Editing 2004 (section)

===August===
* [[August 1]] &ndash; A fire in the [[Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire|"Ycua Bolaños-Botánico" supermarket]] in [[Asunción]], Paraguay kills around 400 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/world/6-are-charged-with-murder-after-paraguay-store-fire.html|title=6 Are Charged With Murder After Paraguay Store Fire (Published 2004)|first=Todd|last=Benson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 4, 2004|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118204907/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/world/6-are-charged-with-murder-after-paraguay-store-fire.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s unpiloted ''[[MESSENGER]]'' spacecraft is launched, with its primary mission being the study of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.space.com/210-nasa-sends-mercury-messenger.html|title=NASA Sends Mercury a MESSENGER|last=Malik|first=Tariq|date=2004-08-03|newspaper=Space.com|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030834/http://www.space.com/210-nasa-sends-mercury-messenger.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 12]] &ndash; [[Lee Hsien Loong]] is sworn in as the third [[Prime Minister of Singapore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes20040813-1.2.2 |title=Let us shape our future together |website=The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB) |access-date=12 February 2020 |date=13 August 2004 |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209074258/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes20040813-1.2.2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 13]]–[[August 29|29]] &ndash; The [[2004 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/3557922.stm|title=Olympics open in Athens|date=2004-08-13|website=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724140701/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/3557922.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Broadband]] internet connections surpass [[Dial-up Internet access|dial-up]] for the first time in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/study-broadband-leaps-past-dial-up/|title=Study: Broadband leaps past dial-up|date=2004-08-18|website=[[CNet]]|access-date=2024-10-08|archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223744/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/study-broadband-leaps-past-dial-up/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] &ndash; Armed robbers steal [[Edvard Munch]]'s ''[[The Scream]]'', ''[[Madonna (Munch)|Madonna]]'', and other paintings from the [[Munch Museum]] in [[Oslo]], Norway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/22/scream.theft/|title=Armed robbers steal 'The Scream'|date=2004-08-23|website=CNN|access-date=2017-01-26|archive-date=September 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920195252/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/22/scream.theft/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; After departing [[Domodedovo International Airport]] in [[Moscow]], [[Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303]], a [[Tupolev Tu-134]], explodes over [[Russia]]'s [[Tula Oblast]] and crashes, killing all 43 people on board; minutes later, [[Siberia Airlines Flight 1047]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154]] departing the same airport, explodes over [[Rostov Oblast]] and crashes, killing all 46 on board. The [[Government of Russia]] declares the explosions to have been caused by female [[Chechens|Chechen]] [[suicide bomber]]s.