* <strong>December 16, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/press/mozilla-2004-12-15.html NY Times publishes a two page ad promoting Firefox 1.0.] Ad was funded through donations made by thousands of Mozilla contributors and supporters.
* <strong>November 9, 2004</strong> [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/press/mozilla-2004-11-09.html Firefox 1.0 released in 28 languages.]
* <strong>September 14, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/security/bug-bounty.html Bug Bounty program established] to reward contributors security researchers for discovering security bugs and helping continually improve Mozilla's products
* <strong>August 18, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-08-18.html Mozilla Japan is founded] to create a foothold in Asia and foster the growing community in Japan
* <strong>June 23, 2004</strong> - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download.ject Major Security Exploit in Microsoft's Internet Explorer] results in US CERT and other computer security agencies recommending that internet users download and use other browsers to access the web. Downloads of pre-release versions of Firefox ramp from 20,000 per day to over 250,000 per day. [http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/mozilla_gains_on_ie/ Firefox begins to expand market share growth] marking the first time a software development organization was able to take back market share from Microsoft and Internet Explorer.