Date in year · 2004 · The 2000s

November 16, 2004

On November 16, 2004, half-Life 2 is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made. 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.

Events

1

Births

0

Deaths

0

Year

2004

2000s

Around 2004

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.

Read the full year of 2004 →

What happened

On November 16, 2004

  1. 2004 Half-Life 2 is released, a game winning 39 Game of the Year awards and being cited as one of the best games ever made.

    2004 video game

    Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It was published for Windows on Valve's digital distribution service, Steam. Like the original Half-Life (1998), Half-Life 2 is played from a first-person perspective, combining combat, puzzles, and storytelling.

Elsewhere that year

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

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore