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2005 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of ...
2005 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike for three days, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services. Angela Johnson becomes the first woman in 50 years to be sentenced to death by the United States federal government .
The second inauguration of George W. Bush as president of the United States took place on Thursday, January 20, 2005, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 55th inauguration and marked the beginning of the second and final term of George W. Bush as president and Dick Cheney as vice president . [ 1 ]
House of Representatives member pin for the 109th U.S. Congress. The 109th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2007, during the fifth and sixth years of George W. Bush's presidency.
The Texas City refinery explosion occurred on March 23, 2005, when a flammable hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization process unit of the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery.
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active season on record, with 28 named storms in the Atlantic, including an unnamed subtropical storm, as well as Zeta, which developed in December and continued into early January 2006. [11]
In 2005, Katrina became one of the costliest and deadliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. in recorded history. It claimed 1,833 lives and caused damage totaling about $108 billion, as measured in 2005 ...
2005 in the United States by state or territory (56 C) 2005 disestablishments in the United States (47 C, 12 P) 2005 establishments in the United States (58 C, 131 P)