4 January 2005SenatorBarack Hussein Obama
Obama is sworn in as a Senator. Obama becomes the fifth African American Senator in US history, and the third to have been popularly elected
Historical records for United States of America in 2005, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Obama is sworn in as a Senator. Obama becomes the fifth African American Senator in US history, and the third to have been popularly elected
Brown and colleagues identify Eris in earlier Palomar survey images after recognizing its slow motion against background stars.
Death of Rosemary Kennedy, elder sister of JF Kennedy
Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement
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
Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement
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
Pleads his innocence before his trial for alleged child molestation
Death of Ossie Davis
Supports the understandings announced by Sharon and Abbas after Arafat's death.
Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Million Dollar Baby.
Death of John De Lorean
Brown, Trujillo and Rabinowitz first observe the large Kuiper Belt object later named Makemake.
Releases Devils and Dust, a solo-oriented album focused on war, faith and private moral conflict.
Hubble images reveal two faint candidate satellites near Pluto, later named Nix and Hydra.
A second Hubble observing epoch shows the two candidate moons moving with Pluto, strengthening the satellite interpretation.
Former assistant FBI director Mark Felt announces that he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal
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.
Publicly identifies himself as Deep Throat, confirming that he was the confidential source who assisted Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during Watergate reporting.
Death of Anne Bancroft
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
Death of Chet Helms
Death of Luther Vandross
Hubble records Comet Tempel 1 before and after NASA's Deep Impact projectile strikes the comet nucleus.
Brown's team publicly announces the discovery of Eris, intensifying debate over the definition of a planet.
MESSENGER flies past Earth for a gravity assist and calibrates its instruments while continuing toward Mercury.
The New Horizons spacecraft arrives in Florida for final testing and launch preparations for its journey to Pluto.
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"
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
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
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
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
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
NASA publicly announces Hubble's discovery of two possible additional moons orbiting Pluto.
Hubble images obtained by Brown reveal a moon orbiting the large trans-Neptunian object Orcus.
Admits responsibility for going to war in Iraq on the basis of faulty intelligence
Showalter leads Hubble observations revealing two previously unknown dusty rings around Uranus and the moons Mab and Cupid.
Takes the supporting-actor Oscar for Million Dollar Baby.
Wins an Oscar for "Capote" as Truman Capote
Eisenstein leads detection of the baryon acoustic oscillation scale in galaxy clustering, establishing a standard ruler for measuring cosmic expansion and dark energy.
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Obama speaks out against Government indifference to growing economic class divisions, calling on both political parties to take action to restore the social safety net for the poor. Defends the New Deal social welfare policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and opposes Republican proposals to establish private accounts for Social Security
Hendrix is inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Obama speaks out against Government indifference to growing economic class divisions, calling on both political parties to take action to restore the social safety net for the poor
Obama introduces two initiatives bearing his name: Lugar-Obama, which expanded the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons. Introduces the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act, which authorizes the establishment of USAspending.gov, a web search engine on federal spending. Cosponsors the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act
Voice part in, "Madagascar"
Awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation
Publication of "No Country for Old Men"
Publication of "No Country for Old Men"
With Eugene Mele, predicts a two-dimensional topological state whose edge channels carry spin-filtered electrons protected by time-reversal symmetry.
Retires from cycling
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Spamalot
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". Winner of the Tour de France, 7th time, a record
Introduces the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act, which authorizes the establishment of USAspending.gov, a web search engine on federal spending
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
Stars in White Noise
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