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Rewind to 1 May 2005 to 7 May 2005: Fall Out Boy drops From Under the Cork Tree straight into our black emo hearts, Lionel Messi scores his first ever goal and The Bold and the Beautiful pulls the ultimate soap opera move — bringing back Taylor from the dead.
🎤 Fall out boys & mySpace feels.Fall Out Boy dropped From Under the Cork Tree and instantly soundtracked your emo awakening. Whether you were scribbling their lyrics in your notebook or choosing between three equally dramatic away messages, they had you covered. Bonus points if your MSN status or AIM away message said something like “Don’t IM me unless you understand me.”
⚽ Messi makes magic.17-year-old Lionel Messi netted his first league goal for Barcelona, assisted by Ronaldinho, no less. The chip. The swag. The beginning of GOATdom. He was barely out of his growth hormone treatments and already rewriting football history with a napkin-signed contract and a bottle of ketchup.
🚨 Douglas Wood's hostage ordeal In Iraq. Aussie engineer Douglas Wood was kidnapped by insurgents. A shocking video aired, the government refused to budge, and 47 days later, he was rescued. Then came the 60 Minutes exclusive, a national debate, and a diplomatic drama that lingered long after the cameras stopped rolling.
🎬 Don’t panic!The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy topped the box office, confusing normies and delighting nerds. Alan Rickman voiced a clinically depressed robot, Zooey Deschanel was peak 2005 quirky girl and the answer to life, the universe and everything was still 42. Respect the towel.
🎮 Forza revved upXbox. launched Forza Motorsport, a new racing sim that let you drift, tune and paint your way into car nerd glory. 231 real cars, fully customisable liveries and the Nürburgring in your living room. Gran Turismo had officially been put on notice.
📺 Logies, lies and live TV glitches.The 2005 Logies were the chaos we deserved. Rove won everything (again), Chris Hemsworth got his moment and Channel Nine lost the broadcast right before announcing the Gold Logie winner. Also, shout-out to the whitegoods prize pack from voting - nothing says Aussie TV like a blender with your ballot.
📼 Bold, beautiful and back from the dead.Hunter Tylo returned to The Bold and the Beautiful as Taylor, who had apparently been... kidnapped by a prince? Locked in a castle? It's soap logic. Viewers were split between "OMG she's back!" and "WTF did I just watch?"
🎶 Oh... that beat slaps.Ciara and Ludacris gave us Oh, the sultry Atlanta anthem that should've been Janet's but became a dancefloor staple anyway. Ciara’s slow-mo strut still lives rent-free in our TikTok muscle memory.
📖 True Believer, truly dull?Nicholas Sparks released True Believer, which critics described as duller than salt-free crackers and somehow less exciting than watching grass grow. Still, your mum probably bought it at the airport and cried on page 12.

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