2005 - 4th quarter


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This includes events of the fourth quarter of 2005.

October

Oct 1. Bombings in Bali, Indonesia killed 26 people.

Oct 1. US Troops in Afghanistan were filmed burning the bodies of two members of the Taliban.

Oct 2. A shipwreck in Lake George, New York, killed 20 people.

Oct 3. Parish Schools in New Orleans reopened a month after being closed following Hurricane Katrina.

Oct 3. President Bush nominated Harriet Miers for the US. Supreme Court.

Oct 12. The second Chinese manned space mission was launched.

Oct 15. New Constitution for Iraq approved in a referendum.

Oct 15. The Qinghai-Tibet railroad was completed.

Oct 17. US helicopters and warplanes bombed 2 villages near Ramadi in Iraq.

Oct 23. Lech Kaczyrisky was elected president of Poland.

Oct 26. US Death toll in Iraq reached 2000.

Oct 27. Harriet Miers withdrew her name from consideration for the US Supreme Court.

Oct 28. Vice Presidential adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in a CIA leak investigation.

Oct 31. President Bush nominated Samuel Alito for the US Supreme Court.

November

Nov 1. Senate minority leaders forced a closed session of the Senate to consider the Lewis Libby indictment.

Nov 4. United States and Uruguay signed a bilateral investment treaty.

Nov 6. A tornado in southem Indiana and western Kentucky killed at least 22 people.

Nov 8. French President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency due to civil unrest.

Nov 20. Washington Post newpaper reporter rebuked Bob Woodward for his conduct in the CIA leak probe.

Nov 22. Ted Koppel resigned as host of the TV News program Nightline.

December

Dec 4. A Protest for Democracy in Hong Kong drew 250,000 protesters.

Dec 7. A US Air marshall shot a man on a runwai in Miami, Florida.

Dec 8. Southwest Airlines flight overshot a runway at Chicago Midway airport, killing 1 and injuring 11 others.

Dec 15. Parliamentary elections under new constitution took place in Iraq.

Dec 22. US Census Bureau released 2005 population projections.

Dec 22. New York City Transit workers went on strike for 3 days.

Dec 22. U.S Defense Secretary Donald Rusmfeld announced the first of an anticipated series of military drawdowns following the Iraqi Parliamentary elections.


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Other areas of history through classical and medieval history and modern history through the 19th century are only weakly connected. Connections of the 20th century through the late 20th century can be made. This is preceded by the late 1990s. It is part of the early 2000s and is followed by the late 2000s. Connections to the future have not yet been established.

Links to other sites: Not yet available

Sociology including social structure and change are closely connected. Communities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, and New York City can be connected. Peoples of the world including Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be connected. Nations including the United States, China, India, and Indonesia can be connected.

Institutions including families, education, economics, government, and religion can be connected. Culture including material culture, conceptual culture, and behavioral culture can be connected. This will be connected to anthropology, personal studies and science as the site is developed.