Timeline September 2005

Events in September 2005 10

• 1908 – 2005 Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005) Died 20 September 2005, aged 96 Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who devoted his life to tracking down Nazi war criminals, died on 20 September 2005. He helped bring more than a thousand perpetrators to justice through the documentation centre he founded in Vienna. Wiesenthal survived several concentration camps during the Second World War.
• 1914 – 2005 Robert Wise (1914-2005) Died 14 September 2005, aged 91 Robert Wise, the film director and editor behind "West Side Story", "The Sound of Music" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still", died on 14 September 2005. He won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture twice, for "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music". Wise began his career as an editor, cutting "Citizen Kane" in 1941.
• 1924 – 2005 William Rehnquist (1924-2005) Died 3 September 2005, aged 80 William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died on 3 September 2005 while still serving on the bench, having led the court since 1986. He presided over the 2000 Bush v. Gore case and the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Rehnquist had served on the Supreme Court since being appointed an associate justice in 1972.
• 2005 England regains the Ashes England beats Australia in cricket's Ashes series for first time in 18 years England defeated Australia in the 2005 Ashes cricket series, regaining the urn for the first time since 1987 after a closely fought contest that ran from July to September. The series, decided by a draw in the final test at The Oval, was widely regarded as one of the greatest in Ashes history. It renewed enormous public interest in cricket in England.
• 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza Israel withdraws settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip Israel evacuated all of its settlers and military forces from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements between August and September 2005, ending a 38-year occupation of the territory. The unilateral withdrawal, ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was completed on 12 September 2005. It remained one of the most significant shifts in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of the decade.
• 2005 Fats Domino rescued after Hurricane Katrina Lower Ninth Ward Missing for days, he is rescued from his flooded home by helicopter.
• 2005 A Bigger Bang Twenty-second album — September 6, 2005 A Bigger Bang was released on September 6, 2005, their first studio album in eight years. Stripped back to a guitar-based sound, it reached number 2 in the UK. The supporting tour became the highest-grossing concert tour in history at the time.
• 2005 Hurricane Rita Major hurricane strikes the Texas-Louisiana coast Hurricane Rita formed on 18 September 2005 and struck the Texas-Louisiana border on 24 September as a major hurricane, prompting one of the largest evacuations in US history. It came weeks after Hurricane Katrina had devastated the same region, compounding recovery efforts. Rita caused billions of dollars in damage and dozens of deaths.
• 2005 Fernando Alonso wins first Formula One title Spanish driver becomes youngest world champion at the time Fernando Alonso clinched the 2005 Formula One World Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix on 25 September 2005, becoming, at 24, the youngest world champion in the sport's history at that point. Driving for Renault, he ended a run of five consecutive titles for Michael Schumacher. Alonso went on to win a second consecutive title in 2006.
• 2005 – 2006 Cartoons Crisis Jyllands-Posten Controversy International crisis sparked by the publication of drawings of Muhammad, raising debates on free speech.