The January 22, 2005 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 21 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 21 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, January 22, 2026, 165 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, January 22, 2027, in 199 days. You have lived for 7,835 days, or about 188,040 hours, or about 11,282,431 minutes, or about 676,945,860 seconds.
Date: 23 January 2005
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich column on near absence of network news coverage of Abu Ghraib prison scandal trial of Specialist Charles A Graner Jr; questions whether Americans want to know truth about US role in incidents of torture; photos (M)
Date: 23 January 2005
By Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent, in Public Editor column, comments on Jacques Steinberg and Tom Torok Jan 10 article revealing how newspaper subscriptions paid for by advertisers are delivered to readers who have not asked for them; concludes that article was fair and accurate, but could have been more candid about New York Times's own practices; Okrent also discusses how numbers are misapplied and ill-explained in many Times articles (M)
Date: 23 January 2005
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire On Language column on Latin phrase 'annus horribilis,' used by Queen Elizabeth II to describe bad year for Royal Family and used more recently by other world figures; also notes Colin Powell's use of 'Rolodex ranger' to deride media source (M)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nanometrics agrees to merger with August Technology Corp through stock swap; new company will be called August Nanometrics (S)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WestPoint Stevens, bankrupt maker of Martha Stewart and Disney Home sheets and towels, files plan to exit bankruptcy and says it would sell its assets if creditors oppose plan (S)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TXU Corp agrees to pay $150 million and replace two directors to settle shareholder lawsuits filed after company's shares plunged and dividends were cut sharply more than two years ago (S)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Buckeye Partners, petroleum transporter, agrees to buy fuel pipelines and terminals from Exxon Mobil Corp for $180 million; pipelines deliver fuel from Valero Energy Corp refinery in Paulsboro, NJ, to destinations in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania (S)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tommy Hilfiger Corp is closing its young men's jeans division and cutting 200 jobs across its wholesale business amid slumping sales (S)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bertelsmann appoints Thomas Rabe chief financial officer, effective Jan 1, 2006; Rabe, chief financial officer at Bertelsmann's RTL Group broadcasting unit, will suceed Siegfried Luther, who will retire at end of year (S)
Date: 22 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ThyssenKrupp, German steel maker, says pretax profit in year through Sept will probably exceed 2004 record of 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion); graph (S)