Video: 'Inside Hurricane Katrina National Geographic 2014'
(Monday, August 29, 2005, 6:10 a.m. CDT) — Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast this morning near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina would eventually kill 1,833 in the region and cause $108 billion in damage. Continue reading Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast; 1,833 people die 10 years ago this hour (Aug 29 2005)
Video: 'Danny Yount - Six Feet Under (Opening)'
(Sunday, August 21, 2005, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Brenda gives birth to a premature baby girl named Willa who’s immediately whisked off to neonatal intensive care on tonight’s final episode of the HBO drama series Six Feet Under.
In 2009, TV Guide ranked this episode #22 on its list of “TV’s Top 100 Episodes of All Time.”
Video: '7 July London Terrorist Bombings'
(Thursday, July 7, 2005, 8:49-9:47 BST) — Suicide terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four bombers today in the worst attack on London since World War II. Continue reading Subway and bus blasts in London kill 56 people 10 years ago this hour (July 7 2005)
(Saturday, July 2, 2005) — “Inside Your Heaven” by Carrie Underwood was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Live 8 (2005) Full Concert (4-DVDs) Disk 1'
(Saturday, July 2, 2005) — Live 8 took place today in ten different cities worldwide to draw attention to poverty in Africa.
Among the highlights: U2 and Paul McCartney opened the London concert, playing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and the reunion of Pink Floyd in London.
Video: 'Mississippi Burning Trial: Civil Rights Workers Murders - Edgar Ray Killen Day 6 - Verdict (2005)'
(Tuesday, June 21, 2005) — Forty-one years to the day after three civil rights workers (Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney) were beaten and shot to death in Mississippi, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman, was found guilty today of manslaughter.
Killen was sentenced on June 23, 2005, to 60 years in prison.
Video: 'June,13 2005 Court verdict: NOT GUILTY - Michael Jackson was acquitted of ALL counts!'
(Monday, June 13, 2005, 2:13 p.m. PDT) — Michael Jackson was acquitted today of all charges against him by a jury that absorbed three months of often lurid testimony about his life and relationships with young boys but rejected a teenager’s claim that Jackson plied him with liquor and sexually molested him.
Video: 'Batman Begins' trailer
(Friday, June 10, 2005) — Batman Begins, a superhero film about a caped crusader who begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it, opened today in Russia.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film starred Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes and Gary Oldman.
Video: '2005 TONY Awards ~ COMPLETE'
(Sunday, June 5, 2005, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — Monty Python’s Spamalot won three Tony Awards tonight at at Radio City Music Hall in New York, including best musical; the musical play The Light in the Piazza won six prizes, while Doubt was named best drama.
(Saturday, June 4, 2005) — “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for 14 non-consecutive weeks (June 4/11/18/25, July 9/16/23/30, Aug. 6/13/20/27, Sep. 3/10, 2005).
