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 Its that time of year again, when we look back and pick the top events for the past year. I am putting my list together and I will publish the list here as it takes form. [update][update 2]
Call For Comments: Doesn't anybody have any disagreements or additions to my list of Top 2005 events?
(Orig. Post - 1/02/2006 I have a series of timelines on the TimePage and I usually add the new years events to the timeline about this time of year. As it turns out I have gotten behind and so I am in the process of building the list for the last two or three years but I am going to make this year a priority and I invite you all to contribute your ideas in the comments and comment on my choices when I post them. There are always some obvious entries but there are also a lot of things that happen each year that may or may not turn out to be significant in the future. When the list is complete I will transfer it to the TimePage timeline.
(Update - 1/05/2006) Here is a preliminary list of events to start the ball rolling.
March 23 - The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies, causing widespread grief in the world.
May 31 - W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.
June 13 - Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children.
July 7 - Four explosions rock the transport network in London, three on the London Underground and one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured.
July 24 - Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement.
August 29 - At least 1,383 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Within hours, levees give way and New Orleans is flooded.
September 28 - American politician Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury.
September 29 - John G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
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.
November 8 - French President Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest.
(Update 2 - 1/15/2006) Deaths in 2005
* January 23 - Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
* February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
* February 20 - Hunter S. Thompson, American author (suicide) (b. 1937)
* April 2 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
* June 6 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
* July 18 - William Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Vietnam (b. 1914)
* August 7 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)
* September 3 - William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
* October 24 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)
* December 10 - Richard Pryor, American comedian (b. 1940)
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