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2004 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2004
MMIV
Ab urbe condita2757
Armenian calendar1453
ԹՎ ՌՆԾԳ
Assyrian calendar6754
Bahá'í calendar160–161
Balinese saka calendar1925–1926
Bengali calendar1411
Berber calendar2954
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Burmese calendar1366
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4700 or 4640
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4701 or 4641
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(平成16年)
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Korean calendar4337
Minguo calendarROC 93
民國93年
Nanakshahi calendar536
Thai solar calendar2547
Tibetan calendar阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
2130 or 1749 or 977
    — to —
阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
2131 or 1750 or 978
Unix time1072915200 – 1104537599

2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.

2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).[1]

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Nobel Prizes[edit]

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New English words and terms[edit]

  • e-waste
  • life hack
  • paywall
  • podcast
  • roentgenium
  • Silver Alert
  • social media
  • waterboarding[71]

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