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January 4, 2004

On January 4, 2004, spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. The year's #1 song was "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris. Ismaël Gharbi, Savinho, Diana Shnaider would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

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.

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What happened

On January 4, 2004

  1. 2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.

    Former NASA Mars rover, active from 2004 to 2010

    Spirit, also known as MER-A or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. 3 Martian years. It was one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

  2. 2004 Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.

    President of Georgia (2004–2007; 2008–2013)

    Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from January 2004 to November 2013, with a break from November 2007 to January 2008 after he stepped down following anti-government demonstrations and ahead of an early presidential election. He is the founder and former chairman of Georgia's United National Movement party.

Arrivals

Born on January 4, 2004

Victor Wembanyama 2004– French basketball player (born 2004)

Farewells

Died on January 4, 2004

Brian Gibson English film director (1944–2004)
Joan Aiken English writer (1924–2004)
John Toland American writer (1912–2004)

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Other moments from 2004

The class of 2004

Others born in 2004

Ismaël Gharbi 2004– French-Spanish footballer
Savinho 2004– Brazilian footballer
Diana Shnaider 2004– Russian tennis player
Arch Manning 2004– American football player
TommyInnit 2004– English YouTuber and streamer
Marsai Martin 2004– American actress and producer

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