the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. April 24 – Referendums on the Annan Plan for Cyprus, which proposes to reunite the island, take place in both the Greek-controlled and the Turkish-controlled parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour, the Greek Cypriots reject the proposal. May May 1 – The European Union expands by 10 new member states: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. May 9 – A stadium bombing in Grozny, Chechenya, Russia kills ten people, including regional governor Akhmad Kadyrov. May 12–15 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, and is won by Ukrainian entrant Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances". June June 1 – A United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti begins, the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). June 4 – Marvin Heemeyer destroys thirteen buildings with a heavily modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado; the total damage amount overall was estimated at the time of the incident was about $7 million USD. June 8 – 2004 transit of Venus. June 12–July 4 – Portugal hosts the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, which is won by Greece. June 21 – In Mojave, California, United States, SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. June 28 – The U.S.-led coalition occupying Iraq, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), transfers sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government. June 30 – Preliminary hearings begin in Iraq in the trial of president Saddam Hussein, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. July July 1 – The unpiloted Cassini–Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn. July 11 – The Russian Federation stops recognizing Soviet Union passports as legal identification. August August 1 – A fire in the "Ycua Bolaños-Botánico" supermarket in Asunción, Paraguay kills around 400 people. August 3 – NASA's unpiloted MESSENGER spacecraft is launched, with its primary mission being the study of Mercury. August 12 – Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as the third Prime Minister of Singapore. August 13–29 – The 2004 Summer Olympics are held in Athens, Greece. August 22 – Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. August 24 – After departing Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303, a Tupolev Tu-134, explodes over Russia's Tula Oblast and crashes, killing all 43 people on board; minutes later, Siberia Airlines Flight 1047,