What Else Happened in 2004

As Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2004, here’s what else happened in 2004:

• George Bush was still the president
• The Summer Olympics was held in Athens, Greece
• We had DirecTV for a while until we switch back to Time Warner Cable
• Kids Pick the President got their first incorrect answer as they vote John Kerry over George W. Bush
• NBC, CBS and ABC were still airing local news during the split screen credits
• The New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVIII
• Ryan Seacrest takes over as the host of American Top 40 replacing Casey Kasem who left the week before
• The Incredibles, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Shark Tale, Spider-Man 2, Meet the Fockers, National Treasure, The Polar Express, The Day After Tomorrow, Home on the Range, Ocean’s Twelve and Shrek 2 were released in theaters
• CSI, Law & Order, E.R., CSI: Miami, Two and a Half Men, The King of Queens, George Lopez, Cold Case and Will & Grace were still airing new episodes
• The Detroit Pistons won the NBA Finals
• Friends and Frasier concluded their run
• Everybody Loves Raymond began airing its last season
• The Nintendo DS was released
• WrestleMania XX was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City
• The Boston Red Sox won the World Series and breaks the Curse of the Bambino
• Gmail was launched
• This was arguably the best NFL quarterback draft class year — Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, J.P. Losman & Matt Schaub
• We had no grand prize winners at all this year on Wheel of Fortune (this would not happen again until 2017 & 2019)

That is all of what’s happening in 2004. I hope you liked it.