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2004 in the United States
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Events from the year 2004 in the United States.

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Incumbents

Events

January

Spirit and Opportunity land on Mars

February

March

April

April 28: Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse revealed

May

June

June 21: SpaceShipOne makes its first spaceflight

July

John Kerry, Democratic Presidential nominee

August

September

October

November

November 2: George W. Bush re-elected President

December

  • December 3 – The Colombian government extradites Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, one of the most powerful drug dealers in the world, arrested in 1995 and 2003, to the United States.
  • December 6 – Terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing several people.
  • December 8 – The biggest Chinese PC producer Lenovo announces its plan to purchase IBM's global PC business, making it the third largest world PC maker after Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
  • December 21 – Iraqi insurgents attack a U.S. military base in the city of Mosul, killing 22 people.
  • December 31 – Simón Trinidad, high-profile FARC leader, is extradited to the United States, following the second extradition of a high drug dealer in a month and in 2004.

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