2004 EU enlargement
Ten countries joined the European club at once on 1 May 2004. It was fifteen years after the fall of Europe's communist regimes. Since 1993 candidates had to meet criteria set in Copenhagen.
Photo: Jan Van de Vel (CC BY 4.0)
On 1 May the European Union grows from fifteen to twenty-five countries. On 26 December a tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills over two hundred thousand people. In March bombs hit commuter trains in Madrid. In January two American robots land on Mars and send back pictures.
A few cards of the album
The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Free Hugs Campaign
Alone and a stranger in his own hometown, a man calling himself Juan Mann held up a sign offering embraces at no charge in Sydney's Pitt Street Mall in 2004. A YouTube video in 2006, set to a song by the Sick Puppies, spread the idea around the world.
Photo: Miles Li (Public domain)
GoPro
Nick Woodman
A waterproof camera fixed on with straps: that was the starting idea. The first model came out in 2004 under the name HERO. To sell it its creator founded a company bearing his own name.
Photo: Remko van Dokkum (CC BY 2.0)
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