May 20, 2005

May 20, 2005

May 20 2005 (Friday)

* ' reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with $50 million on 9,400 screens at 3,661 theaters worldwide, edging out "Spider-Man 2s top opening day record of $40.4 million and "Shrek 2's" top single day record of $44.8 million. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B91170A59-4D1D-4D38-BBC1-CCA49B9F85D7%7D&siteid=google (marketwatch)] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050520/ap_en_mo/film_star_wars_box_office (AP via Yahoo! News)] (Link dead as of 02:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC)), [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1824 (boxofficemojo.com)]
* Daytime Emmys are awarded, and three records are broken. "General Hospital" wins Best Drama for a record eighth time, Erika Slezak of "One Life to Live" wins her sixth Daytime Emmy for Best Actress, and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" wins five Daytime Emmys, including Best Talk Show Host, and Best Talk Show. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/21/AR2005052100750.html (Washington Post)] (Link dead as of 02:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
* Reports say that five corpses are found and 200 men are safe in a high mountain encampment in the Andes after a Chilean Army instruction raid got hit by a severe storm. 47 recruits are missing and temperatures drop to -15ºC (5ºF) in the area. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20573494.htm (Reuters)] (Link dead as of 02:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
* The town of Etoumbi in the Republic of the Congo is put under quarantine after an Ebola outbreak kills nine people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4565123.stm (BBC)]
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli troops kill one Palestinian militant as three to four Hamas, Popular Resistance Committees, and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militants fire mortar shells and anti-tank missiles on Israelis living in the Kfar Darom settlement in the Gaza Strip. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/578321.html (Haaretz)] (Link dead as of 02:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC)), [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4565053.stm (BBC)]
* 2005 Pacific hurricane season: Two people die as Hurricane Adrian makes landfall near San Salvador, El Salvador. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7896963/ (MSNBC)]
* In Togo, talks to resolve a crisis after last month's disputed presidential election end without agreement. Refugees continue to arrive in Benin. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4564783.stm (BBC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/01da1064e86c867518ee3bf74a8803ee.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] (Link dead as of 02:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
* After six years, the last United Nations peacekeepers have left East Timor. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aoYsUdrelwHU&refer=asia (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4563359.stm (BBC)]
* Elections in Papua New Guinea: Bougainville in Papua New Guinea begins the first elections of its autonomous government. [http://www.thenational.com.pg/0520/editorial1.htm (National, Papua New Guinea)] [http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1372884.htm (Radio Australia)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4560265.stm (BBC)]
* Australian pop star Kylie Minogue is released from the hospital after surgery to treat breast cancer. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Kylies-cancer-removed/2005/05/21/1116533575754.html (The Age)]
* The Beach Boys Historic Landmark was dedicated in Hawthorne, California in a ceremony where former Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and David Marks were in attendance.


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