Editing 2004 (section)

===May===
* [[May 1]]
** The [[2004 enlargement of the European Union|European Union expands]] by 10 new member states: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/30/eu.enlargement/|title=EU welcomes 10 new members|date=2004-05-01|website=CNN|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224141614/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/30/eu.enlargement/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[First Battle of Fallujah]] ends.

* [[May 9]] &ndash; A [[2004 Grozny stadium bombing|stadium bombing]] in [[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]], Russia kills ten people, including regional governor [[Akhmad Kadyrov]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/international/europe/chechen-president-is-killed-in-bombing-at-holiday.html|title=Chechen president is killed in bombing at holiday|date=2004-05-09|website=New York Times|access-date=2023-02-02|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127172816/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/international/europe/chechen-president-is-killed-in-bombing-at-holiday.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] – [[2004 Philippine presidential election]]: Incumbent president [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] won a full six-year term as Philippine President. 
* [[May 12]]–[[May 15|15]] &ndash; The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] takes place in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, and is won by [[Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004|Ukrainian]] entrant [[Ruslana]] with the song "[[Wild Dances]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3715907.stm|title=Ukraine celebrates Eurovision win|publisher=BBC|date=2004-05-16|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=May 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530110144/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3715907.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>