A Look Back At
Born in 2004
What Was Life Like in 2004?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
£2.20
Loaf of Bread
80p
Petrol (per litre)
83p
Average House
£159,249
Weekly Wage
£556.00
Value of Money
£1 in 2004 would be worth approximately £1.60 in today's money.
Events of 2004 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2004 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – RMS Queen Mary 2 is christened by Elizabeth II.
- 28 April – Landmark office building 30 St Mary Axe ("The Gherkin") in the City of London, designed by Norman Foster, opens.
- 31 May – Long-running children's animated television series Peppa Pig premieres on the Nick Jr. Channel and Five.
- 16 August – Boscastle flood of 2004: flash floods destroy buildings and wash cars out to sea in Cornwall.
- 2 October – The first parkrun, known at this time as Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London.
- 20 November – Launch of the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, a joint United States, UK and Italian-developed spacecraft, designed to study gamma-ray bursts.
- 14 December – Millau Viaduct in France, designed by British architect Norman Foster, is opened.
- 20 December – Northern Bank robbery: A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from Northern Bank's Donegall Square West headquarters in Belfast, one of the largest bank robberies in British history; no-one is ever found directly responsible for the crime.
Popular Toys & Games
- Nintendo DS
- Robosapien
- Tamagotchi (relaunch)
UK No. 1 on 1 January 2004
Mad World
Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules