(Saturday, November 26, 2005) — “Run It!” by Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (Nov. 26, Dec. 3/10/17/24, 2005).
Category Archives: 2000s
‘Trapped in the Closet’ episode airs on ‘South Park’ 10 years ago this hour (Nov 16 2005)
(Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Stan finds out that he’s depressed after taking a test given to him by Scientologists on tonight’s episode of the Comedy Central adult animated sitcom television series South Park.
In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode number 17 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.
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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks becomes first woman to lie in honor in U.S. Capitol Rotunda 10 years ago this hour (Oct 30 2005)
Video: 'Ceremony for lying in state of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks'
(Sunday, October 30, 2005, shortly before 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who died Oct. 24, 2005, at the age of 92, tonight became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
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VP Dick Cheney’s chief adviser charged with lying in ‘Plame affair’ 10 years ago today (Oct 28 2005)
(Friday, October 28, 2005) — Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief adviser, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was indicted on five charges today in the “CIA leak scandal” (also known as the “Plame affair”) and resigned from his White House position.
Libby would be convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison. President George W. Bush would commute his sentence.
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Chicago White Sox win World Series in four games 50 years ago this hour (Oct 26 2005)
Video: '2005 World Series, Game 4: White Sox @ Astros'
(Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 10:48 p.m. CDT) — The Chicago White Sox won the 2005 World Series tonight, beating the Houston Astros 1-0 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, in the fourth and deciding game.
It was the third of three World Series title for the White Sox (1906-2005).
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Rosa Parks, founding symbol of Civil Rights Movement, dies 10 years ago this hour (Oct 24 2005)
Video: 'Rosa Parks - Mini Bio'
(Monday, October 24, 2005, between 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT) — Rosa Parks, a black seamstress whose refusal to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, almost 50 years ago grew into a mythic event that helped touch off the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s, died today in her apartment on the east side of the Detroit. She was 92 years old.
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Daniel Craig named to play next James Bond 10 years ago today (Oct 14 2005)
Video: 'New James Bond'
(Friday, October 14, 2005) — Ending more than a year of speculation, actor Daniel Craig was finally unveiled as the sixth cinematic James Bond today on a Royal Marine speedboat on the Thames in London, promising to bring a grittier edge to the iconic role.
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Powerful earthquake flattens villages on Pakistan-India border, 86,000 dead 10 years ago this hour (Oct 8 2005)
Video: 'Trapped Earthquake (Kashmir, Pakistan 08.Oct.2005)'
(Saturday, October 8, 2005, 03:50:39 UTC) — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan this morning sent tremors across South Asia, killing an estimated 86,000 people.
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President Bush nominates Harriet Miers to Supreme Court 10 years ago this hour (Oct 3 2005)
Video: 'DECONSTRUCTION HARRIET'
(Monday, October 3, 2005, 8:01 a.m. EDT) — President George W. Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court today.
Miers would withdraw her nomination Oct. 27, 2005, after three weeks of criticism from fellow conservatives.
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John Roberts sworn-in as 17th Chief Justice of U.S. 10 years ago this hour (Sep 29 2005)
Video: 'Roberts confirmed as new chief justice, swearing-in'
(Thursday, September 29, 2005, 2:54 p.m. EDT) — Judge John G. Roberts Jr. became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States today, taking the oath of office during a brief but emotional White House ceremony just hours after the Senate, with its Democrats evenly divided, voted overwhelmingly to confirm him.
