Not a good day for Jews

Israel & surrounding countries

August 15, 2005, on the Jewish calendar was the 9th of Av, an infamous day in Jewish History. Bad things happened on this day throughout the history of the Jews, like, for instance, the destruction of the first and second temple. See A Day Like Any Other? and the Jews' darkest day for more details. Most recently, of course, is the forced evacuation of the Gaza Strip which occurred on this same fateful day. Cohinkydink? God only knows.