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2003 Atlantic hurricane season The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2003, and lasted until November 30, 2003. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin, although the season technically lasted from April 20 to December 11 due to out-of-season storm activity caused by Tropical Storms Ana and Peter.
2003 Auburn Tigers football team The 2003 Auburn Tigers football team began the season with high expectations, but stumbled out of the gate before finishing the season with a disappointing 8-5 record, including a 5-3 record in the SEC, good for third place in the conference’s Western Division. The Tigers, coached by Tommy Tuberville, began the season ranked #6 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, but began the season with consecutive losses to eventual national champion Southern California and Georgia Tech, dropping out of both polls.
2003 Canberra bushfires The Canberra bushfires of 2003 caused severe damage to the outskirts of Canberra, the Australian capital city. Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory’s pasture, forests and nature parks were severely damaged, and the renowned Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed.
2003 College World Series The 2003 College World Series was held June 13 through June 23, 2003 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
2003 Cricket World Cup squads This is a list of squads named for the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya which took place from 9 February 2003 to 23 March 2003. Each country was required to submit a final list of 15 players by 31 December 2002.
2003 Dutch cabinet formation The 2003 Dutch cabinet formation concerned the formation of a new cabinet after the Dutch general election, 2003 held on January 22 2003. It involved negotiations about which coalition partners would form a common programme of policy and it involved the division of the cabinet posts.
2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires The Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires started with eighty seven fires that were started by lightning in the north east of Victoria on 8 January 2003. Eight of these fires were unable to be contained and joined together to form the largest fire in Victoria since the 1939 "Black Friday" bushfiresMajor Bushfires in Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2006.
2003 El Nogal Club bombing The 2003 Nogal Club Terrorist Attack was a terrorist attack occurred in Bogotá, Colombia on February 7, 2003. The attack was carried out by exploding a car full of 200 kg of explosives left near the facilities of El Nogal Club which resulted in the death of 36 people and 169 wounded.
2003 European Nations Cup of rugby league The European Nations Cup returned in 2003, being the first tournament since England last won it in 1996. The last European Nations Cup held, in 1996, followed traditional structures presented from previous tournaments, involving just three nations, England, France and Wales, all teams only playing each other once.
2003 Fiesta Bowl The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl took place on January 3, 2003 in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium, with the Ohio State Buckeyes defeating the Miami Hurricanes by a score of 31-24 in double overtime. It was the 2002 BCS National Championship Game, as part of the Bowl Championship Series, which was contested between the Ohio State University and University of Miami.
2003 FIA GT Championship season The 2003 FIA GT Championship season was the 7th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series comprised of Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT and N-GT.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Donington The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Donington was the fifth race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Donington Park and ran for two hours and thirty minutes. It took place on August 10, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Estoril The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Estoril was the first race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at AutĂłdromo do Estoril and ran a distance of two hours, thirty minutes. It took place on April 13, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Lausitz The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Lausitz was the second race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at EuroSpeedway Lausitz and ran a distance of two hours, thirty minutes. It took place on May 10, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Nogaro The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Nogaro was the seventh and final race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season, as well as the final race for the FIA Sportscar Championship series overall. It was held at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ran for two hours and thirty minutes.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Oschersleben The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Oschersleben was the fourth race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Motopark Oschersleben and ran for two hours and thirty minutes. It took place on July 20, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season is the 7th and final season of FIA Sportscar Championship. It was a series comprised of sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight involvement, called SR1 and SR2.
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2003 Confederations Cup football tournament was held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of heart failure in his side's semi-final against Colombia.
2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003 was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti, and Turku in Finland between 13 August and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament.
2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 18-March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships to extremely cold weather.
2003 Green Bay Packers season The 2003 Green Bay Packers season finished with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs, after the Packers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round in overtime off an interception return for a touchdown by Al Harris. The season may be most notable, however, for Brett Favre's Monday night performance against the Oakland Raiders the night after his father had died.
2003 Hungarian Grand Prix The 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 24, 2003 at the Hungaroring. It was won the Renault's Fernando Alonso from pole, becoming the youngest ever driver to win a Grand Prix, beating the previous record of Troy Ruttman was the first to be held under the newly revamped Hungaroring, with the main straight lengthened and the first hairpin tightened, as well are further alterations near the latter stages of the lap in order to encourage more overtaking.
2003 in British music This is a summary of 2003 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Whilst weeks at number one began to increase with significant numbers achieving 4 week runs, and the Black Eyed Peas breaking a chart record in the 21st century, single sales rapidly plummeted, decreasing by 34% since 2002.
2003 IBF World Championships The 13th IBF World Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.
2003 Italy blackout The 2003 Italy blackout was a serious power outage that affected all of Italy—except the island of Sardinia—for 9 hours and part of Switzerland near Geneva for 3 hours on 28 September 2003. It was the largest blackout in the series of blackouts in 2003, affecting a total of 56 million people.
2003 Kansas City Chiefs season The 2003 Kansas City Chiefs season resulted in a 13-3 record, beginning with a nine-game winning streak—the franchise’s best start in their 40-year history. The Chiefs won the AFC West and clinched the second seed in the playoffs.
2003 London blackout The 2003 London blackout was a serious power outage that occurred in parts of southern London and north-west Kent on 28 August 2003. It was the largest blackout in South East England since the great Storm of 1987, affecting an estimated 500,000 people (about one percent of the population of the UK).
2003 Loya jirga A 502-delegate loya jirga convened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2003, to consider the proposed Afghan Constitution. Originally planned to last ten days, the assembly did not endorse the charter until January 4, 2004.
2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 74th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 15, 2003 at U.
2003 Malaysian Grand Prix The 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 23, 2003 at the Sepang International Circuit. It was the second race of the 2003 season, and it was won by Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren Mercedes, his first ever Grand Prix victory.
2003 Maldives civil unrest On Saturday September 20, 2003 civil unrest broke out in Malé, the capital city of the Maldives. This unrest was provoked by the death of Hassan Evan Naseem at Maafushi Prison - located on a separate inhabited island - and the subsequent shooting at the same prison, that killed 3 and injured 17 others.
2003 Marriott Hotel bombing The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Indonesia. A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel, killing twelve people and injuring 150.
2003 Memorial Cup The 2003 Memorial Cup occurred May 17-25 at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec. It featured the host team, the Quebec Remparts as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Kitchener Rangers, Hull Olympiques and the Kelowna Rockets respectively.
2003 Merapoh bus tragedy The 2003 Merapoh bus tragedy took place on 23 November 2003 when an Ekspres Mutiara (Pearl Express) bus collided with another bus at kilometre 63 of Lipis-Merapoh Road (Federal route 8) near the Pahang-Kelantan border, Malaysia. 14 passengers were killed in this accident.
2003 Minnesota Twins After winning the American League Central Division in 2002, the 2003 Minnesota Twins were looking to repeat division titles for the first time since 1969 and 1970. A spark for the team was the July trade of Bobby Kielty for Shannon Stewart.
2003 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool The inaugural edition of the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool took place on April 6, 2003, at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. The event pitted the United States' top swimmers against those of Australia.
2003 National League Division Series The 2003 National League Division Series (NLDS), the first round of the 2003 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2003 National League Championship Series The 2003 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 7 to October 15 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion Chicago Cubs and the wild-card qualifying Florida Marlins. The Cubs, by virtue of being a division winner, had the home field advantage.
2003 NBA Finals The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2002-03 NBA season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference took on the New Jersey Nets of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage.
2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2003, and ended with the championship game on April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2003 Netball World Championships The 2003 Netball World Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. After 100 matches, the New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns, won the tournament, defeating Australia to win the World Championship for the first time in 16 years.
2003 NFL Draft The 2003 NFL Draft in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, took place on April 26 and April 27, 2003. The draft was broadcast on ESPN beginning at noon on Saturday, April 26 and beginning at 11:00 AM on Sunday, April 27.
2003 Nokia Brier The 2003 Nokia Brier was held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from March 1 to 9, 2003. The defending champion, Randy Ferbey and his team from Alberta would be the winners, winning their third Brier in a row.
2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire On August 16, 2003 a wildfire was started by a lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Park in British Columbia, Canada. The wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and one of the driest summers in the past decade.
2003 Pacific hurricane season The 2003 Pacific hurricane season saw an unusually large number of tropical cyclones affect Mexico. The most notable cyclones the year were Hurricanes Ignacio and Marty, which killed 2 and 12 people in Mexico, respectively, and were responsible for about $1 billion (2003 USD) in damage.
2003 PDC World Darts Championship The 2003 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 10th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it split from the British Darts Organisation in 1993. Ladbrokes (who sponsored the 1996 event with their Vernon's brand) took over the sponsorship of the event from Skol.
2003 Phnom Penh riots The fluid historical relationship between Thailand and Cambodia has prompted some Thai nationalists to claim that Angkor belongs to Thailand. This claim, coupled with economic, cultural and political factors, resulted in riots in Phnom Penh on January 29, 2003.
2003 Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War The Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War is an international treaty signed in 2003 that aims to limit the impact of cluster bombs and other unexploded devices on civilian populations after a conflict ends. It came into effect on November 12, 2006.
2003 QQ47 (also written 2003 QQ47) is an asteroid which became famous briefly upon its discovery in late August 2003 when media outlets played up a preliminary report that it had a 1:250,000 chance of colliding with Earth on March 21, 2014.
2003 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2003. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.
2003 Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee The Independent Soccer Review Committee published a report in 2003 on the governance of Association Football in Australia, more commonly called the Crawford Report. The committee was announced by the then Minister for Sport Rod Kemp and the Australian Parliament after extensive media publicity surrounding alleged mismanagement and corruption in the governing body, Soccer Australia.
2003 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, there was one position for an African nation, as well as the possibility of repechage qualification. Namibia qualified, joining automatic qualifiers South Africa at the competition in Australia.
2003 Rugby World Cup - Asia qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, there was one position available to the Asia qualifiers, as well as the possibility of further repechage qualification. Japan would go onto qualify for the competition.
2003 Rugby World Cup - European qualification There were a number of positions open to European nations to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. Ireland, Romania, Georgia and Italy, joining a number of other nations that automatically qualified.
2003 Rugby World Cup - Oceania qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of positions were available to Oceania nations. Fiji, Samoa and the Tonga would eventually qualify, joining automatic qualifiers Australia and New Zealand.
2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying For the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of qualifying tournaments were held to decide what nations would be participating at the finals tournament, held in Australia. The 81 teams taking part in regional qualifiers together with the 8 teams which have qualified automatically brings to 89 the total number of teams participating in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
2003 southern Malaysia blackout The 2003 southern Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis affected the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor due to a power failure. The 5 states (including Kuala Lumpur) had been affected for 5 hours from 10.
2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23, 2003. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her third straight championship.
2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games The 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games were hosted in Ireland, with participants staying in various host towns around the island. Events were held from 21 June-29 June, 2003 at many venues including Morton Stadium, the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge and the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin.
2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs The 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the postseason for the NHL, began on April 9, 2003, following the 2002-03 regular season. The playoffs concluded on June 9, 2003, with the New Jersey Devils defeating the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in seven games.
2003 STCC Season The 2003 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 8th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at four different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a sixteen-round competition in total.
2003 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2003 Term, which lasted from October 6, 2003, until October 3, 2004. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2003 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States handed down seven per curiam opinions during its 2003 term, which lasted from October 6, 2003 until October 3, 2004. These were all decisions in which the Court either dismissed a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted, or summarily reversed the lower court based on the information and arguments presented in the petitions for certiorari and oppositions alone.
2003 U.S. Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal The Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal began with an anonymous email on January 2, 2003 to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Senator Wayne Allard, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, other U.S.
2003 United States-British-Spanish Draft Resolution on Iraq The 2003 United States-British-Spanish Draft Resolution on Iraq was, according to Ambassador John_Negroponte, "a resolution to have the Council decide that Iraq is not complying, is out of compliance, with Resolution 1441". The draft was initially introduced on February 24, 2003 and amended on March 7, 2003 to set a March 17 deadline for Iraq to demonstrate "full, unconditional, immediate and active cooperation in accordance with its disarmament obligations.
2003 USC Trojans football team The 2003 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2003-2004 NCAA Division I-A college football season. They were named the Pac-10 conference champions, and were named the Associated Press Champions due to controversy with the BCS selections for the national championship game.
2003 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards The Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards is an award voted on by the cartoonists themselves, much like the Academy Awards. This was the first year that artists were invited to sumbit "introductions" for the awards, creating the ceremony discussed in the main article..
2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
2003-04 AHL season The 2003-04 AHL season was the 68th season of the American Hockey League. The league introduces the Willie Marshall Award in honour the career points leader in the AHL, and awards it to the annual top goal scorer.
2003-04 Calgary Flames season The 2003-04 Calgary Flames season was the 24th National Hockey League season in Calgary. After struggling with an injury to starting goaltender Roman Turek in the first game of the season, an early November trade for San Jose Sharks third stringer Miikka Kiprusoff sparked the Flames, as Kiprusoff led Calgary into the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
2003-04 ECHL season The 2003-04 ECHL season was the 16th season of the ECHL. This season brought a major change in the ECHL as the ECHL Board of Governors approved membership applications from the Anchorage Aces, the Bakersfield Condors, the Fresno Falcons, the Idaho Steelheads, the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the San Diego Gulls from the recently defunct West Coast Hockey League.
2003-04 Heineken Cup The 2003-4 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the ninth of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other.
2003-04 in Portuguese football The 2003-2004 football season in Portuguese football was clearly dominated by FC Porto. Although Porto did not manage the double, the Portuguese club won the UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Portuguese team to do so in the current form of the competition.
2003-04 NHL transactions The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2003-04 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
2003-2004 in Argentine football The 2003-04 Argentine First Division season saw Boca Juniors ecstatic after a title run that also included the Intercontinental Cup. River Plate stole the Clausura leaving hated rival Boca Juniors looking up from second place.
2004 Adjara crisis The Ajaria crisis refers to a political crisis in Georgia’s Ajarian Autonomous Republic led by a local strongman Aslan Abashidze, who refused to obey the central authorities after President Eduard Shevardnadze’s was ousted during the Rose Revolution of November 2003. The crisis threatened to develop into military confrontation as both sides mobilized their forces at the internal border.
2004 African Championships in Athletics The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition wwas contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics.
2004 AFL Draft The 2004 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2004 AFL Grand Final The 2004 AFL Grand Final was the first ever AFL Grand Final where both competing teams were not Victorian. Port Adelaide were in their first ever Grand Final and the Brisbane Lions were hoping to win their 4th consecutive.
2004 American Le Mans Series season The 2004 American Le Mans Series season was the 6th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT.
2004 American League Division Series The 2004 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2004 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 5, and ended on Saturday, October 9, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
2004 American League Championship Series The 2004 American League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. The series, a rematch of the 2003 American League Championship Series, started on October 12, 2004 and ended one minute after midnight Eastern Time on October 21.
2004 Atlantic hurricane season The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2004, and lasted until November 30, 2004. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
2004 Auburn Football The 2004 Auburn football team went undefeated, beating LSU, Georgia, and Tennessee as their top ranked opponents. They were left out of the BCS National Title Game, and instead went to the Sugar Bowl, beating Virginia Tech 16-13, to finish 13-0.
2004 Auburn Tigers football team The 2004 Auburn Tigers football team compiled a record of 13-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship and finishing the season ranked #2 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. Beginning the season ranked #17 in the AP poll and #18 in the ESPN/USA Today poll, the Tigers were denied a berth in the BCS Championship game, due to finishing the regular season ranked #3 in the BCS rankings.
2004 BCS National Championship Game The 2004 BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game 2004 for the 2003 season was played on January 4, 2004 at the Louisiana Superdome Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana. The teams were LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners.
2004 BDO World Darts Championship The 2004 Lakeside World Darts Championship was the first World Darts Championship held after Imperial Tobacco were forced to withdraw their sponsorship. UK government legislation had banned tobacco companies from attaching their brands to sporting events from 2003.
2004 Beach Handball World Championships The 2004 Beach Handball World Championships are a nine-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at El Gouna Beach in Egypt in 2004. This were the first ever beach handball world championships held in history of the sport.
2004 Belgian Grand Prix The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One held on August 29, 2004 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was at this race that Michael Schumacher won his seventh world championship despite Kimi Räikkönen taking his and McLaren's first race win of the season, from tenth place on the grid.
2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 11 and March 14, 2004 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The champion of the tournament was the University of Wisconsin, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
2004 Brazilian Grand Prix The 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 24, 2004 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was the final race of the 2004 season, and local fans were delighted when Brazil's Rubens Barrichello took pole for his home race.
2004 Census in Transnistria The 2004 Census in Transnistria was organized by Transnistria at roughly the same time that Moldova held its own census which Transnistria refused to participate in out of principle and deference to its September 2, 1990 Declaration of Independence.
2004 College World Series The 2004 College World Series was held June 18 through 28, 2004 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.
2004 DARPA Grand Challenge The 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge was held in the Mojave Desert region of the United States, along a 150-mile route that follows along the path of Interstate 15 from just before Barstow, California to just past the California-Nevada border in Primm.
2004 Democratic National Convention The 2004 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place from July 26 to July 29, 2004 at the TD Banknorth Garden, then called FleetCenter, in Boston, Massachusetts. The convention was one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the Democratic Party with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for President and adopting a party platform.
2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season The 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fifth DTM season since the serie's resumption in 2000. There were 10 championship race weekend with one round each, plus a non-championship round at the streets of Shanghai.
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
2004 European Football Championship - Bulgaria On May 19, 2004 Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov named a 23-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. The team finished last in its group at the finals having scored a single goal and no points.
2004 European Football Championship - Czech Republic On May 19, 2004 Czech Republic coach Karel Brückner named a 24-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. The official 23-man squad was named on June 2 after Miroslav Matušovic was left out.
2004 European Football Championship - Denmark Denmark's 2004 European Championship campaign stretched from the qualification matches starting in September 2002 to the final tournament in the summer of 2004. The qualification matches were played from September 2002 to November 2003 and during the qualification campaign, Danish national team coach Morten Olsen used 26 players actively in the eight qualification matches.
2003 Auburn Tigers football team The 2003 Auburn Tigers football team began the season with high expectations, but stumbled out of the gate before finishing the season with a disappointing 8-5 record, including a 5-3 record in the SEC, good for third place in the conference’s Western Division. The Tigers, coached by Tommy Tuberville, began the season ranked #6 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, but began the season with consecutive losses to eventual national champion Southern California and Georgia Tech, dropping out of both polls.
2003 Canberra bushfires The Canberra bushfires of 2003 caused severe damage to the outskirts of Canberra, the Australian capital city. Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory’s pasture, forests and nature parks were severely damaged, and the renowned Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed.
2003 College World Series The 2003 College World Series was held June 13 through June 23, 2003 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.
2003 Cricket World Cup squads This is a list of squads named for the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya which took place from 9 February 2003 to 23 March 2003. Each country was required to submit a final list of 15 players by 31 December 2002.
2003 Dutch cabinet formation The 2003 Dutch cabinet formation concerned the formation of a new cabinet after the Dutch general election, 2003 held on January 22 2003. It involved negotiations about which coalition partners would form a common programme of policy and it involved the division of the cabinet posts.
2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires The Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires started with eighty seven fires that were started by lightning in the north east of Victoria on 8 January 2003. Eight of these fires were unable to be contained and joined together to form the largest fire in Victoria since the 1939 "Black Friday" bushfiresMajor Bushfires in Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2006.
2003 El Nogal Club bombing The 2003 Nogal Club Terrorist Attack was a terrorist attack occurred in Bogotá, Colombia on February 7, 2003. The attack was carried out by exploding a car full of 200 kg of explosives left near the facilities of El Nogal Club which resulted in the death of 36 people and 169 wounded.
2003 European Nations Cup of rugby league The European Nations Cup returned in 2003, being the first tournament since England last won it in 1996. The last European Nations Cup held, in 1996, followed traditional structures presented from previous tournaments, involving just three nations, England, France and Wales, all teams only playing each other once.
2003 Fiesta Bowl The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl took place on January 3, 2003 in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium, with the Ohio State Buckeyes defeating the Miami Hurricanes by a score of 31-24 in double overtime. It was the 2002 BCS National Championship Game, as part of the Bowl Championship Series, which was contested between the Ohio State University and University of Miami.
2003 FIA GT Championship season The 2003 FIA GT Championship season was the 7th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series comprised of Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT and N-GT.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Donington The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Donington was the fifth race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Donington Park and ran for two hours and thirty minutes. It took place on August 10, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Estoril The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Estoril was the first race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at AutĂłdromo do Estoril and ran a distance of two hours, thirty minutes. It took place on April 13, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Lausitz The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Lausitz was the second race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at EuroSpeedway Lausitz and ran a distance of two hours, thirty minutes. It took place on May 10, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Nogaro The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Nogaro was the seventh and final race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season, as well as the final race for the FIA Sportscar Championship series overall. It was held at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ran for two hours and thirty minutes.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Oschersleben The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Oschersleben was the fourth race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Motopark Oschersleben and ran for two hours and thirty minutes. It took place on July 20, 2003.
2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season is the 7th and final season of FIA Sportscar Championship. It was a series comprised of sportscar style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight involvement, called SR1 and SR2.
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2003 Confederations Cup football tournament was held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of heart failure in his side's semi-final against Colombia.
2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003 was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti, and Turku in Finland between 13 August and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament.
2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 18-March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships to extremely cold weather.
2003 Green Bay Packers season The 2003 Green Bay Packers season finished with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs, after the Packers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round in overtime off an interception return for a touchdown by Al Harris. The season may be most notable, however, for Brett Favre's Monday night performance against the Oakland Raiders the night after his father had died.
2003 Hungarian Grand Prix The 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 24, 2003 at the Hungaroring. It was won the Renault's Fernando Alonso from pole, becoming the youngest ever driver to win a Grand Prix, beating the previous record of Troy Ruttman was the first to be held under the newly revamped Hungaroring, with the main straight lengthened and the first hairpin tightened, as well are further alterations near the latter stages of the lap in order to encourage more overtaking.
2003 in British music This is a summary of 2003 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Whilst weeks at number one began to increase with significant numbers achieving 4 week runs, and the Black Eyed Peas breaking a chart record in the 21st century, single sales rapidly plummeted, decreasing by 34% since 2002.
2003 IBF World Championships The 13th IBF World Championships were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.
2003 Italy blackout The 2003 Italy blackout was a serious power outage that affected all of Italy—except the island of Sardinia—for 9 hours and part of Switzerland near Geneva for 3 hours on 28 September 2003. It was the largest blackout in the series of blackouts in 2003, affecting a total of 56 million people.
2003 Kansas City Chiefs season The 2003 Kansas City Chiefs season resulted in a 13-3 record, beginning with a nine-game winning streak—the franchise’s best start in their 40-year history. The Chiefs won the AFC West and clinched the second seed in the playoffs.
2003 London blackout The 2003 London blackout was a serious power outage that occurred in parts of southern London and north-west Kent on 28 August 2003. It was the largest blackout in South East England since the great Storm of 1987, affecting an estimated 500,000 people (about one percent of the population of the UK).
2003 Loya jirga A 502-delegate loya jirga convened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2003, to consider the proposed Afghan Constitution. Originally planned to last ten days, the assembly did not endorse the charter until January 4, 2004.
2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 74th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 15, 2003 at U.
2003 Malaysian Grand Prix The 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 23, 2003 at the Sepang International Circuit. It was the second race of the 2003 season, and it was won by Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren Mercedes, his first ever Grand Prix victory.
2003 Maldives civil unrest On Saturday September 20, 2003 civil unrest broke out in Malé, the capital city of the Maldives. This unrest was provoked by the death of Hassan Evan Naseem at Maafushi Prison - located on a separate inhabited island - and the subsequent shooting at the same prison, that killed 3 and injured 17 others.
2003 Marriott Hotel bombing The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Indonesia. A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel, killing twelve people and injuring 150.
2003 Memorial Cup The 2003 Memorial Cup occurred May 17-25 at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec. It featured the host team, the Quebec Remparts as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Kitchener Rangers, Hull Olympiques and the Kelowna Rockets respectively.
2003 Merapoh bus tragedy The 2003 Merapoh bus tragedy took place on 23 November 2003 when an Ekspres Mutiara (Pearl Express) bus collided with another bus at kilometre 63 of Lipis-Merapoh Road (Federal route 8) near the Pahang-Kelantan border, Malaysia. 14 passengers were killed in this accident.
2003 Minnesota Twins After winning the American League Central Division in 2002, the 2003 Minnesota Twins were looking to repeat division titles for the first time since 1969 and 1970. A spark for the team was the July trade of Bobby Kielty for Shannon Stewart.
2003 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool The inaugural edition of the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool took place on April 6, 2003, at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. The event pitted the United States' top swimmers against those of Australia.
2003 National League Division Series The 2003 National League Division Series (NLDS), the first round of the 2003 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
2003 National League Championship Series The 2003 National League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played from October 7 to October 15 to determine the champion of the National League, between the Central Division champion Chicago Cubs and the wild-card qualifying Florida Marlins. The Cubs, by virtue of being a division winner, had the home field advantage.
2003 NBA Finals The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2002-03 NBA season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference took on the New Jersey Nets of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage.
2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2003, and ended with the championship game on April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2003 Netball World Championships The 2003 Netball World Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. After 100 matches, the New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns, won the tournament, defeating Australia to win the World Championship for the first time in 16 years.
2003 NFL Draft The 2003 NFL Draft in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, took place on April 26 and April 27, 2003. The draft was broadcast on ESPN beginning at noon on Saturday, April 26 and beginning at 11:00 AM on Sunday, April 27.
2003 Nokia Brier The 2003 Nokia Brier was held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from March 1 to 9, 2003. The defending champion, Randy Ferbey and his team from Alberta would be the winners, winning their third Brier in a row.
2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire On August 16, 2003 a wildfire was started by a lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Park in British Columbia, Canada. The wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and one of the driest summers in the past decade.
2003 Pacific hurricane season The 2003 Pacific hurricane season saw an unusually large number of tropical cyclones affect Mexico. The most notable cyclones the year were Hurricanes Ignacio and Marty, which killed 2 and 12 people in Mexico, respectively, and were responsible for about $1 billion (2003 USD) in damage.
2003 PDC World Darts Championship The 2003 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 10th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it split from the British Darts Organisation in 1993. Ladbrokes (who sponsored the 1996 event with their Vernon's brand) took over the sponsorship of the event from Skol.
2003 Phnom Penh riots The fluid historical relationship between Thailand and Cambodia has prompted some Thai nationalists to claim that Angkor belongs to Thailand. This claim, coupled with economic, cultural and political factors, resulted in riots in Phnom Penh on January 29, 2003.
2003 Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War The Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War is an international treaty signed in 2003 that aims to limit the impact of cluster bombs and other unexploded devices on civilian populations after a conflict ends. It came into effect on November 12, 2006.
2003 QQ47 (also written 2003 QQ47) is an asteroid which became famous briefly upon its discovery in late August 2003 when media outlets played up a preliminary report that it had a 1:250,000 chance of colliding with Earth on March 21, 2014.
2003 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2003. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.
2003 Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee The Independent Soccer Review Committee published a report in 2003 on the governance of Association Football in Australia, more commonly called the Crawford Report. The committee was announced by the then Minister for Sport Rod Kemp and the Australian Parliament after extensive media publicity surrounding alleged mismanagement and corruption in the governing body, Soccer Australia.
2003 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, there was one position for an African nation, as well as the possibility of repechage qualification. Namibia qualified, joining automatic qualifiers South Africa at the competition in Australia.
2003 Rugby World Cup - Asia qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, there was one position available to the Asia qualifiers, as well as the possibility of further repechage qualification. Japan would go onto qualify for the competition.
2003 Rugby World Cup - European qualification There were a number of positions open to European nations to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. Ireland, Romania, Georgia and Italy, joining a number of other nations that automatically qualified.
2003 Rugby World Cup - Oceania qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of positions were available to Oceania nations. Fiji, Samoa and the Tonga would eventually qualify, joining automatic qualifiers Australia and New Zealand.
2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying For the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of qualifying tournaments were held to decide what nations would be participating at the finals tournament, held in Australia. The 81 teams taking part in regional qualifiers together with the 8 teams which have qualified automatically brings to 89 the total number of teams participating in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
2003 southern Malaysia blackout The 2003 southern Peninsular Malaysia electricity blackout crisis affected the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor due to a power failure. The 5 states (including Kuala Lumpur) had been affected for 5 hours from 10.
2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23, 2003. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her third straight championship.
2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games The 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games were hosted in Ireland, with participants staying in various host towns around the island. Events were held from 21 June-29 June, 2003 at many venues including Morton Stadium, the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge and the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin.
2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs The 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the postseason for the NHL, began on April 9, 2003, following the 2002-03 regular season. The playoffs concluded on June 9, 2003, with the New Jersey Devils defeating the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in seven games.
2003 STCC Season The 2003 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 8th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total eight racing weekends at four different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a sixteen-round competition in total.
2003 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The table below lists the opinions delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2003 Term, which lasted from October 6, 2003, until October 3, 2004. The table illustrates what opinions were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each opinion.
2003 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States handed down seven per curiam opinions during its 2003 term, which lasted from October 6, 2003 until October 3, 2004. These were all decisions in which the Court either dismissed a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted, or summarily reversed the lower court based on the information and arguments presented in the petitions for certiorari and oppositions alone.
2003 U.S. Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal The Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal began with an anonymous email on January 2, 2003 to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Senator Wayne Allard, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, other U.S.
2003 United States-British-Spanish Draft Resolution on Iraq The 2003 United States-British-Spanish Draft Resolution on Iraq was, according to Ambassador John_Negroponte, "a resolution to have the Council decide that Iraq is not complying, is out of compliance, with Resolution 1441". The draft was initially introduced on February 24, 2003 and amended on March 7, 2003 to set a March 17 deadline for Iraq to demonstrate "full, unconditional, immediate and active cooperation in accordance with its disarmament obligations.
2003 USC Trojans football team The 2003 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2003-2004 NCAA Division I-A college football season. They were named the Pac-10 conference champions, and were named the Associated Press Champions due to controversy with the BCS selections for the national championship game.
2003 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards The Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards is an award voted on by the cartoonists themselves, much like the Academy Awards. This was the first year that artists were invited to sumbit "introductions" for the awards, creating the ceremony discussed in the main article..
2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
2003-04 AHL season The 2003-04 AHL season was the 68th season of the American Hockey League. The league introduces the Willie Marshall Award in honour the career points leader in the AHL, and awards it to the annual top goal scorer.
2003-04 Calgary Flames season The 2003-04 Calgary Flames season was the 24th National Hockey League season in Calgary. After struggling with an injury to starting goaltender Roman Turek in the first game of the season, an early November trade for San Jose Sharks third stringer Miikka Kiprusoff sparked the Flames, as Kiprusoff led Calgary into the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
2003-04 ECHL season The 2003-04 ECHL season was the 16th season of the ECHL. This season brought a major change in the ECHL as the ECHL Board of Governors approved membership applications from the Anchorage Aces, the Bakersfield Condors, the Fresno Falcons, the Idaho Steelheads, the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the San Diego Gulls from the recently defunct West Coast Hockey League.
2003-04 Heineken Cup The 2003-4 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the ninth of the series. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other.
2003-04 in Portuguese football The 2003-2004 football season in Portuguese football was clearly dominated by FC Porto. Although Porto did not manage the double, the Portuguese club won the UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Portuguese team to do so in the current form of the competition.
2003-04 NHL transactions The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2003-04 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
2003-2004 in Argentine football The 2003-04 Argentine First Division season saw Boca Juniors ecstatic after a title run that also included the Intercontinental Cup. River Plate stole the Clausura leaving hated rival Boca Juniors looking up from second place.
2004 Adjara crisis The Ajaria crisis refers to a political crisis in Georgia’s Ajarian Autonomous Republic led by a local strongman Aslan Abashidze, who refused to obey the central authorities after President Eduard Shevardnadze’s was ousted during the Rose Revolution of November 2003. The crisis threatened to develop into military confrontation as both sides mobilized their forces at the internal border.
2004 African Championships in Athletics The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition wwas contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics.
2004 AFL Draft The 2004 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.
2004 AFL Grand Final The 2004 AFL Grand Final was the first ever AFL Grand Final where both competing teams were not Victorian. Port Adelaide were in their first ever Grand Final and the Brisbane Lions were hoping to win their 4th consecutive.
2004 American Le Mans Series season The 2004 American Le Mans Series season was the 6th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT.
2004 American League Division Series The 2004 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2004 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 5, and ended on Saturday, October 9, with the champions of the three AL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
2004 American League Championship Series The 2004 American League Championship Series was a Major League Baseball playoff series played between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. The series, a rematch of the 2003 American League Championship Series, started on October 12, 2004 and ended one minute after midnight Eastern Time on October 21.
2004 Atlantic hurricane season The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2004, and lasted until November 30, 2004. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
2004 Auburn Football The 2004 Auburn football team went undefeated, beating LSU, Georgia, and Tennessee as their top ranked opponents. They were left out of the BCS National Title Game, and instead went to the Sugar Bowl, beating Virginia Tech 16-13, to finish 13-0.
2004 Auburn Tigers football team The 2004 Auburn Tigers football team compiled a record of 13-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship and finishing the season ranked #2 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. Beginning the season ranked #17 in the AP poll and #18 in the ESPN/USA Today poll, the Tigers were denied a berth in the BCS Championship game, due to finishing the regular season ranked #3 in the BCS rankings.
2004 BCS National Championship Game The 2004 BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game 2004 for the 2003 season was played on January 4, 2004 at the Louisiana Superdome Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana. The teams were LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners.
2004 BDO World Darts Championship The 2004 Lakeside World Darts Championship was the first World Darts Championship held after Imperial Tobacco were forced to withdraw their sponsorship. UK government legislation had banned tobacco companies from attaching their brands to sporting events from 2003.
2004 Beach Handball World Championships The 2004 Beach Handball World Championships are a nine-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at El Gouna Beach in Egypt in 2004. This were the first ever beach handball world championships held in history of the sport.
2004 Belgian Grand Prix The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One held on August 29, 2004 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was at this race that Michael Schumacher won his seventh world championship despite Kimi Räikkönen taking his and McLaren's first race win of the season, from tenth place on the grid.
2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 11 and March 14, 2004 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The champion of the tournament was the University of Wisconsin, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
2004 Brazilian Grand Prix The 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 24, 2004 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was the final race of the 2004 season, and local fans were delighted when Brazil's Rubens Barrichello took pole for his home race.
2004 Census in Transnistria The 2004 Census in Transnistria was organized by Transnistria at roughly the same time that Moldova held its own census which Transnistria refused to participate in out of principle and deference to its September 2, 1990 Declaration of Independence.
2004 College World Series The 2004 College World Series was held June 18 through 28, 2004 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.
2004 DARPA Grand Challenge The 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge was held in the Mojave Desert region of the United States, along a 150-mile route that follows along the path of Interstate 15 from just before Barstow, California to just past the California-Nevada border in Primm.
2004 Democratic National Convention The 2004 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place from July 26 to July 29, 2004 at the TD Banknorth Garden, then called FleetCenter, in Boston, Massachusetts. The convention was one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the Democratic Party with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for President and adopting a party platform.
2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season The 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fifth DTM season since the serie's resumption in 2000. There were 10 championship race weekend with one round each, plus a non-championship round at the streets of Shanghai.
2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
2004 European Football Championship - Bulgaria On May 19, 2004 Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov named a 23-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. The team finished last in its group at the finals having scored a single goal and no points.
2004 European Football Championship - Czech Republic On May 19, 2004 Czech Republic coach Karel Brückner named a 24-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. The official 23-man squad was named on June 2 after Miroslav Matušovic was left out.
2004 European Football Championship - Denmark Denmark's 2004 European Championship campaign stretched from the qualification matches starting in September 2002 to the final tournament in the summer of 2004. The qualification matches were played from September 2002 to November 2003 and during the qualification campaign, Danish national team coach Morten Olsen used 26 players actively in the eight qualification matches.
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