2004

Centuries: Year in Review 21st Century (20th century - 21st century - 22nd century)

Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s

Years: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 - 2004 - 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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Events:

• expected enlargement of the European Union to include admission of further 12 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus;
• Summer Olympic Games in Athens
• Solar transits of the planet Venus begin for the first time since 1882, to end in 2012.

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