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2005 (''' MMV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar .
It was designated:
See also Wikipedia's Almanac of events for this year.
Events
January
February
- February 6 - The New England Patriots win their third Super Bowl title in four years by winning 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX .
- February 8 - Danish Parliamentary Elections continue the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party .
- 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 elections for municipal authorities, in which only men are allowed to vote.
- February 11 - The Computer game World Of Warcraft is launched in Europe .
- February 12 - Fire devastates the Windsor Building , a 32 story office block, in Madrid .
- February 13 - Lúcia Santos , the last surviving of the three shepherd children to whom Our Lady Of Fatima appeared in 1917 , dies.Catholic World News, February 14, 2005, "Sister Lucia, last Fatima seer, dead at 97"
- February 14 - A massive suicide bomb blast in central Beirut kills Lebanon 's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people were also hurt.
- February 14 - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in Tehran , Iran .
is intended to cut Global emissions of Greenhouse Gases .]]
March
- March 1 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the Death Penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes under 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 4 - The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US Soldiers in Iraq , causing the death of one passenger and injuring two more.
- March 4 - United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by the HIV Virus in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.
- March 5 - The 27th Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras is held in Australia .
- , the Chief Executive of Hong Kong , resigns.
- March 11 - In the UK , the controversial Prevention Of Terrorism Act 2005 was finally 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 Courthouse in Atlanta , Georgia ; the main suspect, Brian Nichols , surrenders to police the next day.
- March 13 - First round of Central African Republic Elections .
- March 14 - The People's Republic Of China ratifies an anti- Secession law aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
- March 14 - Nearly one million people gathered for an opposition rally in Beirut , a month after the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri — the largest rally in Lebanon history.
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- March 16 - Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri , accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985 , are found not guilty on all counts.
- March 19 - A suspected Suicide Bomber in Doha , Qatar , kills one person and injures about 12 others.
- March 19 - A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta , southwestern Pakistan , killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
- March 19 - A mine blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou , China , and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
- March 20 - At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor.
- March 21 - 10 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 ' 2-1 decision refuses 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 called on 1 million Taiwan ese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of Mainland China . Around 200,000 to 300,000 attended the walk.
- March 28 - The 2005 Sumatran Earthquake struck off Sumatra , 3 months after the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake . At a magnitude of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since 1965 .
April
- Anti-Japanese Demonstrations In China
- April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
- April 6 - First 13th Root calculation of a 200-digit number, computed by the Frenchman Alexis Lemaire
- April 6 - Rainier III of Monaco dies, succeeded by his son Albert II
- April 7 - MG Rover , the UK's sole remaining volume producer 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 two foreign tourists and wounding seventeen others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.
- April 8 - Referendum 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 , marched through Baghdad denouncing the U.S. occupation of Iraq, two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein , and rallied in the square where his statue was toppled in 2003 .
- April 9 - The marriage of The Prince Of Wales 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 twenty one people die and around fifty people are injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris .
- 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 twenty seven people plunges 656 feet into a ravine.
- April 18 - Five people die in ethnic clashes in Iran 's south-west Khuzestan province.
- April 19 - Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal Conclave .
- April 20 - Fifty six 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 thirty Vietnamese war veterans.
- April 21 - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca kills two militants and two members of the security forces.
- April 23 - Silvio Berlusconi , prime minister of Italy , re-forms government after its dissolution three days earlier.
- April 25 - A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki Rail Crash )
- April 26 - Facing international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its twenty nine year military domination of that country.
- April 27 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse .
- April 30 - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo leave three militants dead and at least ten people injured.
May
- May 1 - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraq i town of Talafar , near Mosul , and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four 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 nine others injured when three two-story buildings in the eastern Pakistan i city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.
- May 4 - In one of the largest Insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil , northern Iraq.
- May 5 - The United Kingdom votes in the 2005 General Election . The Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority.
- May 5 - Two homemade bombs Explode Outside The British Consulate in New York , USA .
- May 7 - Plane Crash in Lockhart River, Australia kills 15 people.
- May 9 - A town in Brazil declares Orgasm Day.
- May 10 - A Hand Grenade ostensibly thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 100 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi , Georgia , but malfunctions and does not detonate.
- May 11 - Serial killer Michael Ross became first person executed in New England in 45 years.
- May 12 - An Election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan . It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly .
- May 13 - Uzbek Troops kill up to 700 during Protests In Eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic Extremists . President Islam 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 ( BRAC 2005 ).
- '' is broadcast in the United States. This episode marks the first time since 1987 that a '' Star Trek '' series is not in production.
- 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 U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme .
- May 17 - Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.
- '' released, effectively completing the '' Star Wars '' movie saga begun by George Lucas in 1977 and shattering the opening day box-office record with $50,013,859.
June
July
- July 7 - Four explosions rock the transport network in London, three on the London Underground and one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured. See 7 July 2005 London Bombings .
- July 7 - Al-Qaeda admits to the killing of Egypt 's Ambassador, Ihab Al-Sherif .
- July 10 - Luxembourgish Referendum On The European Constitution votes to accept.
- July 10 - Hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.
- July 12 - Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in Netanya, Israel . Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
- July 13 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki Rail Crash in Ghotki, Pakistan , killing over 150 people.
- July 14 - A mortar fired from the Gaza strip kills Dana Galkowicz, in the Netiv Haasara Moshav.
- July 16 - '' Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince '', the sixth book of the '' Harry Potter '' saga by the British writer J. K. Rowling , is released.
- July 17 - The Disneyland Resort celebrates it 50th birthday.
- July 19 - President 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 - A Terrorist Attack On London , similar to the July 7 attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 Underground trains and a London bus. The bombs failed to explode properly, and only one injury was reported.
- 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 series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt . See July 23, 2005 Sharm El-Sheikh Attacks .
- July 24 - Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours De France before his scheduled retirement.
- July 26 - Launch for Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' "Return To Flight" mission STS-114 . This is the first Space Shuttle flight in nearly two and a half years since the breakup of ''Columbia'' on its return from mission STS-107 .
- 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
- August 2 - Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport ; all aboard survive.
- 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 Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114 , "Return to Flight."
- August 12 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched.
- August 14 - Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain in Greece , killing 121.
- 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 of Settlers , as part of the Israel Unilateral Disengagement Plan , starts.
- August 17 - Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. {Link without Title}
- August 17 - Sellapan Ramanathan gains victory in the Singapore Presidential Elections, 2005 .
- August 18 - BTK Killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 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 4.1-kg (9-pound) Meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe , leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) Crater .
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September
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- September 1 - Oil Prices rise sharply following Economic Effects Of Hurricane Katrina .
- September 1 - Sellapan Ramanathan is sworn-in for a second term of office as the President Of Singapore .
- September 2 - Clashes between protesters and Israeli forces in Bil'in .
- September 3 - William Rehnquist , Chief Justice of the United States, dies.
- September 5 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. (See Airplane Accidents In 2005 ).
- September 5 - John G. Roberts nomminated by President George W. Bush , for Chief Justice of the United States.
- September 7 - Incumbent Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak wins its first multi-party Presidential Election .
- September 11 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Liberal Democratic Party are returned to power following the Japanese General Elections .
- September 12 - Norwegian Parliamentary Election , resulting in a victory for the red-green-coalition. New prime-minister is Jens Stoltenberg from Labour Party.
- September 12 - The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort officially opens.
- September 12 - English Cricket Team draw the final match to win The 2005 Ashes .
- September 14 - September 16 - Largest UN World Summit in history, held in New York City .
- September 17 - Helen Clark , leader of the Labour Party is re-elected for a third term in the New Zealand General Election
- September 18 - Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union and Gerhard Schröder of the Social Democratic Party both claim victory in the German Federal Election .
- September 18 - Afghan Parliamentary Election
- September 19 - North Korea agrees to stop building Nuclear Weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.
- September 21 - Popular P2P client WinMX is confirmed to be offline.
- September 23 - Boricua Popular Army 's leader, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos is murdered at his home in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico by the FBI at 78. General disapproval of the measure by the FBI follows all over Puerto Rico.
- September 24 - Hurricane Rita hits the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 9th Ward section of New Orleans floods for the 2nd time in a month and a half. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama are also affected.
- September 25 - Polish Parliamentary Election .
- September 26 - U.S. army reservist Lynndie England is convicted by a military jury on six of seven 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 person to hold that position.
- September 28 - American politician Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of 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 30 - The Parliament Of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute Of Autonomy , proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation".
- September 30 - The Controversial Drawings Of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten .
October
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- October 1 - 26 people are killed and more than 100 are injured in the 2005 Bali Bombings .
- October 1 - The world's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group , is formed by the merger of two Japan ese banking conglomerates.
- October 1 - An Australia n photojournalist in Afghanistan , Stephen Dupont, films US soldiers burning two dead Taliban militias' bodies.
- October 2 - 20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY .
- October 3 - St. Tammany Parish Schools reopen in Louisiana just over a month after Hurricane Katrina closed them.
- October 4 - Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1,620 people.
- October 5 - Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith charged with refusing to serve in the Iraq war.
- October 7 - UN Nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .
- October 8 - An Earthquake In Kashmir kills about 80,000 people.
- October 9 - Polish Presidential Election , 1st round.
- October 12 - The second Chinese Human Spaceflight '' Shenzhou 6 '' launched, carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in orbit.
- October 13 - Veselin Topalov wins the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 .
- October 13 - The Franco-Indian Lawyers Association is founded in Paris .
- October 15 - The Referendum on the new Proposed Iraqi Constitution is held.
- October 15 - Riot in Toledo, Ohio during a Neo-Nazi rally surrounding racial issues; 114 arrested
- October 15 - Qinghai-Tibet Railway completed.
- October 16 - U.S. Helicopters and warplanes Bomb two Villages near Ramadi in western Iraq , killing about 70 people.
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