When This Dropped

November 12, 2005

President
G. Bush
Dow Jones
10,686
Gas/gal
$2.30
Big Mac
$3.06
Min Wage
$5.15

That fall of 2005, gas ran $2.30 a gallon and Bush was in the White House — the United Nations Security Council was pressing Syria over its alleged role in the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a case that kept international attention fixed on the Middle East. On the pop charts, Kanye West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx sat at number one, while J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was the book in every store window and on every nightstand. The Chicago White Sox ended an 88-year championship drought by defeating the Houston Astros in the World Series, and in October, China launched its second crewed spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, marking another major step in the country's growing human spaceflight program.

On the cover

Magazine Covers — November 12, 2005

New York Times
Time
Rolling Stone
Nat. Geographic

NY Times Headlines — Week of November 12, 2005

Senate Republicans Pushing For A Plan On Ending The War In Iraq

Veto Threat As Senators Approve Pension Bill

Curbs On Insurance Formilitary Are Urged

World Events — November 2005

Time Person of the Year — 2005

George W. Bush
Person of the Year
George W. Bush

On the radio

Billboard Charts — November 12, 2005

Gold Digger
Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx
Hot 100 #1
"Gold Digger"
Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx
Miami Vice
Soundtrack
Billboard 200 #1
"Miami Vice"
Soundtrack

Grammy Awards

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2
Grammy Album of the Year
"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"
U2
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
U2
Grammy Song of the Year
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
U2
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Grammy Record of the Year
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Green Day
John Legend
Grammy Best New Artist
John Legend

On the bookshelf

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
NYT Fiction #1
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
J.K. Rowling
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
NYT Non-Fiction #1
"Freakonomics"
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Prize Fiction
"Gilead"
Marilynne Robinson
Europe Central
William T. Vollmann
National Book Award Fiction
"Europe Central"
William T. Vollmann
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
National Book Award Nonfiction
"The Year of Magical Thinking"
Joan Didion

On the television

Nielsen Top 10 — 2005–06 Season

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Nielsen #1 TV Show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Nielsen
Top 10
TV Shows
Nielsen Ratings
Top 10 TV Shows
2005–06 Season

Emmy Winners — 2005

24
Emmy Drama Series
24
The Office
Emmy Comedy Series
The Office
Kiefer Sutherland
24
Emmy Lead Actor
Kiefer Sutherland
24
Kyra Sedgwick
The Closer
Emmy Lead Actress
Kyra Sedgwick
The Closer

At the movies

Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 12, 2005

Chicken Little
Box Office #1
Chicken Little
Million Dollar Baby
Oscar Best Picture
Million Dollar Baby
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain
Oscar Best Director
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote
Oscar Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote
Reese Witherspoon
Walk the Line
Oscar Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon
Walk the Line

Ebert 4-Star Films — November 12, 2005

Batman Begins
4-Star Review
Batman Begins
Bee Season
4-Star Review
Bee Season
Brokeback Mountain
4-Star Review
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
4-Star Review
Broken Flowers
Capote
4-Star Review
Capote

On the field

Sports Champions — November 12, 2005

Super Bowl
New England Patriots
def. Philadelphia Eagles
World Series
Chicago White Sox
def. Houston Astros
NBA Champion
San Antonio Spurs
def. Detroit Pistons

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