The Albanian Communist Party was formed, with Enver Hoxha as its leader.
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Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her Greatest Hits album and later received Billboard's 2004 Album of the Year.
The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
Home Box Office, otherwise known as HBO, was launched.
