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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Nintendo DS
  • Robosapien
  • Tamagotchi (relaunch)

UK No. 1 on 1 January 2004

Mad World

Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules