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2005 |
Good Guys
Electronics closes
it doors |
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2005 |
A massive
7.6-magnitude
earthquake
devastated the
mountainous Kashmir
border region
between India and
Pakistan on October
8, killing an
estimated 80,000
people, injuring
70,000 more and
leaving more than 3
million homeless and
without food and
basic supplies. |
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2005 |
Catholics around the
world mourned the
loss of Pope John
Paul II, who died on
April 2 after a bout
with the flu. |
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2005 |
One of the biggest
mysteries in
American history was
solved on May 31
when the family of
former assistant FBI
director W. Mark
Felt announced that
Felt was "Deep
Throat," the secret
source who helped
unravel the
Watergate scandal. |
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2005 |
Legendary American
cyclist Lance
Armstrong won a
record-setting
seventh consecutive
Tour de France on
July 24 and retired
from the sport. |
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2005 |
Hurricane Katrina
slammed into the
Gulf Coast on August
29, causing massive
damage to New
Orleans and along
the coasts of
Mississippi and
Alabama, as well as
other parts of
Louisiana. |
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