Some 2004 highlights for the nostalgic: - MySpace was surging, Facebook was launched. - Iraq counterinsurgency. Eventually Iraq fared better than Syria, while

Some 2004 highlights for the nostalgic: - MySpace was surging, Facebook was launched. - Iraq counterinsurgency. Eventually Iraq fared better than Syria, while Afghanistan fared worse. No one in 2004 would have guessed this. - WoW was released. - Paris Hilton, Russell Brand, The Da Vinci Code, The Wardrobe Malfunction. Maybe not a year for culture.