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The year is 2005... Anakin turns to the dark side, YouTube makes its debut and we’re all couch-jumping for Maria, McDreamy and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo…
T minus 20, rewind to this week in history 20 years ago with Joe and Mel.
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How I Met Your Mother hits screens & INXS finds a frontman
Rewind to 18–24 September 2005🌪️ Rita raises hell Just three weeks after Katrina, Hurricane Rita stormed in as a Category 5 beast before slamming Texas and Louisiana as a Category 3. The real nightmare? The evacuation. ...
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Episode 35
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From pop princess to pop mama: Britney Spears gives birth
Rewind to 11–18 September 2005⚡ Lights out in LAMillions of Angelenos suddenly found themselves trapped in elevators, stuck at dead traffic lights, and clutching their Nokia flip phones as a worker’s “oopsie” cut the...
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Episode 34
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When Steve Jobs pulled an iPod Nano out of his jeans’ tiny pocket
Rewind to 4 September 2005 to 10 September 2005🌀 Katrina fallout The floodwaters were barely receding in New Orleans and already the finger-pointing had begun. FEMA was roasted for its snail-paced response, Bush...
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Episode 33
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Hurricane Katrina: Category 5 storm, category 10 fail
Rewind to 27 August – 3 September 2005 ⏪🌪️ Katrina’s wrath Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast with catastrophic force, flooding 80% of New Orleans when levees failed. What followed was a disaster of human error as muc...
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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Six Feet Under finale: the ending that still wrecks us (20 years on)
Rewind to 21–27 August 2005 🎙️💊 (not so) model behaviour. Michelle Leslie went from catwalks to courtrooms when Bali police “found” two little pills in her Gucci bag. What followed? A media circus of headscarves, bribe rum...
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Episode 31
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