What Happened in Jan 2005

Shirley Chisholm Dies

Chisholm retired to Florida and died on January 1, 2005 near Daytona Beach. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. Read more

R. Kelly Releases Chapters 1-6 of "Trapped in the Closet"

"Trapped in the Closet" is an urban opera, R&B opera, or hip-hopera released by contemporary R&B singer R. Kelly in 2005. The songs relate an... Read more

"Who Killed Cock Robin?" Is Released

Who Killed Cock Robin? is a soundtrack to the 2005 film of the same name, featuring artists from Duluth, Minnesota. Read more

New England Patriots defeat San Francisco 49ers, 21-7

Maybe the Patriots did try to approach yesterday's 21-7 win over San Francisco like any other game. But there was one interesting experiment --... Read more

Ali al-Haidari, Governor of the Baghdad Governorate, is Assassinated by Armed Gunmen

Ali al-Haidari was the governor of the Baghdad Governorate in Iraq. Al-Haidari had narrowly escaped being killed in an assassination attempt in... Read more

FDA Approves Abraxis's Abraxane

Abraxane® is a chemotherapy drug indicated for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, in particular patients for whom previous forms of... Read more

George W. Bush awards Muhammad Ali the Presidential Citizens Medal

On January 8, 2005, Muhammad Ali was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George W. Bush. The Presidential Citizens Medal... Read more

Kreator release Enemy of God

Enemy of God is the eleventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. The gothenburg influences of the band's previous album, Violent... Read more

Resident Evil 4 released

Resident Evil 4, known in Japan as Biohazard 4 is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Production Studio 4 and published... Read more

"The Flying Spaghetti Monster" Appears Online (Bless His Noodly Appendage)

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (or FSM) is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism. It was... Read more

New England Patriots defeat Indianapolis Colts, 20-3

They punched them in the mouth and when they got up they punched them in the mouth again until they didn't want to get hit any more. That's how the... Read more

George W. Bush's second inauguration

The second inauguration of George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States took place on Thursday January 20, 2005. The inauguration... Read more

New England Patriots defeat Pittsburgh Steelers, 41-27

They always answered back. Every time they were challenged, which was several more times than seemed likely early in the game, the New England... Read more

Johnny Carson Dies

On March 19, 1999, Carson, then 73, suffered a severe heart attack at his home in Malibu, California. Carson was sleeping when he suddenly awoke... Read more

Andre Nickatina Releases "The Gift"

The Gift is the 13th album and a DVD movie by rapper, Andre Nickatina. It was released on January 25, 2005, for Fillmoe Coleman Records and... Read more

Kung Fu Hustle Is Released in the United States

Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: Gōngfu) is a 2004 Hong Kong action crime comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also produced and starred... Read more

37 U.S. Servicemembers Are Killed in Iraq During One Day

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Thirty Marines and a Navy corpsman were killed in a helicopter crash near Iraq's border with Jordan, bringing the number of... Read more

Glendale Train Crash

A man accused of killing 11 people by parking his truck in a train's path intended to get his estranged wife's attention by causing "a horrific... Read more