Timeline June 2005

Events in June 2005 10

• 1931 – 2005 Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) Died 6 June 2005, aged 73 Anne Bancroft, the Academy Award-winning actress best known for her role as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate", died on 6 June 2005. She won the Oscar for Best Actress for "The Miracle Worker" in 1962 and had a career spanning stage, film and television. Bancroft was married to filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks.
• 2005 EU constitution rejected in referendums French and Dutch voters reject the proposed EU constitution Voters in France rejected the proposed European Union constitutional treaty in a referendum on 29 May 2005, followed by Dutch voters on 1 June 2005. The back-to-back rejections derailed the ratification process and plunged the EU into a period of institutional uncertainty. Elements of the treaty were later revived in the Lisbon Treaty of 2007.
• 2005 Apple switches to Intel — Mac goes x86 Steve Jobs announces at WWDC 2005 that Apple will switch the Macintosh from IBM/Motorola PowerPC processors to Intel's x86 processors — completing the transition in just 12 months (announced June 2005, completed August 2006). The Apple-Intel partnership is a landmark: it means every major personal computer — Mac, PC, laptop, desktop — now runs on x86 architecture. Intel gains Apple's premium market and the reputational benefit of powering the most admired personal computers in the world.
• 2005 British & Irish Lions series masterclass A career-defining series In the 2005 series against the touring British & Irish Lions, Carter delivered one of the greatest individual performances in rugby history in the second Test at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, scoring 33 points including two tries. The All Blacks swept the series 3-0, and Carter was named Man of the Series, announcing himself as the best fly-half in the world.
• 2005 French Open 2005 Men: Rafael Nadal · Women: Justine Henin Rafael Nadal won his first Roland Garros, beginning the most dominant single-tournament dynasty in tennis history.
• 2005 The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre opens Great Missenden Around 50,000 foreign visitors a year travel to the village where he wrote.
• 2005 Foo Fighters release In Your Honor Double album One rock disc, one acoustic.
• 2005 Batman Begins Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy begins Directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale. A gritty, realistic origin story of Bruce Wayne's transformation into Batman.
• 2005 Reddit founded Social news and discussion site launches Reddit, a social news aggregation and discussion website, was founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian and launched on 23 June 2005. It grew from a small link-sharing site into one of the most visited websites in the world, organized around user-created communities. The platform later became a major hub for online discussion and internet culture.
• 2005 Princess Alexia born Second daughter of Willem-Alexander and Máxima Princess Alexia was born in The Hague.