2004

Events

 * February 27 - Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf bombs the ship SuperFerry 14 in Manila Bay in the Philippines, leaving 116 people dead in the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the Philippines.
 * May 22 - The use of torture by U.S. military personnel on Iraqi prisoners of war at Abu Ghraib prison is exposed by The Washington Post.
 * July 25 - Brian Blackwell murders his parents, Sydney and Jacqueline Blackwell, over a dispute regarding his extravagant spending.
 * September 1 - Scott Erskine is found guilty of the 1993 murders of Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers and receives the death penalty.
 * September 1 to 3 - The Beslan school siege takes place, leaving 334 people dead and over a thousand imprisoned by the time it ends.
 * December 8 - Heavy metal guitarist Darrell "Dimebag Darrell" Abbott is assassinated by Nathan Gale while performing at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio with his band Damageplan. Three other people are killed before Gale himself is shot and killed by a police officer.

Villain deaths

 * January 13 - Harold Shipman
 * February 14 - Yang Xinhai
 * June 4 - Marvin Heemeyer
 * November 7 - Deandre Smith
 * November 11 - Yasser Arafat
 * December 8 - Nathan Gale

Victim deaths

 * July 25 - Sydney & Jacqueline Blackwell
 * December 8 - Dimebag Darrell