March 2005 - March 25 2005

March 25 2005

  • Several Imax cinemas in the USA (in Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas) have chosen not to show the film "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" in light of its reference to the theory of evolution. (BBC)
  • Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan:
    • Kyrgyz opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev is named interim President of Kyrgyzstan, while ousted President Askar Akayev remains defiant. (Reuters) (Link dead as of 21:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
    • Looters ransack the capital city of Bishkek following the protests.
  • Doctors at a Monaco hospital call the condition of Prince Rainier III "worrying" and are unsure if he will recover from heart and renal failure. He remains on a ventilator. (Yahoo! News) (Link dead as of 21:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
  • United Kingdom, becomes the first country to officially recognize darts as a sport.
  • Good Friday was celebrated all over the world. Processions with statues representing the Passion of Christ (Way of the Cross) were held all over Malta. . In Mexico City 19 year old Osvaldo Gordon was starved, whipped, fainted, crucified with nails through hands, in 162nd such reenactment. (El Universal)

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