Reeling in the Noughties: 2005

WindSock

Decade Midway Point!

Cork becomes European Capital of Culture

Ruu_Old

Saddam goes on trial.

deadhead13

Former Minister for Justice, Ray "Rambo" Burke, gets 6 months.

lord lucan

America's Gulf Coast gets pummelled by hurricane Katrina. I was only in New Orleans in January 2005.:(

lord lucan

London becomes the latest victim of terror attacks.

lord lucan

Pope John Paul II dies.

lord lucan

deadhead13

davetherave

The P-IRA orders an end to the campaign it has pursued since 1969.

davetherave

One of the the pictures published in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten which sparked the Muhammad cartoons controversy and lead to protests across the Muslim world.

kelle

I lost both my parents to cancer in January and February

Kylie Minogue did her Cowgirl show at the Point, and shortly afterwards was diagnosed with breast cancer - from which she has thankfully recovered.

WindSock

Sorry to hear about that kelle. Must have been an extremely tough year for you

Thomas828

July 6th, the International Olympic Committee announces that London will be the host of the 2012 Olympics, the day before the 7/7 terrorist attacks.

xzanti

Hurricane Katina rips through New Orleans leaving it devestated...

cleremy jarkson

George Best, certainly the most talented footballer this island has ever produced and one of the most talented to have ever played the game, dies at the age of 59 shortly after having undergone a liver transplant. The operation was carried out due to Best's alcoholism and caused controversy at the time, as he failed to abstain from drink even after recieving the liver.

Beeker

Space Shuttle Discovery made the first shuttle flight into space after the Columbia tragedy of 2003.

Wazdakka

George W Bush is Elected for his second term as President.


Steve Fossett completes the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.


It's officially deemed the World year of Physics..
No-one notices..


The Irish language is granted official status as a working language within the European Union.


In a move described as "the day the gun was taken out of Irish politics", the head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, General John de Chastelain, says that he is satisfied that the Irish Republican Army has completed the decommissioning of its entire arsenal of weapons.


Kuwaiti women are granted the right to vote.

Little Acorn

BIRD FLU: October 2005.
Spreading from Asia, a dangerous strain of bird flu with the potential to trigger a pandemic affecting humans reaches Europe as cases of the disease are identified during the month in Romania, Turkey and Greece. People worldwide start wearing masks. http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/img/health/birdflu061005.jpg

aDeener

http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00307/hailpin_indo_307324t.jpg

Zebra3

Wazdakka wrote: »

George W Bush is Elected for his second term as President.

Nope. He was elected in 2004. Sworn in in 2005.

Wazdakka wrote: »

In a move described as "the day the gun was taken out of Irish politics", the head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, General John de Chastelain, says that he is satisfied that the Irish Republican Army has completed the decommissioning of its entire arsenal of weapons.

Described by who? Huge amounts of weapons in Ireland still held by the British army, the British colonial police force and British state sponsored death squads as well as the Free State forces.

Wazdakka wrote: »

Kuwaiti women are granted the right to vote.

Great news.

deadhead13

Delores McNamara wins 115,436,126 euro.

Agricola

deadhead13 wrote: »

Delores McNamara wins 115,436,126 euro.

Fúck. Was that 5 years ago!
What a 5 years shes had.

DazMarz

After 50 years of waiting... Chelsea win their first league title since 1955. They won it with a record breaking 95 points, and conceding only 15 goals. COME ON YOU BLUES!!!:D

WindSock

London Bombings, July.

KrazeeEyezKilla

laurashambles

Youtube launches.

Thomas828

England's cricket team win the Ashes series from Australia.

Crowie13

deadhead13 wrote: »

My best birthday yet and will never forget it

storm2811

Jesus all this stuff seems like it happened just yesterday.:eek:

Can't believe hurricane Katrina was 5 years ago?!
Time feckin flies eh?

thorbarry

All music people are talking about is arcade fire's funeral. What an album

WindSock

cgcsb, this is the 2005 thread you are about 4 years late for that.
And Sisko there is no need to be uncivil. Both posts deleted.

kfallon

King Kieren Fallon starts off his career as retained rider for Coolmore by riding both the 2,000 & 1,000 Guineas winners at Newmarket in May

handsomecake

the best of the northern hemisphere get their arses handed to them as a new star is born........his name is daniel william carter.

mrmemoriesman

Reeling in the Years 2005: what we can expect tonight:

-Death of Pope JPII and Pope Benny takes over
-Murder of Robert McCartney by IRA members in Belfast and his sisters' campaign for justice
-IRA ends armed campaign and decommissions
-Blair wins third term for Labour on much reduced majority. DUP wipeout in NI with Trimble losing seat
- Delores McNamara wins loads cash in Euromillions
-Eddie Hobbs and "Rip Off Republic" show
- Riots in French suburbs
- All Ireland Hurling Cork beat Galway; Tyrone bt Kerry in football
- Bertie Ahern comes out of the closet and announces he's a socialist
- Hurricane Katrina blasts New Orleans, with the poor taking refuge in the city's SuperDome
- London wins the 2012 Olympics. Suicide bomb attacks in London the following day on July 7th
- Live8 concert and the Make Poverty History campaign of Bono and Geldof
-The Danish cartoon crisis over caricatures of Mohammed appearing in newspapers
-Darfur war in Sudan


Any ideas on that year's music? PLEASE PLEASE no U2 or James Blunt