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  • Texas, U.S.
    Jun, 2005
    George W. Bush

    Texas Air National Guard Service

    Texas, U.S.
    Jun, 2005

    In June 2005, the United States Department of Defense released all the records of Bush's Texas Air National Guard service, which remain in its official archives.




  • San José Del Guaviare, San José del Guaviare, Guaviare, Colombia
    Jun, 2005
    Colombian conflict

    A Boy Matching Emmanuel's Description

    San José Del Guaviare, San José del Guaviare, Guaviare, Colombia
    Jun, 2005

    Colombian authorities indicated that a boy matching Emmanuel's description had been taken to a hospital in San José del Guaviare in June 2005. The child was in poor condition; one of his arms was hurt, he had severe malnutrition, and he had diseases that are commonly suffered in the jungle. Having been evidently mistreated, the boy was later sent to a foster home in Bogotá and DNA tests were announced in order to confirm his identity.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 1, 2005
    World Bank

    Paul Dundes Wolfowitz served as the President of the World Bank

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 1, 2005

    Paul Dundes Wolfowitz served as the 10th President of the World Bank.




  • U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 15, 2005
    DC Comics

    Batman Begins film was released

    U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 15, 2005

    In 2005, the critically lauded Batman Begins film was released; also, the company published several limited series establishing increasingly escalated conflicts among DC's heroes, with events climaxing in the Infinite Crisis limited series.




  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Thursday Jun 23, 2005
    Reddit

    Reddit was foundated

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Thursday Jun 23, 2005

    For this idea, Huffman and Ohanian were accepted in Y Combinator's first class. Supported by the funding from Y Combinator, Huffman coded the site in Common Lisp and together with Ohanian launched Reddit in June 2005.




  • Barcelona, Spain
    Friday Jun 24, 2005
    Lionel Messi

    First Contract

    Barcelona, Spain
    Friday Jun 24, 2005

    On 24 June 2005, his 18th birthday, Messi signed his first contract as a senior team player. It made him a Barcelona player until 2010, two years less than his previous contract, but his buyout clause increased to €150 million.




  • United States
    Jun, 2005
    Angelina Jolie

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    United States
    Jun, 2005

    In 2005, Jolie returned to major box office success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith, in which she starred opposite Brad Pitt as a bored married couple who find out that they are both secret assassins. With box office takings of $478.2 million worldwide, Mr. & Mrs. Smith was the seventh-highest grossing picture of the year and remained Jolie's highest-grossing live-action film for the next decade.


  • Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
    Wednesday Jun 29, 2005
    Ronaldinho

    Confederations Cup title

    Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
    Wednesday Jun 29, 2005

    Ronaldinho was the captain of Brazil and led his team to its second-ever Confederations Cup title in 2005.


  • Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 30, 2005
    Bank of America

    Bank of America announced it would purchase credit card giant MBNA

    Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 30, 2005

    On June 30, 2005, Bank of America announced it would purchase credit card giant MBNA for $35 billion in cash and stock. The Federal Reserve Board gave final approval to the merger on December 15, 2005, and the merger closed on January 1, 2006. The acquisition of MBNA provided Bank of America a leading domestic and foreign credit card issuer. The combined Bank of America Card Services organization, including the former MBNA, had more than 40 million U.S. accounts and nearly $140 billion in outstanding balances. Under Bank of America, the operation was renamed FIA Card Services.


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