What was the world like in 2004?
The biggest Hindi film of the year was Veer-Zaara, and everyone was singing Main Yahaan Hoon.
What things cost in 2004.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004.
Hey Ya! · OutKast
The Way You Move · OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown
Slow Jamz · Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
Yeah! · Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
Burn · Usher
I Believe · Fantasia
Confessions Part II · Usher
Slow Motion · Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim
Lean Back · Terror Squad
Goodies · Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo
My Boo · Usher And Alicia Keys
Drop It Like It's Hot · Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell
It happened in 2004.
Facebook launches
If you were born in 2004, none of this existed.
The first video is uploaded to YouTube
The first iPhone goes on sale
India wins the first T20 World Cup
The first IPL match is played
Abhinav Bindra wins India's first individual Olympic gold
Chandrayaan-1 launches for the Moon
The first Bitcoin is mined
The rupee gets its symbol: ₹
And 11 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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