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Major Events of 2004
- Major Events of 2004
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Sports
- MLB: 2004 World Series
Boston Red Sox win 4-0 against St. Louis Cardinals
- Oct 23...St. Louis 9 at Boston 11
- Oct 24...St. Louis 2 at Boston 6
- Oct 26...Boston 5 at St. Louis 1
- Oct 27...Boston 4 at St. Louis 0
- NFL: Super Bowl XXXVIII
New England Patriots win 32-29 against the Carolina Panthers
- Super Bowl Box Score:
New England...0 14 0 18-32
Carolina............0 10 0 19-29
- Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Phil Mickelson... -9 to par, margin of 1
- US Open: Retief Goosen... -4 to par
- British Open: Todd Hamilton... -10 to par
- PGA Championship: Vijay Singh... 67-68-69-76--280
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Grace Park... 72-69-67-69--277
- US Women's Open: Meg Mallon... -10 to par
- McDonald's LPGA Championship: Annika Sörenstam
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Karen Stupples
Popular Songs
1 Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris Yeah!
2 Usher Burn
3 Alicia Keys If I Ain't Got You
4 Maroon 5 This Love
5 OutKast feat. Sleepy Brown The Way You Move
6 Hoobastank The Reason
7 Mario Winans feat. Enya and P. Diddy I Don't Wanna Know
8 OutKast Hey Ya!
9 Ciara feat. Petey Pablo Goodies
10 Terror Squad Lean Back
Popular Movies
1. Shrek 2 DreamWorks $919,838,758
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $796,688,549
3. Spider-Man 2 Columbia $783,766,341
4. The Incredibles Disney / Pixar $631,442,092
5. The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films / Icon Productions $611,899,420
6. The Day After Tomorrow Fox $544,272,402
7. Meet the Fockers Universal / DreamWorks $516,642,939
8. Troy Warner Bros. $497,409,852
9. Shark Tale DreamWorks $367,275,019
10. Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362,744,280
- Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
- Best Directior: Clint Eastwood
- Best actor in a leading role: Jamie Fox for Ray
- Best actress in a leading role: Hillary Swank for Million Dollar Baby
- Best actor in a supporting role: Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
- Best actress in a supporting role: Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: "Clocks" - Coldplay
- Song of the Year: "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" - Outkast & production team
- Album of the Year: "Dance With My Father" - Luther Vandross & Richard Marx
- Best New Artist: Evanescence
Nobel Prizes
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- Peace: Wangari Maathai (Kenya) "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
- Physiology or Medicine: Linda B. Buck & Richard Axel "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
- Economic Sciences: Finn E. Kydland (Norway) & Edward C. Prescott (USA) "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles"
- Chemistry: Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko & Irwin Rose "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation"
- Physics: David J. Gross, K. David Politzer & Frank Wilczek "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
- Literature: Elfriede Jenilek (Austria - German)
Pulitzer Prizes
- Public Service: New York Times
- National Reporting: Staff, Los Angeles Times
- International Reporting: Anthony Shahid, Washington Post
- Editorial Writing: William R. Stall, Los Angeles Times
- Editorial Cartooning: Matt Davies, White Plains (NY) Journal News
- Photography: Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times
- Commentary: Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald
- Criticism: Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
- Feature Writing: No award
- Beat Reporting: Daniel Golden, Wall Street Journal
- Explanatory Reporting: Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton, Wall Street Journal
- Investigative Reporting: Michael D. Sallah, Mitch Weiss & Joe Mahr, The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Breaking News: Staff, Los Angeles Times
- Fiction: Edward P. Jones, The Known World
- Drama: Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
- Biography/Autobiography: William Taubman, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
- History: Steven Hahn, A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
- Poetry: Franz Wright, Walking to Martha's Vineyard
- General Nonfiction: Anne Applebaum, Gulag: A History
- Music: Paul Moravec, Tempest Fantasy
Major Events of 2004
- Major Events of 2004
Sports
- MLB: 2004 World Series
Boston Red Sox win 4-0 against St. Louis Cardinals
- Oct 23...St. Louis 9 at Boston 11
- Oct 24...St. Louis 2 at Boston 6
- Oct 26...Boston 5 at St. Louis 1
- Oct 27...Boston 4 at St. Louis 0 - NFL: Super Bowl XXXVIII
New England Patriots win 32-29 against the Carolina Panthers
- Super Bowl Box Score:
New England...0 14 0 18-32
Carolina............0 10 0 19-29 - Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Phil Mickelson... -9 to par, margin of 1
- US Open: Retief Goosen... -4 to par
- British Open: Todd Hamilton... -10 to par
- PGA Championship: Vijay Singh... 67-68-69-76--280
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship: Grace Park... 72-69-67-69--277
- US Women's Open: Meg Mallon... -10 to par
- McDonald's LPGA Championship: Annika Sörenstam
- Weetabix Women's British Open: Karen Stupples
Popular Songs
1 Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris Yeah!
2 Usher Burn
3 Alicia Keys If I Ain't Got You
4 Maroon 5 This Love
5 OutKast feat. Sleepy Brown The Way You Move
6 Hoobastank The Reason
7 Mario Winans feat. Enya and P. Diddy I Don't Wanna Know
8 OutKast Hey Ya!
9 Ciara feat. Petey Pablo Goodies
10 Terror Squad Lean Back
Popular Movies
1. Shrek 2 DreamWorks $919,838,7582. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $796,688,549
3. Spider-Man 2 Columbia $783,766,341
4. The Incredibles Disney / Pixar $631,442,092
5. The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films / Icon Productions $611,899,420
6. The Day After Tomorrow Fox $544,272,402
7. Meet the Fockers Universal / DreamWorks $516,642,939
8. Troy Warner Bros. $497,409,852
9. Shark Tale DreamWorks $367,275,019
10. Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362,744,280
- Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
- Best Directior: Clint Eastwood
- Best actor in a leading role: Jamie Fox for Ray
- Best actress in a leading role: Hillary Swank for Million Dollar Baby
- Best actor in a supporting role: Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
- Best actress in a supporting role: Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: "Clocks" - Coldplay
- Song of the Year: "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" - Outkast & production team
- Album of the Year: "Dance With My Father" - Luther Vandross & Richard Marx
- Best New Artist: Evanescence
Nobel Prizes
.
- Peace: Wangari Maathai (Kenya) "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
- Physiology or Medicine: Linda B. Buck & Richard Axel "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
- Economic Sciences: Finn E. Kydland (Norway) & Edward C. Prescott (USA) "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles"
- Chemistry: Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko & Irwin Rose "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation"
- Physics: David J. Gross, K. David Politzer & Frank Wilczek "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
- Literature: Elfriede Jenilek (Austria - German)
Pulitzer Prizes
- Public Service: New York Times
- National Reporting: Staff, Los Angeles Times
- International Reporting: Anthony Shahid, Washington Post
- Editorial Writing: William R. Stall, Los Angeles Times
- Editorial Cartooning: Matt Davies, White Plains (NY) Journal News
- Photography: Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times
- Commentary: Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald
- Criticism: Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
- Feature Writing: No award
- Beat Reporting: Daniel Golden, Wall Street Journal
- Explanatory Reporting: Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton, Wall Street Journal
- Investigative Reporting: Michael D. Sallah, Mitch Weiss & Joe Mahr, The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Breaking News: Staff, Los Angeles Times
- Fiction: Edward P. Jones, The Known World
- Drama: Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
- Biography/Autobiography: William Taubman, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
- History: Steven Hahn, A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
- Poetry: Franz Wright, Walking to Martha's Vineyard
- General Nonfiction: Anne Applebaum, Gulag: A History
- Music: Paul Moravec, Tempest Fantasy
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