The year of the Rooster 2017
The first outlook

The ambitious and passionate Rooster has taken over on January 28 and we can expect more from their top guns such as Australian Open winners Roger Federer and Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, Britney Spears, Nicole Ritchie, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton.

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The last Years of the Rooster
1993 and 2005

Most impressive during the last two years were the first free elections in Russia back in 1993.

Dragon

In 2005 Shakira did win an MTV Award and Rihanna became an international Superstar.

Before Al Pacino did score the "Best Actor Oscar" back in 1993.

Rabbit

Joese Mourinho could win the Premier League, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger became the new Pope in 2005 and in 1993 Whitney Houston had a giant hit with "I Will Always Love You".

Tiger

Rafael Nadal did win the 2005 French Open and Hilary Swank took an Oscar.

Ox

Manager Erich Ribbeck got fired at Bayern Munich and Monica Seles got stabbed at a tournament in Hamburg.

In 2005 the Saddam Hussein trial got started and in Thailand the end of Thaksin Shinawatra's political career had begun.

Rat

Manager Rafael Benítez did win the Champions League with FC Liverpool against Pig Carlo Ancelotti with Milan and Al Gore became the Vice President of the United States.

Pig

Kim Clijsters could win the 2005 US Open against Tigress Mary Pierce and in 1993 Emma Thompson did score the Best Actress Oscar before Pete Sampras took Wimbledon and the US Open.

Dog

Justin Gatlin did win the 100 meters World Championship, Justine Henin-Hardenne did win the French Open 2005 and in 1993 it was Sergi Bruguera who took it all at Roland Garos.

Mariah Carey sold 30 million copies of her 1993 album of the year.

Rooster

Fernando Alonso became the 2005 Formula 1 champion ahead of Goat Kimi Räikkönen and Monkey Michael Schumacher while Roger Federer took Wimbledon and the US Open. Also Serena Williams did win at Wimbledon.

Britney Spears received a Grammy for "Toxic" after Clint Eastwood could win 2 Oscars with Million Dollar Baby and also Cate Blanchett could score an Oscar for the best supporting role.

And already in 1993 Clint Eastwood was able to score a Best Director Oscar while Eric Clapton did receive 3 Grammy Awards.

Franz Beckenbauer became a Champion coach with Bayern Munich and Steffi Graf could win all 4 Grand Slams in her big year of the Rooster while Emmitt Smith won his first Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys.

Monkey

In 2005 Mahmud Ahmadinedschad took the lead in Iran and in Germany chancellor Gerhard Schroeder got replaced by Horse Angela Merkel.

In 1993 Michael Stich did win the Davis Cup alongside Dog Marc-Kevin Goellner and Shaggy became a top star with his "Oh Carolina" smash.

Goat

Jamie Foxx did receive the Best actor Oscar for his role as Ray Charles.

In 1993 Alain Prost could win his fourth Formula 1 championship and head coach Jimmy Johnson did score his first Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys.

Horse

In 2005 David Cameron took over the Tories in England and Angela Merkel became the new chancellor in Germany.

Ray Charles was the Star at the Grammy Awards with his album of the year and already 12 years before in 1993 he was awarded with a Grammy.

Gene Hackman did score an Oscar and Barbra Streisand a Grammy.

Quarterback legend Troy Aikman did win his first Super Bowl.

Snake

In 2005 Marek Mintál became the top striker in the German Bundesliga and Bayern Munich became champion under manager Felix Magath.

Outlook 2017 / 2018