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May 17, 2004

On May 17, 2004, the first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. 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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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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On May 17, 2004

  1. 2004 The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.

    Marriage of persons of the same sex or gender

    Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage or same-gender marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex or gender. 5 billion people. The most recent jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage is Thailand.

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Died on May 17, 2004

Jørgen Nash Danish artist, writer, and Situationist theoretician
Tony Randall American actor (1920–2004)
Ezzedine Salim 71st prime minister of Iraq

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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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