Editing TIMELINE (section)

===January 2004===
* January 1 - Pervez Musharraf wins a vote of confidence from an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the provincial assemblies, confirming him as President of Pakistan and de facto dictator until 2007.
* January 3 - Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard.
* January 4 - The LSU Tigers defeat the Oklahoma Sooners 21-14 for the national Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title.
* January 4 - Mikhail Saakashvili wins the presidential elections in Georgia.
* January 4 - NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
* January 4 - Leicester City footballers Paul Dickov, Keith Gillespie and Frank Sinclair are arrested in Spain over sexual assault charges. The charges are later dropped.
* January 8 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the RMS Queen Mary 2 cruise liner, currently the largest ocean liner in the world.
* January 13 - Serial killer Harold Shipman is found hanged in his cell at Wakefield Prison, 4 years after being convicted of murdering 15 patients in Cheshire.
* January 15 - Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and endorses Howard Dean.
* January 19 - U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) wins the Iowa Democratic caucus.Vermont Governor Howard Dean's concession speech ends with a lively but controversial scream.
* January 24 - NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) lands on Mars at 05:05 UTC.
* January 27 - John Kerry wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
* January 27 - The British government narrowly wins a House of Commons vote on the proposed introduction of tuition top-up fees in British universities.Confirmation needed
* January 28 - The findings of the Hutton Inquiry are published in London. The British Government is found not to have falsified information in the "sexed up dossier". The report criticizes the BBC's role in the death of David Kelly, a weapons expert on Iraq.