July 23, 2004 (Friday)
- The United States Senate and House of Representatives pass a joint resolution declaring the armed conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur to be genocide. (CNN)
- An 18-year-old Palestinian, Hassan Zaanin, is shot dead in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip when he and his family attempt to stop Palestinian gunmen from planting an anti-tank explosive outside their house. (Haaretz) (BBC)
- An arrest is made in Toronto in the Cecilia Zhang murder case, nine months after she was abducted. (Toronto Star)
- The bridge in Mostar dividing Croatian and Bosniak communities is opened 11 years after it was destroyed in the Bosnian war. (BBC)
- A special prosecutor files genocide charges against former President of Mexico Luis Echeverría for actions taken by the Mexican military during a student protest in 1971.