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24 unusual facts about 2005


Akinori Nakagawa 2001–2005

Akinori Nakagawa 2001–2005 is the second album from Akinori Nakagawa.

Ala-Too Square

After several weeks of unrest throughout the country, over 15,000 people gathered early in the afternoon to protest the results of the 2005 parliamentary elections.

Arwa Damon

Civil events she covered include the Iraqi elections of January 2005, the constitutional referendum vote in October 2005, and the Iraqi election of December 2005.

Bernard Panafieu

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

Bill Boaks

At the Glasgow Hillhead by-election in March 1982, he received just five votes, a record low for any candidate in any Parliamentary election; the record stood until the 2005 general election.

Drobytsky Yar

Excursions to the ravine had already been held before, but the official opening was on January 27, the anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp's 1945 liberation (later designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day).

Dry Kids: B-Sides 1997–2005

It features 18 tracks from singles and EPs across their entire career, including a version of "Blind", an early live favourite which was omitted from their debut album The Good Will Out, as was their Otis Redding-influenced "The Way I Do".

Francis Arinze

Arinze was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Gifford Miller

Barred from seeking reelection due to term limits, the Democrat ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the opportunity to run against incumbent Republican Mayor, Michael Bloomberg in November 2005.

Greg Bearup

He then spent six months in Bamyan, in the remote mountains of Central Afghanistan, working on the Afghan Parliamentary Elections in 2005.

Happy Planet

In 2005, Gregor Robertson left the company to run for the NDP in the riding of Vancouver-Fairview in the May 19 election.

Heggedal

Although the municipality of Asker is traditionally a conservative stronghold, with Conservatives having a strong position in the local government, Labour got the most votes in both the 2005 and the 2001 elections.

James Mawdsley

In the UK 2005 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the Hyndburn constituency for the Conservative Party.

Los de Abajo

They had one candidate to deputy on the 2005 parliamentary election.

Lucy Powell

After Britain in Europe was wound down in June 2005 because of the referendum "No" votes in France and the Netherlands, she worked for the non-departmental public body or quango NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) inititally in a public affairs role and later to establish and manage the Manchester Innovation Fund project.

Martin Hohmann

He kept his seat as an independent member of parliament until the next Bundestag election of 2005.

Mike Rendell

Rendell was elected to the Legislative Council at the 2005 general election, but did not stand for re-election in the 2009 general election.

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Michael Rendell (born 1944) is a British-born Falkland Islands politician and former Royal Marine who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency from 2005 until 2009.

Orani João Tempesta

Archbishop Tempesta took possession of the See on 19 April 2009, the fourth anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict XVI.

Peter Harry Carstensen

Carstensen was the CDU's candidate for premier of Schleswig-Holstein in the state election of 20 February 2005, but the coalition of the CDU and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) failed to obtain a majority by some 700 votes.

Reggiane Re.2005

On 2 July 1943, 362ma was sent to Sicily to face the imminent invasion and were involved in combat with Spitfires, claiming on 11–14 July to shoot down five of them (two were confirmed kills; a reconnaissance Spitfire and another downed in a strafing attack over Comiso).

Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005

Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987-2005 is a compilation album by New Zealand noise rock band The Dead C, released on August 1, 2006 through Ba Da Bing Records.

Vinko Puljić

Puljić was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave, which selected Pope Benedict XVI.

Yoshihiro Murai

A native of Toyonaka, Osaka and former serviceman of Japan Self-Defense Forces, he was first elected governor in 2005 after serving in the assembly of the prefecture since 1995.


½ Prince

The series is written by Yu Wo and was published by Ming Significant Cultural in Taiwan between October 4, 2004 and August 15, 2005.

2005–06 Fijian political crisis

Fiji Labour Party President Jokapeci Koroi issued a statement on 14 January 2006 accusing Lesi Korovavala, the Chief Executive Officer of the Home Affairs Ministry, of having conspired with Home Affairs Minister Josefa Vosanibola to arrange a secret meeting between Baledrokadroka and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, in an attempt to depose Bainimarama.

A Trip to Karabakh

A trip to Karabakh (Gaseirneba Karabaghshi in Georgian) is a 2005 Georgian film directed by Levan Tutberidze and based on the 1992 book by Aka Morchiladze.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

On 26 October 2005, a US warplane struck a suspected insurgent safehouse near the Syrian border in an attempt to kill al-Baghdadi.

Alejandro Da Silva

In 2005 Da Silva returned to Paraguay to rejoin Cerro Porteño where he played until his transfer to Newell's Old Boys in 2007.

Anand Rajaram

He has done theatre work with CanStage, Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, Odyssey Theatre and others, as well as producing and presenting his own works, Hys Unauthoryzed Lyfe and Tymes (2001), and Cowboys & Indians (2005), both at the Summerworks Theatre Festival with Bob Wiseman in Toronto.

Attic Records

ATIC Records, Manchester, United Kingdom electronic / Hip Hop label, founded by Aim in 2005

Barry Tourist Railway

Some parts of the line, particularly around the Plymouth Road/Barry Island area, were used for several scenes in the Doctor Who episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" in January 2005.

Bill Scheft

A collection of his columns, The Best of "The Show", was published by Warner Books in 2005.

Collective memory

Jan Assmann: Religion and Cultural Memory: Ten Studies, Stanford UP 2005

Corey Lynch

Lynch played collegiate ball at Appalachian State University from 2003 to 2007, helping his Mountaineers win 3 back-to-back national championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007 .

David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that Chidgey would be created a life peer, and on 17 June 2005 the peerage was created as Baron Chidgey, of Hamble-le-Rice in the County of Hampshire.

Derek Brownlee

Brownlee worked as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young (1996–2002), Institute of Directors (2002–2004) and Deloitte (2004–2005), advising large and small businesses before his entering the Scottish Parliament.

Domenico Lombardi

Dr. Lombardi is a former executive board member of the World Bank Group (2005–2007) and of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (2001–2005).

Donald Harrington

Donald S. Harrington (1914-2005), New York politician and religious leader

Eberhard Burger

He is particularly active in Dresden, overseeing construction of the new Zionskirche and serving as Director of Construction for the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche from 1996 to 2005 and from 2001 to present as chairman of the Dresden Frauenkirche Foundation (Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden).

Elix Skipper

In December 2005, the Diamonds in the Rough exchanged heated words with Major League Baseball catcher A.J. Pierzynski.

Elliot Mazer

From 1989 to 2005 Mazer served as Senior Vice President of New Business Development for Radio Computing Services, Inc (RCS) in White Plains, New York.

False lanternshark

Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0

Giovanni Lapentti

The only tournament that he participated in and failed to reach the second round during 2005 was the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, where he lost to Kevin Kim.

Grażyna Tyszko

She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 receiving 10981 votes in 11 Sieradz district, a candidate in the Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.

Hafodunos

A book, entitled Hafodunos: Triumph of the Martyr was published by Mark Baker in 2005, detailing the history of the estate.

Herjalf

The group signed in April 2005 the contract with the Metal Mind Productions.

Hiroomi Takizawa

Takizawa later switched to skicross, and made his World Cup debut in January 2005 with a twelfth place in Pozza di Fassa.

Human rights in Uzbekistan

In 2005 the Uzbek government arrested Sanjar Umarov, an opposition politician, and raided the office of Sunshine Uzbekistan, an opposition political alliance.

James Whitbourn

In 2005, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the Choir of Clare College Cambridge, under Leonard Slatkin, premiered his largest choral work Annelies, a setting of the Diary of Anne Frank, at London's Cadogan Hall to wide critical acclaim.

Jaye Jacobs

In Autumn 2005, Jacobs appeared in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing, dancing with professional partner Andrew Cuerden.

Jeff Lisandro

In May 2005, he won the $10,000 no limit hold'em World Series of Poker circuit event at Lake Tahoe, defeating Phil Ivey in the final heads-up confrontation to win the $542,360 prize.

John Atkinson Pendlington

Until recently, the system was believed to have been developed by Bill Ferguson but Pendlington's grandson sent a 1914 newspaper cutting to Richie Benaud in 1994, and Benaud published this in his book My Spin on Cricket (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2005, page 278).

John S. Rumsfeld

In 2005, he was named the Chief Science Officer for the American College of Cardiology’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Program.

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

In 2005 the BBC used a report published by the journal as the basis of a story claiming that the pseudoscientific practice of homeopathy was effective for some patients.

Katorz

During the recording of this album, guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy) died on August 25, 2005 due to colon cancer.

Kolej DPAH Abdillah, Kuching

As of 2005, the Kolej Abdillah has two taekwondo clubs: the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) and World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).

Marek Nikl

With the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Nikl seemed to fall out of coach Wolfgang Wolf's favor playing just five of the eleven games until Wolf's dismissal.

Mark Byrne

In 2005 Byrne won a bronze medal playing for Republic of Ireland U18 in the European Youth Olympic Festival.

Marlins Television Network

From 1993 to 2005, the Marlins Television Network aired games to homes not only in South Florida but to other parts of Florida.

Maurits van Nierop

He returned to the Dutch youth set-up in 2005, playing in the European Under-23 Championship in Deventer.

Museo Picasso Málaga

Gluckman's firm received a 2005 Design Award from the American Institute of Architects for the project.

Paul Fentener van Vlissingen

Ranked as the richest man in Scotland in 2005, he contributed to the development of game reserves in Africa and bought Letterewe estate in Scotland, where he pledged the right to roam, years ahead of the rest of the country.

Peace Through Superior Firepower

The DVD contains a full concert filmed on 2 April 2005 at Elysée Montmartre, Paris.

Phil Morrison

Philip Morrison (1915–2005), American physicist involved with the Manhattan Project, who later became a faculty member at MIT

Sharon Cuneta discography

Sharon was the first one to sell out at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium in year 1988 and her latest concert was on June 11, 2005.

Simona Houda-Šaturová

She has since returned to the PSO as a guest artist as the title heroine in Lucia di Lammermoor (2004, 2008, and 2009), Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia (2005), Gilda in Rigoletto (2008–2009), Rosina (2009).

Simpson's-in-the-Strand

The Savoy Group was purchased in 1998 by a private equity house, Blackstone Group, and, after further changes of ownership, the Savoy Hotel and Simpson's were split off from the rest of the group in 2005 and are run by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

Stephan Breuing

Stephan Breuing (born September 21, 1985 in Bochum) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Stewart Tele Enterprises

They were Pyramid and was hosted by Donny Osmond in 2002 for syndication and Chain Reaction in 2005 produced by British television producer Michael Davies' production company Embassy Row in association with and distributed by Sony Pictures Television aired on GSN and was hosted by Dylan Lane.

Symphonic Anime Orchestra

Founded in 2005, the orchestra has performed at the Nan Desu Kan anime convention 2005, 2006 and 2007.

The Jackie Robinson Story

On April 19, 2005, 20th Century Fox and Legend Films released a colorized version of the film, donating a portion of the proceeds to the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a charity that benefits education for gifted students.

Tsholotsho District

Tsholotsho is a well known “battle ground” of Zimbabwean politics with the latest event being the so-called Tsholotsho Declaration of 2005 involving leading ZANU-PF members and current Tsholotsho Member of parliament Jonathan Moyo in which they were accused of mooting a boardroom removal of President Mugabe.

Tyrone Crystal

Since 2005, Tyrone Crystal has manufactured the trophy for the Canadian Grand Prix.