2005: A Glance
Behind Us
Valley Events:
• Varsity Girls Swimming win
WCAL Championship.
• On October 1st Valley Christian experienced the first night
football game under the lights.
• Boy’s football team wins the CCS title for the fourth year in
a row.
• Valley Christian celebrates the first decade of KVCH.
• In the 2nd Annual Poetry Slam competition seen in the April
issue, Sarah Suksiri, Ashley d’Oliveira, and Ryan Pickering made
it to the final round, receiving the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Milestones:
Deaths:
o Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925-January 23, 2005): “King of
Late Night TV” hosted NBC’s “The Tonight Show” for nearly 30 years.
o Prince Rainier III (May 31, 1923-March 26, 2005): One of the
longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century. Ruled the Principality
of Monaco for almost 56 years.
o Peter Jennings (29 July 1938-August 8, 2005): The anchor and
senior editor of ABC’s “World News Tonight”.
o Rosa Parks (February 14, 1913-October 25, 2005): African American
civil rights activist and seamstress whom was labeled, “Mother
of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement” by the U.S. Congress.
Entertainment:
• April 9: Prince Charles
marries Lady Camilla Parker Bowles
• April 7-10: Tiger Woods defeats Chris DiMarco and wins his ninth
major tournament.
• May 10: Renée Zellweger marries Kenny Chesney on St.
John in the Virgin Islands.
• July 16: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book
of the Harry Potter saga by the British writer J. K. Rowling,
is released.
• November 22: Microsoft releases the Xbox 360 gaming console
in North America.
• August 6-14: the 10th World Championships in Athletics is held
at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, and Finland.
Movies:
• May 19- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Directed by George Lucas
• June 3- Cinderella Man: Directed by Ron Howard
• June 24- March of the Penguins: Directed by Luc Jacquet
• June 29- War of the Worlds: Directed by Steven Spielberg.
• July 15- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory: Directed by Tim
Burton
• July 22- The Island: Directed by Michael Bay
• November 18- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Directed by
Mike Newell
• December 9- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, &
the Wardrobe: Directed by Andrew Adamson.
Nation:
• January 20: George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.
• March 1: The death penalty is vetoed for juveniles.
• March 21: 10 were killed in Minnesota at Red Lake High School
during one of the worse school shootings since Columbine.
• May 10: A live hand grenade lands 100 feet from President Bush.
Luckily, it malfunctions.
• June 13: Michael Jackson is acquitted of all charges of harming
children.
• June 17-26: California experienced a variety of earthquakes.
• July 19: Bush nominates John G Roberts, Jr. to the United States
Supreme Court following Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement.
• October 28: Vice Presidential adviser Lewis “Scooter” Libby
resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury,
and making a false statement in the CIA leak investigation.
• December 20: 2005 New York City transit strike: NYC’s Transport
Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike for three days, shutting
down all New York City Subway and Bus services.
World:
• January 13: Armed militants
enter into Israel from Gaza and open fire near the border, killing
6 people and wounding 5 others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades
claim joint responsibility for attack.
• February 10: North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear
weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the
US.
• April 2: Pope John Paul II dies. Over 4 million people travel
to the Vatican to mourn him.
• July 20: Canada’s Civil Marriage Act, legalizing same-sex marriage,
receives Royal Assent.
• July 21: A terrorist attack on London, similar to the July 7th
attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 underground trains
and a London bus. The bombs failed to explode properly, and only
one injury was reported.
• August 28: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf States.
• October 7: UN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize.
• October 19: The Trials of Saddam Hussein begin.
• October 27: Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves
in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting.
• November 9: Almost fifty people were killed and more than 120
were injured in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman,
Jordan.
• November 30: Surgeons in France carry out the first human face
transplant.
• December 4: In Hong Kong, 250,000 people protest for democracy.
• December 15: Under Iraq’s new constitution, the first parliamentary
elections were held.
**Achievements:
• October 6: Nobel Prize Ceremony is held at Sanders Theatre,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
o Physics- Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, Theodor W. Hänsch
o Chemistry- Robert Grubbs, Richard Schrock, Yves Chauvin
o Physiology or Medicine- Robin Warren, Barry Marshall
o Literature- Harold Pinter
o Peace- International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei
o Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel- Robert J. Aumann, Thomas Schelling
• July 42: Lance Armstrong
wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled
retirement.
