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2005 (MMV) was a Common year that started on a Saturday (dominical letter B) in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2005th year of the Common Era or Anno Domini designation the 5th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century and the 6th of the 2000s decade.

2005 was designated the: The Year of the Volunteer by the UK government. The World Year of Physics by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.1 The International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism. The Year of Cork City Ireland as European Capital of Culture. The Year of the Veteran in Canada. The Year of Discovery.citation needed

The year 2005 was the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (19952005). Events January January 4 Gunmen assassinate the Governor of Baghdad Ali Al-Haidri.2 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.3 January 12 Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.4 January 14 The Huygens probe lands on Titan the largest moon of Saturn.5 January 20 George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington D.C. for his second term as the 43rd President of the United States.6 January 25 A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 250.7 January 30 The first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq since 1958 take place.8 February February 9 An ETA car bomb injures at least 40 people at a conference centre in Madrid.9 February 10 North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.10 Saudi Arabia holds its first ever municipal elections in which only male citizens are allowed to vote.11 February 14 Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri is killed in Beirut after an assassination attempt by suicide bombing; it also kills at least 16 other people and injures 120 others.12 59 people are killed and 200 injured after a fire breaks out in a mosque in Tehran Iran.13 February 16 The Kyoto Protocol goes into effect without the support of the United States and Australia.14 February 19 Suicide bombers kill more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark Ashura their holiest day.15 February 22 More than 500 people are killed and over 1000 injured after entire villages are flattened in an earthquake (6.4 on the Richter scale) in the Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.16 February 26 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asks Parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005.17 March 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.18 Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the fastest non-stop non-refueled solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.19 Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers are gunned down in Mayerthorpe Alberta Canada. It is deadliest day in Canadian law enforcement in over 120 years.20 March 4 The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by U.S. soldiers in Iraq causing the death of 1 passenger and injuring 2 more.21 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 14 The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.22 800000 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.23 March 19 A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta southwestern Pakistan killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.24 March 23 An explosion takes place at one of BP's largest oil refineries in Texas City killing 15 and injuring more than 170. March 24 The Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of president Askar Akayev.25 March 26 The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Between 200000 and 300000 attend the walk.26 April April 2 Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.272829 April 6 The first 13th root calculation of a 200-digit number is computed by Frenchman Alexis Lemaire.30 April 8 A referendum is held in Curaao on independence vs. integration with the Netherlands.31 April 9 Tens of thousands of demonstrators many of them supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr march through Baghdad denouncing the U.S. occupation of Iraq 2 years after the fall of Saddam Hussein and rally in the square where his statue was toppled in 2003.32 April 17 Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying 27 people plunges 656 feet (200 m) into a ravine.33 April 18 Five people die in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west Khuzestan province.34 April 19 Pope Benedict XVI succeeds Pope John Paul II becoming the 265th pope.3536 April 20 An earthquake (5.8 on the Richter scale) hits Fukuoka and Kasuga Fukuoka Prefecture Japan injuring 56.37 April 25 Amagasaki rail crash: A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hygo Prefecture Japan killing 104 people and injuring at least another 450.38 April 26 Facing international pressure Syria withdraws the last of its 14000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its 29-year military domination of that country.39 April 27 The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse.40 May May 3 At least 32 people are killed and 9 others injured when 3 two-story buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapse after gas cylinders stored in one of them explode.41 May 4 In one of the largest 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.42 May 13 Uzbek troops kill up to 700 during protests in eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic extremists. President Islom Karimov defends the act.43 May 15 A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh leaving 200 people missing.44 May 16 George Galloway appears before a United States Senate committee to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.45 May 17 Kuwaiti women are granted the right to vote.46 June June 21 A Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) fails 83 seconds after its launch destroying the spacecraft.47 June 28 Queen Elizabeth II conducts the International Fleet Review of 167 international warships in the Solent as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations.48 July July 2 Live 8 a set of 10 simultaneous concerts takes place throughout the world raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.49 July 4 NASA's "Copper bullet" from the Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1 creating a crater for scientific studies.50 Violent anti-G8 demonstrations occur in Gleneagles Scotland. 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.51 The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London.52 July 7 Four terror attacks (3 on the London Underground and 1 on a bus) rock the transport network in London killing 52 (not including the 4 bombers) and injuring over 700.53 July 12 Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 in a crowded mall in Netanya Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.54 July 23 A series of blasts hits a resort town in Egypt.55 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.56 August August 12 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched. August 14 Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes near the town of Grammatiko in Greece killing 121 people. Observations from fighter jet aircraft indicate a decompression problem. August 16 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela killing 152 passengers. August 18 Peace Mission 2005 the first joint ChinaRussia military exercise begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula. August 22 A 4.1 kilograms (9.0 lb) meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe leaving a 150 millimeters (5.9 in) crater. August 23 Israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends. August 29 At least 1836 are killed and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. August 31 A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede). September September 2 Protesters and Israeli forces clash in Bil'in. September 11 Japan general election 2005: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Liberal Democratic Party are returned to power. September 14September 16 The largest UN World Summit in history is held in New York City. September 18 Afghan parliamentary election: Former 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 23 Convicted bank thief and Boricua Popular Army leader Filiberto Ojeda Ros is killed in his home in Hormigueros Puerto Rico when members of the FBI attempt to serve an arrest warrant. 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 30 Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. October October 1 The 2005 Bali bombings kill 26 people and injure more than 100. The world's largest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is formed by the merger of 2 Japanese banking conglomerates. An Australian photojournalist in Afghanistan Stephen Dupont films U.S. soldiers burning 2 dead Taliban militias' bodies. October 8 The 2005 Kashmir earthquake kills about 80000 people. October 12 The second Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou 6 is launched carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for 5 days in orbit. October 15 The referendum on the new Proposed Iraqi constitution is held. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is completed. October 19 The Trials of Saddam Hussein begin. October 21 The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar is observed with celebrations held around the United Kingdom. October 29 At least 61 people are killed and many others wounded in 3 powerful blasts in the Indian capital Delhi (see 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings). November November 2 The 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 (PP) which the same day files an objection of unconstitutionality. November 4 The U.S. and Uruguay governments sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty. 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 13 Andrew Stimpson a 25-year-old British man is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV. November 25 The 20th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting opens in Valletta Malta. November 28 December 9 The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Montreal Quebec. November 30 Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant. December December 6 An Iranian C-130 Hercules airplane 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 The European Union 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 11 The 2005 Cronulla riots occur in Sydney Australia involving up to 5000 youths. December 12 Scientists announce that they have created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders. December 14 Shakidor Dam fails in Pakistan due to heavy rain. December 16 The 43rd Mersenne prime is found. December 23 Chad declares a state of war with Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adre which left about 100 people dead. 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. World population World population 2005 2000 2010 World 6453628000 6070581000 383047000 Africa 887964000 795671000 92293000 Asia 3917508000 3679737000 237771000 Europe 724722000 727986000 3264000 Latin America 558281000 520229000 38052000 Northern America 332156000 315915000 16241000 Oceania 32998000 31043000 1955000 Births July 27 Princess Alexia of the Netherlands daughter of Willem-Alexander Prince of Orange 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 December 3 Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway grandson of King Harald V of Norway Deaths Main article: Deaths in 2005 January Johnny Carson January 1 Shirley Chisholm African-American politician (b. 1924) Eugene J. Martin American artist (b. 1938) January 2 John Ziman English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1925) January 4 Guy Davenport American author artist and scholar (b. 1927) Robert Heilbroner American writer (b. 1919) January 7 Pierre Daninos French writer and humorist (b. 1913) January 10 Josphine-Charlotte Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927) January 12 Amrish Puri Indian actor (b. 1932) January 15 Victoria de los ngeles Spanish Catalan soprano (b. 1923) January 17 Virginia Mayo American actress (b. 1920) Zhao Ziyang Chinese premier (b. 1919) January 19 Bill Andersen New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1924) Anita Kulcsr Hungarian handball player (b. 1976) January 20 Per Borten Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913) 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 Max Schmeling February 1 John Vernon Canadian Actor (b.1932) February 2 Max Schmeling German boxer (b.1905) February 3 Zurab Zhvania Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963) February 5 Gnassingb Eyadma President of Togo (b. 1935) February 6 Merle Kilgore American singer and songwriter (b. 1934) February 10 Arthur Miller American playwright (b. 1915) February 13 Lucia dos Santos Visionary to the Marian apparitions at Ftima (b. 1907) a Discalced Carmelite nun February 14 Rafik Hariri Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944) February 17 Nariman Sadeq Queen of Egypt (b. 1934) Omar Svori Argentian Footballer (b. 1935) February 20 Sandra Dee American actress (b. 1944) Hunter S. Thompson American journalist (b. 1937) February 22 Simone Simon French actress (b. 1910) February 25 Peter Benenson lawyer and founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921) March James Callaghan Johnnie Cochran March 3 Rinus Michels Dutch soccer player and coach (b. 1928) March 6 Teresa Wright American actress (b. 1918) Tommy Vance British radio disc jockey (b. 1941) March 9 Jeanette Schmid German-born professional whistler (b. 1924) Chris LeDoux American rodeo performer and singer (b. 1949) March 10 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 22 Clemente Domnguez y Gmez Spanish spiritual leader (b. 1946) March 25 George F. Kennan American diplomat and political advisor (b. 1904) March 26 James Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912) March 28 Pal Losonczi former Hungarian leader (b. 1919) March 29 Johnnie Cochran American lawyer (b. 1937) March 30 Fred Korematsu American civil rights activist (b. 1919) March 31 Terri Schiavo American right-to-die cause clbre (b. 1963) Justiniano Montano Filipino politician (b. 1905) April Pope John Paul II April 1 Paul Bomani Tanzanian politician and ambassador (b. 1925) April 2 Pope John Paul II Polish Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1920) April 5 John Sichel British film and television director (b. 1937) Saul Bellow American writer (b. 1915) April 6 Rainier III Prince of Monaco (b. 1923) 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) Maria Schell Austrian actress (b. 1926) May Eddie Albert May 2 Wee Kim Wee President of Singapore (b. 1915) May 7 Peter Wallace Rodino American politician (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 22 Thurl Ravenscroft American voice actor (b. 1914) May 25 Robert Jankel British coachbuilder (b. 1938) Ismail Merchant Indian film producer (b. 1936) May 26 Eddie Albert American actor (b. 1906) June Anne Bancroft June 6 Maurice Rabb Jr. American ophthalmologist (b. 1932) Anne Bancroft American actress (b. 1931) June 13 Jonathan Adams British actor (b. 1931) lvaro Cunhal Portuguese politician (b. 1913) June 25 Domino Harvey British born bounty hunter who moved to Los Angeles (b. 1969) July Edward Heath July 1 Luther Vandross American R&B singer (b. 1951) July 6 Evan Hunter A.K.A. Ed McBain American crime writer (b. 1926) 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 British activist (b. 1934) July 20 James Doohan Canadian actor (b. 1920) July 21 Long John Baldry British musician (b. 1941) Alfred Hayes English wrestling announcer (b. 1928) July 23 Myron Floren American accordianist & musician (b. 1919) July 26 Jack Hirshleifer American economist (b. 1925) Robert C. Turner American potter (b. 1913) July 31 Wim Duisenberg Dutch president of the European Central Bank (b. 1935) August Peter Jennings August 1 King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923) August 6 Robin Cook British politician (b. 1946) August 7 Peter Jennings Canadian-American news anchor (b. 1938) August 8 Sheikh Ahmed Deedat Indian author lecturer and orator (b. 1918) John H. Johnson American businessman and publisher. (b. 1918) August 12 Lakshman Kadirgamar foreign minister of Sri Lanka (assassinated) (b. 1932) August 13 David Lange former Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942) August 16 Frre Roger Swiss founder of the Taiz Community (b. 1915) August 19 Mo Mowlam British politician (b. 1949) August 21 Dahlia Ravikovitch Israeli poet (b. 1936) September William Rehnquist 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 driver (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 26 Jerry Juhl American writer (b. 1938) September 27 Ronald Golias Brazilian actor and comedian (b. 1929) October Rosa Parks October 2 Nipsey Russell American actor and game show personality (b. 1918) October 3 Ronnie Barker British comic actor (b. 1929) October 10 Milton Obote President of Uganda (b. 1925) October 17 Ba Jin Chinese writer (b. 1904) October 24 Rosa Parks American civil rights activist (b. 1913) Jos Azcona del Hoyo President of Honduras (b. 1926) Robert Sloman English writer (b. 1926) October 28 Richard Smalley American chemist and physicist (b. 1943) November Eddie Guerrero November 2 Ferruccio Valcareggi Italian football player and manager (b. 1919) November 5 John Fowles English novelist (b. 1926) November 9 K. R. Narayanan President of India (b. 1921) November 11 Moustapha Akkad Syrian-American film producer (b. 1930) Patrick Anson 5th Earl of Lichfield British photographer (b. 1939) November 13 Eddie Guerrero Mexican-American professional wrestler (b. 1967) November 19 Erik Balling Danish television and film director (b. 1924) November 20 Chris Whitley American musician (b. 1945) November 24 Pat Morita American actor (b. 1932) November 25 George Best Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946) Richard Burns English race car driver (b. 1971) November 28 Tony Meehan English drummer (The Shadows) (b. 1943) December Richard Pryor December 1 Mary Hayley Bell (Lady Mary Mills) Actress & Writer (b. 1911) December 2 Mohammed Amza Zubeidi former prime minister of Iraq (b. 1938) Nguyen Tuong Van Vietnamese-Australian drug trafficker and capital punishment cause clbre (b. 1980) Christine Pullein-Thompson British author (b. 1925) 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 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) Charles Socarides American psychiatrist (b. 1922) December 26 Kerry Packer Australian media tycoon (b. 1937) Vincent Schiavelli American actor (b. 1948) December 28 Patrick Cranshaw American actor (b.1919) December 29 Gerda Boyesen Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. 1922) Nobel Prizes Physics Roy J. Glauber John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hnsch Chemistry Robert Grubbs Richard Schrock and Yves Chauvin Physiology or Medicine Robin Warren and Barry Marshall Literature Harold Pinter Peace Mohamed ElBaradei Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Robert J. Aumann and Thomas Schelling In fiction Main article: Works of fiction set in 2005 References "World Year of Physics 2005 - About WYP 2005". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. http://www.physics2005.org/aboutwyp.html. 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