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Events from the year '''2005 in the [[United States]]'''. |
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==Incumbents== |
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* [[President of the United States|President]]: [[George W. Bush]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) |
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* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: [[Dick Cheney]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) |
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* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[William Rehnquist]] (until September 3), [[John Roberts]] (starting September 29) |
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* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]: [[Dennis Hastert]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-Illinois) |
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* [[Senate Majority Leader]]: [[Bill Frist]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-Tennessee) |
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* [[United States Congress|Congress]]: [[108th United States Congress|108th]] (until January 3), [[109th United States Congress|109th]] (starting January 3) |
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==Events== |
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===January=== |
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* January 6 – The [[Graniteville train disaster]] kills 9 and injures 250 in [[Graniteville, South Carolina]]. |
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* January 12 – ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]] by a [[Delta 2]] rocket. |
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* January 20 – [[George W. Bush]] is sworn in for his [[George W. Bush's second term as president of the United States|second term]] as president. |
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* January 26 – [[Glendale train crash]]: Two trains derail, killing 11 and injuring 200, in [[Glendale, California]]. |
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===February=== |
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* February 6 – [[Super Bowl XXXIX]]: The [[New England Patriots]] win their second consecutive [[Super Bowl]] title, defeating the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] 24–21.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/789595261.html?dids=789595261:789595261&FMT=ABS|title=Sper Bowl XXXIX / Patriots 24, Eagles 21; Owens Earns Respect the Hard Way; Six weeks after a serious ankle injury, the Eagle receiver not only plays but catches nine passes for 122 yards. He is praised for his performance by teammates.|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=2009-10-14|date=2005-02-07|first=Steve|last=Springer}}</ref> |
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* February 10 – [[North Korea]] announces that it possesses [[nuclear weapon]]s as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12836-2005Feb10.html|title=N. Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Anthony|last=Faiola|accessdate=2009-10-14|date=2005-02-10}}</ref> |
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* February 15 – The Internet site [[YouTube]] goes online. |
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* February 16 – The [[Kyoto Protocol]] goes into effect, without the support of the United States and [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2005/02/16/kyoto050216.html|title=Kyoto Protocol comes into effect|publisher=[[CBC News|CBC]]|accessdate=2009-10-15|date=2005-02-16}}</ref> |
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* Based on estimates by [[NASA]]'s [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]], 2005 is the warmest year since reliable widespread instrumental measurements became available in the late 19th century, beating the previous record set in 1998 by a few hundredths of a degree Celsius. It will be replaced by 2007 as the warmest year.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} |
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* February 24 – David Hernandez Arroyo goes on a [[Tyler courthouse shooting|shooting rampage]] at the [[Smith County, Texas|Smith County]] Courthouse in [[Tyler, Texas]]. He kills two, including his ex-wife, and injures four people, before being killed in a police chase.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/national/27tyler.html|title=Killings Rattle an East Texas Town Better Known for Its Roses|publisher=[[The Associated Press]]|accessdate=2009-10-15|date=2005-02-27}}</ref> |
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* February 25 – [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Kansas]] police apprehend the BTK serial killer [[Dennis Rader]], 31 years after his first murder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-129328545/wichita-police-arrest-suspect.html|title=Wichita police arrest suspect in `BTK' serial-slaying case.|publisher=[[The Wichita Eagle]]|accessdate=2009-10-15|date=2005-02-26|author=Hurst Laviana and Tim Potter}}</ref> |
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* February 27 – The [[77th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Chris Rock]], are held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]], with ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. |
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===March=== |
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[[Image:LakeBadwater.JPG|thumb|right|Unusually high precipitation in the winter of 2005 caused an ephemeral lake to occur in the [[Badwater Basin]] of [[Death Valley National Park]]. Image from March 15, 2005.]] |
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* March 1 – ''[[Roper v. Simmons]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules the [[death penalty]] unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes before age 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_310084.html|title=Roper v. Simmons: The Supreme Court has betrayed the Constitution|publisher=[[The Washington Times]]|first=Tony|last=Blankley|accessdate=2009-10-16|date=2005-03-06}}</ref> |
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* March 4 – The car of released [[Italy|Italian]] hostage [[Giuliana Sgrena]] is fired on by U.S. soldiers in [[Iraq]], causing the death of one passenger and injuring two more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1110028220472_50/?hub=CTVNewsAt11|title=Wounded Italian journalist Sgrena returns home|publisher=[[CTV News]]|accessdate=2009-10-17|date=2005-03-05}}</ref> |
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* March 11 – Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] Courthouse in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; the main suspect, [[Brian Nichols]], surrenders to police the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/15/atlanta.shooting/|title=Atlanta courthouse killing suspect denied bail|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=2009-10-21|date=2005-03-15|coauthors=David Mattingly and Kimberly Osias}}</ref> |
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* March 21 – Ten are killed in the [[Red Lake High School massacre]] in [[Minnesota]], the worst [[school shooting]] since the [[Columbine High School massacre]].M<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news10.net/tools/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=9868|title=Shooting Rampage By Minnesota Teen Leaves Nine Dead|publisher=[[News 10 Now]]|accessdate=2009-10-21|date=2005-03-21}}</ref> |
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* March 23 – The United States' [[11th Circuit Court of Appeals]] refuses 2–1 to order the reinsertion of [[Terri Schiavo]]'s [[feeding tube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19225995_ITM|title=Schiavo's Feeding Tube Reinsertion Denied Again.|publisher=[[The America's Intelligence Wire]]|date=2005-03-23|accessdate=2009-10-23}}</ref> |
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===April=== |
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* April 9 – Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many of them supporters of [[Shia]] cleric [[Moqtada Sadr]], march through [[Baghdad]] denouncing the [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present|U.S. occupation of Iraq]], two years after the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]], and rally in the square where his statue was toppled in 2003. |
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* April 30 – ''[[Newsweek]]'' reports that American interrogators and guards have [[Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005|desecrated the Qur'an]] in attempts to rattle Islamic detainees. |
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===May=== |
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* May 10 – A [[hand grenade]] ostensibly thrown by [[Vladimir Arutinian]] lands about 100 feet (30 m) from [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] while he is giving a speech to a crowd in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], but malfunctions and does not detonate. |
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* May 13 – The [[United States Department of Defense]] issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the [[Base Realignment and Closure]] process ([[Base Realignment and Closure, 2005|BRAC 2005]]). |
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* May 13 – [[Serial killer]] [[Michael Bruce Ross]] becomes the first person executed in [[New England]] in 45 years. |
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* May 16 – [[George Galloway]] appears before a [[United States Senate]] committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi [[Oil-for-Food Programme]]. |
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* May 31 – [[W. Mark Felt]] reveals himself to be the [[Watergate scandal]] [[whistleblower]] called "[[Deep Throat]]."<ref name="Metro">{{cite news|title=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]]|last=McGuinness|first=Ross|date=March 16, 2009|pages=30}}</ref> |
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===June=== |
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* June 2 – The construction of [[Northrop Grumman X-47B]], the world's first unmanned surveillance [[Ground attack aircraft|attack aircraft]] that can operate from both land bases and [[aircraft carrier]]s, begins. |
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* June 17 – Because of "quadruple-witching" [[Option (finance)|options]] and [[Futures contract|futures]] expiration, the [[New York Stock Exchange]] sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares are traded between 9:30–10:30 a.m. (1.92 billion shares for the day). |
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* June 17 – A 6.7 aftershock, which followed a 5.3 [[earthquake]] the previous day, hits [[California]], making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in [[California]]. |
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* June 21 – A [[Volna]] booster rocket carrying the first [[light sail]] spacecraft (a joint [[Russia]]n-United States project) fails 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft. |
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* June 30 – The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement ([[CAFTA]]) is passed by the United States. |
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===July=== |
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* July 4 – The [[Italy-USA Foundation]] is established in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. |
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* July 4 – [[NASA]]'s "Copper bullet" from the ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' spacecraft hits [[Comet Tempel 1]], creating a [[Impact crater|crater]] for scientific studies. |
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* July 10 – [[Hurricane Dennis]] strikes near [[Navarre Beach, Florida]] as a Category 3 storm, killing 10 after having killed over 50 in the Caribbean. |
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* July 19 – President Bush nominated [[John G. Roberts|John Roberts]] to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill a vacancy that would be left by the resignation of Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]. |
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* July 24 – [[Lance Armstrong]] wins a record 7th straight [[Tour de France]] before his scheduled retirement. |
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* July 26 – [[STS-114]] launches as the first "Return to Flight" [[Space Shuttle]] mission following the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]] in 2003. |
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===August=== |
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[[File:Hurricane Katrina August 28 2005 NASA.jpg|thumb|right|August 29: [[Hurricane Katrina]] hits the [[U.S. Gulf Coast|Gulf Coast]]]] |
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* August 2 – The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement ([[CAFTA]]) is signed into law in the United States. |
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* August 9 – Space Shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' returns to [[Edwards Air Force Base]] at 0814 EDT, completing [[STS-114]], "Return to Flight". |
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* August 12 – The [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] is launched. |
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* August 23 – [[Hurricane Katrina]] forms over the Bahamas. |
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* August 29 – At least 1,836 are killed, and [[Hurricane Katrina effects by region|severe damage]] is caused along the [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], as [[Hurricane Katrina]] strikes coastal areas from [[Louisiana]] to [[Alabama]], and travels up the [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi|entire state of Mississippi]] (flooding coast {{convert|31|ft|m}}), affecting most of eastern North America. |
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* August 30 – [[Hurricane Katrina]] dissipates leaving thousands dead, and many without any homes. |
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===September=== |
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* September – The largest evacuation in [[Houston]] takes place as millions evacuate from [[Hurricane Rita]]. |
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* September 1 – [[Oil price increases since 2003#Hurricane Katrina|Oil prices]] rise sharply following the [[economic effects of Hurricane Katrina]]. |
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* September 5 – [[John G. Roberts]] is nominated by President [[George W. Bush]] for Chief Justice of the United States, replacing [[William Rehnquist]], who had died two days previously. |
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* September 14–16 – The largest [[UN]] [[2005 World Summit|World Summit]] in history is held in [[New York City]]. |
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* September 20 – The [[NFL]] sees the groundbreaking ceremony for two new stadiums, the [[Indianapolis Colts]]' [[Lucas Oil Stadium]] and the [[Dallas Cowboys]]' temporarily named [[Cowboys Stadium]] |
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* September 23 – Convicted bank thief and [[Boricua Popular Army]] leader, [[Filiberto Ojeda Ríos]], is killed in his home in [[Hormigueros, Puerto Rico]] when members of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] attempt to serve an arrest warrant. |
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* September 24 – Worldwide protests occur against the [[Iraq War]], with over 150,000 protestors in [[Washington DC]] (see [[Opposition to the Iraq War]]). |
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* September 24 – [[Hurricane Rita]] hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, devastating areas near [[Beaumont, Texas]] and [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]]. The [[Ninth Ward of New Orleans]] re-floods since [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]], and [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]] are also affected. |
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* September 26 – U.S. Army Reservist [[Lynndie England]] is convicted by a [[military jury]] on six of seven counts, in connection with the [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]] scandal. |
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* September 28 – American politician [[Tom DeLay]] is indicted on charges of [[conspiracy (crime)|criminal conspiracy]] by a Texas grand jury. |
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* September 29 – [[John G. Roberts, Jr.]] is confirmed and sworn in as [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. |
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===October=== |
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* October 1 – An [[Australia]]n photojournalist in [[Afghanistan]], Stephen Dupont, films U.S. soldiers burning two dead [[Taliban]] militias' bodies. |
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* October 1 – The [[United States housing bubble]] begins to burst, causing home prices to stop rising unexpectedly and begin to decline. |
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* October 2 – The first regular-season [[NFL]] game played outside of the USA pits the [[San Francisco 49ers]] against the [[Arizona Cardinals]] at [[Estadio Azteca]] in [[Mexico City|Mexico City, Mexico]]. The Cardinals win 31–14. |
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* October 2 – [[Ethan Allen boating accident|A shipwreck]] on [[Lake George (New York)|Lake George]] kills 20 people. |
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* October 3 – U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] nominates [[Harriet Miers]] for the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. |
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* October 3 – [[St. Tammany Parish]] Schools reopen in [[Louisiana]], just over a month after [[Hurricane Katrina]] closed them. |
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* October 15 – A riot occurs in [[Toledo, Ohio]] during a Neo-Nazi rally on racial issues; 114 are arrested. |
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* October 16 – U.S. helicopters and warplanes bomb two villages near [[Ramadi]] in western [[Iraq]], killing about 70 people. |
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* October 19 – The [[Houston Astros]] win their first [[National League]] Championship, advancing to their first [[World Series]] in franchise history. |
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* October 24 – [[Hurricane Wilma]] makes landfall in southwestern Florida as a category 3 hurricane. |
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* October 26 – The [[Chicago White Sox]] beat the [[Houston Astros]] in four games to win their first World Series since 1917. |
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* October 26 – The U.S. death toll in [[Iraq]] reaches 2,000. |
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* October 27 – [[Harriet Miers]] withdraws her name from consideration for the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. |
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* October 28 – Vice presidential adviser [[Lewis "Scooter" Libby]] resigns after being charged with [[obstruction of justice]], perjury and making a false statement in the [[Plame Affair|CIA leak investigation]]. |
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* October 31 – U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge [[Samuel Alito]] to be an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. |
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* October 31 – Astronomers announce the discovery of two additional moons orbiting [[Pluto]], [[Nix (moon)|Nix]] and [[Hydra (moon)|Hydra]]. The moons were found in images from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. |
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===November=== |
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* November 1 – [[United States Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] and his fellow [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] force a closed session of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] over the [[Lewis Libby]] indictment. |
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* November 1 – [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall]] arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage. |
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* November 4 – The U.S. and Uruguay governments sign a [[Bilateral Investment Treaty]]. |
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* November 6 – [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]: A [[tornado]] hits western [[Kentucky]] and southwestern [[Indiana]], killing at least 22. |
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* November 20 – ''[[The Washington Post]]'' rebukes journalist [[Bob Woodward]] over his conduct in the [[Plame Affair|CIA leak probe]]. |
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===December=== |
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* December 7 – A U.S. [[Federal Air Marshal]] fatally shoots [[Rigoberto Alpizar]] on a [[jetway]] at [[Miami International Airport]] in [[Florida]]. |
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* December 8 – [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1248]] overshoots the runway at [[Chicago Midway Airport]], killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people. |
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* December 16 – The 43rd [[Mersenne prime]] is found, 2<sup>30,402,457</sup> − 1. It was discovered with the [[GIMPS]] project by [[Dr. Curtis Cooper]] and [[Dr. Steven Boone]], professors at [[Central Missouri State University]]. |
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* December 20 – [[2005 New York City transit strike]]: [[New York City]]'s [[Transport Workers Union]] Local 100 goes on [[strike action|strike]] for three days, shutting down all [[New York City Subway]] and [[New York City Bus|Bus]] services. |
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* December 23 – [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following the [[Iraqi elections]]. |
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===Undated=== |
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* Ten years after reaching the million mark, the U.S. prison population reaches 1.5 million inmates.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gaines |first=Larry |authorlink= |coauthors=Miller, LeRoy |title=Criminal Justice In Action: The Core |year=2006 |publisher=Thomson/Wadsworth |location= |isbn=0-495-00305-0 }}</ref> |
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===Ongoing=== |
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* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] (2001–present) |
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* [[Iraq War]] (2003–2010) |
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==Sports== |
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*The [[New England Patriots|Patriots]] win the [[Super Bowl]]. |
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*The [[White Sox]] win the [[World Series]]. |
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==Births== |
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* February 18 - [[Eden Wood]], model and singer |
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* March 11 - [[Riley Ann Sawyers]], murder victim (died [[2007 in the United States|2007]]) |
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* August 9 - [[Caylee Anthony]], murder victim (died [[2008 in the United States|2008]]) |
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==Deaths== |
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* January 28 - [[Ronnie Paris]], murder victim (born [[2001 in the United States|2001]]) |
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* February 25 - [[Ben Bowen]] (born [[2002 in the United States|2002]]) |
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* March 6 — [[Hans Bethe]], German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1906 in Germany|1906]]) |
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* March 28 - [[Tom Bevill]], former [[US Congressman]] from [[Alabama]] (born [[1921 in the United States|1921]]) |
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* July 14 - [[Joe Harnell]], pianist and composer (born [[1924 in the United States|1924]]) |
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* October 11 - [[Kelsey Smith-Briggs]], child abuse victim (born [[2002 in the United States|2002]]) |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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