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Encyclopedia > April 2005 in the United States

2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 17 Virginia Mayo • 15 Ruth Warrick Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief Ongoing armed conflicts • Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq) Ongoing wars Upcoming celebrations... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in February 20 Hunter S. Thompson 10 Arthur Miller 4 Ossie Davis Ongoing events Conflict in Iraq 2004 Puerto Rico governor election recount 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy Washington gubernatorial election, 2004 President Bushs... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → This page deals with current events in the United States, its insular areas, and other American interests. ...


This page deals with events in the United States, its insular areas, and other American interests. An insular area of the United States is a jurisdiction that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nations federal district. ...

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2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → This page deals with current events in the United States, its insular areas, and other American interests. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief • Cedar Revolution in Lebanon • Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan • Terri Schiavo controversy • Pope John Paul II... Todays featured article Tsunami Deaths in April • 22 – Philip Morrison Other recent deaths Ongoing events None entered Upcoming events IATC Exhibition, March 28_30 @ Chicago Hannover Messe Fair, April 11_15 Technology_Innovation_Automation NAB2005 Convention in Las Vegas Worlds Largest Electronic Media Show Robonexus 2005 in Silicon Valley Related pages • 2005... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Marla Ruzicka, (December 31, 1976 – April 16, 2005), of Lakeport, California, was an American Green Party activist and aid worker who was killed by a car bomb blast in Baghdad. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Saul Bellow (born June 10, 1915), acclaimed North American-Jewish writer, won the Nobel prize for literature in 1976 and is best known for writing novels which investigate isolation, spiritual dissociation and the possibilities of human awakening. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Robert Coldwell Wood (September 16, 1923 – April 1, 2005) was a U.S. administrator. ...

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May 19, Star Wars III
This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ... This article concerns proposals to change the Social Security system in the United States. ... In 2002, a wave of accounting scandals broke in the fraud, and a series of investigations have been launched by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ... The expression nuclear option, as used in American politics circa 2005, is a catchphrase referring to a political maneuver that would allow the US Senate majority (currently Republicans hold 55 of 100 seats) to prevent the minority party (currently Democrats) from filibustering judicial nominees, making it easier for the President... A filibuster is a process, typically an extremely long speech, that is used primarily to stall the legislative process and thus derail a particular piece of legislation, rather than to make a particular point in the content of the diversion per se. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ...

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Upcoming elections

none May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Mothers Day is a day for celebrating motherhood and thanking mothers. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Several nations of the world hold an annual Armed Forces Day to recognize and honor their military forces. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States public holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. ...

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Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana), is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... Moussaoui mugshot Zacarias Moussaoui (born May 30, 1968), a Frenchman of Moroccan descent, is the only person to be indicted in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ...

United States News can be found here (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/) (Associated Press feed provided by newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com)). Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency that claims to be the worlds oldest and largest. ...


April 27, 2005

  • The U.S. House of Representatives rescinds controversial ethics rules in order to end a stalemate in the Ethics Committee. (Yahoo!) (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050428/ap_on_go_co/ethics_committee_36)

April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...

April 18, 2005

  • Adobe Systems offers to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion. (Yahoo!) (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050418/adobe_macromedia.html?.v=9)

April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adobe Systems ( NASDAQ: ADBE) is a computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California that was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. ... Macromedia Logo Macromedia Logo used from 1997-2001 Macromedia (NASDAQ: MACR) is a graphics and web development software house. ...

April 9, 2005

April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A chef (also executive chef or chef de cuisine), from the French for chief or head person, is the executive in charge of a kitchen, responsible for recipe and menu creation, staff training, and overseeing all cooking. ... Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana), is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... Neverland is the fictional island featured in the childrens story Peter Pan, written by J. M. Barrie. ... Home Alone is a 1990 film that starred Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight year-old who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to France for Christmas. ... Macaulay Culkin at Party Monster (2003) release party. ...

April 5, 2005

April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ABC News is a division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). ... Peter Jennings Peter Jennings (born July 29, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is the lead anchor for the America evening news program ABC World News Tonight for the ABC network. ... Lung cancer is a malignant tumour of the lungs. ...

April 4, 2005

  • A Union Pacific freight train derails in San Bernardino, California. No one was injured. (Mercury News) (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/11312700.htm) (KCAU-TV) (http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3166807) (KABC) (http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/040405_nw_train_derails.html)

April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. ... Cargo is a term used to denotes goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train or lorry. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ... San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

April 2, 2005

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the... His Holiness Pope John Paul II, officially in Latin , born Karol Józef Wojtyla [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. ...

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