Promotion Guide Emily Bott

Events in 2005 and 15-2

Events in US in the birth year of Emily Bott

• George W. Bush is officially sworn in for his second term as president (Jan. 20).
• In his State of the Union address, President Bush announces his plan to reform Social Security (Feb. 2). Despite months of campaigning, his plan receives only a lukewarm reception.
• The Terry Schiavo case becomes the focus of an emotionally charged battle in Congress (March 20).
• Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announces her retirement (July 1).
• President Bush signs the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which will remove trade barriers between the U.S. and Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Aug. 2).
• Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless. Americans are shaken not simply by the magnitude of the disaster but by how ill-prepared all levels of government are in its aftermath. (Aug. 25-30). See also Hurricane Katrina Timeline.
• Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, dies (Sept. 3).
• John Roberts becomes 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Sept 22).
• Another major hurricane, Rita, ravages the Gulf coast (Sept. 23).
• House majority leader Tom Delay is accused of conspiring to violate Texas's election laws. He steps aside from his House leadership position (Sept. 28).
• Number of deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches 2,000 (Oct. 25).
• President Bush selects Harriet Miers, White House counsel, to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Oct 3). Miers withdraws her nomination after strong criticism from the president's conservative base (Oct. 27).
• A federal grand jury indicts I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, with obstruction of justice and perjury in connection with a White House leak investigation. (Oct. 28).
• President Bush nominates conservative judge Samuel Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court (Oct. 31).
• California Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigns after pleading guilty to taking at least $2.4 million in bribes (Nov. 28).
• The Sept. 11 Public Discourse Project reports that the country is still "alarmingly vulnerable to terrorist strikes." (Dec. 5).
• The press reveals that in 2002, Bush signed a presidential order to allow the National Security Agency to spy on Americans suspected of being connected to terrorist activity without warrants. (Dec. 15).
• See also People in the News, 2005 and 2005 News Quizzes.

Birthday Emily Bott (15-2) in history

• Day 15-2 year 1764: The St. Louis was established. But at that time, it was just a French fur trading station.
• Day 15-2 year 1879: President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
• Day 15-2 year 1898: USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.
• Day 15-2 year 1913: The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.
• Day 15-2 year 1933: Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami.
• Day 15-2 year 1965: The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.
• Day 15-2 year 1989: More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.
• Day 15-2 year 2002: Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.
• Day 15-2 year 2003: Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq.
• Day 15-2 year 2012: A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.