Stories from 2004
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February 4, 2004
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Boston, MA
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg developed social networking site thefacebook.com, initially only available to fellow classmates.
March 11, 2004
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Madrid, Spain
Al-Qaeda terrorists planted bombs on four trains in Madrid, which detonated during rush hour and killed 191 and injured more than 1,800.
May 6, 2004
Do Rachel and Ross end up together? All was revealed in front of an audience of 50 million when six Friends met for the last time on the sitcom's season finale.
September 12, 2004
Vincent Chase, played by Adrian Grenier, and his buddies lived up the high life in Hollywood in HBO's new series Entourage.
September 22, 2004
A plane crashed on an unknown island and the stranded had to survive the island's dangers on ABC's popular TV show Lost.
November 30, 2004
After 74 games and winning $2.5 million, Ken Jennings' reign on Jeopardy! came to an end.
December 26, 2004
A 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean spurred a tsunami, which killed hundreds of thousands.
