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The 2005 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 45th in the National Football League (NFL), and Mike Tice's fourth and final season as head coach. The Vikings finished the season with a 9–7 record and missed the playoffs despite going 8–3 over the final 11 weeks.
The Battle of Islandbridge, also called the Battle of Áth Cliath, took place on 14 September 919, between a coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub, overking of the Northern Uí Néill and High King of Ireland, and the Dublin-based Vikings of the Uí Ímair, led by Sitric Cáech.
Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 Canadian-Icelandic fantasy adventure film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. It stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma. The screenplay was written by Andrew Rai Berzins.
Ragnars saga loðbrókar (two versions) - Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok a legendary Viking warrior and his sons. Sturlaugs saga starfsama - A prequel to Göngu-Hrólfs Saga. Sögubrot af fornkonungum - A remnant of a larger work dealing with the Swedish and Danish kings of old. Sörla saga sterka; Völsunga saga - The Scandinavian version of ...
February 5: . Ted Eshbaugh, American animator and film director (Goofy Goat, The Wizard of Oz, The Sunshine Makers), (d. 1969). [10] [11] [12]John Carradine, American actor (voice of Tyrone T. Tattersall in Shinbone Alley, The Tramp in The Mouse and His Child, The Wizard in Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Great Owl in The Secret of NIMH), (d.
Highest-grossing films of 2005 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith: 20th Century Fox: $380,270,577 2 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Disney: $291,710,957 3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Warner Bros. $290,013,036 4 War of the Worlds: Paramount: $234,271,354 ...
Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships.
The publication in 1835 of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, a collection of traditional myths and legends which is the folklore of the Karelian people (the Finnic Eastern Orthodox people who inhabit the Lake Ladoga-region of eastern Finland and present-day NW Russia), stirred the nationalism that later led to Finland's independence from ...