2005 35984 226010364 2008-07-16T12:47:10Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Modifying: [[pa:੨੦੦੫]] {{Unreferenced|date=March 2008}} {{Year nav|2005}} {{C21YearInTopic}} Year '''2005''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link displays full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. The year 2005 was designated: *The Year of the Volunteer by the [[Politics of the United Kingdom|UK government]] *The [[World Year of Physics 2005|World Year of Physics]] *The International [[Year of the Eucharist]] in [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]]. *The Year of [[Cork (city)|Cork]] City as [[European Capital of Culture]]. *The Year of the [[Veteran]] in [[Canada]]. *The Year of the Rooster (by the [[Chinese calendar]]). *The Year of Discovery ''Also see: [[Current events#Past events by month|Wikipedia's almanac]] of events for this year.'' ==Events of 2005== <!-- Please make sure all dates are linked even where repeated. This is required for date format preferences to work correctly. --> ===January=== * [[January 4]] - Gunmen assassinated the Governor of [[Baghdad Province|Baghdad]], [[Ali Al-Haidri]]<!--confirmed here-->. * [[January 6]] - The [[Graniteville train disaster]] kills 9 and injures 250 in [[Graniteville, South Carolina]]. * [[January 9]] - The same storm which pounded the U.S. earlier in the month hits [[England]], [[Scandinavia]] and the [[Baltic States]], leaving 13 dead with widespread flooding and power cuts. <!--confirmed here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/01/09/europe.storm--> * [[January 9]] - [[Palestinian election]]: [[Mahmoud Abbas]] is elected to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]] as [[Palestinian Authority]] President. {{Month3|1|5|0}} [[Image:Iraqi voters inked fingers.jpg|thumb|200px||[[Iraq]]i police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent [[Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005|double voting]].]] * [[January 12]] - [[Deep Impact (space mission)|Deep Impact]] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]] by a [[Delta 2]] rocket. * [[January 13]] - Armed militants enter [[Israel]] from Gaza and open fire near the border, killing six and wounding five. [[Hamas]] and [[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]] claim joint responsibility for the attack.[http://www1.idf.il/dover/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&id=7&docid=48258.EN] * [[January 14]] - The [[Huygens probe]] lands on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the largest moon of [[Saturn]]. * [[January 16]] - [[Adriana Iliescu]] gives birth at 66, becoming the oldest woman in the world to do so. * [[January 16]] - Armed militants kill one and wound eight in the [[Gush Katif]] settlement, [[Gaza Strip]]. Hamas claims responsibility.{{noMention}} * [[January 20]] - [[George W. Bush]] is inaugurated in [[Washington, D.C.]] for his second term as the 43rd [[President of the United States]]. * [[January 20]] - [[Ireland]] completes [[metrication]].<!--confirmed here--> * [[January 21]] - In [[Belmopan]], [[Belize]], unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into [[riot]]s. * [[January 25]] - A [[stampede]] at the [[Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi]]<!--confirmed here--> during a religious [[pilgrimage]] in [[India]] kills at least 215, mostly women and children. * [[January 26]] - [[Glendale train crash]]: Two trains derail, killing 11 and injuring 200, in [[Glendale, California]] near [[Los Angeles]]. * [[January 30]] - The [[Iraqi legislative election, January 2005|first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq]] since [[1958]] take place. * [[January 30]] - A [[Royal Air Force]] [[C-130 Hercules]] transport plane crashes in [[Iraq]], killing 10 British servicemen. [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi insurgents]] release a video claiming to have shot the aircraft down using a missile.{{noMention}} * [[January 31]] - The [[Michael Jackson]] trial commences in [[Santa Barbara, California]], 14 months after Jackson was arrested with much publicity. ===February=== {{Month3|2|1|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> [[Image:Major greenhouse gas trends.png|200px|right|thumb|The [[Kyoto Protocol]] is intended to cut [[Earth|global]] emissions of [[greenhouse gases]].]] * [[February 1]] - Sir [[Ian Blair]] is appointed [[Metropolitan Police Commissioner]] of [[London]]. * [[February 4]] - [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] became the 13th prime-minister of [[Ukraine]]. * [[February 6]] - [[Super Bowl XXXIX]]: The [[New England Patriots]] win their second consecutive [[Super Bowl]] title, defeating the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] 24-21. * [[February 8]] - [[Danish parliamentary election, 2005]]: The center-right coalition led by Prime Minister [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] and his [[Liberal Party (Denmark)|Liberal Party]] wins another term. * [[February 9]] - An [[ETA]] [[car bomb]] injures 31 people at a conference centre in [[Madrid]]. * [[February 10]] - [[North Korea]] announces that it possesses [[nuclear weapon]]s as a protection against the hostility it feels from the [[United States]]. * [[February 10]] - [[Saudi Arabia]] holds its first ever municipal elections, in which only male citizens are allowed to vote. * [[February 12]] - Fire devastates the [[Windsor Building]], a 32 story office block, in [[Madrid]]. * [[February 14]] - A massive suicide bomb blast in central [[Beirut]] kills the former [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] [[Rafik Hariri]] and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people are also hurt. * [[February 14]] - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. * [[February 14]] - 210 killed Sunjiawan coal mine exploded at [[Liaoning]], [[China]]. * [[February 15]] - Internet site [[Youtube]] goes online. * [[February 16]] - The [[Kyoto Protocol]] goes into effect, without the support of the [[United States]] and [[Australia]]. * [[February 16]] - The [[National Hockey League]] cancels its 2004-2005 season, becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute. * [[February 19]] - Suicide bombers kill more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark [[Ashura]], their holiest day. * [[February 20]] - Spain holds a referendum on the Constitution for Europe, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. * [[February 20]] - Early legislative elections in [[Portugal]] result in a landslide victory for [[José Sócrates]] and the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]]. * [[February 21]] - Blink 182 announces the band is on Indefinite hiatus. * [[February 22]] - More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured after entire villages are flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in the [[Zarand, Iran|Zarand]] region of [[Kerman]] province in southern [[Iran]]. * [[February 23]] - A controversial [[French law on colonialism]], requiring teachers to paint it in a positive light, is passed by the national legislature. * [[February 24]] - David Hernandez Arroyo goes on a [[Tyler courthouse shooting|shooting rampage]] at the [[Smith County]] Courthouse in [[Tyler, Texas]]. He kills two, including his ex-wife, and wounds four others before being killed in a police chase. * [[February 25]] - [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]] police apprehend the so-called BTK serial killer [[Dennis Rader]], 31 years after his first murder. * [[February 25]] - Terrorists kill 5 and wound 50 in [[Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv, Israel]]; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the attack. * [[February 26]] - Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarak]] asks Parliament to amend the [[Constitution of Egypt|constitution]] to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before [[September 2005]]. * [[February 27]] - The [[77th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Chris Rock]] are held at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]], with ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. ===March=== {{Month3|3|1|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> [[Image:Terri Schiavo protest.jpg|thumb|200px|Protesters in front of [[Terri Schiavo]]'s Pinellas Park, Florida hospice, [[March 27]], 2005.]] * [[March 1]] - The prosecution begins its testimony in the [[Michael Jackson]] trial. * [[March 1]] - ''[[Roper v. Simmons]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules the [[death penalty]] unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes before age 18. * [[March 3]] - The freighter ''[[M/V Karen Danielsen]]'' crashes into the [[Great Belt Bridge]] of [[Denmark]]. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two. * [[March 3]] - [[Millionaire]] [[Steve Fossett]] breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo [[flight]] around the world in the [[Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer]]. * [[March 3]] - Four [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] officers [[Mayerthorpe Incident|are gunned down]] in [[Mayerthorpe]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. It is deadliest day in Canadian [[police|law enforcement]] in over 100 years. * [[March 4]] - The car of released [[Italy|Italian]] hostage [[Giuliana Sgrena]] is fired on by U.S. soldiers in [[Iraq]], causing the death of one passenger and injuring two more. * [[March 4]] - The [[United Nations]] warns that about 90 million [[Africans]] could be infected with [[HIV]] in the future, without further action against the spread of the disease. * [[March 8]] - The [[Pakistan Army]] opens fire on insurgents in Baluchistan, in the first armed uprising since General [[Rahimuddin Khan]]'s [[stabilization]] of the [[province]] in [[1978]]. * [[March 10]] - [[Tung Chee Hwa]], the [[Chief Executive]] of [[Hong Kong]], resigns. * [[March 11]] - In the [[United Kingdom|UK]], the controversial [[Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005]] is given [[Royal Assent]] after one of the longest ever sittings by the [[House of Lords]]. * [[March 11]] - Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] Courthouse in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; the main suspect, [[Brian Nichols]], surrenders to police the next day. * [[March 11]] - [[Central African Republic elections, 2005]]: The first round leads to a runoff between top candidates [[Francois Bozize]] and [[Martin Ziguele]]. * [[March 14]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] ratifies an anti-[[secession]] law, aimed at preventing [[Taiwan]] from declaring independence. * [[March 14]] - Approximately one million people gather for an opposition rally in [[Beirut]], a month after the death of former Prime Minister [[Rafik Hariri]]. It is the largest rally in [[Lebanon]]'s history. * [[March 16]] - [[Ripudaman Singh Malik]] and [[Ajaib Singh Bagri]], accused of the bombing of [[Air India Flight 182]] in [[1985]], are found not guilty on all counts. * [[March 19]] - A suspected [[suicide bomber]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]] kills one and injures about 12 others. * [[March 19]] - A [[Time bomb (explosive)|time bomb]] explodes in a Muslim shrine in [[Quetta]], southwestern [[Pakistan]], killing at least 29 people and wounding 40. * [[March 19]] - A blast occurs at the Xishui [[Coal mining|coal mine]] in [[Shuozhou]], [[China]], and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59. * [[March 19]] - Wales beat Ireland 32 - 20 to win their first Grand Slam since 1978 in Rugby Union's Six Nations tournament. * [[March 20]] - At least 250 people in [[Japan]] are injured and at least one killed, when a magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of [[Kyūshū|Kyushu Island]], just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor. * [[March 21]] - Ten are killed in the [[Red Lake High School massacre]] in [[Minnesota]], the worst [[school shooting]] since the [[Columbine High School massacre]]. * [[March 23]] - The United States' [[11th Circuit Court of Appeals]] refuses 2-1 to order the reinsertion of [[Terri Schiavo]]'s [[feeding tube]]. * [[March 24]] - The [[Tulip Revolution]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]] reaches its climax with the overthrow of president [[Askar Akayev]]. * [[March 26]] - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million [[Taiwan]]ese to demonstrate in [[Taipei]], in opposition to the [[Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China]]. Between 200,000 and 300,000 attend the walk. * [[March 28]] - The [[2005 Sumatran earthquake]] strikes off [[Sumatra]], three months after the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. At a magnitude of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since [[1965]]. ===April=== {{Month3|4|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> [[Image:Pope Benedictus XVI january,20 2006 (20).JPG|thumb|200px|Pope Benedict XVI]] * [[April 2]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. * [[April 4]] - [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] defeats [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|Illinois]] 75-70 to win the [[2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship]] at the [[Edward Jones Dome]] in [[Saint Louis, Missouri]]. * [[April 6]] - The first [[13th root]] calculation of a 200-digit number is computed by Frenchman [[Alexis Lemaire]]. * [[April 6]] - [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] dies, succeeded by his son [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Albert II]]. * [[April 7]] - [[MG Rover]], the UK's sole remaining automotive mass-production facility, goes into receivership after a planned alliance with Chinese manufacturer, [[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation]], collapses. * [[April 7]] - A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing 2 foreign tourists and wounding 17 others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility. * [[April 8]] - A referendum is held in [[Curaçao]] on independence vs. integration with the [[Netherlands]]. * [[April 9]] - Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many of them supporters of [[Shia]] cleric [[Moqtada Sadr]], march through [[Baghdad]] denouncing the [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2006|U.S. occupation of Iraq]], 2 years after the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]], and rally in the square where his statue was toppled in [[2003]]. * [[April 9]] - The marriage of [[Prince Charles]] and [[Camilla Parker Bowles]] takes place, after being briefly postponed after the Pope's death. Camilla assumes the titles [[Her Royal Highness]] and The [[Duchess of Cornwall]]. * [[April 15]] - At least 21 people die and around 50 are injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central [[Paris]]. * [[April 15]] - Shanghai Automotive rules out any possibility of going back on its decision to pull out of a venture with [[MG Rover]]. This results in the largest independent British carmaker finishing production with the loss of more than 6,000 jobs at its huge [[Longbridge plant]] in [[Birmingham]]. * [[April 16]] - President [[Lucio Gutierrez]] of [[Ecuador]] declares a [[state of emergency]] in the capital city and dissolves the Supreme Court. * [[April 17]] - Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern [[Switzerland]] when a bus carrying 27 people plunges 656 feet into a ravine. * [[April 18]] - Five people die in ethnic clashes in [[Iran]]'s south-west [[Khuzestan]] province. * [[April 19]] - [[Papal conclave, 2005]]: [[Pope Benedict XVI]] ([[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Joseph Ratzinger]]) succeeds [[Pope John Paul II]], becoming the 265th [[pope]]. * [[April 20]] - Fifty six are hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and [[Kasuga, Fukuoka]] Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale. * [[April 20]] - President [[Lucio Gutiérrez]] of [[Ecuador]] is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests. * [[April 21]] - A bus crash in [[Vietnam]]'s [[Central Highlands]] kills 30 Vietnamese war veterans. * [[April 21]] - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of [[Mecca]] kills 2 militants and 2 members of the security forces. * [[April 23]] - [[Silvio Berlusconi]], prime minister of [[Italy]], re-forms the government after its dissolution 3 days earlier. * [[April 25]] - [[Amagasaki rail crash]]: A [[Train|passenger train]] derails in [[Amagasaki, Hyogo|Amagasaki]] [[Hyōgo Prefecture]], Japan, killing 107 people and injuring another 456. * [[April 26]] - Facing international pressure, [[Syria]] withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in [[Lebanon]], ending its 29 year military domination of that country. * [[April 26]] - [[2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China]] * [[April 27]] - The Superjumbo [[jet aircraft]] [[Airbus A380]] makes its first flight from [[Toulouse]]. * [[April 28]] - The $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas has its grand opening. * [[April 29]] - The hit TV Show [[JAG]], ended it's long run of 10 seasons. * [[April 30]] - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital [[Cairo]] leave 3 militants dead and at least 10 people injured. ===May=== {{Month3|5|6|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[May 1]] - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern [[Iraq]]i town of [[Talafar]], near [[Mosul]], killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 30 others. Earlier, at least 5 policemen and 4 civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad. * [[May 2]] - A blast at an illegal munitions store in northern [[Afghanistan]] kills 28 people and injures at least 13 others. * [[May 3]] - At least 32 people are killed and 9 others injured when 3 two-story buildings in the eastern [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Lahore]] collapse after [[gas cylinder]]s stored in one of them explode. * [[May 4]] - In one of the largest [[Insurgency|insurgent]] attacks in Iraq, at least 60 people are killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in [[Irbil]], northern Iraq. * [[May 5]] - [[United Kingdom general election, 2005]]: The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority. * [[May 7]] - A plane crash in Lockhart River, [[Australia]] kills 15 people. * [[May 10]] - A [[hand grenade]] ostensibly thrown by [[Vladimir Arutinian]] lands about 100 feet (30 m) from [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] while he is giving a speech to a crowd in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], but malfunctions and does not detonate. * [[May 12]] - An [[election]] is held in the [[Cayman Islands]] 7 months later than originally scheduled due to [[Hurricane Ivan]]. It results in a change of government, with the [[United Democratic Party]] giving 4 seats to the then-opposition [[People's Progressive Movement]] in the 15 member [[Legislative Assembly]]. * [[May 13]] - [[Serial killer]] [[Michael Bruce Ross|Michael Ross]] becomes the first person executed in [[New England]] in 45 years. * [[May 13]] - [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] [[Military of Uzbekistan|troops]] kill up to 700 during [[May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan|protests in eastern Uzbekistan]] over the trials of 23 accused [[Islamism|Islamic extremists]]. President [[Islom Karimov]] defends the act. * [[May 13]] - The [[United States Department of Defense]] issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the [[Base Realignment and Closure]] process ([[Base Realignment and Closure, 2005|BRAC 2005]]). * [[May 15]] - A passenger [[ferry]] capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the [[Bura Gauranga River]] in [[Bangladesh]], leaving over 100 people missing. * [[May 16]] - [[George Galloway]] appears before a [[United States Senate]] committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi [[Oil-for-Food Programme]]. * [[May 17]] - [[Kuwait]]i women are granted the [[Suffrage|right to vote]]. * [[May 19]] - The [[Canadian House of Commons]] [[38th Canadian Parliament|members]] narrowly pass [[Canadian federal budget, 2005|two budget bills]] at a second reading, allowing the minority [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] government of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Martin]] to stay in power. * [[May 21]] - [[Elena Paparizou]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005]] for [[Greece]] with the song [[My Number One]], in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. * [[May 25]] - [[Liverpool F.C.]] wins the [[UEFA Champions League]] by defeating [[AC Milan]] 3-2 in a [[penalty shootout]] in [[Istanbul, Turkey|Istanbul]].KKM ,; G,../I. * [[May 25]] - The Acting [[Chief Executive]] of [[Hong Kong]], [[Donald Tsang]], resigns for participating in the Chief Executive Election last July. As a result, [[Henry Tang]] and [[Michael Suen]] become the Acting Chief Executive and Acting [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] respectively. * [[May 27]] - [[Mark Hobson]] is sentenced to life imprisonment for four murders committed in [[Yorkshire]] the previous summer. The trial judge recommends that Hobson, a 35-year-old former binman, should never be released from prison. * [[May 29]] - A [[French referendum on the European Constitution]] votes resoundingly to reject it. * [[May 31]] - [[W. Mark Felt]] is confirmed to be "[[Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat]]." ===June=== {{Month3|6|2|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[June 1]] - A [[Dutch referendum on the European Constitution]] votes to reject it, the second country to do so. * [[June 2]] - The construction of [[Northrop Grumman X-47B]], the world's first unmanned surveillance [[Ground attack aircraft|attack aircraft]] that can operate from both land bases and [[aircraft carrier]]s, begins. * [[June 5]] - [[Switzerland]] votes to join the [[Schengen treaty|Schengen]] area and to allow [[civil unions|same-sex partnerships]]. * [[June 6]] - [[Syria]]n [[Vice President]] [[Abdul Halim Khaddam]] resigns. * [[June 7]] - [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] is re-released. * [[June 9]] - [[2005 Logan Airport runway incursion]]: Almost 400 people narrowly avoid disaster when 2 jet airliners nearly collide on the runway. * [[June 13]] - [[2005 trial of Michael Jackson]]: Singer [[Michael Jackson]] is acquitted of all charges in his child molestation trial. * [[June 17]] - A 6.7 aftershock, which followed a 5.3 [[earthquake]] the previous day, hits [[California]], making it the 4th earthquake since [[June 12]] in [[California]]. * [[June 17]] - Because of "quadruple-witching" [[Option (finance)|option]]s and [[Futures contract|future]]s expiration, the [[New York Stock Exchange]] sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares are traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. (1.92 billion shares for the day). * [[June 19]] - Preliminarty election results in the [[Autonomous Community]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]] show that [[Manuel Fraga]] and the [[Partido Popular]] have lost control of the autonomous parliament. * [[June 21]] - A [[Volna]] booster [[rocket]] carrying the first [[light sail]] spacecraft (a joint [[Russia]]n-[[United States]] project) fails 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft. * [[June 28]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] conducts the [[International Fleet Review]] of 167 international warships in the [[Solent]], as part of the [[Trafalgar 200]] celebrations. * [[June 28]] - [[Malcolm Glazer]] [[Malcolm Glazer takeover of Manchester United|takes over]] ownership of [[Manchester United]]. * [[June 30]] - [[Spain]] joins [[Belgium]] and the Netherlands in permitting [[same-sex marriage]]. * [[June 30]] - The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement ([[CAFTA]]) is passed by the United States. ===July=== {{Month3|7|4|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> [[Image:122979main launch.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[July 26]]: [[Shuttle Discovery|Shuttle ''Discovery'']] STS-114 launch.]] * [[July 2]] - [[Live 8]], a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign. * [[July 4]] - [[NASA]]'s "Copper bullet" from [[Deep Impact (space mission)|Deep Impact]] spacecraft hits [[Comet Tempel 1]], creating a [[Impact crater|crater]] for scientific studies. * [[July 4]] - Violent anti-[[G8]] demonstrations occur in [[Gleneagles]], [[Scotland]]. * [[July 4]] - The [[Italy-USA Foundation]] is established in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. * [[July 6]] - The [[European Parliament]] rejects the [[Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions]] in its second reading in the [[codecision procedure]]. * [[July 6]] - The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] to [[London]]. * [[July 7]] - [[7 July 2005 London bombings|Four explosions]]--3 on the [[London Underground]] and 1 on a bus--rock the transport network in London, killing 56 and injuring over 700. * [[July 7]] - [[Al-Qaeda]] admits to killing [[Egypt]]'s Ambassador, [[Ihab al-Sherif]]. * [[July 10]] - A [[Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution]] votes to accept it. * [[July 10]] - [[Hurricane Dennis]] strikes near [[Navarre Beach, Florida]] as a Category 3 storm, killing 10 after having killed over 50 in the Caribbean. * [[July 12]] - Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 in a crowded mall in [[Netanya, Israel]]. [[Islamic Jihad]] claims responsibility for attack. * [[July 17]] - [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]] commemorates its [[Happiest Homecoming on Earth|fiftieth anniversary]]. * [[July 19]] - U.S. president [[George W. Bush]] nominates Appeals Court Judge [[John G. Roberts, Jr.]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]], following the retirement of [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]. * [[July 20]] - [[Canada]]'s [[Civil Marriage Act]], legalizing same-sex marriage, receives [[Royal Assent]]. * [[July 21]] - [[21 July 2005 London bombings|A terrorist attack on London]], similar to the July 7 attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 underground trains and a [[Buses in London|London bus]]. The bombs fail to explode properly, and only 1 injury is reported, later found to be unconnected. * [[July 22]] - A Brazilian electrician, [[Jean Charles de Menezes]], is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber. * [[July 23]] - A [[July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks|series of blasts]] hits a [[resort town]] in [[Egypt]]. * [[July 24]] - [[Lance Armstrong]] wins a record 7th straight [[Tour de France]] before his scheduled retirement. * [[July 25]] - The [[2004-2005 NHL lockout]] ends. * [[July 26]] - ''[[STS-114]]'': The Space Shuttle ''[[Discovery]]'' is launched on its "Return To Flight" mission. This is the first space shuttle flight in nearly 2 1/2 years since the breakup of [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] on its return from mission ''[[STS-107]]''. * [[July 26]] - [[Mumbai]] and the [[Mumbai Conurbation]] area is submerged in 5-7 ft. of water due to heavy rains, making nearby dams release water causing a massive flood, which virtually stops the financial capital of [[India]] for 4-5 days. * [[July 28]] - The [[Provisional IRA]] issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since [[1969]] and ordering all its units to dump their arms. ===August=== {{Month3|8|0|0}} [[Image:Navy flooded New Orleans 20050901 trim.jpg|thumb |200px|[[September 1|Sept. 1]]: Aerial view of later flooding near downtown [[New Orleans]], following the [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans|devastation of the city by Hurricane Katrina]].]] <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[August 1]] - King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia]] dies, succeeded by his half-brother [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia]]. * [[August 2]] - [[Air France Flight 358]] bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]; all aboard survive. * [[August 2]] - The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement ([[CAFTA]]) is signed into law in the [[United States]]. * [[August 6]] - An [[ATR-72]] heading from [[Italy]] to [[Tunisia]] crashes into the [[Mediterranean Sea]], killing 16 of 39 on board. * [[August 9]] - Space Shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' returns to [[Edwards Air Force Base]] at 0814 EDT, completing ''[[STS-114]]'', "Return to Flight." * [[August 10]] - A [[2005 Tallinn Sikorsky S-76 crash|passenger helicopter]] en route to [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] crashes into the sea near [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], killing 14. * [[August 12]] - The [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] is launched. * [[August 12]] - [[Ronald Venetiaan]] is sworn into office as [[President of Suriname]]. * [[August 14]] - [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] crashes into a mountain in [[Greece]], killing 121. * [[August 15]] - A peace treaty ends the [[Insurgency in Aceh]]. * [[August 16]] - [[West Caribbean Airways Flight 708]] crashes into a mountain in [[Venezuela]], killing 152 passengers. * [[August 16]] - The [[XX World Youth Day]] begins in [[Cologne, Germany]]. * [[August 17]] - The first forced [[evacuation (Israeli politics)|evacuation]] of [[settlers]], as part of the [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan]], starts. * [[August 17]] - [[Bangladesh]] is hit by bomb explosions. [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bangladesh_hit_by_several_bomb_explosions] * [[August 17]] - [[Sellapan Ramanathan]] gains victory in the [[Singapore Presidential elections, 2005]]. * [[August 18]] - [[BTK killer]] Dennis Rader receives 10 consecutive life sentences. * [[August 18]] - [[Peace Mission 2005]], the first joint [[China]]-[[Russia]] [[military exercise]], begins its 8-day training on the [[Shandong peninsula]]. * [[August 22]] - A {{kg to lb|4.1|precision=2}} [[meteorite]] crashes into the Dotito area of [[Zambezi Escarpment]] in [[Zimbabwe]], leaving a {{cm to in|15|precision=0}} [[Impact crater|crater]]. * [[August 23]] - [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan|Israel's unilateral disengagement]] from 25 [[Israeli settlement|Jewish settlements]] in the [[Gaza Strip]] and [[West Bank]] ends. * [[August 24]] - [[Hong Kong]] [[High Court (Hong Kong)|High Court]] Judge Michael Hartmann rules that [[sodomy law]]s are unconstitutional. * [[August 26]] - [[Jean Michel Jarre]]'s "Space of Freedom" concert is held in [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]], commemorating the 25th anniversary of the creation of [[Solidarność]] ("Solidarity" trade union). * [[August 29]] - At least 1,836 are killed, and [[Hurricane Katrina effects by region|severe damage]] is caused along the [[U.S. Gulf Coast]], as [[Hurricane Katrina]] strikes coastal areas from [[Louisiana]] to [[Alabama]], and travels up the [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi|entire state of Mississippi]] (flooding coast 31 feet/10 [[meter|m]]), affecting most of eastern North America. * [[August 31]] - A crowd crush on the [[Al-Aaimmah bridge]] in [[Baghdad]] kills several hundred civilians (see [[Baghdad bridge stampede]]). ===September=== {{Month3|9|3|0}} [[Image:Rita2k5 gas aftermath.jpg|thumb|200px|Gas price hike shown at a [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] station.]] [[Image:FellowshipChurch.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[September 24|Sept.24]]: [[Hurricane Rita]], at [[Beaumont, TX|Beaumont]] & [[Lake Charles, LA|Lake Charles]].]] <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[September 1]] - [[Oil price increases since 2003#Hurricane Katrina|Oil prices]] rise sharply following the [[economic effects of Hurricane Katrina]]. * [[September 2]] - Protesters and Israeli forces clash in [[Bil'in]]. * [[September 5]] - [[Mandala Airlines Flight 091]] 737 crashes in [[Indonesia]], killing at least 117. (See [[list of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by year#2005|airplane accidents in 2005]]). * [[September 5]] - [[John G. Roberts]] is nominated by President [[George Walker Bush|George W. Bush]] for Chief Justice of the United States, replacing [[William Rehnquist]], who had died two days previously. * [[September 7]] - [[Incumbent]] [[Rulers and heads of state of Egypt|Egyptian president]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] wins the first multi-party [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005|presidential 'election']]. * [[September 11]] - [[Japan general election, 2005]]: [[Japanese Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Junichiro Koizumi]] and the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] are returned to power. * [[September 12]] - The [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary election]] results in a victory for the red-green-coalition. The new prime-minister is Jens Stoltenberg from the Labour Party. * [[September 12]] - The [[Hong Kong Disneyland Resort]] officially opens publicly. * [[September 12]] - The [[English cricket team]] draw the final match to win [[The 2005 Ashes]]. * [[September 14]]-[[September 16]] - The largest [[UN]] [[2005 World Summit|World Summit]] in history is held in [[New York City]]. *[[September 16]] - [[Camorra]] boss [[Paolo Di Lauro]] is arrested in [[Naples]]. * [[September 17]] - [[Helen Clark]], leader of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]], is re-elected for a third term in the [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general election]]. * [[September 18]] - [[Angela Merkel]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] and [[Gerhard Schröder]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] both claim victory in the [[German federal election, 2005|German federal election]]. * [[September 18]] - [[Afghan parliamentary election, 2005|Afghan parliamentary election]]: Former [[Afghan Northern Alliance|Northern Alliance]] [[warlords]] and their followers claim victory. * [[September 19]] - [[North Korea]] agrees to stop building [[nuclear weapons]] in exchange for aid and cooperation. * [[September 20]] - The [[NFL]] sees the groundbreaking ceremony for two new stadiums, the [[Indianapolis Colts]]' [[Lucas Oil Stadium]] and the [[Dallas Cowboys]]' temporarily named [[Dallas Cowboys New Stadium]] * [[September 23]] - Convicted bank thief and [[Boricua Popular Army]] leader, [[Filiberto Ojeda Ríos]], is killed in his home in [[Hormigueros, Puerto Rico]] when members of the [[FBI]] attempt to serve an arrest warrant. * [[September 24]] - [[Hurricane Rita]] hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, devastating areas near [[Beaumont, TX]] and [[Lake Charles, LA]]. The [[Ninth Ward of New Orleans|New Orleans's 9th Ward]] re-floods since [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]], and [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]] are also affected. * [[September 24]] - Worldwide protests occur against the [[Iraq War]], with over 150,000 protestors in [[Washington DC]]. See [[Opposition to the Iraq War]]. * [[September 24]] - [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary election]]: Two center-right parties win the required majority of seats. * [[September 24]] - [[Australian Rules Football]] team the [[Sydney Swans]] win the [[2005]] Grand Final, to become the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] Premiers, defeating the [[West Coast Eagles]] at the [[MCG]] to end a 72 year Premiership drought. * [[September 26]] - U.S. Army Reservist [[Lynndie England]] is convicted by a [[military jury]] on 6 of 7 counts in connection with the [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]] scandal. * [[September 27]] - [[Michaëlle Jean]], born in [[Haiti]], becomes the 27th [[Governor General of Canada]], and the first [[Black Canadian|black]] person to hold that position. * [[September 28]] - American politician [[Tom DeLay]] is indicted on charges of [[Conspiracy (crime)|criminal conspiracy]] by a Texas grand jury. * [[September 29]] - [[John G. Roberts, Jr.]] is confirmed and sworn in as [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. * [[September 29]] - A [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] judge rules that [[Soham]] [[murderer]] [[Ian Huntley]] must spend at least 40 years in prison before being considered for parole; a ruling which effectively rules out his release until at least [[2042]] and the age of 68. * [[September 30]] - The [[Parliament of Catalonia]] passes, with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New [[Catalan Statute of Autonomy]], proclaiming in Article 1, "Catalonia is a nation". * [[September 30]] - [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|Controversial drawings of Muhammad]] are printed in the [[Denmark|Danish]] newspaper [[Jyllands-Posten]]. ===October=== {{Month3|10|5|0}} [[Image:Wilma1315z-051019-1kg12.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Visible image of [[Hurricane Wilma]] at record intensity with a central pressure of 882 [[millibars]].]] <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[October 1]] - The [[2005 Bali bombings]] kill 26 people and injure more than 100. * [[October 1]] - The world's largest bank, [[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group]], is formed by the merger of 2 [[Japan]]ese banking conglomerates. * [[October 1]] - An [[Australia]]n photojournalist in [[Afghanistan]], Stephen Dupont, films U.S. soldiers burning 2 dead [[Taliban]] militias' bodies with mixed reviews. * [[October 2]] - [[Ethan Allen boating accident|A shipwreck]] in [[Lake George, New York|Lake George]], [[New York|NY]] kills 20 people. * [[October 2]] - The first [[NFL]] game played out of the USA pitted the [[San Francisco 49ers]] against the [[Arizona Cardinals]] at [[Estadio Azteca]] in [[Mexico City, Mexico]]. The Cardinals won by a score of 31-14 * [[October 3]] - [[St. Tammany Parish]] Schools reopen in [[Louisiana]], just over a month after [[Hurricane Katrina]] closed them. * [[October 3]] - U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] nominates [[Harriet Miers]] for the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. * [[October 4]] - [[Hurricane Stan]] hits [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]], killing over 1,620 people. * [[October 5]] - [[Flight Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Kendall-Smith]] is charged with refusing to serve in the [[Iraq]] war. * [[October 7]] - [[UN]] [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear]] agency director [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] is awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. * [[October 8]] - The [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]] kills about 80,000 people. * [[October 9]] - [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential election]]: the 1st round results in a runoff between top candidates [[Donald Tusk]] and [[Lech Kaczyński]]. * [[October 12]] - The second [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[spacecraft]], ''[[Shenzhou 6]]'', is launched, carrying [[Fei Junlong]] and [[Nie Haisheng]] for 5 days in orbit. * [[October 13]] - [[Veselin Topalov]] wins the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2005]]. * [[October 15]] - The [[Iraqi constitution ratification vote, 2005|referendum]] on the new [[Proposed Iraqi constitution]] is held. * [[October 15]] - A riot occurs in [[Toledo, Ohio]] during a Neo-Nazi rally on racial issues; 114 are arrested. * [[October 15]] - The [[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]] is completed. * [[October 16]] - [[United States|U.S.]] [[helicopter]]s and warplanes [[bomb]] 2 [[villages]] near [[Ramadi]] in western [[Iraq]], killing about 70 people. * [[October 17]] - [[Jens Stoltenberg]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Norway]] for the second time. * [[October 18]] - The [[UN]] tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and [[sexual abuse]]. * [[October 19]] - The [[Trials of Saddam Hussein]] begin. * [[October 19]] - [[Hurricane Wilma]] swells into a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm. * [[October 19]] - The [[Houston Astros]] win their first [[National League]] Championship to advance to their first-ever [[World Series]] in franchise history. * [[October 20]] - [[Hurricane Wilma]] enters the Mexican Caribbean, passing through [[Cozumel]] and then the [[Yucatán Peninsula]], staying over [[Cancún]] for over 60 hours. * [[October 21]] - The 200th Anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] is observed, with celebrations held around the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[October 22]] - [[Symphonic power metal]] band [[Nightwish]] fires former vocalist [[Tarja Turunen]] through an [[open letter]]. * [[October 22]] - [[Tropical Storm Alpha]] forms, making the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] the most active on record. * [[October 22]] - [[Bellview Airlines Flight 210]], a [[Boeing 737]] airliner, crashes in [[Nigeria]]. * [[October 23]] - [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential election]], 2nd round: [[Lech Kaczyński]] is elected. * [[October 23]] - A referendum is held on the merger of [[Kamchatka Oblast]] and [[Koryak Autonomous Okrug]]. * [[October 23]] - [[Brazil]] holds a referendum about a ban on the sale of firearms and ammunition. * [[October 24]] - [[Hurricane Wilma]] makes landfall in southwestern Florida as a category 3 [[hurricane]]. * [[October 26]] - [[Iran]]ian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] calls for [[Israel]] to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in [[Tehran]], Iran, and condemns the peace process. * [[October 26]] - The U.S. death toll in [[Iraq]] reaches 2,000. * [[October 26]] - The [[Chicago White Sox]] beat the [[Houston Astros]] in 4 games to win their first World Series since 1917. * [[October 27]] - [[Harriet Miers]] withdraws her name from consideration for the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. * [[October 27]] - Two [[teenager]]s accidentally electrocute themselves in [[Seine-Saint-Denis]], [[Paris]], [[France]], leading to [[2005 Paris suburb riots|widespread rioting]]. * [[October 28]] - Vice presidential adviser [[Lewis "Scooter" Libby]] resigns after being charged with [[obstruction of justice]], perjury and making a false statement in the [[Plame Affair|CIA leak investigation]]. * [[October 29]] - A train in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] derails, killing at least 77 people. * [[October 29]] - At least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the [[India]]n capital, [[Delhi]] (See [[29 October 2005 Delhi bombings]] for full details). * [[October 30]] - [[Hurricane Beta]] hits the coast of [[Nicaragua]]. It is the 13th hurricane of 2005, breaking the [[1969]] record of 12 hurricanes. * [[October 31]] - U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge [[Samuel Alito]] to be an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. ===November=== {{Month3|11|1|0}} [[Image:Evanville Tornado, Nov 6, 2005.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Part of the devastation caused by an F3 tornado near [[Evansville, Indiana]].]] <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[November 1]] - [[Charles, Prince of Wales|The Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|The Duchess of Cornwall]] arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage. * [[November 1]] - Justice [[John Gomery]] releases the first part of the [[Gomery Commission]] report on corruption in the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] and the [[sponsorship scandal]]. * [[November 1]] - [[United States Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] and his fellow [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] force a closed session of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] over the [[Lewis Libby]] indictment. * [[November 2]] - [[Madrid]]: the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Spanish Congress of Deputies]] approves the admission to formality of the new [[Catalan Statute of Autonomy]] with the support of all the groups except the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP), which the same day files an objection of unconstitutionality. * [[November 3]]-[[November 4]] - Another severe aftershock measuring 6.3 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] hits affected areas of [[Northern Pakistan]]. * [[November 4]] - The U.S. and Uruguay governments sign a [[Bilateral Investment Treaty]]. * [[November 4]] - Afghan police officers find [[Nadia Anjuman]]'s body in her home in the western city of [[Herat]]; she had been beaten to death by her husband. * [[November 6]] - [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]: A [[tornado]] hits western [[Kentucky]] and southwestern [[Indiana]], killing at least 22. * [[November 6]] - [[Azerbaijan parliamentary election, 2005|Azerbaijan parliamentary election]]: Results are disputed between the [[New Azerbaijan Party]] and the Azadliq Party opposition. * [[November 8]] - [[President of the French Republic|French President]] [[Jacques Chirac]] declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the [[France|French]] [[civil unrest]] (see [[2005 civil unrest in France]]). * [[November 9]] - At least 50 people are killed and more than 120 injured in a series of coordinated [[suicide bombings]] in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] (See [[2005 Amman bombings]]). * [[November 12]] - [[United Nations Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] makes his first visit to [[Iraq]] since the [[Iraq War]] began, and urges Iraqis to embrace a process aiming to reconcile all the country's ethnic and religious groups. * [[November 13]] - [[Andrew Stimpson]], a 25-year old [[United Kingdom|British]] man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of [[HIV]]. * [[November 15]] - [[Australia]]: Workers stage a massive protest against the [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] government's planned Industrial Reform legislation. * [[November 15]] - [[2005 Sanriku Japan Earthquake|An earthquake hits near Sanriku]] in [[Japan]], prompting a tsunami warning to be issued. * [[November 19]] - [[United States|American]] [[Grammy Award]] winning singer [[Christina Aguilera]] married music executive [[Jordan Bratman]] in [[Napa Valley, California]]. * [[November 19]] - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] took office as President of [[Sri Lanka]] after the Presidential Election. * [[November 20]] - ''[[The Washington Post]]'' rebukes journalist [[Bob Woodward]] over his conduct in the [[Plame Affair|CIA leak probe]]. * [[November 21]] - The [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Ariel Sharon]], announces his resignation from [[Likud]] and his intention to form a new party devoted to peace in the region, [[Kadima]], and asks the [[President of Israel]] to call a [[general election]]. * [[November 22]] - [[Ted Koppel]] steps down as host of ''[[Nightline (US news program)|Nightline]]'' after 25 years with the program. * [[November 24]] - The [[Licensing Act 2003]] comes into force in [[England and Wales]], introducing flexibility in the hours during which [[alcoholic beverage]]s may be sold. * [[November 25]] - The [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2005|twentieth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] opens in [[Valletta]], [[Malta]]. * [[November 26]] - The [[Safeway (UK)]] brand in the [[United Kingdom]] retail disappears after 43 years of operation due to its takeover by [[Wm Morrison Supermarkets]]. * [[November 27]] - [[Manila]], the [[Philippines]] hosts the [[23rd Southeast Asian Games]], which sees the largest number of participants in the history of [[SEA Games]]. * [[November 27]] - For the second time in three years, the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] defeat the [[Montreal Alouettes]] 38-35 in an overtime thriller to win the [[93rd Grey Cup]] at [[B.C. Place Stadium]] in [[Vancouver]]. * [[November 27]] - [[Manuel Zelaya]] is elected the new [[President of Honduras]]. * [[November 27]] - The [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2005|twentieth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] closes in [[Valletta]], [[Malta]]. * [[November 28]] - The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] [[minority government]] in [[Canada]] is toppled by a [[non-confidence vote]] in the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]], tabled by the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] and backed by the [[Bloc Québécois]] and the [[New Democratic Party]], paving the way for a [[Canadian federal election, 2006|federal election]] on [[January 23]], [[2006]]. * [[November 28]]-[[December 9]] - The [[United Nations Climate Change Conference]] is held in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. * [[November 29]] - Leo O'Connor and David Keogh appear in court (see [[O'Connor - Keogh official secrets trial]]). * [[November 30]] - Surgeons in [[France]] carry out the first human [[face transplant]]. ===December=== {{Month3|12|3|0}} <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Iranian-crash-in-Tehran.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The building, in [[Tehran]], into which the C-130 plane crashed.]] --> [[Image:Routemaster.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[December 9]] - The last day of service for [[London]]'s [[Routemaster]] buses.]] [[Image:buncefield2.jpg|thumb|200px|The Hertfordshire explosions seen from nearby on December 11.]] <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> * [[December 1]] - [[South Africa]] becomes the 5th country in the world where [[same-sex marriages]] are recognized. * [[December 2]] - In [[Wentworth, North Carolina]], [[Kenneth Boyd]] becomes the 1,000th person to be executed in the [[United States]] since the re-introduction of [[capital punishment]] in [[1976]]. * [[December 2]] - The £140m (US$240m) extension of the [[Docklands Light Railway]] in [[London]], linking [[Canning Town]] to [[North Woolwich]] and [[London City Airport]], opens. * [[December 4]] - The [[December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong]] draws 250,000 people. * [[December 6]] - An [[Iran]]ian [[C-130 Hercules]] airplane [[Iranian Air Force C-130 crash in Tehran|crashes into a ten-story building]] in a civilian area of [[Tehran]], the capital of [[Iran]], killing all 94 people aboard and 34 residents of the building (128 total). * [[December 7]] - A [[United States|U.S.]] [[Federal Air Marshal]] fatally shoots [[Rigoberto Alpizar]] on a [[jetway]] at [[Miami International Airport]] in [[Florida]]. * [[December 7]] - [[European Union]] [[top-level domain|TLD]] ''.eu'' is launched, and replaces ''.eu.int''. Initially this will be only for business purposes. From [[7 April]] [[2006]] onwards, EU citizens can also register .eu domains. * [[December 8]] - [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1248]] overshoots the runway at [[Chicago Midway Airport]], killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people. * [[December 8]] - [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Epsilon|Hurricane Epsilon]] dies in the eastern [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It becomes the longest-lived December hurricane on record and ties for second-place, being the 2nd strongest December hurricane. * [[December 11]] - The [[2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire]] north of [[London]] causes widespread damage, and is the largest explosion ever to occur in peacetime Europe. * [[December 11]] - The [[2005 Cronulla riots]] occur in [[Sydney, Australia]], involving up to 5,000 youths.. * [[December 12]] - [[Gebran Ghassan Tueni]] is assassinated by a car bomb on December 12, 2005. He is buried at Saint Dimitrius Cemetery after a funeral at Saint George Church in Beirut. * [[December 12]] - Scientists announce that they have created [[mouse|mice]] with small amounts of human [[brain cells]] in an effort to make realistic models of [[neurological disorders]]. * [[December 13]] - A 6.7 magnitude [[December 2005 Afghan-Pakistan earthquake|earthquake]] rocks [[South Asia]]. * [[December 14]] - [[Shakidor Dam]] fails in [[Pakistan]] due to heavy rain. * [[December 15]] - The first [[Iraqi legislative election, December 2005|parliamentary elections]] take place under [[Iraq]]'s new federal constitution. * [[December 16]] - The 43rd [[Mersenne prime]] is found, 2<sup>30,402,457</sup> &minus; 1. It was discovered with the [[GIMPS]] project by [[Dr. Curtis Cooper]] and [[Dr. Steven Boone]], professors at [[Central Missouri State University]]. * [[December 18]] - [[Evo Morales]] wins the [[Bolivian presidential election, 2005|Bolivian Presidential Elections]]. * [[December 18]] - [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] is hospitalized after suffering a minor [[stroke]]. He is released from the hospital 2 days later. * [[December 18]] - The [[World Trade Organization]] [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005|6th ministerial conference]] concludes in [[Hong Kong]] with a limited trade deal being ratified. * [[December 20]] - [[2005 New York City transit strike]]: [[New York City]]'s [[Transport Workers Union]] Local 100 goes on [[Strike action|strike]] for 3 days, shutting down all [[New York City Subway]] and [[New York City Bus|Bus]] services. * [[December 22]] - An industrial action by bus drivers in [[Tehran]] leads to the arrest of [[Mansour Osanlou]] and several other union activists. * [[December 23]] - [[Lech Kaczyński]] is sworn in as the [[President of Poland]] in [[Warsaw]]. * [[December 23]] - [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following the [[Iraqi elections]]. * [[December 23]] - [[Azerbaijan Airlines]] Flight 217 from [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], to [[Aktau]], [[Kazakhstan]], crashes shortly after takeoff, killing 23 people. * [[December 23]] - [[Chad]] declares a [[Chadian-Sudanese conflict|state of war]] against [[Sudan]] following a December 18 attack on [[Battle of Adre|Adre]], which left about 100 people dead. * [[December 23]] - In [[Israel]], the trial of [[Tali Fahima]] ends in a [[plea bargain]]. * [[December 24]] - [[Pope Benedict XVI]] leads his first [[Christmas]] Midnight [[Mass]] as Pope, praying for peace in the [[Middle East]]. * [[December 31]] - Another second is added, 23:59:60, called a [[leap second]], to end the year 2005. The last time this occurred was on [[June 30]], [[1998]]. {{Events by month}} ==World population== {|class="wikitable" !colspan="7"|[[World population]] |- ! !2005 !colspan="2"|[[2000]] !colspan="2"|[[2010]] |- |align="left"|[[Image:Globe.svg|50px]] [[World]] |align="right"|'''6,453,628,000''' |align="right"|6,070,581,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 383,047,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 383,047,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |- |align="left"|[[Image:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] [[Africa]] |align="right"|'''887,964,000''' |align="right"|795,671,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 92,293,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 92,293,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |- |align="left"|[[Image:Two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg|50px]] [[Asia]] |align="right"|'''3,917,508,000''' |align="right"|3,679,737,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 237,771,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 237,771,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |- |align="left"|[[Image:Europe satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] [[Europe]] |align="right"|'''724,722,000''' |align="right"|727,986,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: d |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 3,264,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 3,264,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |- |align="left"|[[Image:Latin America terrain.jpg|50px]] [[Latin America]] |align="right"|'''558,281,000''' |align="right"|520,229,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 38,052,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 38,052,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |- |align="left"|[[Image:LocationWHNorthernAmerica.png|50px]] [[Northern America]] |align="right"|'''332,156,000''' |align="right"|315,915,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 16,241,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 16,241,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |- |align="left"|[[Image:Oceania.jpg|50px]] [[Oceania]] |align="right"|'''32,998,000''' |align="right"|31,043,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,955,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 1,955,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} | | |} ==Births== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> {{Year in other calendars}} *[[January 30]] - [[Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II]] *[[March 27]] - [[Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg]] *[[April 8]] - [[Leah Isadora Behn]], granddaughter of King [[Harald V of Norway]] *[[April 29]] - Prince [[Dipangkorn Rasmijoti]], son of Crown Prince [[Maha Vajiralongkorn]], grandson of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand *[[June 5]] - [[Irene Urdangarin]], granddaughter of King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] *[[July 27]] - [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]], daughter of [[Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]] *[[October 4]] - [[Prince Emmanuel of Belgium]], son of [[Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant|Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium]] *[[October 15]] - [[Prince Christian of Denmark]], son of [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]] and his wife [[Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark]] *[[October 31]] - [[Infanta Leonor of Spain]], daughter of [[Felipe, Prince of Asturias]] and his wife [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias|Letizia]] *[[December 3]] - [[Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway]], grandson of King [[Harald V of Norway]] *[[December 13]] - [[Prince Nicolas of Belgium]], grandson of King [[Albert II of Belgium]] *[[December 13]] - [[Prince Aymeric of Belgium]], grandson of King [[Albert II of Belgium]] ==Deaths== {{main|Deaths in 2005}} ===January-March=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> *[[January 1]] - [[Shirley Chisholm]], American politician (b. [[1924]]) *[[January 1]] - [[Eugene J. Martin]], American artist (b. [[1938]]) *[[January 1]] - [[Bob Matsui]], American politician (b. [[1941]]) *[[January 2]] - [[John Ziman]], English-New Zealand physicist (b. [[1925]]) *[[January 4]] - [[Alton Tobey]], American artist (b. [[1914]]) *[[January 4]] - [[Guy Davenport]], American author, artist, and scholar (b. [[1927]]) *[[January 7]] - [[Pierre Daninos]], French writer and humorist (b. [[1913]]) *[[January 10]] - [[Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium|Joséphine-Charlotte]], Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. [[1927]]) *[[January 12]] - [[Alessia di Matteo]], Italian medical figure (b. [[2003]]) *[[January 12]] - [[Amrish Puri]], Indian actor (b. [[1932]]) *[[January 15]] - [[Victoria de los Ángeles]], Catalan soprano (b. [[1923]]) *[[January 15]] - [[Deem Bristow]], American voice actor (b. [[1947]]) *[[January 17]] - [[Zhao Ziyang]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Chinese premier]] (b. [[1919]]) *[[January 18]] - [[Lamont Bentley]], American television and film actor (b. [[1973]]) *[[January 19]] - [[Anita Kulcsár]], [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[team handball|handball]] player (b. [[1976]]) *[[January 19]] - [[Bill Andersen]], New Zealand trade union leader (b. [[1924]]) *[[January 20]] - [[Per Borten]], [[Prime Minister of Norway]] (b. [[1913]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Don Poier]], American sports announcer (b. [[1951]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Theun de Vries]], Dutch writer (b. [[1907]]) *[[January 23]] - [[Johnny Carson]], American television host (b. [[1925]]) *[[January 25]] - [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (b. [[1906]]) *[[February 2]] - [[Max Schmeling]], German boxer (b.[[1905]]) *[[February 3]] - [[Zurab Zhvania]], [[Prime Minister of Georgia]] (b. [[1963]]) *[[February 5]] - [[Gnassingbe Eyadema]], [[President of Togo]] (b. [[1937]]) *[[February 6]] - [[Merle Kilgore]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1934]]) *[[February 10]] - [[Arthur Miller]], American playwright (b. [[1915]]) *[[February 13]] - [[Lucia dos Santos]], Portuguese spiritual leader (b. [[1907]]) *[[February 14]] - [[Rafik Hariri]], [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (b. [[1944]] *[[February 16]] - [[Nicole DeHuff]], American actress (b. [[1974]]) *[[February 17]] - [[Nariman Sadeq]], Queen of Egypt (b. [[1934]]) *[[February 20]] - [[Sandra Dee]], American actress (b. [[1944]]) *[[February 20]] - [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American journalist (b. [[1937]]) *[[February 22]] - [[Lee Eun Joo]], Korean actress (b. [[1980]]) *[[February 25]] - [[Peter Benenson]], lawyer and founder of [[Amnesty International]] (b. [[1921]]) *[[February 27]] - [[Jessica Lunsford]], American murder victim (b. [[1995]]) *[[March 3]] - [[Rinus Michels]], Dutch soccer player and coach (b. [[1928]]) *[[March 6]] - [[Teresa Wright]], American actress (b. [[1918]]) *[[March 6]] - [[Tommy Vance]], British radio disc jockey (b. [[1941]]) *[[March 9]] - [[Jeanette Schmid]], German-born professional whistler (b. [[1924]]) *[[March 9]] - [[Chris LeDoux]], American rodeo performer and singer (b. [[1949]]) *[[March 10]] - [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]], Irish comedian (b. [[1936]]) *[[March 19]] - [[John Z. DeLorean]], American car maker (b.[[1925]]) *[[March 21]] - [[Bobby Short]], American entertainer (b. [[1924]]) *[[March 21]] - [[Jeff Weise]], American murderer (b. [[1988]]) *[[March 22]] - [[Clemente Domínguez y Gómez]], Spanish spiritual leader (b. [[1946]]) *[[March 26]] - [[Lord Callaghan of Cardiff|James Callaghan]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British prime minister]] (b. [[1912]]) *[[March 26]] - [[Paul Hester]], Australian musician (b. [[1959]]) *[[March 29]] - [[Johnnie Cochran]], American lawyer (b. [[1937]]) *[[March 29]] - [[Mitch Hedberg]], American comedian (b. [[1968]]) *[[March 30]] - [[Fred Korematsu]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1919]]) *[[March 31]] - [[Terri Schiavo]], American [[Euthanasia|right-to-die]] cause célèbre (b. [[1963]]) *[[March 31]] - [[Justiniano Montano]], Filipino politician (b. [[1905]]) ===April-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> *[[April 2]] - [[Pope John Paul II]], Polish [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Pope (b. [[1920]]) *[[April 5]] - [[John Sichel]], British film and television director *[[April 6]] - [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] (b. [[1923]]) *[[April 16]] - [[Kim Mu-saeng]], South Korean actor (b. [[1943]]) *[[April 19]] - [[Ruth Hussey]], American actress (b. [[1911]]) *[[April 20]] - [[Zygfryd Blaut]], Polish footballer (b. [[1943]]) *[[April 22]] - [[Norman Bird]], British actor (b. [[1920]]) *[[April 23]] - [[John Mills]], English actor (b. [[1908]]) *[[April 24]] - [[Ezer Weizman]], former [[President of Israel]] (b. [[1924]]) *[[April 26]] - [[Mason Adams]], American actor (b. [[1919]]) *[[April 28]] - [[Chris Candido]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1972]]) *[[May 2]] - [[Wee Kim Wee]], [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1915]]) *[[May 7]] - [[Peter Wallace Rodino]], U.S. Congressman (b. [[1909]]) *[[May 8]] - [[Lloyd Cutler]], American attorney and Presidential advisor (b. [[1917]]) *[[May 13]] - [[George Dantzig]], American mathematician (b. [[1914]]) *[[May 14]] - [[Jimmy Martin]], American musician (b. [[1927]]) *[[May 18]] - [[Frank Gorshin]], American actor (b. [[1933]]) *[[May 22]] - [[Thurl Ravenscroft]], American voice actor (b. [[1914]]) *[[May 25]] - [[Robert Jankel]], British coachbuilder (b. [[1938]]) *[[May 26]] - [[Eddie Albert]], American actor (b. [[1906]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Maurice Rabb, Jr.]], American ophthalmologist (b. [[1932]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Anne Bancroft]], American actress (b. [[1931]]) *[[June 13]] - [[Jonathan Adams]], American actor (b. [[1931]]) *[[June 13]] - [[Álvaro Cunhal]], Portuguese politician (b. [[1913]]) *[[June 13]] - [[Lane Smith]], American actor (b.[[1936]]) *[[June 25]] - [[Domino Harvey]], British born bounty hunter who moved to [[Los Angeles]] (b. [[1969]]) *[[June 26]] - [[Richard Whiteley]], British journalist and television presenter (b. [[1943]]) *[[June 28]] - [[Brenda Howard]], American activist (b. [[1946]]) ===July-September=== * [[July 1]] - [[Luther Vandross]], American R&B singer (b. [[1951]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Alex Shibicky]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1914]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Shinya Hashimoto]], Japanese professional wrestler (b. [[1965]]) * [[July 17]] - [[Edward Heath]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[July 18]] - [[William Westmoreland]], U.S. general (b. [[1914]]) * [[July 19]] - [[John Tyndall (politician)|John Tyndall]], British activist (b. [[1934]]) * [[July 21]] - [[Long John Baldry]], British musician (b. [[1941]]) * [[July 21]] - [[Alfred Hayes (wrestler)|Alfred Hayes]], English wrestling announcer (b. [[1928]]) * [[July 23]] - [[Myron Floren]], American accordianist & musician (b. [[1919]]) * [[July 26]] - [[Jack Hirshleifer]], American economist (b. [[1925]]) * [[July 26]] - [[Robert C. Turner]], American potter (b. [[1913]]) * [[July 31]] - [[Wim Duisenberg]], Dutch president of the European Central Bank (b. [[1935]]) *[[August 1]] - King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia]] (b. [[1923]]) *[[August 6]] - [[Robin Cook]], British politician (b. [[1946]]) *[[August 6]] - [[Carlo Little]], British drummer (b.[[1938]]) *[[August 7]] - [[Peter Jennings]], Canadian-born news anchor (former host of World News Tonight on ABC) (b. [[1938]]) *[[August 8]] Sheikh [[Ahmad Deedat]], an Islamic debator. *[[August 12]] - [[Lakshman Kadirgamar]], foreign minister of [[Sri Lanka]] (assassinated) (b. [[1932]]) *[[August 12]] - [[Frère Roger]], Swiss founder of the [[Taizé Community]] (b. [[1915]]) *[[August 13]] - [[David Lange]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. [[1942]]) *[[August 16]] - [[Joe Ranft]], American animator (b. [[1960]]) *[[August 19]] - [[Mo Mowlam]], British politician (b. [[1949]]) *[[August 20]] - [[Thomas Herrion]], American football player (b. [[1981]]) *[[August 21]] - [[István Cserháti]], Hungarian keyboardist ([[P. Box (band)|P.Box]]) (b. [[1954]]) *[[August 21]] - [[Dahlia Ravikovitch]], Israeli poet (b. [[1936]]) *[[August 26]] - [[Robert Denning]], American interior designer (b. [[1927]]) *[[September 2]] - [[Bob Denver]], American actor (b. [[1935]]) *[[September 3]] - [[William Rehnquist]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. [[1924]]) *[[September 10]] - [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], American musician (b. [[1924]]) *[[September 14]] - [[Robert Wise]], American film director (b. [[1914]]) *[[September 17]] - [[Alfred Reed]], American Composer and Conductor (b. [[1921]]) *[[September 18]] - [[Michael Park]], English Rally Co- Driver of [[Markko Martin]] (b. [[1966]]) *[[September 20]] - [[Simon Wiesenthal]], Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (b. [[1908]]) *[[September 23]] - [[Roger Brierley]], English actor (b. [[1935]]) *[[September 25]] - [[Don Adams]], American actor (b. [[1923]]) *[[September 25]] - [[Sally Anne Bowman]], British model and murder victim (b. [[1987]]) *[[September 26]] - [[Jerry Juhl]], American writer (b. [[1938]]) *[[September 26]] - [[Shawntinice Polk]], American basketball player (b. [[1983]]) *[[September 27]] - [[Brett Kebble]], South African mining magnate (b. [[1964]]) ===October-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences --> *[[October 2]] - [[Nipsey Russell]], American actor and game show personality (b. [[1918]]) *[[October 3]] - [[Ronnie Barker]], British comic actor (b. [[1929]]) *[[October 7]] - [[Charles Rocket]], American actor (b. [[1949]]) *[[October 9]] - [[Louis Nye]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) *[[October 10]] - [[Milton Obote]], [[President of Uganda]] (b. [[1925]]) *[[October 13]] - [[Vivian Malone Jones]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1942]]) *[[October 15]] - [[Jason Collier]], American basketball player (b. [[1977]]) *[[October 17]] - [[Ba Jin]], Chinese writer (b. [[1904]]) *[[October 21]] - [[Tara Correa-McMullen]], American actress (b. [[1989]]) *[[October 23]] - [[William Hootkins]], American actor (b. [[1948]]) *[[October 24]] - [[Rosa Parks]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1913]]) *[[October 24]] - [[José Azcona del Hoyo]], [[President of Honduras]] (b. [[1926]]) *[[October 24]] - [[Robert Sloman]], English writer (b. [[1926]]) *[[October 28]] - [[Richard Smalley]], American physicist (b. [[1943]]) *[[November 4]] - [[Nadia Anjuman]], Afghani poet and journalist (b. [[1980]]) *[[November 6]] - [[Minako Honda]], Japanese singer and actress (b. [[1967]]) *[[November 9]] - [[K. R. Narayanan]], [[President of India]] (b. [[1921]]) *[[November 11]] - [[Moustapha Akkad]], Syrian-American film producer (b. [[1930]]) *[[November 11]] - [[Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield]], British photographer (b. [[1939]]) *[[November 13]] - [[Eddie Guerrero]], Mexican-American professional wrestler (b. [[1967]]) *[[November 18]] - [[Sharon Beshenivsky]], English police constable (b. [[1967]]) *[[November 19]] - [[Erik Balling]], Danish television and film director (b. [[1924]]) *[[November 24]] - [[Pat Morita]], American actor (b. [[1932]]) *[[November 25]] - [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer (b. [[1946]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Richard Burns]], English race car driver (b. [[1971]]) *[[November 28]] - [[Eric Nance]], American murderer (b. [[1960]]) *[[December 2]] - [[Mohammed Amza Zubeidi]], former prime minister of Iraq (b. [[1938]]) *[[December 2]] - [[Nguyen Tuong Van]], Vietnamese-Australian drug trafficker and [[capital punishment]] ''cause célèbre'' (b. [[1980]]) *[[December 6]] - [[Devan Nair]], [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1923]]) *[[December 10]] - [[Richard Pryor]], American comedian (b. [[1940]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Ramanand Sagar]], Indian film director (b. [[1917]]) *[[December 13]] - [[Stanley Williams]], American gang founder (b. [[1953]]) *[[December 16]] - [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]], American actor (b. [[1946]]) *[[December 18]] - [[Alan Voorhees]], American engineer and urban planner (b. [[1922]]) *[[December 21]] - [[William C. Rodgers]], American arsonist (b. unknown) *[[December 23]] - [[Yao Wenyuan]], Chinese politician (b. [[1931]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Birgit Nilsson]], Swedish soprano (b. [[1918]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Charles Socarides]], American psychiatrist (b. [[1922]]) *[[December 26]] - [[Kerry Packer]], Australian media tycoon (b. [[1937]]) *[[December 26]] - [[Vincent Schiavelli]], American actor (b. [[1948]]) *[[December 29]] - [[Gerda Boyesen]], Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. [[1922]]) ==Unknown dates== <!--DEATHS--> * Ten years after reaching the millionth mark, U.S. prison population reaches 1.5 million inmates<ref>{{cite book |last=Gaines |first=Larry |authorlink= |coauthors=Miller, LeRoy |title=Criminal Justice In Action: The Core |year=2006 |publisher=Thomson/Wadsworth |location= |isbn=0-495-00305-0 }}</ref> ==Climate== [[Image:TempAnomaly 2005 cmp 1951-80.gif|thumb|250px|right|Mean surface temperature anomalies for 2005 compared to average temperatures from 1951 to 1980 (source: NASA)]] Based on estimates by [[NASA]]'s [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]], 2005 was the warmest year since reliable wide-spread instrumental measurements became available in the late 1800s, beating the previous record set in 1998 by a few hundredths of a degree Celsius. After replaced by 2007 as the warmest year. Other researchers place [[1998]] at the top of the temperature record.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} ==Nobel Prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Roy J. Glauber]], [[John L. Hall]], [[Theodor W. Hänsch]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Robert Grubbs]], [[Richard Schrock]], [[Yves Chauvin]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Robin Warren]], [[Barry Marshall]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Harold Pinter]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] * [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Robert J. Aumann]], [[Thomas Schelling]] == Ship events == * [[List of ship launches in 2005]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 2005]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 2005]] ==Geography== Due to a combination of the aftermath of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]], and an overactive [[2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season|hurricane season]] and other factors, 2005 was also the costliest year for natural disasters, with world wide damages estimated at over $200 billion. ==See also== * [[21st century]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat|2005}} {{wikinewscat|2005}} [[Category:2005| ]] [[af:2005]] [[als:2000er#2005]] [[am:2005 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ang:2005]] [[ab:2005]] [[ar:2005]] [[an:2005]] [[roa-rup:2005]] [[frp:2005]] [[ast:2005]] [[gn:2005]] [[av:2005]] [[ay:2005]] [[az:2005]] [[bn:২০০৫]] [[zh-min-nan:2005 nî]] [[be:2005]] [[be-x-old:2005]] [[bh:२००५]] [[bs:2005]] [[br:2005]] [[bg:2005]] [[ca:2005]] [[cv:2005]] [[ceb:2005]] [[cs:2005]] [[cy:2005]] [[da:2005]] [[pdc:2005]] [[de:2005]] [[et:2005]] [[el:2005]] [[es:2005]] [[eo:2005]] [[ext:2005]] [[eu:2005]] [[ee:2005]] [[fa:۲۰۰۵ (میلادی)]] [[fo:2005]] [[hif:2005]] [[fr:2005]] [[fy:2005]] [[fur:2005]] [[ga:2005]] [[gan:2005年]] [[gv:2005]] [[gd:2005]] [[gl:2005]] [[zh-classical:二〇〇五年]] [[ko:2005년]] [[haw:2005]] [[hy:2005]] [[hi:2005]] [[hr:2005.]] [[io:2005]] [[ig:2005]] [[ilo:2005]] [[bpy:মারি ২০০৫]] [[id:2005]] [[ia:2005]] [[os:2005]] [[zu:2005]] [[is:2005]] [[it:2005]] [[he:2005]] [[jv:2005]] [[pam:2005]] [[kn:೨೦೦೫]] [[ka:2005]] [[csb:2005]] [[kk:2005]] [[kw:2005]] [[sw:2005]] [[ht:2005 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:2005]] [[la:2005]] [[lv:2005]] [[lb:2005]] [[lt:2005 m.]] [[lij:2005]] [[li:2005]] [[ln:2005]] [[jbo:2005moi nanca]] [[lmo:2005]] [[hu:2005]] [[mk:2005]] [[ml:2005]] [[mt:2005]] [[mi:2005]] [[mr:इ.स. २००५]] [[ms:2005]] [[nah:2005]] [[na:2005]] [[nl:2005]] [[nds-nl:2005]] [[cr:2005]] [[new:२००५]] [[ja:2005年]] [[nap:2005]] [[no:2005]] [[nn:2005]] [[nrm:2005]] [[nov:2005]] [[oc:2005]] [[or:୨୦୦୫]] [[uz:2005]] [[pa:੨੦੦੫]] [[pi:२००५]] [[pag:2005]] [[pap:2005]] [[pms:2005]] [[nds:2005]] [[pl:2005]] [[pt:2005]] [[crh:2005]] [[ty:2005]] [[ksh:Joohr 2005]] [[ro:2005]] [[qu:2005]] [[ru:2005 год]] [[se:2005]] [[sco:2005]] [[stq:2005]] [[sq:2005]] [[scn:2005]] [[simple:2005]] [[ss:2005]] [[sk:2005]] [[sl:2005]] [[so:2005]] [[sr:2005]] [[sh:2005]] [[su:2005]] [[fi:2005]] [[sv:2005]] [[tl:2005]] [[ta:2005]] [[kab:2005]] [[tt:2005]] [[te:2005]] [[tet:2005]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2548]] [[vi:2005]] [[tg:2005]] [[tpi:2005]] [[tr:2005]] [[tk:2005]] [[udm:2005 ар]] [[uk:2005]] [[ur:2005ء]] [[vec:2005]] [[fiu-vro:2005]] [[wa:2005]] [[vls:2005]] [[war:2005]] [[yi:2005]] [[yo:2005]] [[zh-yue:2005年]] [[cbk-zam:2005]] [[bat-smg:2005]] [[zh:2005年]]