewide
Statewide results of the 2004 Montana House of Representatives election:


2004 Montana House of Representatives election, Results, District
Results of the 2004 Montana House of Representatives election by district:


2004 Montana Initiative 96
Initiative 96 of 2004 is a ballot initiative that amended the Montana Constitution to prevent same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Montana. The Initiative passed via public referendum on November 2, 2004 with 67% of voters supporting and 33% opposing.


2004 Montana Initiative 96
The text of the adopted amendment, which is found at Article XIII, section 7 of the Montana Constitution, states:


2004 Montana Initiative 96
Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.


2004 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 2004 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Mike Kramer, the Bobcats compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against Big Sky opponents) and tied for third place in the Big Sky. Quarterback Travis Lulay led the team on offense.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election
The 2004 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of Montana. Democrat Brian Schweitzer defeated Montana Secretary of State and Republican nominee Bob Brown with 50.4% of the vote against 46%. Schweitzer formed a ticket with a Republican running mate, choosing state legislator John Bohlinger for the lieutenant governorship.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Candidates
Brian Schweitzer, a rancher from Whitefish, began campaigning for the Democratic nomination over a year before the primary. He had narrowly lost the Senate race to Conrad Burns in 2000. In February 2004 he announced that liberal Republican State Senator John Bohlinger would be his running mate for the post of lieutenant governor. This would be the first bipartisan gubernatorial team since the Montana Constitution was amended in 1972 to require governors and lieutenant governors to run as a team.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Candidates
In March 2004, John Vincent, a former Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, entered the race and criticized Schweitzer for taking both sides on some issues. In the end Schweitzer easily won the Democratic primary. Three days after the primary Schweitzer addressed the Montana Democratic Convention; he gave a bear hug to his defeated rival and said he would bring a new kind of leadership to Montana.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Candidates
Incumbent Governor Judy Martz had a difficult term of office with her approval ratings as governor going as low as 20%. In August 2003 she announced she would not run for re-election as she wanted to spend more time with her family. Lieutenant Governor Karl Ohs was expected to enter the Republican primary race but decided not to.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Candidates
Montana Secretary of State Bob Brown, conservative businessman Pat Davison and former State Senators Ken Miller and Tom Keating competed for the nomination. Brown was seen as the favorite in the primary but was attacked by Pat Davison for being "liberal on taxes". Brown was the only one of the candidates who refused to sign a pledge not to raise taxes as he said he wanted to keep all options open as governor.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In mid summer polls showed Schweitzer had a 10-point lead over Brown, but by October the gap had closed to only 4 percent.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Schweitzer campaigned with plans to lift Montana from its position at the bottom of all 50 states in wages. He called for new uses to be found for crops like mint and for small businesses to pool in purchasing health care. He also supported opening the border with Canada to allow consumers to get cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Brown said that the Democrats harmed business growth and job creation. He touted his government experience including 26 years in the Montana legislature and accused Schweitzer of taking hypocritical stands.


2004 Montana gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Schweitzer won the election to become the first Democrat in 20 years to win an election for governor. According to the exit polls Schweitzer obtained two-thirds of the vote from over 65s and from independent voters. This was despite President George W. Bush winning Montana very easily over John Kerry.


2004 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2004 Monte Carlo Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 98th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France from 19 April through 25 April 2004. Third-seeded Guillermo Coria won the singles title.


2004 Monte Carlo Masters, Finals, Doubles
Tim Henman /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Gastón Etlis /  Martin Rodríguez 7–5, 6–2


2004 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Gastón Etlis and Martín Rodríguez.


2004 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles
Tim Henman and Nenad Zimonjić won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Etlis and Rodríguez.


2004 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles, Seeds
All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


2004 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Àlex Corretja.


2004 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles
Guillermo Coria won in the final 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 against Rainer Schüttler.


2004 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2004 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 72e Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 23 and 25 January 2004, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 5th win in the win in the World Rally Championship.


2004 Monterey Sports Car Championships
The 2004 Monterey Sports Car Championships was the final race for the 2004 American Le Mans Series season and held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It took place on October 16, 2004.


2004 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2004 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2004 Montreal Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division with a franchise record 14–4 record. They appeared in the East final, but with Anthony Calvillo out with injury, they lost to the Toronto Argonauts.


2004 Montreal Expos season
The 2004 Montreal Expos season was the Expos′ 36th and final season in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team finished in fifth and last place in the National League East at 67-95, 29 games behind the first-place  Atlanta Braves. After the season, the team – which had played in Montreal since its foundation as an expansion franchise in 1969 – relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals, as Major League Baseball returned to Washington for the 2005 season after a 33-season absence.


2004 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
The Expos held spring training at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, in 2004. It was their second year of spring training at the facility.


2004 Montreal Expos season, Regular season, Attendance
Including both games played in Montreal and "home" games played in San Juan, the Expos drew 749,550 fans during the 2004 season, and were 16th in attendance among the 16 National League teams. Their highest attendance for the season was for their final game in Montreal on September 29, which attracted 31,395 fans to see them play the Florida Marlins, while their lowest was for a game in Montreal on May 5 against the Colorado Rockies, which drew only 3,609 fans. For games played in San Juan, the largest crowd was 16,836 for a game against the San Francisco Giants on May 22, and the smallest was a crowd of 7,436 that came to a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 9.


2004 Montreal Expos season, Regular season, Attendance
The Expos lost one home date during the season, when the May 23 "home" game at San Juan against the Giants was rained out and rescheduled to be played as an away game in San Francisco as part of a single-admission doubleheader on August 18. The doubleheader drew 42,296.


2004 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2004 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2004 Montreal Expos season, Relocation to Washington
After several years in a holding pattern, MLB began actively looking for a relocation site for the Expos. Some of the choices included Orlando, Florida; Dayton, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Washington, D.C.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Monterrey, Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Northern Virginia; Norfolk, Virginia; and Charlotte, North Carolina. In the decision-making process, Commissioner Bud Selig added Las Vegas, Nevada to the list of potential Expos homes.


2004 Montreal Expos season, Relocation to Washington
On September 29, 2004, MLB officially announced that the Expos would move to Washington, D.C. in 2005. The move was approved by the owners of the other teams in a 28–1 vote on December 3 (Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos cast the sole dissenting vote). In addition, on November 15, 2004, a lawsuit by the former team owners against MLB and former majority owner Jeffrey Loria was struck down by arbitrators, ending legal moves to keep the Expos in Montreal.


2004 Montreal Expos season, Retired numbers ceremony
As a tribute to the Expos, on October 18, 2005, the Montreal Canadiens honoured the departed team by raising an Expos commemorative banner, which lists the retired numbers, to the rafters of the Bell Centre. Gary Carter and Andre Dawson were at the ceremony with Youppi, who was now the Canadiens mascot. The Banner featured all of the Expos retired numbers:


2004 Montreal Expos season, Expos in the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor
On August 10, 2010, the Washington Nationals formally presented a new "Ring of Honor" at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., to honor Major League Baseball Hall of Fame players with ties to the Washington Nationals, original Washington Senators, expansion Washington Senators, Homestead Grays, or Montreal Expos. Gary Carter and Andre Dawson were the former Expos honored in the Ring of Honor on that day. The Expos logo appears next to their names in the Ring of Honor. On May 9, 2015, the Nationals added former Expos (2002–2004) and Nationals (2005–2006) manager Frank Robinson to the Ring of Honor at Nationals Park.


2004 Montserrat Championship
The 2004 season of the Montserrat Championship was the seventh recorded season of top flight association football competition in Montserrat, with records for any competition held between 1975 and 1995 not available, the third iteration of the championship since the 1996–97 season was abandoned when the Soufrière Hills erupted causing widespread devastation to the island, and, as of 2015, the last recorded season of competitive football on the island. The championship was won by Ideal, their first title to date.


2004 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2004 Moorilla Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts and which was part of the Tier V category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 12 January until 16 January 2004. Unseeded Amy Frazier won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2004 Moorilla Hobart International, Finals, Doubles
Shinobu Asagoe /  Seiko Okamoto defeated  Els Callens /  Barbara Schett 2–6, 6–4, 6–3


2004 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Black competed in Sydney at the same week, while Likhovtseva decided to focus only on the singles competition.


2004 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles
Shinobu Asagoe and Seiko Okamoto won the title by defeating Els Callens and Barbara Schett 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals.


2004 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Alicia Molik was the incumbent champion, but did not compete in 2004.


2004 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Amy Frazier won the title by defeating Shinobu Asagoe 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster
The Morecambe Bay cockling disaster (Chinese: 拾貝慘案 Shí bèi cǎn'àn, "cockle-picking tragedy") occurred on the evening of 5 February 2004 at Morecambe Bay in North West England, when at least 21 Chinese illegal immigrant labourers were drowned by an incoming tide after picking cockles off the Lancashire coast.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Disaster
David Anthony Eden, Sr., and David Anthony Eden, Jr., a father and son from England, had allegedly arranged to pay a group of Chinese workers £5 per 25 kg (9p per lb) of cockles. The Chinese had been trafficked via containers into Liverpool, and were hired out through local criminal agents of international Chinese Triads. The cockles to be collected are best found at low tide on sand flats at Warton Sands, near Hest Bank. The Chinese workers were unfamiliar with local geography, language, and custom. They were cut off by the incoming tide in the bay around 9:30 p.m.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Disaster
The emergency services were alerted by a mobile phone call made by one of the workers, who spoke little English and was only able to say "sinking water" before the call was cut off. Twenty-one bodies, of men and women between the ages of 18 and 45, were recovered from the bay after the incident. Two of the victims were women; the vast majority were young men in their 20s and 30s, with only two being over 40 and only one, a male, under 20. Most of the victims were previously employed as farmers, and two were fishermen.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Disaster
All the bodies were found between the cockling area and shore, indicating that most had attempted to swim but had been overcome by hypothermia. Four of the victims died after the truck they used to reach the cockling area became overwhelmed by water. A further two cocklers were believed to have been with those drowned, with remains of one being found in 2010.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Disaster
At the subsequent hearing, British cocklers returning to shore on the same evening were reported to have attempted to warn the Chinese group by tapping their watches and trying to speak with them. A survivor testified that the leader of the group had made a mistake about the time of the tides. Fourteen other members of the group are reported to have made it safely to the shore, making 15 survivors in total. The workers were all illegal immigrants, mainly from the Fujian province of China, and have been described as being untrained and inexperienced.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Prosecutions
David Anthony Eden, Sr., and David Anthony Eden, Jr., from Prenton, Merseyside, who bought cockles from the work gang, were cleared of helping the workers break immigration law.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Prosecutions
Gangmaster Lin Liang Ren was found guilty of the manslaughter of at least 21 people (two further cocklers were thought to have been killed, but their bodies were never found). Ren, his girlfriend Zhao Xiao Qing and his cousin Lin Mu Yong were also convicted of breaking immigration laws. Ren was sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter, 6 years for facilitating illegal immigration (to be served concurrently with the manslaughter sentence), and 2 years for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice (to be served subsequent to the manslaughter sentence). Lin Mu Yong was sentenced to four years and nine months. Zhao Xiao Qing was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months for facilitation of illegal immigration and perverting the course of justice.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Media
The 2006 film Ghosts, directed by Nick Broomfield, is a dramatisation of the events leading up to the disaster.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Media
A 2006 documentary Death in the Bay: the Cocklepickers' Story, was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of The Other Side from local filmmaker Loren Slater, who was one of the first people on the scene.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Media
In 2009, Ed Pien's work Memento, commissioned by the Chinese Arts Centre, was developed in response to the plight of illegal immigrants, especially those who died at Morecambe Bay.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Media
In 2013, artist Isaac Julien released his film Ten Thousand Waves about the disaster.


2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Media
The 2007 folk song "On Morecambe Bay" by folk artist Kevin Littlewood tells the story of the events. This song was later covered by folk musician Christy Moore.


2004 Moroccan census
The 2004 Moroccan census was held in Morocco in 2004, officially referred to as the 2004 Moroccan census or unofficially as the Michael Ngovement. The census was conducted by the High Planning Commission.


2004 Mosconi Cup
The 2004 Mosconi Cup, the 11th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 16–19 December 2004 at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.


2004 Mosconi Cup
Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 12–9.


2004 Mosul bombings
The 24 June 2004 Mosul bombings were a series of coordinated car bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where five car bombs targeted police stations and a city hospital killing at least 62 and injuring at least 220 people, many of them Iraqi policemen.


2004 Motor City Bowl
The 2004 Motor City Bowl, part of the 2004–05 NCAA football bowl games season, occurred on December 27, 2004 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Team selection
The Toledo Rockets entered the game as the champions of the Mid-American Conference as they defeated Miami University on December 2, 2004 in the MAC Championship Game by a score of 35–27. This was Toledo's third trip to the bowl. They also appeared in 2001 and 2002. The Connecticut Huskies qualified for their first ever bowl appearance by finishing 7–4 and had a Big East Conference record of 3–3. Connecticut was invited to the game when the Big Ten could not provide a qualifying team.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary
The announced attendance of 52,552 was, at the time, a record crowd for the Motor City Bowl. It has since been surpassed by both the 2006 and 2007 games.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Larry Taylor received the opening kickoff for UConn at the eight-yard line and returned the ball 34 yards to the Connecticut 42-yard line. Behind the passing of quarterback Dan Orlovsky and the running of Cornell Brockington, the Huskies moved down the field, earning three first downs. The drive stalled at the Toledo 17-yard line; Matt Nuzie came on to successfully kick a 35-yard field goal. UConn took an early 3–0 lead, with 11:55 left in the first quarter.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Toledo received the ensuing kickoff, but lost yardage on the return and had to start their opening drive from their own eight-yard line. On their first offensive play they promptly earned their first first down of the game, on a 12-yard pass from quarterback Bruce Gradkowski to wide receiver Kenny Higgins. After being stopped for no gain on the next play, running back Trinity Dawson uncorked a 22-yard run on second down to earn Toledo's second first down of the drive.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The Rockets were unable to progress further, however, and punted the ball to the Huskies, who likewise were unable to advance. Toledo received the Connecticut punt but could not earn a first down on three plays. On 4th-and-4 on their own 45-yard line, the Rockets faked the punt attempt and attempted to earn a first down, but fumbled the ball; Connecticut's Tyler King recovered. The Huskies made Toledo pay for their mistake. After three plays earned only four yards, UConn went for it on fourth down. Dan Orlovsky connected with wide receiver Jason Williams for 32 yards and a touchdown. After Nuzie kicked the extra-point, the Connecticut lead was extended to 10–0, with 4:36 left in the first quarter.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The Rockets started their next drive from their own 27-yard line. Two plays netted Toledo five yards, which were promptly lost on a penalty, setting up a 3rd-and-10. Gradkowski's pass was incomplete, forcing the Rockets to punt. Toledo's punt was caught by UConn's Larry Taylor, who ran down the right sideline 68 yards, all the way for a touchdown. After the extra point, the Huskies now had a 17–0 lead. UConn's 17 points were a Motor City Bowl-record for most points scored in a first quarter.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The Rockets got the ball back on their own 31-yard line, and moved down the field on runs by Trinity Dawson, aided by a 15-yard penalty on the Huskies on third down. Dawson's 11-yard run up the middle on 2nd-and-6 set up a 1st-and-10 on the UConn 28-yard line as the first quarter clock expired. At the end of the first quarter, Connecticut held a 17–0 lead.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Toledo continued their drive down the field as the second quarter began. Twice UConn had a chance to stop the Rockets, forcing them into second- or third-and-long scenarios. Twice Toledo converted the first down, the first time on a 14-yard run by Trinity Dawson, the second time on a 16-yard pass from Gradkowski to tight end Chris Holmes, setting up a 1st-and-goal on the Connecticut 4. On first down Dawson gained three yards; on second down Gradkowski kept the ball himself but was stopped for no gain. Gradkowski tried again on third down, and this time punched the ball in for the touchdown. After the extra point, the Rockets now trailed the Huskies, 17–7.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Connecticut promptly responded on their next drive. They began in Toledo territory, after a 54-yard kickoff return by Larry Taylor. After two Cornell Brockington runs and a five-yard penalty against the Huskies set up 3rd-and-2, Orlovsky connected with wide receiver Jason Williams for four yards and the first down. After another Brockington run, Orlovsky and Williams would connect again for a first down, this time gaining five yards. On the next play Orlovsky completed a pass to Brandon LcLean for 11 yards and another first down, moving the ball to the Toledo 7-yard line. After one incompletion, Orlovsky threw over the middle to Brian Sparks, scoring the touchdown. The extra point was good; Connecticut now held a 24–7 lead over Toledo.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
The Rockets started their next drive from their own 22-yard line. Gradkowski connected with Chris Holmes for 15 yards and a first down, but after that the drive stalled after a sack and a penalty drove Toledo back to their own 29-yard line and set up 3rd-and-15. Trinity Dawson's 10-yard run still left the Rockets five yards short of the first down; Toledo punted.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Connecticut took over on their own 26-yard line and used a variety of players to move down the field; fullback Deon Anderson and wide receiver Jason Williams carried for three and 16 yards respectively to move the Huskies to midfield. On 3rd-and-5 from the 50-yard line, Orlovsky connected with wide receiver Matt Cutaia for six yards and the first down. After a seven-yard run by running back Chris Bellamy and a fifteen-yard penalty on the Rockets moved the ball to the Toledo 22-yard line, UConn found themselves unable to advance further. A 37-yard field goal by Matt Nuzie gave the Huskies three more points; their lead was now 27–7 over the Rockets with less than two minutes left in the half.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Toledo started their next drive from their own 20-yard line, but went three-and-out after two incomplete passes by Gradkowski and a five-yard run by Dawson, well-short of the required ten yards. After the punt UConn took over on their own 40-yard line with just over a minute left in the half. Orlovsky completed a pass to Keron Henry for eight yards on first down; after an incompletion, Brockington ran up the middle for four yards and the first down, moving the ball into Toledo territory.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
On the next play, Orlovsky completed a long 41-yard pass to Matt Cutaia to the Toledo seven-yard line. Orlovsky threw incomplete on the next play; as time was running out, Connecticut elected to kick the field goal rather than risk not scoring any points. Matt Nuzie's 25-yard attempt was good as the halftime clock expired. With one half complete, the Huskies now held a 30–7 lead in a game that was rapidly becoming a blowout.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Toledo took possession of the ball at the 35-yard line as the third quarter began. New quarterback Marques Council, who replaced the injured Bruce Gradkowski at halftime, led the Rockets down the field, running for 13 yards and a first down and then completing a 29-yard pass to Lance Moore for another first down. Toledo had a 1st-and-goal at the Connecticut 6, but after two rushing plays were stopped for a loss, and an incomplete pass, the Rockets were forced to settle for a 27-yard field goal. The UConn lead was cut to 30–10 just three minutes into the third quarter.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Connecticut went three-and-out on the ensuing possession, punting the ball back to Toledo. Marques Council continued to give the Rockets new life, leading them to three first downs as they moved down the field into Connecticut territory. On 2nd-and-8 from the UConn 22, Council made his first mistake, throwing a pass over the middle that was intercepted by linebacker Alfred Fincher. The Huskies took advantage of the turnover to advance down the field on a mix of running plays by Cornell Brockington, Chris Bellamy, and Deon Anderson, and passes from Orlovsky to Keron Henry and Dan Murray.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
The drive advanced as far as the Toledo 20-yard line, where Connecticut was stopped. Matt Nuzie was called on once again for the field goal; he successfully kicked the 36-yarder, giving him a Motor City Bowl-record four made field goals. The UConn lead was back to 23 points with less than two minutes left in the third quarter. Toledo started their next drive on their own 20-yard line but went three-and-out; their punt, downed by Connecticut at their own 42-yard line, was the final play of the quarter. At the end of three quarters, the Huskies held a 33–10 lead over the Rockets.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Dan Orlovsky completed a 44-yard pass to Keron Henry, moving the Huskies to the Toledo 14-yard line. A loss of two on a run by Chris Bellamy and two incomplete passes halted the UConn drive; Matt Nuzie was called on to attempt his fifth field goal of the game. This time, however, Nuzie missed the kick, a 34-yard attempt, keeping the score 33–10 and giving possession back to the Rockets.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Taking over on their own 16-yard line, Toledo promptly earned two first downs on passes from Council to Lance Moore for 16 yards and to Chris Holmes for 11, moving the Rockets to midfield. On 1st-and-10 from the 50-yard line, however, Council threw a pass that was intercepted by UConn's Justin Perkins. The Huskies got to the Toledo 39-yard line on a pass from Orlovsky to Keron Henry, but after two incompletions Orlovsky threw an interception to Toledo's Nigel Morris.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The Rockets took over with 11:13 left in the game, and led by Marques Council drove down the field as far as the Connecticut 28-yard line. A sack, incomplete pass, and completion from Council to Trinity Dawson for five yards set up a 4th-and-7 from the UConn 25-yard line. The Rockets elected to go for the first down, but Council was sacked, causing Toledo to turn the ball back over on downs. After a three-and-out and punt by the Huskies, the Rockets got the ball back on their own 34-yard line.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Council was sacked again, this time for a loss of 16 yards, and on the next play fumbled. Fortunately for him he recovered his own fumble, but the Rockets were unable to get close to first-down yardage and were forced to punt. With 3:17 left in the game, UConn elected to keep the ball on the ground. On 2nd-and-10 from the Toledo 45-yard line, Chris Bellamy ran left for 32 yards. Three plays later, on 3rd-and-8 from the Rocket 11-yard line, Connecticut running back Matt Lawrence ran by the middle for the final touchdown of the game. The extra point was blocked by Toledo; after one complete pass from Council to Quinton Broussard for eleven yards and a first down, two incomplete passes, and a sack, the game was over. UConn won the game 39–10.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Final statistics
Dan Orlovsky was named the game's MVP by completing 21 of his 40 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. Tyler King, playing in his first game since breaking his leg in the Huskies 29–17 win over Pittsburgh on September 30, was awarded the United Auto Workers Lineman of the Game Award.


2004 Motor City Bowl, Aftermath
In the late summer of 2007, ESPN reported that the Toledo football team, and specifically running back Harvey "Scooter" McDougle was under federal investigation for a point shaving scandal. The 2004 Motor City Bowl was one of the games in question.


2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500
The 2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500, the 55th running of the event was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on November 14, 2004, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested at 367 laps on the 1.366 miles (2.198 km) speedway, it was the thirty-fifth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season.


2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500
For the 2004 season, a shuffling of the NASCAR schedule saw the race move to November. Track management believed the November date would allow for cooler, more comfortable weather for fans, who had increasingly voiced concerns about the hot, humid, weather. In addition, it meant the race would be part of the new Chase for the Nextel Cup playoff date. Rockingham lost its fall date to Fontana, and the Pop Secret 500 was moved to the prestigious Labor Day weekend date. The track also installed lights.


2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500
Qualifying was canceled due to rain and the starting lineup was set by owner's points. Kurt Busch was the points leader and sat on the front row. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.


2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500, Background
Darlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame" and advertised as a "NASCAR Tradition", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.


2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500, Background
The track, Darlington Raceway,  is a four-turn 1.366 miles (2.198 km) oval. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people.


2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–29. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Third seeded UNLV won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 6–3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. New Mexico claimed the second seed by winning the season series against UNLV.


2004 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Matt Luca, a sophomore pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.


2004 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2004 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado from March 10–13, 2004. Third-seeded Utah defeated UNLV, which lost its third consecutive tournament title game (all by 3 points or less), 73–70 in the championship game to win the Mountain West Conference Tournament and the league's NCAA Tournament automatic bid.


2004 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
This marked the first time in league history the tournament was held in a venue other than Las Vegas' Thomas and Mack Center.


2004 Mountain West Conference football season
The 2004 Mountain West Conference football season was the sixth since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference. It was the last season of the conference's original eight-team line up, as Texas Christian University (TCU) had agreed to join the conference for the 2005 season. The Utah won the conference championship in 2004, the Utes' third title since the league began in 1999. On the strength of their perfect 11–0 record in the regular season, Utah became the first team from a BCS non-AQ conference to be invited to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl when they accepted an invitation to play Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl.


2004 Mozambican general election
General elections were held in Mozambique on 1 and 2 December 2004 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano stepped down after 18 years in power, with five candidates running to succeed him. Armando Guebuza of the ruling FRELIMO party won, with over 60% of the vote. FRELIMO also won the Assembly elections, taking 160 of the 250 seats. Turnout for both elections was just over 36%.


2004 Mozambican general election, Results, President
Officials expected the winner to be formally announced on 17 December, but it was delayed until 21 December. Guebuza won with 63.7% of the vote, and took office in February 2005. Afonso Dhlakama of RENAMO came second with 31.7% of the vote, and announced that he did not recognize the results.


2004 Mr. Olympia
The 2004 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's 2004 Olympia Weekend held October 30–31, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2004 Mr. Olympia, Results
This Mr. Olympia contest introduced a new Challenge Round to determine the final standings. The top six competitors scores were discarded after round three, and only the final challenge round standings were used to decide the winner.


2004 Mr. Olympia, Results
The total prize money for the men's Mr. Olympia was $400,000.


2004 Ms. Olympia
The 2004 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2004 that was held on October 29, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 25th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.


2004 MuchMusic Video Awards
The 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards were held on June 19, 2004 and featured performances by the Beastie Boys, Evanescence, Billy Talent, Hilary Duff, Kanye West and others. The most nominated artist was Sam Roberts with 8 nominations.


2004 Multan bombing
The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. The death toll was reported at 41 and the number of injured was close to 100.


2004 Multan bombing, Day of the attack
Top leaders of the banned outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan along with Ahl-i-Sunnat-Wal Jamaat had organized a meeting to mourn the death of  Amjad Hussain Farooqi. The meeting began on 10:30 pm on Wednesday after Isha prayers , and it ran till 4:15 am on Thursday morning. The bomb blast took place as the people were leaving the meeting venue at Rashidabad neighbourhood.


2004 Multan bombing, Incident
Ahl-i-Sunnat-Wal Jamaat had gathered a crowd of 2000 for a meeting when the attack happened around 4:30 am. The bomb, according to Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao was remote-controlled and was placed inside of a Suzuki car. Eyewitnesses reported that they heard two blasts with a 20-second interval. Besides killing innocent civilians the bomb also damaged some nearby buildings and left puddles of blood and human flesh scattered around. Two minutes after the first explosion , another blast went off. According to reports this bomb was attached to a motorcycle.


2004 Multan bombing, Aftermath
After the attack the Pakistani police were deployed to the site amid the attacks from protestors who burned tires, damaged windscreens, and attacked two ambulances. The blast left a one and half foot crater at ground zero. After the blast most of shops in the area closed down and people from started gathering to protest. Some of them pelleted passing vehicles with stones and chanted slogans against the government for failure to provide security to its citizens.


2004 Multan bombing, Aftermath
Later on the police arrested Irfan Ali Shah who was eventually found guilty on 40 counts of terrorism for masterminding the double bombing and was sentenced to death in 2006.


2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 27 June 2004 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Cork and Waterford. Waterford claimed their second Munster Championship of the decade, beating Cork on a scoreline of 3-16 to 1-21, a 1 point winning margin. Overall, this was Waterford's seventh Munster Senior Hurling Championship. The final, which swung both ways numerous times, including numerous goals and a sending off, is considered one of the greatest Munster Hurling Finals of all time. In Ireland, the match was televised live on the Sunday Game on RTÉ Two with commentary from Ger Canning and Michael Duignan.


2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Previous Munster Final encounters
Previous to this encounter, the teams had met each other in twelve Munster Hurling Finals, including a replay in 1931. Cork lead the rivalry having won eight finals in comparison to Waterford's three wins. Notable finals include 1982 when Cork beat Waterford by 31 points (Munster Final record) and in the previous year's final when Cork beat Waterford by 4 points even after a hat trick of goals by Waterford's John Mullane.


2004 Music City Bowl
The 2004 Music City Bowl was held on December 31, 2004, in Nashville, Tennessee at The Coliseum. The game featured the Alabama Crimson Tide, of the SEC, and the Minnesota Golden Gophers, of the Big Ten. The game was ultimately won by Minnesota, 20–16. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels and Bridgestone, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone.


2004 Music City Bowl
Alabama was led by head coach Mike Shula and entered a game with a 6–5 record, as the team ended their 2004 regular season by losing three of their final four games. The Crimson Tide offense was led by quarterback Spencer Pennginton, who was a backup at the beginning of the season, but was put into the starting role when Brodie Croyle was injured versus Western Carolina. Pennington led the Crimson Tide to a 3–4 record as a starter and was the starting quarterback in the bowl game. Alabama also entered to the second-ranked overall defense in the country.


2004 Music City Bowl
Glen Mason led the Golden Gophers into the bowl game, who also had a 6–5 record. The Golden Gophers ended their 2004 regular season by losing five of their final six games after a 5–0 start. The Minnesota offense was led by two 1,000-yard rushers in Laurence Maroney and Marion Barber III, the latter of which would be named MVP of the bowl game. The two running backs combined for 2,617 yards and twenty-three touchdowns.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, First quarter
Minnesota began the first drive of the game at their own 20–yard line following a touchback on the opening kickoff. Alabama quickly forced a turnover as Marion Barber III fumbled the ball, which Freddie Roach recovered and returned to the Minnesota 2–yard line. On their first play, Alabama quarterback Spencer Pennington completed a 2–yard touchdown pass to Le'Ron McClain, and following a Brian Bostick PAT, the Crimson Tide took an early 7–0 lead. On their next two drives, Minnesota quarterback Bryan Cupito threw two interceptions, which Roman Harper and Anthony Madison intercepted, respectively.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, First quarter
Following the interception by Madison, Alabama began their drive at the 2–yard line. The Crimson Tide offense moved the ball only four yards before Spencer Pennington fumbled the ball. Keith Lipka recovered the fumble and returned it for a 1–yard touchdown, Minnesota and Alabama were back level at 7–7.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, First quarter
Following a return by Tyrone Prothro on the kickoff, Alabama began at their own 15–yard line. The offense quickly picked up a first down after a 14–yard pass from Pennington to D. J. Hall. After the first down, the Crimson Tide offense stalled before Prothro fumbled the ball, recovered by Minnesota defensive back Justin Fraley. Running backs Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney quickly moved the ball forty-two yards in the final 2:54 to the Alabama 5–yard line before the end of the first quarter.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Second quarter
On the first play of the second quarter, Marion Barber rushed up the middle for a 5–yard touchdown. Following the PAT from Rhys Lloyd, Minnesota took a 14–7 lead.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Second quarter
Alabama began their first drive of the second quarter at the 35–yard line following the kickoff. The Crimson Tide offense was quickly stifled as Pennington was sacked for an 8–yard loss on the first play. After two more plays, the offense only gained three yards before a Bo Freeland punt to the Minnesota 31–yard line. As usual, the Minnesota offense struck to their ground game as Barber and Maroney combined for sixty yards on ten carries to get the ball to the Alabama 9–yard line. After an incomplete pass and two penalties, the Golden Gophers finished the drive with a 26–yard field goal from Rhys Lloyd, extending their lead to 17–7.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Second quarter
On their second drive of the quarter, Alabama began at their own 27–yard line. Le'Ron McClain caught a 7–yard pass on the first play as the Alabama offense steadily moved down field to the 46–yard line. On a 2nd-and-6, Spencer Pennington completed a 40–yard pass to wide receiver Keith Brown as the offense moved the ball to the Minnesota 6–yard line. On a 3rd-and-goal situation, Minnesota's defense gave the Alabama offense an automatic first down, placing the ball at the 2–yard line. After a 1–yard rush, McClain ran into the endzone for a 1–yard touchdown as Alabama trailed 17–14 with less than three minutes left in the first half.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Second quarter
After conservative play-calling by Minnesota, the Golden Gophers punted the ball to Alabama with only twenty-eight seconds remaining. After a 15–yard penalty on Minnesota, the Alabama offense moved to the 31–yard line. Spencer Pennington completed two quick passes to Matt Caddell and D. J. Hall, moving the ball to the Minnesota 47–yard line. After a timeout, Pennington completed yet another pass Keith Brown to the 37–yard line. On the final play before halftime, Pennington lateralled the ball to Tyrone Prothro for a 13–yard gain. The offense ran out of time, and failing to score, Alabama trailed 17–14 at halftime.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Third quarter
Minnesota kicked off to begin the third quarter, which Tyrone Prothro returned to the 26–yard line. Once again, the Alabama offense struggled to move the ball and was forced to punt. Minnesota's first drive began on their own 25–yard line. Laurence Maroney ran for ten yards on the first two plays of the drive, giving Minnesota a first down. Two plays later, Marion Barber broke off a 25–yard run to move the ball to the Alabama 23–yard line. After three more rushes by Barber and two incomplete passes, Rhys Lloyd kicked a 25–yard field goal to give Minnesota a six-point lead.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Third quarter
For the remainder of the quarter, both offenses struggled to move the ball. Both teams combined for four punts and one turnover in the final 10:10 of the third quarter.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Fourth quarter
Following another stalled drive for both offenses, Minnesota started a drive at Alabama's 48–yard line. Both Maroney and Barber split the carries again, gradually moving the ball downfield over the next 6:26 to the 14–yard line. Rhys Lloyd missed a 31–yard line to end Minnesota's drive, his sixth missed field goal of the season.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Fourth quarter
Down 20–14, the Alabama offense started at their own 14–yard line following the missed field goal. Spencer Pennington completed a 23–yard pass to D. J. Hall, moving the ball to the 43–yard line. Three incomplete passes followed, forcing Alabama to punt once again. Minnesota took over at their own 10–yard line and failed to gain a first down, forcing a punt. However, Alabama tackled the Rhys Lloyd in the endzone, gaining two points from the safety, and bringing themselves within four points at 20–16.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Fourth quarter
Following the safety, Minnesota was forced to give Alabama the ball on a free kick. On the first three plays, Pennington completed three passes, giving Alabama a first down at the Minnesota 19–yard line. On the next three plays, the Pennington threw two incomplete passes, and a short, 4–yard completion to Matt Caddell. On 4th-and-6, Pennington threw another incompletion, turning the ball over on downs.


2004 Music City Bowl, Game, Fourth quarter
Minnesota started their final drive with just 1:26 left. As Alabama had used all three of their timeouts in the second half, Minnesota quarterback Bryan Cupito only needed to take a knee twice to run out the remainder of the clock, giving Minnesota a 20–16 win for their seventh victory of the season. The loss sent Alabama to a .500 record at 6–6, losing their final three games.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
The 2004 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from 18 October through 25 October 2004. Third-seeded Marat Safin won the singles title.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
In the absence of world number one Roger Federer, the singles field was led by ATP no. 5, French Open and US Open semi-finalist, Wimbledon quarterfinalist and Indian Wells finalist Tim Henman, Cincinnati titlist, 2002 Madrid Masters winner, 2003 Masters Cup winner and eight-time grand slam champion Andre Agassi and Australian Open runner-up, Beijing titlist and Estoril finalist Marat Safin. Other top seeds were Rome Masters runner-up, 2002 Wimbledon Championships titlist David Nalbandian, Olympics gold medalist, Kitzbühel winner Nicolás Massú, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Joachim Johansson and Tommy Robredo.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 6–3, 6–4


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was the 35th doubles title for Knowles and the 37th doubles title for Nestor, in their respective careers. It was also the 5th and final title of the year for the pair.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion, but lost to Luis Horna in the second round.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Singles
Marat Safin won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–3, against David Nalbandian.


2004 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 Myanmar Premier League
The 2004 Myanmar Premier League season saw 16 teams in competition. Custom FC won the championship.


2004 Myanmar cyclone
The 2004 Myanmar cyclone was considered the worst to strike the country since 1968. The second tropical cyclone of the 2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, it formed as a depression on May 16 in the central Bay of Bengal. With low wind shear and a surge in the monsoon trough, the storm intensified while meandering over open waters. The storm eventually began a steady northeastward motion due to a ridge to the north over India. While approaching land, an eye developed in the center of the storm, indicative of a strong cyclone. On May 19, the cyclone made landfall along northwestern Myanmar near Sittwe, with maximum sustained winds estimated at 165 km/h (105 mph) by the India Meteorological Department. The storm rapidly weakened over land, although its remnants spread rainfall into northern Thailand and Yunnan province in China.


2004 Myanmar cyclone
Winds from the cyclone reached 157 km/h (98 mph) in Myanmar, occurring in conjunction with heavy rainfall and a high storm surge. Despite the storm's ferocity, the government did not report about the cyclone for ten days, as they usually under-report on landfalling storms. The cyclone caused heavy damage throughout Rakhine State, destroying or heavily damaging 4,035 homes and leaving 25,000 people homeless. There was widespread crop damage, resulting in food shortages, and damaged roads disrupted subsequent relief efforts.


2004 Myanmar cyclone
Damage in Myanmar totaled over K621 million kyat ($99.2 million USD), making it the worst storm in the country since 1968, and there were 236 deaths, with an unofficial death toll as high as 1,000. Although damage was heaviest in Myanmar, the cyclone's effects also spread into neighboring Bangladesh, where strong winds knocked over trees and capsized two ships.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Meteorological history
Late on May 14, an area of convection, or thunderstorms, developed in the central Bay of Bengal about 880 kilometres (545 miles) south-southeast of Kolkata, India, associated with the monsoon trough. On May 15, the system developed into a low-pressure area off the west coast of Myanmar (Burma). Initially, the convection was associated with a low-level circulation center, developing good outflow despite the presence of wind shear. As the shear decreased, the thunderstorms increased and organized, with the eastward-moving circulation partially exposed. At 09:00 UTC on May 16, the India Meteorological Department  classified the system as a depression, and nine hours later the agency upgraded it to a deep depression as the system turned northwestward.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Meteorological history
The nascent system quickly organized, aided by the decreasing wind shear, as well as a surge in the monsoon. The IMD upgraded the depression to a cyclonic storm at 03:00 UTC on May 17. At 12:00 UTC that day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began issuing warnings on the system with its own designation Tropical Cyclone 02B. With weak steering currents, the storm meandered over the central Bay of Bengal, executing a small cyclonic loop over 30 hours. The cloud pattern organized into a central dense overcast that was initially irregular in nature. However, the storm quickly intensified on May 18, strengthening into a severe cyclonic storm and later very severe cyclonic storm. During this time, the cyclone turned eastward under the influence of a ridge over India to the north.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Meteorological history
A buoy near the storm's center recorded a pressure of 994 mbar (29.4 inHg) on May 18, the lowest recorded pressure in association with the storm. Convection increased around the center and organized into a distinct eye. The JTWC upgraded the cyclone to the equivalent of a minimal hurricane at 00:00 UTC on May 19, estimating peak 1 minute sustained winds of 120 km/h (75 mph). The IMD assessed a much higher intensity, estimating peak 3 minute winds of 165 km/h (105 mph) at 03:00 UTC that day. About an hour later, the cyclone made landfall at peak intensity with an estimated pressure of 952 mbar (28.1 inHg) in northwestern Myanmar near Sittwe, near the country's border with Bangladesh. It weakened gradually over land, dissipating over Myanmar late on May 19.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Impact
While stalling in the Bay of Bengal, the cyclone's outskirts dropped light to moderate rainfall along the eastern coast of India. In Odisha, two locations reported daily rainfall totals of 40 mm (1.6 in). Upon making landfall, the cyclone's effects spread into southeastern Bangladesh, where heavy rainfall and high winds forced about 50,000 people to evacuate to shelters. The winds also knocked down trees and power lines. Two boats sank off Cox's Bazar, leaving five fishermen missing. Later, the remnants of the cyclone dropped heavy rainfall in northern Thailand, reaching 112.4 mm (4.43 in) in 24 hours at the Bhumibol Dam. In the nearby Yunnan province in China, precipitation reached 75.5 mm (2.97 in) in Ruili.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Impact, Myanmar
Damage was heaviest in Myanmar where the storm moved ashore, and winds of 157 km/h (98 mph) were reported. Widespread areas reported winds of 40 km/h (25 mph). The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission estimated that up to 500 mm (20 in) of precipitation fell along the Bay of Bengal coast in Myanmar and Bangladesh. There were reports of waves 15 m (50 ft) in height along the coast. A high storm surge and coastal flooding inundated four towns in Rakhine State, causing damage to water systems. Flooding was visible on satellite imagery in the days following the cyclone. Eight townships in the state were affected, five of them severely.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Impact, Myanmar
For 10 days, Myanmar's government did not report about the cyclone, which usually under-reports on storms that affect the country. There was also little to no advanced warning of the storm. The storm destroyed over 2,650 homes and severely damaged another 1,385, leaving around 25,000 people homeless, mostly in Pauktaw. Four hospitals in the region were heavily damaged, including the one in Sittwe that was unable to continue normal operations. About 300 schools were damaged or destroyed, including 44 in Sittwe. The storm also damaged or destroyed 133 religious buildings and 176 government buildings.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Impact, Myanmar
Across the region, high winds knocked down telephone lines and disrupted power supply. About 2,000 cattle were killed, and many rice mills were knocked down, causing a 70% increase of food prices. Transportation was disrupted after roads were washed away, which contributed to food shortages, while damaged wells caused water shortages. During the storm, 84 ships were lost at sea, in addition to a lost ocean liner, while the main harbor at Sittwe was damaged, along with several fishing piers.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Impact, Myanmar
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs considered the cyclone as the worst to hit Myanmar since 1968. Damage totaled over K621 million kyat ($99.2 million USD). Officially, there were 236 deaths in the country, although there were unconfirmed reports of a death toll as high as 1,000. In the city of Myebon alone, there were 139 deaths. Most of the deaths were fishermen from Rakhine State caught at sea.


2004 Myanmar cyclone, Aftermath
On May 27, the Myanmar government issued a rare appeal for aid to the international community in response to damage from the storm. The request included $220,000 (USD) worth of rice, tarpaulin sheets for temporary shelter, medicine, and clothing, to assist 14,000 people. In early June, the government issued an updated appeal to request $337,000 (USD) to help 25,000 people, after the scope of the disaster became better known. The Red Cross operation responding to the cyclone ended in December 2004, which marked the first time the agency had a major response to a disaster. It worked in conjunction with the World Food Programme, Bridge Asia Japan, and the Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, utilizing some private donations. Red Cross volunteers helped clear roads and clean ponds to return areas to normalcy. Typically, the government handles relief measures.