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2005 in United States of America
Explore 73 historical events and records for United States of America in 2005.
Historical records for United States of America in 2005
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January
Eris Identified
Brown and colleagues identify Eris in earlier Palomar survey images after recognizing its slow motion against background stars.
Death of Rosemary Kennedy
Death of Rosemary Kennedy, elder sister of JF Kennedy
Civil Rights
Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement
Reform of Civil Rights
Parks act of civil disobedience inspired blacks in Montgomery to boycott the citys buses for more than a year and to successfully challenge the Jim Crow laws that confined them to second-class status in the city. Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement
Reform of Civil Rights
Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement
Secretary of State
Senate confirms her nomination by 85-13, the negative votes, the most cast against any for Secretary of State since 1825, came from Senators who wanted to hold Rice and Bush accountable for failures in Iraq and terrorism. Confirmed by Senate by 85-13 as the 1st African-American woman Secretary of State
Trial
Pleads his innocence before his trial for alleged child molestation
February
Death of Ossie Davis
Death of Ossie Davis
Sharm el Sheikh Summit
Supports the understandings announced by Sharon and Abbas after Arafat's death.
Academy Award
Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Million Dollar Baby.
March
Death of John De Lorean
Death of John De Lorean
Discovery of Makemake
Brown, Trujillo and Rabinowitz first observe the large Kuiper Belt object later named Makemake.
April
Devils and Dust
Releases Devils and Dust, a solo-oriented album focused on war, faith and private moral conflict.
May
Pluto Moons
Hubble images reveal two faint candidate satellites near Pluto, later named Nix and Hydra.
Pluto Moons
A second Hubble observing epoch shows the two candidate moons moving with Pluto, strengthening the satellite interpretation.
Deep Throat
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal
Deep Throat
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal.
Deep Throat
The admission takes even legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who had promised to keep their sources identity a secret until his death, by surprise.
Deep Throat
Publicly identifies himself as Deep Throat, confirming that he was the confidential source who assisted Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during Watergate reporting.
Deep Throat
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal.
Deep Throat
The admission takes even legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who had promised to keep their sources identity a secret until his death, by surprise.
Deep Throat
Publicly identifies himself as Deep Throat, confirming that he was the confidential source who assisted Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during Watergate reporting.
Deep Throat Confirmation
Bernstein joins Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee in confirming that former FBI official Mark Felt was the Watergate source known as Deep Throat.
June
Death of Anne Baancroft
Death of Anne Bancroft
Nuclear Power
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei should either toughen his stance on Iran or fail to be chosen for a third term as IAEA head
July
Death of Chet Helms
Death of Chet Helms
Death of Luther Vandross
Death of Luther Vandross
Deep Impact Comet Observation
Hubble records Comet Tempel 1 before and after NASA's Deep Impact projectile strikes the comet nucleus.
Eris Discovery Announced
Brown's team publicly announces the discovery of Eris, intensifying debate over the definition of a planet.
August
MESSENGER Earth Flyby
MESSENGER flies past Earth for a gravity assist and calibrates its instruments while continuing toward Mercury.
September
New Horizons
The New Horizons spacecraft arrives in Florida for final testing and launch preparations for its journey to Pluto.
Tour de France
Vrijmans report "clears" Lance Armstrong because of improper handling and testing, the report says that tests on urine samples were conducted improperly and fell so short of scientific standards that it was "completely irresponsible"
October
Federal Reserve
President Bush nominates economist Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board when his term expires on January 31, 2006. The legendary Greenspan had served as the Feds chairman for 18 years
Federal Reserve
President Bush nominates economist Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board when his term expires on January 31, 2006. The legendary Greenspan had served as the Feds chairman for 18 years
Federal Reserve
President Bush nominates economist Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board when his term expires on January 31, 2006. The legendary Greenspan had served as the Feds chairman for 18 years
Death of Rosa Parks
American civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dies age 92 years old, 50 years earlier, Parks had famously refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus and in doing so catalyzed the American civil rights movement
Reform of Civil Rights
American civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dies age 92 years old, 50 years earlier, Parks had famously refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus and in doing so catalyzed the American civil rights movement
Pluto Moons
NASA publicly announces Hubble's discovery of two possible additional moons orbiting Pluto.
November
Discovery of Vanth
Hubble images obtained by Brown reveal a moon orbiting the large trans-Neptunian object Orcus.
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