What Happened in 2005

Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 14-2

CHICAGO -- The first bad thing to happen to the Red Sox yesterday was when Matt Clement hit White Sox leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik with a pitch.... Read more

Exodus release Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast.... Read more

Stephen King publishes The Colorado Kid

The Colorado Kid is a mystery novel written by Stephen King for the Hard Case Crime imprint, published in 2005. The book was issued in one... Read more

Lauryn Hill Performs at Take Back TV Concert

On October 6, 2005, Hill emceed and performed two songs at the Take Back TV concert launching Al Gore's CurrentTV. Read more

UFC 55: Fury

UFC 55: Fury was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 7, 2005 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,... Read more

Kashmir Earthquake

Most of the casualties resulting from the earthquake were in Pakistan where the official confirmed death toll is 74,698, putting it higher than the... Read more

New England Patriots defeat Atlanta Falcons, 31-28

Many pieces of what should make the Patriots one of the best teams in the NFL were invisible a week ago. In fact, throughout this season, the... Read more

Hurricane Wilma

Hurricane Wilma plowed into southwest Florida early yesterday with howling 125 mph winds and dashed across the state to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale... Read more

Denver Broncos defeat New England Patriots, 28-20

You can spin this any way you like. You can focus on the fact that the New England Patriots didn't fold and had enough gumption to wipe the... Read more

Stevie Wonder Releases A Time to Love

A Time to Love is a 2005 award-winning studio album by Stevie Wonder, his first since 1995's Conversation Peace. Originally to have been completed... Read more

South Park Episode 908 - "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow"

A GLOBAL WARMING STATE OF EMERGENCY is declared in South Park. The world's largest beaver dam breaks and floods the adjacent town of Beaverton. As... Read more

2005 World Series

2005 World Series 2005 will always be remembered as "The year of redemption in the Windy City." That was the season in which the Chicago White... Read more

2005 World Series - Game 2

Even though we are Cubs fans, my wife and I decided to go to the White Sox - Astros World Series, thinking "as Chicagoans, we may never get this... Read more

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat released

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is a first-person shooter video game in the Battlefield series, developed by Digital Illusions CE. Modern Combat is... Read more

Rosa Parks dies

Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until she died at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005, about 7:00PM EDT, in her apartment on the east side of the city.... Read more

Soulcalibur III is Released

Soulcalibur III (ソウルキャリバーIII, SōruKyaribā Surī) is a fighting game produced by Namco and is the sequel to Soulcalibur II and is the fourth overall... Read more

Call of Duty 2 released

Call of Duty 2 is a historic first-person shooter video game and the second instalment to the critically acclaimed game Call of Duty. It was... Read more

The Octopus Project Release "One Ten Hundred Thousand Million"

One Ten Hundred Thousand Million is the second album by indietronica band The Octopus Project. It was released October 25, 2005 on Peek-A-Boo Records. Read more

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci Release "G3: Live in Tokyo"

G3: Live in Tokyo is another G3 live performance which featured John Petrucci along with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai in the 2005 G3 tour. It was... Read more

South Park Episode 909 - "Marjorine"

The 4th grade girls are having a sleepover. It’s imperative that the boys find out what goes on behind those closed doors. Butters is picked to be... Read more

The King of Fighters XI is Released

The King of Fighters XI is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by SNK Playmore originally released in 2005 as a coin-operated arcade game for... Read more

White Sox World Series Ticker Tape Parade

There were about 100,000 people at the ticker tape parade for the White Sox after winning the 2005 World Series in a 4-0 sweep of the Houston... Read more

House of Representatives approves to allow Rosa Parks' body to lie in US Capitol Rotunda

On October 28, 2005, the House of Representatives approved a resolution passed the previous day by the United States Senate to honor Parks by... Read more

Veligonda Train Disaster

Army divers searched yesterday for survivors and the dead in the submerged carriages of a train that derailed and plunged into a rain-swollen river... Read more

John Petrucci Releases "Suspended Animation"

Suspended Animation is a studio album by Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci, released in 2005 on Sound Mind Music. Read more