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26 unusual facts about 2005


Akinori Nakagawa 2001–2005

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

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.

Bruno Forte

After the election of Pope Benedict XVI Forte was seen as a possible successor to become Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, before William Levada was chosen.

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).

En Vivo – Gira 2004–2005

The DVD includes all music videos from their debut album Vuelo, a documentary and a bonus CD containing previously unreleased material and the live concert of their tour.

Francis Arinze

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

Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi

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

Freedom of information in the United Kingdom

As a result, a manifesto promise from the 1997 election was finally fulfilled just in time for the 2005 election.

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.

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.

Mike Rendell

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.

Naison Ndlovu

He was elected senator for Insiza in 2005 and returned to the senate under the proportional representation system in 2013, representing ZANU-PF in Matabeleland South.

Peace River Regional District

The municipal representatives, and their alternates, are elected by the municipal councils and the electoral area directors are elected for 3 year terms by their constituents during province-wide local elections.

Pedro Rubiano Sáenz

In 2002, he was elected president of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, and he was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected 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.

Psychological pricing

In its 2005 United Kingdom general election manifesto, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party proposed the introduction of a 99-pence coin to "save on change".

Sergio Rubin

Along with Italian journalist Frances Amrogetti, he decided to write the biography when Bergoglio got 40 votes at the 2005 Papal conclave, the highest number of votes ever obtained by a Latin American papabile.

Singles and EPs: 2001–2005

Singles and EPs: 2001 - 2005 is a two disc compilation album released by UK band The Music.

Spynorsk mordliste

In the run-up for the 2005 parliamentary election, the Conservative politician Harald Victor Hove from Hordaland gained some attention for burning Nynorsk ordliste as a part of his campaign.

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.

17 Days

Seventeen Days, album by rock band 3 Doors Down, released 2005.

Adelaide Film Festival

2005 saw over 250 screenings, including the world premiere of six AFFIF funded titles, including Look Both Ways a feature film directed by Sarah Watt, the interactive web series UsMob.com.au filmed in the Hidden Valley town camp outside Alice Springs in Arrernte country and the new rescore to Fritz Lang's Metropolis by The New Pollutants (Benjamin Speed and Tyson Hopprich)

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.

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.

David W. Márquez

On March 31, 2005, Governor Frank Murkowski appointed Márquez as Attorney General for the State of Alaska.

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).

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

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).

Ekdahl

Lennart Ekdahl (1912–2005), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

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.

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.

Henry Roth

In 2005, ten years after Roth’s death, the first full biography of his life, the prize-winning Redemption: The Life of Henry Roth, by literary scholar Steven G. Kellman, was published, followed in 2006 by Henry Roth’s centenary, which was marked by a literary tribute at the New York Public Library, sponsored by CCNY and organized by Lawrence I. Fox, Roth’s literary executor.

Hermanus

Zakes Mda wrote 2005 the novel The Whale Caller (ISBN 0-312-42382-9) in which the Whale Crier of Hermanus is the main character, a man who gets enthralled by a Southern Right whale he names Sharisha.

Hiroomi Takizawa

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

Ivo Niehe

In 2005 Niehe moved from TROS to Talpa and since 2009 he opened a new company for theatre and television called Niehe Media.

James Wani Igga

Following the 2005 signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement establishing the autonomy of Southern Sudan, Igga was in charge transitioning the SPLM from an insurgent strategic leadership to a political party.

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.

Jimmy Coates: Killer

Jimmy Coates: Killer is a 2005 novel written by Joe Craig.

John Knatchbull

John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005), British peer, television producer and Academy-award nominated film producer

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).

Makoto Satō

His final film, Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2005), was named Best Documentary at the 2006 Mainichi Film Awards.

Marc-André Moreau

In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finland.

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.

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.

Notoliparis antonbruuni

It was described in 2005 from a single poorly preserved specimen collected in 1966 from the hadal zone off Callao, Peru.

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

Röyksopp's Night Out

It contains live recordings from a concert in Norway, Rockefeller (Oslo) in November 2005.

Self Destruction Blues

"Dead By X-Mas" has been covered by the Japanese hardcore band The Piass in 1994, the US punk band The Hillstreet Stranglers in 2005, the British electro group Sohodolls in 2007 and the Finnish rockabilly band Big Daddy & Rockin’ Combo in 2008.

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.

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.

Steve Nardelli

The line-up changed, re-uniting Nardelli with Chris Squire, and together they wrote Syndestructible (2005) with Gerard Johnson and Paul Stacey.

Symphonic Anime Orchestra

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

The Dot and the Line

In 2005, Robert Xavier Rodriguez made a musical setting of the book for narrator and chamber ensemble with projected images, and in 2011 he made a version for full orchestra.

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.

The Monterays

Ron Lauback joined the band in 2002 first as a replacement for Jack Abert, then switching to lead guitar in 2005 with the departure of Dave Moziak.

Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine

Published by conservative publisher World Ahead Publishing on May 31, 2005, it recounts the stories of seven women who crossed paths with Bill Clinton: Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey, Elizabeth Gracen, Juanita Broaddrick, and Sally Perdue.

This Providence

In September 2005, This Providence announced that drummer Paul Benson was leaving the band to pursue new career paths, eventually with Apple Inc..

Torie Osborn

From 1997 through 2005, Osborn was the Executive Director of the Liberty Hill Foundation, a Los Angeles based non-profit dedicated to environmental justice.

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.

Viva Zapatero!

Viva Zapatero! is a 2005 documentary by Sabina Guzzanti telling her side of the story regarding the conflict with Silvio Berlusconi over a late-night TV political satire show broadcast on RAI-3.

Walter Arendt

Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).