Tuesday November 01, 2005

Historical Events

• United States Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, along with his fellow Democrats, force a closed session to the Senate in protest of the Lewis Libby Indictment.
• The Prince of Wales, The Duchess Of Cornwall and their first overseas trip since their marriage arrive in the United States to make a state visit.
• Champion race horse Best Mate has a heart attack and succumbs to his injuries while racing before a live TV audience.
• Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, and his fellow Democrats demand a closed session because of misinformed intelligence that led the to the Iraq War.
• Two additional Pluto moons have been discovered.
• A UNSC resolution (S/RES/1636 (2006)) was adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations. It requests that Syria immediately and forcefully cooperate with the investigation into the assassination attempt on former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafik Hariri.
• In a disputed election, Zanzibar's Chama Cha Mapinduzi ruling party and President Amani Abid Karume were re-elected. Police clashed against opposition supporters, leaving nine dead.
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Two militants from Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip.
• At the next Olympic Games, a combined Olympic team will be fielded by South Korea and North Korea.
• Justice John Gomery released the first part of the Gomery Commission Report on corruption in Liberal Party of Canada as well as the sponsorship scandal. Gomery exonerates Paul Martin, but criticizes Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister of Canada and Alfonso Gagliano, his lieutenant in Quebec.
• The 2005 Paris riots continued for the fifth night. They were sparked by two deaths from electric shock in which two Muslim youths were injured. Following the incident in which police fired tear gas into a mosque, families of the victims resigned from a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, the French Minister for the Interior.
• Makybe Diva won the Melbourne Cup thoroughbred horse racing race for the third year in succession, becoming the first horse to do so. Tony Santic, her owner, announces her retirement from racing shortly after.
• U.S. prosecutors have admitted that Omar al-Faruq was among four people who escaped from Bagram, Afghanistan in July. All of them are still on the run.
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See also

What happened on November 01 in history? Find out the list of November 1st major events

What was 2005 famous for? Discover everything about 2005

Who died on November 01, 2005?

• Michael Piller

  American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005).

• Skitch Henderson

Other November 1st famous deaths

• Pier Paolo Pasolini

  Italian Poet / Author / director, murdered at 53.

• George Papandreou

  Greek sociologist and politician 182nd Prime Minister of Greece.

• Benita Hume

  Actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at 61.

• James Broderick

  American noted family, the son and first child of Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband, Mathew Broderick.

See all famous people who died on November 1st

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Scorpio

Scorpio personality

Who should a Scorpio marry?

Babies born in November are either Scorpio or Sagittarius. People born before November 21st are Scorpio, while people born from November 22nd have the sign of Sagittarius

Personality of November born

Chinese Zodiac

Rooster

The day of the week was Tuesday.

November 1st marks the 304th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2005.

There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

November 2005 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kanye West - Gold Digger
2. Chris Brown - Run It!
3. The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
4. Nickelback - Photograph
5. Young Jeezy - Soul Survivor

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
2. Madonna - Hung Up
3. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
4. Sugababes - Push The Button
5. The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Young Jeezy Featuring Akon - Soul Survivor
2. Chris Brown - Run It!
3. Twista Featuring Trey Songz - Girl Tonite
4. Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
5. Keyshia Cole - I Should Have Cheated

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Shakira Featuring Alejandro Sanz - La Tortura
2. Wisin & Yandel - Rakata
3. RBD - Solo Quedate En Silencio
4. Aventura Featuring Don Omar - Ella Y Yo
5. Baby Ranks, Daddy Yankee, Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin & Yandel & Hector - Mayor Que Yo

Bundesliga 2

• Dresden - Erzgebirge Aue : 1 - 4

Championship

• Brighton - Wolves : 1 - 1
• Burnley - Millwall : 2 - 1
• Crewe - Leeds : 1 - 0
• Norwich - Cardiff : 1 - 0
• Preston - Hull : 3 - 0

League 1

• Hartlepool - Gillingham : 3 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $56.09
• Apple AAPL: opens at $57.24
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $25.61
• General Electric GE: opens at $33.97
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $81.85

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 116.72 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.175 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2879 CHF
• 1 EUR = 140.29 JPY
• 1 EUR = 0.6807 GBP