Maria Sharapova has not beaten bitter rival Serena Williams since 2004.

Ahead of their first clash in over two years at the French Open on Monday, we take a quick look at the main world events of 2004:

February

– At the Oscars, Lord of the Rings wins Best Picture, Sean Penn is Best Actor for Mystic River while the Best Actress award goes to Charlize Theron for Monster.

– Mark Zuckerburg creates Facebook with roommates in California.

March

– Terror attacks carried out by jihadists, linked to Al Qaeda, on four Madrid commuter trains kill 191 people and injure hundreds more.

– Four contractors working for the US army ambushed and killed in Fallujah as the Iraqi city is convulsed by an insurgency.

April

– Pictures emerge of American soldiers allegedly abusing Iraqi detainees in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

June

– Former US President Ronald Reagan dies after a long fight with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 93.

July

– Hollywood legend Marlon Brando dies at the age of 80 in Los Angeles.

August

– Summer Olympics take place in Athens.

September

– More than 300 people, over half of them children, die at a school siege in Beslan in Russia. The school had been seized by Chechen militants.

October

– Superman star Christopher Reeve dies at 52, nine years after being paralysed in a fall from his horse.

November

– George W Bush wins a second term as US President, beating challenger John Kerry.

November

– Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies in Paris at the age of 75.