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2004, the year …

• The 2004 Summer Olympics were held in Athens

• Republican incumbent President George W. Bush was declared the winner over his Democratic challenger, U.S. Senator John Kerry

• The Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years

• Janet Jackson experienced a wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show with Justin Timberlake

• Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand were hit  by the Boxing Day Tsunami that killed nearly a quarter of a million people

• Confessions by Usher was the top CD, Shrek 2 was the top movie and American Idol was the most popular TV show

• Ashlee Simpson was caught lip-syncing on Saturday Night Live

• The cost of a Super Bowl ad  was $2,300,000, compared to the $4,000,000 price tag that companies paid this year

• Low carb diets such as ‘Atkins’ and ‘South Beach’ were popular

• Martha Stewart was found guilty on four felony counts

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