What Was Happening In 2005?

Posted by Karen Erdelac on May 21, 2025

What Was Happening in 2005?2005 may seem like a distant memory, but the events of that year profoundly shaped the modern business landscape. Not only was 2005 the year that Quikstone Capital Solutions started with a simple yet powerful goal: to provide small business owners with flexible funding options, but it was also a year of cultural, technological, and economic growth. It marked the beginning of trends and events that have since shaped how businesses operate globally. Here are some key events that helped shape 2005.

Jan 2005

  • Major League Baseball adopts steroid-testing program that will suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.

  • The world’s largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled.

  • Former “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson dies.

Feb 2025

  • The New England Patriots won the third Super Bowl in four years.

  • The New York medical examiner stops trying to identify victims of the 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center, leaving more than 1,000 victims unidentified.

  • One of 2005’s standout moments was the launch of YouTube, a platform that would later transform content consumption.

Mar 2005

  • Dan Rather anchors his final “CBS Evening News.”

  • First lady Laura Bush visits Afghanistan, talks with women in Kabul, and urges greater rights.

  • Quikstone Capital starts business under its former name, Sterling Funding, and funds its first merchant, a local merchant in Tampa.

Apr 2005

  • Pope John Paul II dies.

  • Prince Charles marries his longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles, who takes the title Duchess of Cornwall.

  • Tiger Woods wins his fourth Masters.

May 2025

  • “Revenge of the Sith” opens by showing Anakin Skywalker’s transformation into evil Darth Vader, completing the “Star Wars” epic.

  • Country sweetheart Carrie Underwood wins “American Idol.”

  • Former USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned supercarrier of the US Navy, was deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. Largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.

Jun 2005

  • Federal Reserve raises key interest rates for the ninth time, noting rising energy prices.

  • "Batman Begins", directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Katie Holmes, goes on wide release.

  • The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurred in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.

Jul 2005

  • Karen Erdelac joins the staff at Quikstone Capital.

  • Millions of readers start “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the long-awaited sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series.

  • The Marvel superhero film The Fantastic Four, starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis, premieres today.

Aug 2005

  • Last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip, soon to be turned over to the Palestinian government.

  • Category 4 Katrina strikes Louisiana, and the first levee breaks in New Orleans.

  • The largest trade in NBA history is completed as five teams combine to swap 13 players. The deal brought Antoine Walker and Jason Williams to Miami and led to the Heat's first-ever championship that season.

Sep 2005

  • The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for August was 4.9 percent, a four-year low.

  • Steve Hall joins the staff at Quikstone Capital.

  • The Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place on every day of the season.

Oct 2005

  • Apple Computer introduces the iPod, which can play videos and television shows.

  • The 2005 deficit is $319 billion, dropping from the previous year but still the third highest.

  • The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win the first World Series since 1917.

Nov 2005

  • Ted Koppel airs final broadcast of ABC News’ “Nightline.”

  • 20th Century Fox releases "Walk the Line", starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, and directed by James Mangold; Witherspoon wins an Academy Award.

  • The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 killed 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.

Dec 2005

  • Quikstone funds over $3M since opening to merchants to help grow their businesses.

  • XCOR Aerospace made the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.

  • New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike over pension and wage increases, shutting down all subway and bus services for three days.

Since 2005, Quikstone Capital Solutions has been a trusted advisor to thousands of merchants. Quikstone provides these merchants with easy, fast, and flexible working capital for all their business needs. If you need cash for your business, contact us today. We have only one goal: to help your business succeed.

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