For some reason this is one of the top results when you google image search "2005"Welcome back to another edition of shit that happened during Bonus Time. Another repost from our ridiculously popular facebook fan page. And even though it hasn't been updated in months, you should still check it out. But I digress, here's 2005's Bonus Worthy shit:
2005
The Year of Discovery
January 20 – Ireland completes metrication.
February 15 – The Internet site YouTube goes online.
March 3 – Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
April 6 – The first 13th root calculation of a 200-digit number is computed by Frenchman Alexis Lemaire.
June 17 – Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares are traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. (1.92 billion shares for the day).
July 2 – Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
August 12 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched.
November 13 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.
December 31 – Another second is added, 23:59:60, called a leap second, to end the year 2005.
The Year of Discovery
January 20 – Ireland completes metrication.
February 15 – The Internet site YouTube goes online.
March 3 – Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
April 6 – The first 13th root calculation of a 200-digit number is computed by Frenchman Alexis Lemaire.
June 17 – Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares are traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. (1.92 billion shares for the day).
July 2 – Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
August 12 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched.
November 13 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.
December 31 – Another second is added, 23:59:60, called a leap second, to end the year 2005.
The December one is really the coolest. I mean that's Bonus Time right there, how can you even argue that?
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