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unusual facts about Chilean presidential election, 2005–2006


Recognition of same-sex unions in Chile

During January 2006's presidential campaign both President Michelle Bachelet and center-right candidate Sebastián Piñera voiced their support for civil unions, but the Catholic Church and many members of Congress were opposed.


17 Days

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

2005–06 Fijian political crisis

Fiji Labour Party President Jokapeci Koroi issued a statement on 14 January 2006 accusing Lesi Korovavala, the Chief Executive Officer of the Home Affairs Ministry, of having conspired with Home Affairs Minister Josefa Vosanibola to arrange a secret meeting between Baledrokadroka and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, in an attempt to depose Bainimarama.

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)

Alfred Goldie

Alfred William Goldie (December 10, 1920, Coseley, Staffordshire – October 8, 2005, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria) was an English Mathematician.

AP Vojvodina

Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, SFR Yugoslavia (1990-1992), FR Yugoslavia (1992-2003), Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006), independent Serbia (since 2006)

Attic Records

ATIC Records, Manchester, United Kingdom electronic / Hip Hop label, founded by Aim in 2005

Audrey De Montigny

Audrey de Montigny had her first international success "Here We Are" (2006) in collaboration with musician Steve Barakatt.

Augusta Heritage Festival

During the fall each year (the week of October 23rd, in 2006) there is a week of Old-Time music; in the spring, a week of dulcimer.

Berlaymont building

The building briefly appeared in the 2006 film, "Children of Men", shown along with buildings in other cities that had been subject to attacks.

Butcher of the Balkans

Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), the former president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Carlton Studios, Nottingham

The studios closed in 2005 and were bought by the University of Nottingham who renamed the site King's Meadow Campus and converted it into university space.

Children 18:3

The band released the EP in 2006 and sent a copy to Tooth & Nail Records CEO Brandon Ebel.

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 .

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).

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).

Edgar Chías

He has written a number of plays including De insomnio y media noche, which was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2006 under the title On Insomnia and Midnight (English translation by David Johnston).

Eileen Fulton

Fulton was prominently featured in a May 2000 show marking her and costar Don Hastings' fortieth anniversaries on ATWT, as well as in April 2006 during the show's 50th anniversary episode; and from January 2008 to August 2008, was seen in at least two episodes per week.

Experimental luthier

In 2006 Yuri Landman built his Moodswinger for the band Liars and afterwards made a large serie of alternate string instruments like the Moonlander for Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, the Springtime for Blood Red Shoes and the Tafelberg drum guitar for The Dodos and others.

Geraint Wyn Davies

On 13 June 2006 Davies became an American citizen, having been sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Gerry, New York

In 2006 the Gerry Fire Dept. sponsored their 62nd PRCA Rodeo.

Hafodunos

A book, entitled Hafodunos: Triumph of the Martyr was published by Mark Baker in 2005, detailing the history of the estate.

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.

Human rights in Uzbekistan

In 2005 the Uzbek government arrested Sanjar Umarov, an opposition politician, and raided the office of Sunshine Uzbekistan, an opposition political alliance.

J. Barry Griswell

He has been inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the United Way of Central Iowa Alexis de Tocqueville Society award, a 2004 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2004 recipient of the Central Iowa Philanthropic Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, and a 2006 recipient of the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award as well as a 2008 recipient of the American for the Arts Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award.

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.

John Knatchbull

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

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

In 2005 the BBC used a report published by the journal as the basis of a story claiming that the pseudoscientific practice of homeopathy was effective for some patients.

Journal of Contemporary History

The winner of the first George L. Mosse Prize in 2006 was the British historian of Nazi Germany Alex J. Kay, who won for his article Germany’s Staatssekretäre, Mass Starvation and the Meeting of 2 May 1941.

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).

Laurel Hill Coláiste

It recently came seventh in the overall Irish national school league table, published in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times (5 November 2006), highlighting the high percentage of pupils who go on to university level.

Left Alone

Dead American Radio, Hellcat Records, 2006 (vinyl release by Durty Mick Records, 2007)

Legal status of animals in Canada

When the Conservative Party came to power in 2006, MP Mark Holland tabled a private member’s bill that was virtually identical to Bill C-50, the most recent incarnation of C-17.

Lummis Day

The first event, on Sunday, June 4, 2006, featured East L.A. rock band Quinto Sol, musician Severin Browne, Ann Likes Red, Cuban-born musician Juan Carlos Formell, Danza Azteca Cuahtlehuanitl, the Tongva-Gabrielino Native American Dancers, Pilipino folk ensemble Panama Rondalla and poets B. H. Fairchild, William Archila and Suzanne Lummis.

Lydia Leonard

On television she had an ongoing role in 1950s-set detective series Jericho starring Robert Lindsay, and appeared in True True Lie (2006) and The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), along with a cameo in Rome (2006, "The Stolen Eagle"), and as a nurse in the BBC's Casualty 1909.

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.

Notoliparis antonbruuni

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

Paul Barry

In 2006, Barry released a biography on Australian cricketer Shane Warne, called Spun Out.

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.

Simon Bowman

In 2006, he played the rock star again in This is Elvis and played a dentist in the BBC1 series Doctors.

Simona Houda-Šaturová

She has since returned to the PSO as a guest artist as the title heroine in Lucia di Lammermoor (2004, 2008, and 2009), Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia (2005), Gilda in Rigoletto (2008–2009), Rosina (2009).

Ten-Day War

However, the incident sparked renewed public debate after the footage was shown on Serbian TV station B92 in 2006, with many claiming that the soldiers were shot and killed by Slovenian TO troops and that Slovenia is trying to cover up the affair.

The Bluetones

This was followed in June with their first full live album, Once Upon a Time in West Twelve, recorded at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 18 November 2005, and was followed on 29 October 2007, by a live DVD of the same concert under the title Beat about the Bush.

Tom French Cup

Carl Hayman was awarded the Tom French Cup in both 2004 and 2006, and was instrumental in helping New Zealand Māori defeat the British and Irish Lions for the first time in 2005.

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.

U.S. Route 90

The 1929 vintage bridge carrying Highway 90 over Chef Menteur Pass was repaired and opened to traffic on August 11, 2006 after it was closed after the storm.

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).

Zhang Jingna

She was active in the team for six years, notable achievements include breaking a record in the 10m Air Rifle event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships 2005 in Melbourne, and a bronze in the same event at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, awarding her the title of Sports Girl of the Year for 2006 by the Singapore National Olympic Council.


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