2004
Martha Stewart, diva of domesticity, was sentenced to five months in prison in July after being found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators. She began serving her sentence in October. She was also fined $30,000. The charges stem from her December 2001 sale of 3,928 shares of the biotech stock ImClone. She made the trade the day before the FDA announced it had declined to review ImClone's new cancer drug-news that sent shares tumbling.

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake created an enormous scandal when Timberlake ripped the bodice of Jackson's costume during the halftime show of February's Super Bowl XXXVIII, exposing her right breast, which was pierced and adorned with a brooch. Timberlake promptly apologized for the "wardrobe malfunction." The Federal Communications Commission fined CBS, which broadcast the Super Bowl, $550,000 for the incident.

Stanley Cup Tampa Bay d. Calgary (4-3)
Team of Canada won the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague.
Canada wins the 2004 World cup of Hockey.

Movies
·        The Aviator
·        Collateral
·        Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
·        Friday Night Lights
·        The Incredibles
·        Kinsey
·        Maria Full of Grace
·        Million Dollar Baby
·        Sideways
·        Spider-Man 2
Music
·        Confessions, Usher
·        Feels Like Home, Norah Jones
·        Encore, Eminem
·        When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney
·        Here for the Party, Gretchen Wilson
·        Live Like You Were Dying, Tim McGraw
·        Songs About Jane, Maroon 5
·        Fallen, Evancescence
·        Autobiography, Ashlee Simpson
·        Now That's What I Call Music 16, Various Artists
Books
·        The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
·        Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow
·        The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon        the United States, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
·        The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
·        Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul, Tony Hendra
·        Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, Richard Clarke
·        Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel, Susanna Clarke
·        I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe
·        Gilead: A Novel, Marilynne Robinson
·        Crossing California, Adam Langer