<Li> August 12--New Jersey Governor James McGreevey announces that he is "a gay American" and will resign effective November 15, 2004 . </Li> <Li> August 13--Hurricane Charley kills 27 people in Florida, after killing four in Cuba and one in Jamaica . Charley makes landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane . Charley is the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992 . </Li> <Li> August 13--August 29--The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and win 36 gold, 39 silver and 27 bronze medals . </Li> <Li> August 29--Around 200,000 protesters demonstrate in New York City against President George W. Bush and his government, ahead of the Republican National Convention . </Li>

Major events in 2004 in the united states