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*<!-- April 1 --> The [[United Nations|UN]]-backed '''[[Millennium Ecosystem Assessment]]''' releases a landmark study suggesting that [[Earth|planetary]] [[ecosystem]] changes are worsening. |
*<!-- April 1 --> The [[United Nations|UN]]-backed '''[[Millennium Ecosystem Assessment]]''' releases a landmark study suggesting that [[Earth|planetary]] [[ecosystem]] changes are worsening. |
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*<!--March 31 --> '''[[Pope John Paul II]]''' receives the [[Anointing of the Sick]] before suffering heart failure. According to the Vatican, he is conscious, but his condition is very serious. |
*<!--March 31 --> '''[[Pope John Paul II]]''' receives the [[Anointing of the Sick]] before suffering heart failure. According to the Vatican, he is conscious, but his condition is very serious. |
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*<!--March 31 --> '''[[Terri Schiavo]]''' dies of [[dehydration]], thirteen days after her [[feeding tube]] was removed, ending extended legal conflict over her [[life support]]. |
*<!--March 31 --> '''[[Terri Schiavo]]''' dies of [[dehydration]], thirteen days after her [[feeding tube]] was removed, ending extended legal conflict over her [[life support]]. |
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*<!--April Fools--> The [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] initiates a hostile '''[[2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia|transclusion of the Wikimædia Foundation]]'''. |
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*'''''[[MGM Studios v. Grokster]]''''', an important [[lawsuit]] regarding the future of [[peer-to-peer]] [[file sharing]], is heard before the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]].--> |
*'''''[[MGM Studios v. Grokster]]''''', an important [[lawsuit]] regarding the future of [[peer-to-peer]] [[file sharing]], is heard before the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]].--> |
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Revision as of 11:21, 1 April 2005
- The UN-backed Millennium Ecosystem Assessment releases a landmark study suggesting that planetary ecosystem changes are worsening.
- Pope John Paul II receives the Anointing of the Sick before suffering heart failure. According to the Vatican, he is conscious, but his condition is very serious.
- Terri Schiavo dies of dehydration, thirteen days after her feeding tube was removed, ending extended legal conflict over her life support.
- Prince Albert, Marquis of Baux, son of the ailing Prince Rainier III of Monaco, takes over the regency of the principality.
- The Encyclopædia Britannica initiates a hostile transclusion of the Wikimædia Foundation.