Year in a Minute: 2004

Facebook IPO

Facebook goes public with the largest Internet IPO (AP Photo/dapd,Timur Emek) Credit: AP

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 2004.


With the Jesus epic The Passion of the Christ in every cinema, extremists bomb trains in Madrid.

And the biggest earthquake in forty years triggers a devastating Tsunami in the Indian Ocean killing an estimated 280 thousand across Asia.

Riots break out on Palm Island while the Australian embassy is bombed in Jakarta.

No need to be friendless, or wonder how to waste time at work again, as Facebook launches, amassing over a billion virtual friends.

Share
Follow SBS Audio

Download our apps
SBS Audio
SBS News
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
Ease into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning English convenient, fun and practical.
Get the latest with our podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS On Demand

SBS On Demand

Watch movies, TV shows, Sports and Documentaries
Year in a Minute: 2004 | SBS Audio