The first God of War game was released for the PlayStation 2 to the North American market.
Reality documentary The Apprentice (UK) premiered with businessman Lord Alan Sugar as the leading judge.
YouTube was founded & the domain name youtube.com was activated.
The Animated sitcom 'American Dad' aired for the first time on FOX.
Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood, was released. It went on to win Best Picture.
Blizzard released World of Warcraft for PC and Mac, changing the MMORPG scene forever.
American singer Mario released his hit single 'Let Me Love You.'
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her Greatest Hits album and later received Billboard's 2004 Album of the Year.
Ed Whitlock became the world's first person over the age of 70 to run a marathon in under 3 hours.
The American drama TV series 'Lost' premiered on ABC.
Rockband Green Day released their seventh album, 'American Idiot.'
Greece won its first UEFA Euro Cup after beating Portugal in the final 1-0.
Maria Sharapova became the first Russian to win Wimbledon.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the 3rd film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, was released in UK cinemas.
The final episode of 'Friends' aired.
Businesswoman Estée Lauder, famous for her American cosmetics line, died at the age of 97.
Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
Mark Zuckerberg founded the social networking website Facebook.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in theaters.
Mexican singer Thalia the 'Queen of Latin Pop,' was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
The final film in the Lord of the Rings series 'The Return of the King,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in Wellington, New Zealand.
The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
A world record commercial railway train speed of 311 mph (500 kph) was achieved by Shanghai Transrapid Railway Systems.
The popular Christmas comedy movie, Elf, was released in the USA.
The comedy series 'Arrested Development' premiered on FOX.
The European Space Agency integrated its SMART-1 spacecraft with its dedicated launching rocket.
Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.
Tesla Motors was incorporated in Palo Alto, California, US.
J.K. Rowling published the 5th Harry Potter book 'The Order of the Phoenix.'
Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton, was released in the US & Canada.
American singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone died at 70 from breast cancer.
Michael Jordan played in his final NBA game.
The Columbia space shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final time.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
Chicago, the film based on the musical and directed by Rob Marshall, was released.
Gangs of New York, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, was released.
The Two Towers, the second of the Lord of the Rings films, was released in theaters.
Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.
Eminem won four awards for his hit song Without Me at the 19th MTV Music Video Awards.
Action thriller 'The Bourne Identity' movie starring Matt Damon was released.
Eminem released his fourth studio album, 'The Eminem Show.'
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, more commonly known as SpaceX, was founded by Elon Musk.
The Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire premiered.
A remake of the original 1996 Resident Evil was released exclusively for GameCube.
The Osbournes reality TV show aired for the first time on MTV.
Michael Jackson accepted the Artist of the Century award in Los Angeles at the American Music Awards.
Rudy Giuliani was named 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine.
