2004 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 2004 Northern Illinois Huskies football team during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They were coached by Joe Novak.


2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker. Despite finishing the season bowl eligible and fourth in the conference standings, the team was not invited to a bowl game.


2004 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships was held in Bergen from January 16 to 18, 2004. Skaters competed in the discipline of single skating. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2004 World Championships, the 2004 European Championships, the 2004 Nordic Championships, and the 2004 World Junior Championships.


2004 Norwegian First Division
The 2004 1. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season kicked off on 12 April 2004, and the final round was played on 31 October 2004.


2004 Norwegian First Division
Start were promoted to the 2005 Tippeligaen as First Division winners, along with Aalesund who finished second. Start will be playing in the top division for the first time since 2002. Aalesund, meanwhile, returned to the top flight after being relegated in 2003.


2004 Norwegian First Division
As in previous seasons, there was a two-legged promotion play-off at the end of the season, between the third-placed team in the 1. divisjon (Kongsvinger) and the twelfth-placed team in the Tippeligaen (Bodø/Glimt). Bodø/Glimt kept their spot in the Tippeligaen, beating Kongsvinger 4–1 on aggregate.


2004 Norwegian First Division, Relegated teams
These two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2003. 12th-place finishers Vålerenga defeated Sandefjord in the playoff to retain their spot in the highest division.


2004 Norwegian First Division, Promoted teams
These four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2003:


2004 Norwegian Football Cup
The 2004 Norwegian Football Cup was the 99th edition of the Norwegian Football Cup. The tournament was contested by 128 teams, going through 7 rounds before a winner could be declared. The final match was played on 7 November at Ullevaal stadion in Oslo. Brann won their 6th Norwegian Championship title after defeating Lyn in the final with the score 4–1.


2004 Norwegian Football Cup
The clubs from Tippeligaen all made it to round 3 (round of 32). However, six Tippeligaen teams - Vålerenga, Odd Grenland, Viking, Fredrikstad, Molde and Sogndal - were knocked out in the third round. The fourth round (round of 16) saw two more top tier clubs - Tromsø and Bodø/Glimt - being knocked out, leaving six Tippeligaen teams and two 1. divisjon teams the quarter-finals.


2004 Norwegian Football Cup
Brann won the cup, beating Lyn 4–1 in the final match.


2004 Norwegian Football Cup, Third round
June 9: Moss - Fredrikstad 1-1 (extra time), 5-3 on penalties


2004 Norwegian Football Cup, Fourth round
June 24: Bodø/Glimt - Brann 3-3 (extra time), 5-6 on penalties


2004 Norwegian Football Cup Final
The 2004 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2004 Norwegian Football Cup, the 99th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 7 November 2004 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Tippeligaen sides Brann and Lyn. Brann defeated Lyn 4–1 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a sixth time in their history.


2004 Norwich City Council election
The 2004 Norwich City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries, which reduced the number of seats from 48 to 39. As a result, all seats were up for election. The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council, which fell under no overall control.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tyrone Willingham and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season summary
The 2004 season began with doubts and criticism for the Irish. With Julius Jones graduating as fourth-leading rusher in Notre Dame history, the Irish hoped to replace him with a talented recruiting class. However, Willingham struggled in his second full year of recruiting and the new class was ranked 30th in the nation. Despite signing highly sought after recruit Darius Walker, the 17 man class only included three four-star recruits.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season summary
The season began poorly for the Irish with a loss at BYU. Despite Brady Quinn improving at the quarterback position, completing over 50 percent of his passes for 265 yards, the Irish only managed to gain 11 yards rushing. They next faced a highly ranked Michigan team at home and Willingham stated that an improved running game would be important if the Irish were to be able to beat the Wolverines. Darius Walker answered Willingham in his first collegiate game, gaining 115 yards and scoring two late touchdowns to lead the Irish in the upset.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season summary
With the win the Irish were rejuvenated, and rallied to move to 3–1 on the season with wins over Michigan State and Washington. Some in the media began comparing Willingham to some of Notre Dame's legendary coaches and said the team would win seven or eight games in the season, and be back in national championship contention by 2005.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season summary
With renewed expectations, the Irish hoped to continue their streak and beat 15th ranked Purdue, who hadn't won at Notre Dame in 30 years. The Boilermakers' quarterback, Kyle Orton, torched the Irish defense handing them a 25 point loss to end the rally. The Irish got back on track and beat Stanford, making Notre Dame the second school to reach 800 wins, and Navy for the 41st straight time, to move into the rankings for the first time since their 2003 loss to Michigan.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season summary
The Irish didn't stay ranked for long, as Boston College once again beat the Irish on a late score. The Irish had three games left, and needed one win to become bowl eligible, but looked as if that win wouldn't come in their next game as they faced the 9th ranked Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville. The Irish defense, however, stepped up, and, after knocking out quarterback Erik Ainge on a sack, returned an interception for a touchdown to upset the Volunteers and become bowl eligible. Once again ranked, the Irish returned home for their final home game against Pittsburgh.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Season summary
Losing on a late score, the team allowed five passing touchdowns by an opponent for the first time ever at home. Visiting USC for the final regular season game, the Irish again lost to the Trojans by 31. The Irish accepted a bowl bid to play in the Insight Bowl, however, in a highly criticized move, two days later fired Willingham. Defensive coordinator, Kent Baer, led the Irish, hoping to "win one for Ty," however, the Oregon State Beavers, led by four touchdown passes from Derek Anderson, beat the Irish in their seventh consecutive bowl loss. The Irish ended 2004 with a 6–6 record and in need of a coach.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, 2004 Insight Bowl
The second bowl on December 28, the Insight Bowl held at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was the second of the 2004–05 bowl season to pit two BCS member teams. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the only independent BCS member, took on the Oregon State Beavers from the Pac-10. The Beavers never trailed in the game, and easily defeated the Irish 38–21. Beavers quarterback Derek Anderson threw for 359 yards and four touchdown passes, with no interceptions.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Aftermath of the Willingham firing
In firing Willingham, the Notre Dame athletic department cited a relatively poor record of 21–15, a weak recruiting class, and three losses, each by 31 points, to rival USC. However, the Irish also hoped to entice Urban Meyer, the head coach of Utah, to lead Notre Dame. Meyer had just led the Utes to an undefeated season and he had a clause in his contract that stated he could leave Utah without a penalty to coach for the Irish.


2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Aftermath of the Willingham firing
When Meyer instead took the head coaching position at Florida, the Irish were ridiculed in the media, saying that the Notre Dame coaching position is no longer as prestigious as it was in the past. After over a week without a coach, the Irish hired New England Patriots' offensive coordinator Charlie Weis as head coach. Weis was an alum of Notre Dame, and became the first alum to coach the team since 1963. At least one sports writer stated that Weis  was a choice that made sense for the program. Notwithstanding, three years after the fact, Willingham's firing remains highly controversial with many believing he was treated unfairly.


2004 Nottingham Open
The 2004 Nottingham Open was the 2004 edition of the Nottingham Open men's tennis tournament and played on outdoor grass courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from 14 June through 19 June 2004. Paradorn Srichaphan won the singles title.


2004 Nottingham Open, Finals, Doubles
Paul Hanley /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  Rick Leach /  Brian MacPhie 6–4, 6–3


2004 Nottingham Open – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2004 Nottingham Open – Doubles
Paul Hanley and Todd Woodbridge won the title, defeating Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Nottingham Open – Singles
Greg Rusedski was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


2004 Nottingham Open – Singles
Paradorn Srichaphan won the title, defeating Thomas Johansson 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 in the final.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite
A plebiscite on Sunday shopping was held on October 16, 2004 (to coincide with municipal elections) in Nova Scotia. The vote was 54.90% for the "no" side, meaning that a Sunday shopping ban remained in place.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite
The issue pitted the municipality of Halifax against smaller towns and rural municipalities where many older residents favoured the ban.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite, History
Prior to the plebiscite, Nova Scotia was the last province to maintain a widespread ban on Sunday shopping. The ban, known as the Retail Business Uniform Closing Day Act, forbade all stores, with the exception of convenience stores, from opening on any Sunday.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite, History
In December 1993, the Liberal government conducted an experiment in which stores were opened on several weekends prior to Christmas. On April 13, 1994, then-Finance Minister Bernie Boudreau announced that the government decided against continuing the experiment.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite, History
In 2000, lobby groups pushed to end the ban, including the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, which argued that opening on Sundays could bring an extra $21 million in revenue. The Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia argued that shoppers should be able to choose when they shop, not the government. Premier John Hamm stated during the 2000 municipal elections that he would like to keep Sundays free for families. According to a survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business taken in the spring of 2000, nearly 63 percent of independent retailers across Nova Scotia were opposed to any changes to Sunday shopping ban.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite, History
On September 26, 2003, Justice Minister Michael Baker introduced legislation that allowed a trial period for Sunday shopping on the six Sunday afternoons leading up to Christmas. The bill further authorized a binding plebiscite on the issue during the 2004 municipal elections.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite, Issues
Opponents of the ban said that Sunday shopping should be allowed in order for consumers to have a choice and to keep up with the times. They also argued it would provide a $19 million annual boost to the economy. Supporters of the ban campaigned under the slogan "Dare to be Different" and stated that the province's laid-back character was at stake. They argued the province should take a stand against the tide of materialism they see as sweeping North America.


2004 Nova Scotia Sunday shopping plebiscite, Later developments
Despite the result of the plebiscite, the Nova Scotia government began allowing year-round Sunday shopping from October 2006 after grocery chains won a court case against the government over the Sunday shopping regulations.


2004 Nukufetau by-election
A by-election was held in the Nukufetau constituency in Tuvalu on 7 October 2004. It was triggered by Saufatu Sopoanga resigning as prime minister and member of parliament following the vote on a motion of no confidence on 25 August 2004. A by-election was held on 7 October 2004 and Saufatu Sopoanga regained his seat. Maatia Toafa was elected prime minister on 11 October 2004 with a vote of 8:7; and Saufatu Sopoanga became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Works Transport and Communication.


2004 Nunavut general election
The 2004 Nunavut general election was held on February 16, 2004, to elect the 19 members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.


2004 Nunavut general election
Premier Paul Okalik asked for the five-year-old territory's first parliament to be dissolved on January 16.


2004 Nunavut general election
The territory operates on a consensus government system with no political parties; the premier is subsequently chosen by and from the MLAs. There were 11,285 registered voters at the time of the election call.


2004 Nunavut general election, Results
Elections were held in 18 of the 19 electoral districts. Rankin Inlet North acclaimed its MLA. The following is a list of the districts with their candidates.


2004 Nunavut general election, Results
In the main, Nunavummiut decided to stay with their present legislature. The premier, four cabinet ministers, and three other MLAs were re-elected; five incumbents were defeated, including former speaker of the house Kevin O'Brien. Only two women were elected to the 19-seat legislature.


2004 Nunavut general election, Results
Premier Paul Okalik was given a firm endorsement by the voters in his riding. He faced a strong challenge for the premier's job from Tagak Curley, who was acclaimed to his seat. However, Okalik was returned to the premiership on March 5, 2004, by the new legislature.


2004 Nunavut general election, Miscellaneous
For the first time, residents of several tiny, isolated communities were able to vote by satellite phone.


2004 Nunavut general election, Miscellaneous
Voter turnout was nearly 90%; in 8 of the 18 ridings it was higher than 100% (as high as 134% in Kugluktuk) since there was no door-to-door enumeration and voter registration is permitted at the polling station.


2004 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. Half of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council.


2004 O'Byrne Cup
The 2004 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA, as well as one college team.


2004 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2004 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament, the fourth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, offered the winning Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) national under-23 side a place to compete at the quadrennial Summer Olympic Games. Australia won the tournament, and therefore the spot for the Athens Games of 2004.


2004 OFC Nations Cup
The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff between Australia and Solomon Islands was held in September 2005, for World Cup Qualifying purposes).


2004 OFC Nations Cup
The competition was divided in two Group stages (the first is the Qualifying Stage), with Australia and New Zealand seeded into the second stage (Final Stage). The Oceania champion (Australia) qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Qualification
The 10 teams in the first round were divided into two groups of five teams each. Within each group, every team played every other team once. The top two teams from each group then progressed to the second group stage, where they were joined by the two seeded teams.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final tournament
The four surviving members (first and second place teams from each group in stage one) of the first stage joined the two seeded teams (Australia and New Zealand) and took part in a tournament where each team played every other once in a tournament held in Adelaide, Australia.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final tournament
As this doubled as the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, the top two teams from the second group stage progressed to a two-legged final to determine the winner of the OFC Nations Cup. These two games on home-and-away basis was separate from World Cup qualifying.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final tournament
The top two teams from this stage also progressed to the final stage of the 2006 Oceania World Cup qualifying tournament.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final tournament
Australia and the Solomon Islands progressed to the final stage.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final
The final of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup was a two-legged home and away final between the top two teams from the second group stage.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final
Australia won 11–1 on aggregate and became the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup Champions. They also qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup.


2004 OFC Nations Cup, Final
Although the second round of 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled the second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup Oceanian qualification, the final play-off for the World Cup was held separately. Australia defeated Solomon Islands again, winning 9–1 on aggregate, and advanced to a play-off against the CONMEBOL (South American) nation Uruguay.


2004 OFC Nations Cup Final
The 2004 OFC Nations Cup Final was the final match of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup between Solomon Islands and Australia. It was a two-legged final held on 9 and 12 October in Honiara and Sydney respectively. Australia won the first leg 5-1 and the second 6-0 to win the competition 11-1 on aggregate. Australia won the right to play in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from the OFC.


2004 OFC Nations Cup squads
The 2004 OFC Nations Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Adelaide, Australia from 29 May to 6 June 2004 (with a two-legged final taking place on 9 and 12 October 2004). The 6 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. An initial four-team qualifying phase took place in Samoa and the Solomon Islands from 10 to 19 May 2004 allowing the top four, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Vanuatu, to move on and join Australia and New Zealand at the main tournament.


2004 OFC Nations Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Players' club teams and players' age are as of 29 May 2004 – the tournament's opening day.


2004 OFC Nations Cup squads, Player representation, By club nationality
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.


2004 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2004 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football tournament used two determine the Oceanian participant to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics. It was held at Govind Park in Ba, Fiji, from March 2–6, 2004. It was the first edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (with previous competitions using FIFA Women's World Cup performances for qualification). Three nations participated.


2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament
The 2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament was the second staging of the OFC Women's U-20 Qualifying Tournament. The tournament was hosted by Papua New Guinea, with matches played between 20 and 24 April 2004.


2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament
Australia won their second title after defeating the other two competitors (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands) in a round robin.


2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament, Venues
All matches were played at Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.


2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament, Format
With three teams participating, the tournament was played as a round robin, with each team playing each other once. The top team qualified for the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship


2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament, Squads
There was a maximum squad size of 20 players for the tournament.


2004 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament, Matches
Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat.


2004 Oakland Athletics season
The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.


2004 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2004 Oakland Raiders season
The 2004 Oakland Raiders season was the 45th of professional football for the Oakland Raiders franchise, their 35th season as members of the National Football League, and their ninth season since returning to Oakland. They were led by head coach Norv Turner in his first season as head coach of the Raiders. They played their home games at Network Associates Coliseum as member of the AFC West. They finished the season 5–11, finishing in last place in the AFC West for the second consecutive year.


2004 Oakland Raiders season
Though Rich Gannon began the season as the Raiders starting quarterback, he suffered a neck injury in the third game of the season that would eventually lead to his retirement. For the second consecutive season, the Raiders suffered a five-game losing streak in the middle of the season. They only won one game by a touchdown or more, defeating their Super Bowl XXXVII opponent, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 20–10.


2004 Oakland Raiders season
The team lost two of their starting receivers from the 2002 team: Tim Brown was released and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jerry Rice was traded to the Seattle Seahawks midseason.


2004 Oakland Raiders season, Previous season
The Raiders finished the 2003 season 4–12 to finish in a tie for last place in the AFC West. Following the season, Raider owner Al Davis fired head coach Bill Callahan after two years as head coach. A month later, the team named Norv Turner head coach.


2004 Oaxaca state election
The Mexican state of Oaxaca held an election on Sunday, 1 August 2004. At stake was the office of the Oaxaca State Governor, the unicameral Oaxaca State Congress, and 570 mayors and municipal councils.


2004 Oaxaca state election, Governor
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was José Murat Casab of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).


2004 Oceania Athletics Championships
The 2004 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Townsville Sports Reserve in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, between December 16–18, 2004.


2004 Oceania Athletics Championships
A total of 38 events were contested, 20 by men and 18 by women.


2004 Oceania Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Medal winners were published. Results for the athletes from Papua New Guinea can be found on thewebpage of Athletics PNG. Complete results can be found on the website of the Ligue de Nouvelle Calédonie Athlétisme (LNCA).


2004 Oceania Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
The participation of athletes from 18 countries could be determined from the published results list.


2004 Oceania Handball Championship
The 2004 Oceania Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, which took place in Sydney, Australia from 7 to 9 June 2004. Entered nations were Australia, Cook Islands and the New Zealand. Australia won the right to play in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia.


2004 Oceania Swimming Championships
The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships were held May 15–19, 2004 at the National Aquatics Center in Suva, Fiji. This was the fifth edition of the Championships, and featured competitions in: swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming (synchro). The synchro competition marked the first time the sport had been swum in Fiji.


2004 Oceania Swimming Championships
All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.


2004 Oceania Swimming Championships, Participating countries
The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships featured 134 swimmers from 11 countries, and the USA State of Hawaii:


2004 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
The 2004 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Townsville Sports Reserve in Townsville, Australia, between December 16–18, 2004. They were held together with the 2004 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 35 events were contested, 18 by boys and 17 by girls.


2004 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Medal winners can be found on the Athletics Weekly website. Complete results can be found on webpages of the World Junior Athletics History, and of the Ligue de Nouvelle Calédonie Athlétisme (LNCA).


2004 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)
An unofficial count yields the number of about 135 athletes from 19 countries:


2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship
The 2004 OFC Futsal Championship was the fourth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place in Canberra, Australia from July 25 to 29, 2004.


2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship
The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Chinese Taipei. Australia won the tournament and qualified for the World Cup.


2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship, Championship
The six participating teams played each on a single round-robin format. The top team of the group, Australia, won the championship and got a ticket to 2004 Futsal World Cup.


2004 Offaly County Council election
An election to Offaly County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 2004 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ohio competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Bobcats were led by head coach Brian Knorr, who was fired after the end of the season.


2004 Ohio Issue 1
Section 15.11 is a provision in the Ohio Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. Approved as a constitutional amendment in 2004 under the name of "Issue One", it received support from 61.7% of voters.


2004 Ohio Issue 1
Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions. This state and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage.


2004 Ohio Issue 1
The LGBT rights organization Equality Ohio was founded in response to the passage of Issue 1.


2004 Ohio Issue 1
Many political experts credit the amendment with bolstering turnout in Rural Ohio, leading to many religious supporters of President George W. Bush to turnout to the polls, helping him win the state of Ohio by a narrow 2 point margin.


2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a record of 8–4 and a Big Ten Conference record of 4–4.


2004 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, part of the process of selecting that party's nominee for President of the United States, took place on February 3, one of the seven nominating contests of 2004's "Mini-Tuesday". The primary election chose 40 pledged delegates to represent Oklahoma at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. The remainder of Oklahoma's 47 delegates consisted of unpledged superdelegates not bound by the results of the primary. The election was a closed primary, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this election. Wesley Clark won the primary by a razor-thin margin over John Edwards.


2004 Oklahoma Question 711
Oklahoma Question 711 of 2004, was an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman, thus rendering recognition or performance of same-sex marriages or civil unions null within the state prior to its being ruled unconstitutional. The referendum was approved by 76 percent of the voters.


2004 Oklahoma Question 711
On January 14, 2014, Judge Terence C. Kern of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma declared Question 711 unconstitutional. The case, Bishop v. United States (formerly Bishop v. Oklahoma), was then stayed pending appeal. On July 18, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that Oklahoma's ban was unconstitutional. On October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected Oklahoma's request for review, overturning all state laws banning same-sex marriage.


2004 Oklahoma Question 711, Contents
(a.) Marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. Neither this Constitution nor any other provision of law shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.


2004 Oklahoma Question 711, Contents
(b.) A marriage between persons of the same gender performed in another state shall not be recognized as valid and binding in this state as of the date of the marriage.


2004 Oklahoma Question 711, Contents
(c.) Any person knowingly issuing a marriage license in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.


2004 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary
The 2004 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary was held on February 3 in the U.S. state of Oklahoma as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election. Incumbent President George W. Bush easily won the primary with 90% of the vote against his only opponent on the ballot, Bill Wyatt, who unexpectedly won 10% of the vote.


2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season, the 110th season of Sooner football. The team was led by two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award winner, Bob Stoops, in his sixth season as head coach. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They were a charter member of the Big 12 conference.


2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Conference play began with a win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Norman on October 2, and ended with a win over the Colorado Buffaloes in the Big 12 Championship Game on December 4. The Sooners finished the regular season 12–0 (9–0 in Big 12) while winning their third Big 12 title and their 39th conference title overall. They were invited to the 2005 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game that year, where they lost to the USC Trojans, 19–55. USC was later forced to vacate this win because of the ineligibility of Reggie Bush, but Oklahoma still counts it as a loss.


2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Following the season, Jammal Brown was selected 13th overall and Mark Clayton 22nd in the 2005 NFL Draft, along with Brodney Pool, Mark Bradley and Dan Cody in the 2nd round, Brandon Jones in the 3rd, Antonio Perkins in the 4th, Donte Nicholson, Mike Hawkins and Lance Mitchell in the 5th, and Wes Sims in the 6th. This total number of 11 stands as the most Sooners taken in the NFL Draft in the 16 years of the Stoops era.


2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Schedule
Note: The NCAA forced USC to vacate their Orange Bowl victory due to an eligibility issue, however, Oklahoma still counts it as a loss.


2004 Oklahoma Sooners football team, 2005 NFL Draft
The 2005 NFL Draft was held on April 23–24, 2005, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.


2004 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 2004 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They were coached by head coach Les Miles, who resigned after the end of the season to become the head coach at Louisiana State.


2004 Oklahoma state budget
The Oklahoma State Budget for Fiscal Year 2004 was the spending request by Governor Brad Henry to fund government operations for July 1, 2003–June 30, 2004. Governor Henry and legislative leaders approved the budget in May 2003. This was Henry's first budget submitted as governor.


2004 Oklahoma state budget
Figures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for fiscal year 2004, which must be authorized by the Legislature.


2004 Oklahoma state budget, Overview
Fiscal year 2003 saw a $593 million revenue shortfall. For FY2004, as in most budget years, the top eleven appropriated agencies made up 90% of the total budget. For FY2004, the governor and legislative leaders imposed a 6.3% across-the-board cut to state appropriations from 2003 levels. Education, healthcare, human services and public safety agencies saw only minor cuts or even slight increases. More dramatic budget cuts (ranging from 10% to 20%) were made to the agencies in the remaining 10% of the state budget.


2004 Oklahoma state budget, Total revenue
All revenue of the fiscal year 2004 was $5.16 billion, down 8.5% from FY2003. The breakdown is as follows:


2004 Oklahoma state budget, Total spending
The Governor's budget for 2004 totaled $5.16 billion in spending. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2003. The budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:


2004 Oklahoma state elections
The Oklahoma state elections were held on November 2, 2004. The primary election was held on July 27. The runoff primary election was held August 24.


2004 Oklahoma state elections, Overview, Primary election
The candidates for the parties faced on in the primary election on July 25. If no party received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election was held on August 22 to decide the winner.


2004 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.


2004 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 2004 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated in the Southeastern Conference in the Western Division. The team played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They were coached by head coach David Cutcliffe.


2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
The 2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the 12th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It took place between September 23 and 26, 2004 at the Vladimir Dzurilla Ice Rink. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competition is named for 1972 Olympic gold medalist Ondrej Nepela.


2004 Ontario Men's Curling Championship
The 2004 Ontario Men's Curling Championship was held February 2-8 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound.


2004 Ontario Men's Curling Championship
1998 Olympic silver medalist Mike Harris and his team of John Base, Phil Loevenmark and Trevor Wall would go on to win his lone provincial championship of his career. They would go on to represent Ontario at the 2004 Nokia Brier in Saskatoon.


2004 Ontario Men's Curling Championship
This would mark the final provincial championship for 2-time World champion and 56-year-old Ed Werenich who had come out of retirement for the season.


2004 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2004 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts was held January 27-February 1 at the Copper Cliff Curling Club in Copper Cliff, Ontario. The Sherry Middaugh rink from Coldwater, Ontario won their third Ontario provincial title.


2004 Open 13
The 2004 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Palais des Sports de Marseille in Marseille in France and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 23 through February 29, 2004.


2004 Open 13, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Martin Damm /  Cyril Suk 7–5, 6–3


2004 Open 13 – Doubles
Sébastien Grosjean and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2004 Open 13 – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Martin Damm and Cyril Suk.


2004 Open 13 – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2004 Open 13 – Singles
Dominik Hrbatý won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Robin Söderling.


2004 Open Canada Cup
The 2004 Open Canada Cup was the 7th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from late May through early September. Windsor Border Stars defeated Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. The victory marked Windsor's first piece of silverware and became the second expansion club to win the open tournament in their debut season. Ottawa also recorded a milestone by becoming the first amateur team to reach the finals. The tournament expanded to include a record number of 24 clubs throughout Ontario.


2004 Open Canada Cup
The Ontario amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds while the CPSL clubs received an automatic bye to the second round. For the third straight year London City were granted the hosting rights to the finals which granted them a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds. Toronto Croatia decided for the first time to opt out of the tournament in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament, while the rest of the CPSL clubs competed in the competition.


2004 Open Championship
The 2004 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 133rd Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at the Old Course of Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland.


2004 Open Championship
Todd Hamilton won his only major championship, defeating 2002 champion Ernie Els by a stroke in a four-hole playoff. Phil Mickelson finished third, followed by Lee Westwood in fourth. Hamilton was the sixth consecutive American to win at Royal Troon.


2004 Open Championship, History of The Open Championship at Royal Troon
Royal Troon first hosted The Open Championship in 1923 and the 2004 Open was its eighth. Royal Troon's list of champions includes Arthur Havers (1923), 4-time Open winner Bobby Locke (1950), 7-time major winner Arnold Palmer (1962), Tom Weiskopf (1973), 5-time Open champion Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989), and Justin Leonard (1997).


2004 Open Championship, Course
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.


2004 Open Championship, Field
Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Ben Curtis (2,3), Brian Davis (4), Gary Evans, Nick Faldo (2), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3,4,9,13,17), Freddie Jacobson (3,4), Davis Love III (3,12,13,17), Hennie Otto, Kenny Perry (3,13,17), Phillip Price (4), Vijay Singh (3,10,13,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,9,10,11,13,17)


2004 Open Championship, Field
Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Ernie Els (3,4,13,17), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (3,13,17), Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price (3,13,17), Tom Weiskopf


2004 Open Championship, Field
Robert Allenby (17), Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby (13,17), Chad Campbell (13), Paul Casey (4), K. J. Choi (17), Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (4), Chris DiMarco (13,17), Brad Faxon (13), Steve Flesch, Jim Furyk (9,13,17), Jay Haas (13,17), Todd Hamilton (23), Pádraig Harrington (4), Charles Howell III (13,17), John Huston, Trevor Immelman (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson, Jonathan Kaye (13), Jerry Kelly (17), Stephen Leaney (4,17), Peter Lonard (4,17,19), Shigeki Maruyama, Shaun Micheel (11), Phil Mickelson (10,17), Craig Parry, Ian Poulter (4), Chris Riley, Adam Scott (4,12,17), David Toms (11,13,17), Bob Tway (13,21), Scott Verplank (13), Mike Weir (10,13,17)


2004 Open Championship, Field
Michael Campbell, Alastair Forsyth, Ignacio Garrido (5), David Howell, Raphaël Jacquelin, Lee Westwood


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Paul Casey and Thomas Levet both carded 66 (−5) and held a two stroke lead over a group of nine players. The group at 3-under included amateur Stuart Wilson and Vijay Singh. Defending champ Ben Curtis carded a 75 (+4). In total there were 39 rounds under par, 25 of those being in the 60s. Home favourite Colin Montgomerie started with a 2-under 69.


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Skip Kendall stormed into the lead with a 66 to reach the halfway stage at 135 (−7). Casey dropped down the leaderboard with a 77, while Levet shot a 70 to drop down into second. K. J. Choi continued his good start with a 69, keeping him in a tie for third place with Barry Lane. Todd Hamilton finished the round with a 67 to move up into a tie for fifth place.


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Stuart Wilson (+1), Campbell (+5), Tiley (+5), Flanagan (+6), McElhinney (+10).


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Hamilton surged up the leader with a second consecutive 67 to finish the day at 205 (−8). Ernie Els, the 2002 champion, moved up to second at 206 with a 68, while one shot behind lay the reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson, Retief Goosen, and Thomas Levet at 207 (−6).


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
A see-saw final round led to a two-man playoff between Hamilton and Els. Hamilton, playing in only his eighth major, opened up a two-shot lead after chipping in for birdie from 30 feet (9 m) on the par-3 14th to get to 10 under. Then he holed a 12-foot (4 m) birdie on the par-5 16th to keep his cushion. Els had to make birdies to keep up, and he came through with pure putts on the 16th and 17th. Then came the wild 72nd hole, with Hamilton holding a one shot lead.


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Hamilton pushed his iron off the tee and into the rough, then chopped it across the fairway next to a guard railing that restricted his swing. Els hit his approach to within the shadow of the flag, leaving a 12-foot birdie attempt. Hamilton chipped to 20 feet (6 m) and missed to take bogey. Els suddenly had a putt to win, but left it short. Mickelson carded a final round 68 to finish a shot back at 275 (−9). A 67 moved Lee Westwood into sole fourth, matching Davis Love III for low score of the final round.


2004 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
After 72 holes, Hamilton and Els were tied for the lead at 274 (−10), requiring a four-hole aggregate playoff, played over the 1st, 2nd, 17th, and 18th holes. (The first use of this format in The Open was fifteen years earlier in 1989, also at Royal Troon.) Both players parred the first two holes, both par fours, and Hamilton managed a par 3 on the 222-yard (203 m) 17th. Els overshot the green and bogeyed, then parred the last, leaving Hamilton a 3-foot (1 m) par putt to win the Open, which he holed. Els had all four rounds in the 60s for the second time in an Open without winning; the other time was at Royal St. George's in 1993.


2004 Open Gaz de France
The 2004 Open Gaz de France was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris in France that was part of Tier II of the 2004 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 9 February until 15 February 2004. First-seeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title.


2004 Open Gaz de France, Finals, Doubles
Barbara Schett /  Patty Schnyder defeated  Silvia Farina Elia /  Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–2


2004 Open Gaz de France – Doubles
Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Silvia Farina Elia and Francesca Schiavone.


2004 Open Gaz de France – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2004 Open Gaz de France – Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2004 Open Gaz de France – Singles
Kim Clijsters won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Mary Pierce.


2004 Open Gaz de France – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2004 Open SEAT Godó
The 2004 Open SEAT Godó, also known as the Torneo Godó, was a men's professional tennis tournament that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the 52nd edition of the Torneo Godó and took place from 24 April until 2 May 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. Eighth-seeded Tommy Robredo won the singles title.


2004 Open SEAT Godó, Finals, Singles
Tommy Robredo defeated  Gastón Gaudio 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3


2004 Open SEAT Godó, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Mariano Hood /  Sebastián Prieto 4–6, 6–3, 6–4


2004 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2004 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Mariano Hood and Sebastián Prieto.


2004 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


2004 Open SEAT Godó – Singles
Carlos Moyá was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Gastón Gaudio.


2004 Open SEAT Godó – Singles
Tommy Robredo won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Gaudio.


2004 Open SEAT Godó – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2004 Open de Moselle
The 2004 Open de Moselle was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Open de Moselle, and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arènes de Metz in Metz, France from 11 October until 17 October 2004. Unseeded Jérôme Haehnel, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, won the singles title.


2004 Open de Moselle, Finals, Doubles
Arnaud Clément /  Nicolas Mahut defeated  Ivan Ljubičić /  Uros Vico 6–2, 7–6(10–8)


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana
The 2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Valencia, Spain and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from 12 April until 18 April 2004. Fernando Verdasco won the singles title.


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Finals, Doubles
Gastón Etlis /  Martín Rodríguez defeated  Feliciano López /  Marc López 7–5, 7–6(7–5)


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles
Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood were the defending champions but only Hood competed that year with Sebastián Prieto.


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles
Gastón Etlis and Martín Rodríguez won in the final 7–5, 7–6(7–5) against Feliciano López and Marc López.


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Fernando Verdasco.


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Singles
Verdasco won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–3 against Albert Montañés.


2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2004 Orange Bowl
The 2004 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles on January 1, 2004, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Miami defeated FSU 16–14 in a stout defensive battle. The game was part of the 2003–2004 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2004 game represented the 70th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.


2004 Orange Bowl
This bowl rematch was unique because it meant that the teams would play each other three times in less than a year. Miami had already beaten Florida State 22–14 earlier in the season. In addition,  Miami would open up the following season against Florida State at home, meaning Florida State would have to play Miami in Miami for two straight games.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
Miami received the ball to begin the game and scored on the first possession off a 32-yard field goal from Jon Peattie. That was the only scoring of the first quarter as both teams' quarterbacks threw interceptions. Sean Taylor intercepted Seminole quarterback Chris Rix while Jerome Carter intercepted Miami quarterback Brock Berlin. Carter's interception set up the Seminoles with the ball on their own 30-yard line. Chris Rix found Chauncey Stovall for a 52-yard gain putting the Seminoles in Miami territory.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
On the first play of the second quarter Florida State took the lead off of a direct snap to Lorenzo Booker that he ran into the endzone, giving the Seminoles the lead. Florida State got the ball back after forcing Miami to punt. Greg Jones had a 24-yard run during the Seminoles possession to set up a Chris Rix touchdown pass to Matt Henshaw. Florida State now had a 14-3 lead. On Miami's ensuing possession Jarrett Payton took a handoff on third and two for 47 yards.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
The Hurricanes would get another five yards off a penalty to put them on the Seminoles 25-yard line. Three plays later Tyrone Moss ran into the endzone on a 3-yard rush. Aided by a five-yard penalty the Hurricanes were able to get the Seminoles to go three and out and got the ball back with three minutes and forty four seconds at their own 24-yard line. After a penalty on the Hurricanes, Brock Berlin found wide receiver Ryan Moore open for a 41-yard gain putting the Hurricanes on the Seminoles 35-yard line. The Hurricanes were able to move to as close as the Seminoles 13-yard line, however two sacks forced the Hurricanes to settle for a field goal and go into halftime down 13-14.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
On the opening kickoff of the second half Antonio Cromartie was only able take the kickoff four yards and the Seminoles got the ball on their own 13-yard line. The Seminoles were unable to do anything and were forced to punt the ball which Miami would return 7 yards to their own 47-yard line. On third and seven Berlin was able to find Kellen Winslow for a 12-yard gain. On third and thirteen Miami completed a 2-yard pass to Jason Geathers coming up 11 yards short of a first down. However Florida State was penalized five yards on the play.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
This was crucial because now the Hurricanes could attempt a 51-yard field goal as opposed to a 56-yard field goal. The Hurricanes did attempt the 51-yard field goal and it was good. Jon Peattie gave the Hurricanes a 16-14 lead. Both teams' offense were stagnant the rest of the game. The Seminoles did not cross the 50-yard line the remainder of the quarter. The Hurricanes had a great opportunity to capitalize when Jonathan Vilma recovered a Seminole fumble at the Hurricane 40-yard line. On the ensuing Hurricane possession Berlin found Geathers on third down for a 25-yard gain to put the Hurricanes in Seminole territory. However Berlin threw an interception on the offense's following third down to Eric Moore. The Seminoles were unable to capitalize on the turnover and went three and out.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
Randy Shannon's defense forced the Seminoles to go three and out on their first two drives of the fourth quarter. Following the Seminoles second punt of the quarter the Hurricanes faced a third and one situation on their own 30. Berlin was unable to rush for the first down on third down and the Hurricanes decided to go for it on fourth down. Berlin would end up fumbling the ball on fourth down giving the Seminoles the ball on the Hurricanes 30-yard line.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
The Seminoles offense was unable to take pickup a first down and had to attempt a field goal. Seminole kicker Xavier Beitia lined up to attempt a 39-yard field goal to give the Seminoles the lead. The previous season Beitia had an opportunity to beat the top ranked Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl on a 43-yard attempt, Beitia missed the kick wide left and the Seminoles lost. Beitia's kick went wide right and the Seminoles still trailed, 14-16.


2004 Orange Bowl, Summary
The Hurricanes got the ball back and were not able to do anything on their first three downs, and it appeared they would punt on fourth down. However, the Hurricanes faked a punt on a direct snap to D.J. Williams who rushed up the middle for 33 yards. This gave the Hurricanes good field position in Seminole territory. The Hurricanes would run the ball with Payton on two straight play to ice the clock. On third and two the Seminoles defense stopped Payton and the Hurricanes and forced them to attempt a field goal. Jon Peattie would attempt a 45-yard field goal that would be no good. The Seminoles would get one final possession to try and beat the Hurricanes however they were not able to do anything with it and the Hurricanes won by the final score of 16-14.


2004 Ordina Open
The 2004 Ordina Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands that was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2004 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 14 June until 20 June 2004. Michaël Llodra and Mary Pierce won the singles titles.


2004 Ordina Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Martin Damm /  Cyril Suk defeated  Lars Burgsmüller /  Jan Vacek 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3


2004 Ordina Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Lisa McShea /  Milagros Sequera defeated  Jelena Kostanić /  Claudine Schaul 7–6(7–3), 6–3


2004 Ordina Open – Men's Doubles
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk, the two-time defending champions, successfully defended their title, by defeating Lars Burgsmüller and Daniel Vacek 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3 in the final.


2004 Ordina Open – Men's Singles
Sjeng Schalken was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.


2004 Ordina Open – Men's Singles
Michaël Llodra won the title, beating Guillermo Coria 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2004 Ordina Open – Women's Doubles
Elena Dementieva and Lina Krasnoroutskaia were the defending champions, but Dementieva chose not to take part in 2004. Krasnoroutskaia paired up with Anca Barna, but lost in the first round.


2004 Ordina Open – Women's Doubles
Lisa McShea and Milagros Sequera won the title in 2004.


2004 Ordina Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but did not compete in 2004.


2004 Ordina Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 30
Ballot Measure 30 of 2004 would have created a surcharge on Oregon's income tax, raised the minimum tax corporations pay in Oregon income taxes, and made other changes to the tax code to increase revenues. Similar to the previous year's defeated Measure 28, it was proposed as a way to avoid state budget cuts caused by a deficit. The measure was defeated in the February 3, 2004 special election, with 418,315 votes in favor, 691,462 votes against.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 30
The 2003–2004 biennium saw continued economic problems for the state of Oregon, including a continuation of high unemployment rates. The recession brought decreased revenues for state coffers, causing budget shortfalls and threatening budget cuts for education, health care, services to senior citizens, and law enforcement. To prevent these cuts, the Oregon Legislature passed a bill enacting several tax increases, and repealing some tax credits. The main tax increase was a tax surcharge, in which taxpayers would be charged an additional percentage of their income tax liability, based on their tax bracket. However, anti-tax activists, collaborating with the state Republican and Libertarian parties, collected enough signatures to require a referendum to approve the law.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 30
Especially surprising to some observers was the margin by which the measure was defeated in Multnomah County. Measure 28 had passed in that county, but Measure 30 was defeated there with 58 percent voting no. Some claimed that this was because county voters had passed their own temporary income tax in the wake of Measure 28's defeat and were not interested in bailing out the rest of the state.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 31
Ballot Measure 31 of 2004 was an amendment to the Oregon Constitution, referred to a popular vote by the Oregon Legislative Assembly, that permitted the Legislative Assembly to postpone certain elections in the event of the death of a candidate. The measure was on the November 2 general election ballot, and passed with 66% of the vote.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 31
The measure was placed on the ballot by Senate Joint Resolution 19 during the 2003 legislative session.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 31, Ballot Title
Amends Constitution: Authorizes Law Permitting Postponement of Election for Particular Public Office When Nominee for Office Dies


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36
Ballot Measure 36 was a 2004 initiative in the U.S. state of Oregon. It amended the Oregon Constitution to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman. The initiative passed with 1,028,546 votes in favor, and 787,556 votes against (57% to 43%) in the November 2, 2004 general election. It is one of a number of U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36
On May 19, 2014, the measure was declared unconstitutional by a U.S. federal district court judge, who ruled that it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Amendment to Constitution
Measure 36 added the following text to Article 15 of the Oregon Constitution, as Section 5a:


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Amendment to Constitution
Policy regarding marriage. It is the policy of Oregon, and its political subdivisions, that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or legally recognized as a marriage. [ Created through initiative petition filed March 2, 2004, and adopted by the people Nov. 2, 2004]


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Political context
The measure was placed on the ballot through an initiative petition brought by the Oregon Defense of Marriage Coalition, a group dedicated to "preserving marriage as a union only between one man and one woman." The group was formed in reaction to same-sex marriages performed in Multnomah County and Benton County after their respective county commissions interpreted the Oregon Constitution and Oregon law as authorizing the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Political context
Supporters of the measure, in addition to opposing same-sex marriage on principle, were also angry by the controversial means by which the Multnomah County Commission had come to its decision: no public hearings were held before the commission voted to allow the marriages and one of the commissioners, Lonnie Roberts, was not informed of the move until after the other commissioners began issuing licenses. Roberts criticized the "clandestine way" that the decision was made and speculated that he had not been included in the discussion because the other commissioners knew that he wouldn't support their decision. Supporters also wanted to prevent the state courts from coming to the same conclusion as the county commissions—that the state constitution and law required the government to license same-sex marriage—before several standing civil rights lawsuits on the issue could be resolved.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Political context
Basic Rights Oregon led the campaign against Measure 36. Opponents of the measure made several arguments. Many were supporters of same-sex marriage. In addition, some argued that regardless of voters' feelings on same-sex marriage, the state constitution was an inappropriate place to dictate marriage policy, which should have been statutory. Opponents also argued that the measure added discriminatory language to the state constitution, which, they predicted, would later be seen in the same negative light as earlier constitutional language against African Americans. They also feared that the measure could be used as a legal basis for denying benefits to same-sex couples which are automatically granted to heterosexual married couples.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Political context
According to Daniel June in JD Journal, Judge Harry Pregerson effectively undermined the ban by declaring it unconstitutional, when he ruled in favor of Allison Clark that she should receive the same work benefits with her homosexual partner as heterosexual couples would receive.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Political context
On May 19, 2014, United States District Judge Michael McShane ruled that Oregon's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Since then, same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Oregon.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 36, Satirical arguments
Marvin Dennis Moore, a Portland church organist, wrote satirical arguments on several Oregon ballot measures, including Measure 36. Moore's arguments, ostensibly in favor of the measure, were printed in the official voters' pamphlet. For example, reacting to some supporters' claims that the purpose of marriage is for procreation, he argues that "couples who fail to conceive within two years ought to have their marriage licenses revoked." Measure 36 supporters criticized the placement of Moore's arguments in the "Arguments in Favor" section of the pamphlet, but the Oregon Secretary of State's Office countered they had no choice under the law but to print his arguments as specified.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49
Oregon Ballot Measure 37 is a controversial land-use ballot initiative that passed in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2004 and is now codified as Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 195.305. Measure 37 has figured prominently in debates about the rights of property owners versus the public's right to enforce environmental and other land use regulations. Voters passed Measure 49 in 2007, substantially reducing the impact of Measure 37.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Content of the proposal
The law enacted by Measure 37 allows property owners whose property value is reduced by environmental or other land use regulations to claim compensation from state or local government. If the government fails to compensate a claimant within two years of the claim, the law allows the claimant to use the property under only the regulations in place at the time he/she purchased the property. Certain types of regulations, however, are exempt from this.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
Advocates for Measure 37 have described it as a protection against "regulatory taking," a notion with roots in an interpretation of the United States Constitution.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ends as follows:


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
…nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
That phrase provides the foundation for the government power of eminent domain, and requires compensation for governmental appropriations of physical property. It has occasionally been used to require compensation for use restrictions that deprive the owner of any economically-viable use of land. See the 1922 United States Supreme Court case Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon.)


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
The advocates of Measure 37 employed a more expansive interpretation of the concept of regulatory taking than required by the Supreme Court, considering any reduction in a piece of property's value - for instance, a reduction resulting from an environmental regulation - to require compensation to the owner.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
Measure 37 was ruled unconstitutional in a 2005 circuit court decision, but the Oregon Supreme Court reversed that decision, ruling that the law was not unconstitutional, and noting that the Court was not empowered to rule on its efficacy:


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legal context
Whether Measure 37 as a policy choice is wise or foolish, farsighted or blind, is beyond this court's purview.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Political context, Oregon
In the early 1970s, Senate Bill 100 and Portland's 1972 Downtown Plan established bold guidelines for the regulation of land use. Oregon became known for its strict land use planning. While some Oregonians take great pride in that, others consider themselves victimized by government oversight. The strong 2004 passage (61%) of Measure 37 is considered a political backlash to that legacy of regulation, and follows several other unsuccessful efforts to restrict land use regulation:


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Political context, Nationwide
The state of Washington's legislature referred Initiative 164 (also known as Referendum 48) to the ballot in 1995. This "regulatory takings" bill was similar to Measure 37 in its restriction of local governments' ability to regulate land use. The bill was widely criticized, and was not approved by voters.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Political context, Nationwide
In 2006, voters in six western states considered ballot initiatives similar to Oregon's 2004 Measure 37. All states except Arizona rejected the initiatives.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Political context, Nationwide
Arizona's initiative combined the land use/regulatory taking issue central to Oregon Ballot Measure 37 with a restriction on eminent domain (similar to Oregon Ballot Measure 39 (2006)). The Arizona initiative's proponents focused their arguments almost exclusively on the less controversial eminent domain portion of the initiative.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Political context, Nationwide
The Nevada initiative also combined the two issues. The regulatory taking portions of Nevada's initiative (i.e., those most similar to Oregon's Measure 37) were removed by the state Supreme Court, and voters approved the remaining restrictions on eminent domain. The Nevada initiative will be reviewed in the next election.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Political context, Nationwide
This surge in related initiatives reflects the rising influence of political activists who coordinate the production and advocacy of state ballot initiatives on a national level. Many of the ballot initiatives in the following table (in numerous states) have been financed by New York libertarian Howie Rich and groups he is involved with, most notably Americans for Limited Government.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Legislative text
The following are the first three sections of the law; for a complete version, see .


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Support for Measure 37
Arguments in support supplied by individuals and interest groups for inclusion in the voter's pamphlet for Measure 37 are found .


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Support for Measure 37
Supporters argue that Measure 37 provided protection of the value of property by insuring that new legislation does not decrease property values or limit development possibilities. Timber companies and real estate developers were the most prominent supporters (and the primary funders) of Measure 37, presumably because environmental and other land use regulations would impact them most directly.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Support for Measure 37
Measure 37's sponsor, Oregonians In Action, and various supporters drummed up support during the 2004 election using the case of Dorothy English, a then-92-year-old woman, as a cause célèbre. Enacted zoning regulations prevented English from dividing her land into pieces that could go to each of her children.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Opposition to Measure 37
Arguments in opposition supplied by individuals and interest groups for inclusion in the voter's pamphlet for Measure 37 are found .


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact
As of March 12, 2007, 7,562 Measure 37 claims for compliance payments or land use waivers had been filed spanning 750,898 acres (3,038.78 km2) statewide in Oregon.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact
The claims filed included mobile home parks in sacred native burial grounds, shopping malls in farmland, and gravel pit mines in residential neighborhoods. There are no provisions in the law that public notice must be provided to neighboring property owners when a claim is filed. Because municipalities can not afford the billions in compensation, the laws were waived in every case but one.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact
Claims filed in Portland, Oregon, by December 4, 2006, totalled over $250 million. Many of these claims were filed by major area land developers.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact
Outside of Oregon, some contend that Measure 37 may have decreased support for national anti-urban sprawl legislation.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact, Specific cases
The owners of Schreiner's Iris Gardens filed a claim in late 2006, demanding either $9.5 million or the right to subdivide their 400 acres (1.6 km2). They assert that they have no intention of changing the use of the property, but want to keep options open for the future.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact, Specific cases
John Benton, a Hood River County fruit farmer, filed a Measure 37 claim, demanding either $57 million or the right to build 800 houses on his 210 acres (0.85 km2) of property. Neighboring farmers objected, due to the significant impact they anticipated such a change would bring to their community.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact, Specific cases
In the fall of 2006, the Palins, a Prineville couple, filed a Measure 37 claim, demanding either $200,000 or the right to develop their property, which is on a scenic portion of rimrock clearly visible from the city. The city did its own appraisal of the property's potential value, and offered $47,000. This was the first case where the government offered money instead of a waiver of land use restrictions, and highlights the Measure's lack of a clear process for determining the value associated with a claim.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact, Specific cases
In a January 15, 2007 article, a statewide newspaper highlighted a Measure 37-based claim in Hood River County, in which land owners aim to develop a parcel of rural land eight times the size of the city of Hood River:


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Impact, Specific cases
As negotiations begin, Hood River is emerging as the perfect case study. No other county's Measure 37 dynamics speak so directly to Oregon's changing economy and lifestyle.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
In 2007, the Oregon legislature placed Measure 49 on the November 6, 2007 special election ballot. It passed with 62% in favor. The measure overturns and modifies many of the provisions of Measure 37. The Legislature stated that it would restrict the damaging effects of Measure 37 by limiting some of the development that measure permitted.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
This measure protects farmlands, forestlands and lands with groundwater shortages in two ways.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
First, subdivisions are not allowed on high-value farmlands, forestlands and groundwater-restricted lands. Claimants may not build more than three homes on such lands.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
Second, claimants may not use this measure to override current zoning laws that prohibit commercial and industrial developments, such as strip malls and mines, on land reserved for homes, farms, forests and other uses.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
A record 117 paid arguments on Measure 49 appeared in the voter's pamphlet for that election, most favoring it.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
Measure 49 passed by an even greater margin than Measure 37 had. The impact of the law is as follows. The measure no longer authorizes challenges to restrictions on industrial or commercial uses of property. In addition, claimants must prove their losses by presenting appraisals of the property one year before and one year after the enactment of the regulation.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49, Measure 49
For land use restrictions enacted before 2007, the restriction may only be waived to permit the claimant to build one to three homes on their land, or up to 10 homes if the property is not high value agricultural land and they can show that the waiver is necessary to restore the appraised value of the property.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 38
Ballot Measure 38 of 2004 would have abolished Oregon's State Accident Insurance Fund (commonly known as SAIF Corporation), a nonprofit state-chartered workers' compensation provider. SAIF's assets would have been sold and the revenues from the sale would have been used to fund schools and other state services. Voters defeated the measure in the 2 November 2004 general election, with 670,935 votes in favor, and 1,037,722 votes against. It was placed on the ballot by initiative petition by the political group Oregonians for Accountability.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 38
Supporters of the measure pointed to a series of scandals at the government agency. They portrayed the agency as out-of-control and lacking proper oversight, and especially decried the agency's hiring of lobbyists to advocate on the agency's behalf. Measure 38 supporters capitalized on the fact that former governor Neil Goldschmidt, who admitted in 2004 to a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s, was one of the lobbyists.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 38
Later in the campaign, supporters ran ads portraying SAIF as a threat to gay rights,  quoting a memo written by a former CEO in which she suggests the agency challenge the Oregon Court of Appeals decision in Tanner v. OHSU (157 Or.App. 502), which required public employers to extend domestic partner benefits to same-sex couples. Supporters also argued that abolishing the state-run insurer would lead to more competition and reduce rates.


2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 38
Critics of the measure, which included the state's largest business lobby and the state chapters of the National Federation of Independent Business and the AFL-CIO, argued that SAIF is critical to keeping workers' compensation rates low. They also argued that Oregonians for Accountability was actually a front for Liberty Mutual, SAIF's major competitor for workers' compensation policies.


2004 Oregon Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was held on May 18 in the U.S. state of Oregon as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2004 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2004 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2004 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Mike Riley, the Beavers won the 2004 Insight Bowl.


2004 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 31st annual Origins Award, held in 2005:


2004 Orlando Predators season
The 2004 Orlando Predators season was the 14th season for the franchise. They went 10-6 and lost in the Quarterfinals to the Chicago Rush.


2004 Orlando mayoral election
The 2004 Orlando mayoral election was held on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, to elect the mayor of Orlando, Florida. Incumbent mayor Buddy Dyer was elected to a first full term.


2004 Orlando mayoral election
Municipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election, a runoff would have been held between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes.


2004 Osama bin Laden video
On October 29, 2004, at 21:00 UTC, Al Jazeera broadcast excerpts allegedly from a videotape of Osama bin Laden addressing the people of the United States; in this video, he accepts responsibility for the September 11 attacks, condemns the Bush government's response to those attacks, and presents those attacks as part of a campaign of revenge and deterrence motivated by his witnessing of the destruction in the Lebanese Civil War in 1982. News analysts speculated that the release of the video was timed to influence the 2004 U.S. presidential election, which would take place four days later.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Content
The video is reported to be 18 minutes in length; bin Laden only speaks for 14 minutes 39 seconds. Al-Jazeera released a transcript of the complete tape on November 1, 2004.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Content
Bin Laden appears wearing a turban and a white robe partially covered by a golden mantle, standing in front of an almost featureless brown background and reading his comments from papers resting on a podium. He moves both of his arms (dispelling rumors that one of them is limp after having been wounded) and looks healthy as far as can be told, but a bit older and greyer than in his former tapes. His remarks, in Arabic but addressed to citizens of the United States, instruct them that "the best way to avoid another Manhattan" (a reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks), is to not threaten the security of Muslim nations, such as Palestine and Lebanon.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Content
He speaks of his desire to bankrupt the U.S., saying:


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Content
[It is] easy for us to provoke and bait this administration. All that we have to do is to send two mujahidin to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al-Qaeda, in order to make the generals race there and cause America to suffer human, economic, and political losses. ... This is in addition to our having experience in using guerrilla warfare and the war of attrition to fight tyrannical superpowers, as we, alongside the mujahidin, bled Russia for 10 years, until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Content
He dismisses as rhetoric claims by U.S. President George W. Bush that the attacks occurred because Islamic extremists "hate freedom", saying: "If Bush says we hate freedom, let him tell us why we didn't attack Sweden, for example. It is known that freedom-haters don't have defiant spirits like those of the 19—may God have mercy on them".


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Content
Bin Laden further accuses U.S. President George W. Bush of misleading the American people during the previous three years—"Despite entering the fourth year after September 11, Bush is still deceiving you and hiding the truth from you and therefore the reasons are still there to repeat what happened"—as well as criticizing Bush's actions on the day of the attacks: "It never occurred to us that the Commander-in-Chief of the country would leave 50,000 citizens in the two towers to face those horrors alone because he thought listening to a child discussing her goats was more important."


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Immediate reactions
Let me make this very clear: Americans will not be intimidated or influenced by an enemy of our country. I'm sure Senator Kerry agrees with this. I also want to say to the American people that we're at war with these terrorists and I am confident that we will prevail.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Immediate reactions
Let me make it clear, crystal clear: as Americans, we are absolutely united in our determination to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. They are barbarians, and I will stop at absolutely nothing to hunt down, capture or kill the terrorists wherever they are, whatever it takes. Period.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Intelligence response
Even though al Jazeera (when broadcasting the footage on its evening newscast) did not disclose the source of the video, sources within the United States intelligence community have confirmed that the speaker, who appears behind a lectern, is indeed bin Laden. By mentioning 2004 U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry by name, the tape seemed to prove that bin Laden was still alive at least midway through 2004, which was not known with certainty at the time.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Intelligence response
According to the Agence France-Presse, U.S. diplomats in Qatar were given a copy of a videotape of Osama before it aired on al Jazeera television; the diplomats unsuccessfully sought to prevent the Arabic language network from broadcasting it. The United States State Department requested that the government of Qatar (where Al Jazeera is located) discourage the station from airing the videotape, according to a senior State Department official.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Intelligence response
Even though the tape was analyzed by American intelligence to determine if it contains any coded messages to operatives, White House spokesman Scott McClellan commented that there were no plans to raise the U.S. terrorism alert level, as no specific threats were made in the tape.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Intelligence response
According to Robert Parry, Ron Suskind noted that the CIA analysis of the video led them to the consensus view that the tape was designed strategically to help President Bush win reelection in 2004. Deputy CIA director John E. McLaughlin noted at one meeting, "Bin Laden certainly did a nice favor today for the President." Suskind quoted Jami Miscik, CIA deputy associate director for intelligence, as saying "Certainly, he would want Bush to keep doing what he's doing for a few more years." The same speculation has been made by Bahukutumbi Raman.


2004 Osama bin Laden video, Public response
The 2004 tape boosted the popularity of George W. Bush. President Bush opened up a six-point lead over his opponent Senator John Kerry in the first opinion poll to include sampling taken after the videotape was broadcast. However, Kerry won the category of people who considered the tape "very important" 53% to 47% according to CNN's exit poll.


2004 Ottawa Renegades season
The 2004 Ottawa Renegades season was the third season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 3rd overall. The Renegades finished the season with a 5–13 record and failed to make the playoffs.


2004 Outback Bowl
The 2004 Outback Bowl featured the Florida Gators and the Iowa Hawkeyes. It was the 18th edition of the Outback Bowl.


2004 Outback Bowl, Summary
Florida scored early in the game, with quarterback Chris Leak throwing a 70-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kelvin Kight to take a 7–0 lead. Iowa equalized following a 3-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nathan Chandler to wide receiver Maurice Brown, knotting the score, 7–7.


2004 Outback Bowl, Summary
Early in the second quarter, kicker Nate Kaeding made a 47-yard field goal, to give Iowa a 10–7 lead. Chandler later rushed 5 yards for a touchdown to extend the Hawkeyes' lead to 17–7. Before halftime, Kaeding connected on a 32-yard field goal to increase the lead to 20–7.


2004 Outback Bowl, Summary
Early in the third quarter, Matt Melloy recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for an Iowa touchdown and a 27–7 lead. Florida kicked a 48-yard field goal to pull within 27–10. A Fred Russell touchdown run pushed Iowa's lead to 34–10. Kaeding later connected on his third field goal, this one from 38 yards, increasing the lead to 37–10. Chris Leak's 25-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Baker made the final margin 37–17.


2004 Oxford City Council election
Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The council is elected by halves, so one seat in each ward was up for election (except in St Clements, where both seats were contested). Labour lost majority control of the council but remained in minority administration. Overall turnout was 37.6%, with the lowest turnout (26.5%) in Carfax ward and the highest (49.5%) in Wolvercote.


2004 Oxford City Council election, Election result
Note: three Independents stood in 2004, compared with one in 2002.


2004 Oxford City Council election, Election result
The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:


2004 Oxford City Council election, Results by ward, St Clement's
Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large). Turnout has been estimated by halving the number of votes cast.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
The 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, or known as the 2004 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was tournament held by the Philippine Basketball Association and the first ever edition of the PBA Fiesta Conference.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
Prior to the formation of the said conference, the league had two import-laced conferences known as the PBA Commissioner's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6–8), and the PBA Governor's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6–4). However, in 2003, the two conferences were scrapped and was replaced with an Invitational tournament, with an All-Filipino local squad along with foreign teams) and an import-laced Reinforced Conference.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
But, in 2004, the league changed its calendar from a calendar year to a fiscal year. As a preparation for the new format, the tournament was institutionalized in 2004 as a transitional tournament. The first Fiesta Conference was played from February–July 2004.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, 2004 PBA All-Star Game
The league held its All-Star Weekend on August 15, 2004 at the jampacked New Cebu City Coliseum, with the revived North vs South All-Stars format. The South All-Stars defeated the Northern selection, 130–128, in a closely fought contest. Asi Taulava and Jimmy Alapag were named co-MVP of the All-Star Game.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, Quarterfinals, Group B
Two guest teams participated in the tournament, the University of British Columbia men's basketball team and the US Pro-Am Selection. Both never won a single game in the quarterfinals of the tournament.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals
The Barangay Ginebra Kings ended their seven-year title drought with a 3–1 series victory over Red Bull Barako in the Finals.


2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, Awards
Eric Menk of Barangay Ginebra was named the Best Player of the Conference while Red Bull's Victor Thomas is the conference Best Import.


2004 PBA draft
The 2004 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. It was held on January 16, 2004 at the Glorietta Mall at Makati City. This is the last draft to be held within a calendar year.


2004 PBA draft, Round 3
Red Bull Thunder, San Miguel Beermen and Sta. Lucia Realtors passed on this round.


2004 PBA draft, Round 4
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, Shell Turbo Chargers, Barangay Ginebra Kings,  Red Bull Thunder, Sta. Lucia Realtors and Talk 'N Text Phone Pals passed on this round.


2004 PBA draft, Undrafted players
Draftee's name followed by college. All undrafted players become rookie free agents.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2004 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 10th anniversary of the PDC version of the World Darts Championship. The tournament took place between 27 December 2003 and 4 January 2004 at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship
An extra round was added, with the top 16 seeds given a bye to the third round, bringing the total players at the televised stages to 48. Ladbrokes, who sponsored the event initially for one year in 2003, decided to extend their deal and the prize fund was increased to £256,000. The Dutch television station, RTL 5 and Sky Sports both extended their deals with the PDC by three years. PDC chairman Barry Hearn announced that the tournament would be shown in Malaysia on pay-per-view.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship
Defending champion and number two seed, John Part suffered a surprise third-round defeat to Mark Dudbridge, his first match of the 2004 campaign.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship
The final became only the second ever (and first PDC) world final to go to a sudden-death leg. The first time it happened was when Phil Taylor beat Mike Gregory in the 1992 BDO final, Taylor was again involved and came out victorious against Kevin Painter. He came from 4–1 down to win his 11th world title.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship
The two losing semi-finalists came from different ends of darts experience. 56-year-old Bob Anderson, a World Champion 16 years earlier lost to Painter and Wayne Mardle was making his first PDC World Championship semi-final appearance. Mardle lost to Taylor for the second year running, following a third-round defeat as an unseeded player in 2003.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship, New format
To accommodate the change in the number of entries into the competition to 48, the format of the World Championship was again changed. 16 qualifiers would contest the first round, with the eight winners going through to the second round to meet players ranked between 25 and 32 inclusive in the PDC. These eight winners would go through to join the top 24 in the third round, where the tournament proceeded from the last 32 to the Final.


2004 PDC World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including round 1&2.


2004 PDL season
The 2004 USL Premier Development League season was the 10th PDL season. The season began in April 2004 and ended in August 2004.


2004 PDL season
Central Florida Kraze finished the season as national champions, beating Boulder Rapids Reserve 1-0 in the PDL Championship game. Chicago Fire Reserves finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 17 out of their 18 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +66 goal difference.


2004 PDL season
El Paso Patriots striker Julio Frias was the league's top scorer, with 25 goals, while DFW Tornados midfielder Mark Rowland led the league with 11 assists. Chicago Fire Reserves keeper Brad Guzan enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.39 per game in his 13 games.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season
The 2004 Russian football season, saw CSKA Moscow competed in the Russian Premier League, Russian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Season events
At the end of the previous season, Artur Jorge was announced as CSKA's new manager for the 2004 season.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stages
Progressed to the UEFA Cup Round of 32 during the 2005 season.


2004 PGA Championship
The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in Haven, Wisconsin (postal address Kohler). The purse was $6.25 million and the winner's share was $1.125 million.


2004 PGA Championship
Vijay Singh, the 1998 champion, earned his third and final major title in a three-hole aggregate playoff, defeating Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. At the time Singh, age 41, was third in the  world rankings; the win moved him to #2 and he ascended to the top spot three weeks later, displacing Tiger Woods.


2004 PGA Championship
It was the first major championship at the expansive Straits Course, designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1998, which allowed high attendance and was highly profitable for the PGA of America. It set records with over 94,400 tickets sold and an overall attendance of 320,000 for the week. The overall economic impact was $76.9 million, shattering the previous record of $50.4 million in 2002, and nearly doubling that of 2003.


2004 PGA Championship
The PGA Championship returned just six years later, in 2010, displacing the more confined Sahalee Country Club near Seattle, which hosted in 1998, Singh's first major win. The admittance at Sahalee in 1998 was capped at 25,000 per day by the PGA of America. In early 2005, its chief executive officer, Jim Awtrey, cited the proximity to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as the main reason for the retraction, and that Sahalee was targeted for 2012 to 2015 for another PGA Championship. Whistling Straits was awarded the 2010 event days later. The PGA of America has yet to commit to a return to Sahalee before 2028, but will return to the West in 2020 at San Francisco.


2004 PGA Championship, History of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits
This was the first major championship held at Whistling Straits, and the Straits Course hosted the PGA Championship again in 2010, which also ended in a playoff, and 2015. It will host the Ryder Cup in 2020. The course also hosted the U.S. Senior Open in 2007, won by Brad Bryant.


2004 PGA Championship, History of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits
This was the second PGA Championship (and major) in the state of Wisconsin; 71 years earlier, the 1933 edition was played at Blue Mound in Wauwatosa, just west of Milwaukee. The PGA Tour stopped in the state regularly with the Greater Milwaukee Open (1968–2009), preceded by the Milwaukee Open Invitational (1955–1961).


2004 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
Led by Darren Clarke, 39 players broke par in Thursday opening round. Clarke birdied the first four holes and finished at 7-under-par 65. It was the lowest score under par in the first round of a major since Chris DiMarco had a 7-under 65 at the 2001 Masters. He was one stroke better than Justin Leonard and Ernie Els.