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  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Mar, 2005
    Shaquille O'Neal

    O'Neal was given an honorary U.S. Deputy Marshal title

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Mar, 2005

    O'Neal maintained a high level of interest in the workings of police departments and became personally involved in law enforcement. O'Neal went through the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Reserve Academy and became a reserve officer with the Los Angeles Port Police. On March 2, 2005, O'Neal was given an honorary U.S. Deputy Marshal title and named the spokesman for the Safe Surfin' Foundation; he served an honorary role on the task force of the same name, which tracks down sexual predators who target children on the Internet.




  • Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
    Sunday Mar 6, 2005
    Diego Maradona

    Gastric bypass surgery

    Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
    Sunday Mar 6, 2005

    Maradona had a tendency to put on weight and suffered increasingly from obesity, at one point weighing 280 lb (130 kg). He was obese from the end of his playing career until undergoing gastric bypass surgery in a clinic in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 6 March 2005.




  • Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
    Tuesday Mar 8, 2005
    Second Chechen War

    Maskhadov was killed in an operation by Russian security forces

    Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
    Tuesday Mar 8, 2005

    On 8 March 2005, Maskhadov was killed in an operation by Russian security forces in the Chechen community of Tolstoy-Yurt, northeast of Grozny.




  • Russia
    Thursday Mar 10, 2005
    Garry Kasparov

    Retirement

    Russia
    Thursday Mar 10, 2005

    After winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, Kasparov announced on 10 March 2005 that he would retire from serious competitive chess.




  • Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 20, 2005
    LeBron James

    Cleveland's new single game

    Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 20, 2005

    On March 20, James scored 56 points against the Toronto Raptors, setting Cleveland's new single-game points record.




  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Mar, 2005
    Shaquille O'Neal

    O'Neal was given an honorary U.S. Deputy Marshal title

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Mar, 2005

    O'Neal maintained a high level of interest in the workings of police departments and became personally involved in law enforcement. O'Neal went through the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Reserve Academy and became a reserve officer with the Los Angeles Port Police. On March 2, 2005, O'Neal was given an honorary U.S. Deputy Marshal title and named the spokesman for the Safe Surfin' Foundation; he served an honorary role on the task force of the same name, which tracks down sexual predators who target children on the Internet.




  • Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
    Sunday Mar 6, 2005
    Diego Maradona

    Gastric bypass surgery

    Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
    Sunday Mar 6, 2005

    Maradona had a tendency to put on weight and suffered increasingly from obesity, at one point weighing 280 lb (130 kg). He was obese from the end of his playing career until undergoing gastric bypass surgery in a clinic in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 6 March 2005.


  • Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
    Tuesday Mar 8, 2005
    Second Chechen War

    Maskhadov was killed in an operation by Russian security forces

    Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
    Tuesday Mar 8, 2005

    On 8 March 2005, Maskhadov was killed in an operation by Russian security forces in the Chechen community of Tolstoy-Yurt, northeast of Grozny.


  • Russia
    Thursday Mar 10, 2005
    Garry Kasparov

    Retirement

    Russia
    Thursday Mar 10, 2005

    After winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, Kasparov announced on 10 March 2005 that he would retire from serious competitive chess.


  • Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 20, 2005
    LeBron James

    Cleveland's new single game

    Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 20, 2005

    On March 20, James scored 56 points against the Toronto Raptors, setting Cleveland's new single-game points record.


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