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News by month

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Arts

Architecture - Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music (Country, Metal, UK) - Film - Television - Home video

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Other topics

Deaths - Awards - Games - Law - Religious leaders - Video gaming

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

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Works - Introductions
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April 2005 : â† - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â†’ Hamas and Islamic Jihad have declared, in principle, their intention to join the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby... Ongoing events â€¢ 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes â€¢ 2005 Maharashtra floods â€¢ 2005 Gujarat Flood â€¢ Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan â€¢ Fuel prices â€¢ Gomery Comm. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: JosÃ© Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Ongoing events â€¢ Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal â€¢ Al Jazeera bombing memo â€¢ Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak â€¢ Black sites scandal â€¢ Conservative leadership race (UK) â€¢ Fuel prices â€¢ Irans nuclear program â€¢ Jilin chemical plant explosions â€¢ Kashmir earthquake â€¢ Malawi food crisis â€¢ Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal â€¢ New Delhi bombings investigation â€¢ Niger food crisis â€¢ North Indian cyclone... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... See also: 2004 in architecture, other events of 2005, 2006 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... // Becks Futures - Christina Mackie Caldecott Medal for childrens book illustration - Kevin Henkes, Kittens First Full Moon Schock Prize in Visual Arts - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa Wynne prize - Jenny Sages, The Road to Utopia The Gates, an installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude that was up from... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... // Frank Bidart: Star Dust, one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year[1] Dan Chiasson: Natural History: Poems, one of the New York Times 100 Notable books of the year[1] Jorie Graham: Overlord: Poems, one of the New York Times 100 Notable books of the... See also: 2005 in heavy metal music 2005 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2005 Record labels established in 2005 Albums released in 2005 January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including... See also: 2004 in country music, 2005 in music, other events of 2005, 2006 in country music and the List of years in Country Music // April 30 - Billboard magazine renames the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart Hot Country Songs. ... This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year // Beyond Fear Cronian Disarm Ihsahn In This Moment Five Finger Death Punch Anthrax Devourment Emperor MÃ¶tley CrÃ¼e Terrorizer Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds After Forever - Remagine Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone Arch... The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. ... June - Wal-Mart and several other retailers announce plans to phase out the VHS format entirely, in favor of the more popular DVD format. ... This is a list of direct, national elections (sometimes called General Elections) that will/did take place around the world in 2005. ... 2004 international organization leaders - Events of 2005 - 2006 international organization leaders - International organization leaders by year See also: List of state leaders in 2005 List of religious leaders in 2005 List of colonial governors in 2005 African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) - Secretary-General - Jean-Robert Goulongana, Gabon... Portions of this article or section may be outdated. ... 2004 state leaders - Events of 2005 - 2006 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2005 List of international organization leaders in 2005 List of colonial governors in 2005 List of foreign ministers in 2005 List of current national leaders // Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika... 2004 sovereign states - Events of 2005 - 2006 sovereign states - Sovereign states by year Sovereign states in 2005 // Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan The Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso... The year 2005 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2005: // Events January January 29 - Nonstop flights between mainland China and Taiwan take off for the first time since 1949. ... See also 2004 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2005, other specialist lists of events in 2005 and 2006 in birding and ornithology Worldwide New species See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis from Amazonian Brazil is described as... This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2005. ... See also: Other events of 2005 List of years in science . ... Discovery STS-114 launch on July 26, 2005. ... Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 throughout the world. ... Fifteen clubs contested the eighth National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, the 98th season of professional rugby league in Australia. ... For the new year, See Deaths in 2006. ... see also: 2004 in games, 2006 in games 20Q â€” Radica Games 2005 in video gaming Categories: | | ... 2004 religious leaders - Events of 2005 - 2006 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year See also: List of state leaders in 2005 List of international organization leaders in 2005 // Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church John Paul II, Pope, Bishop of Rome (1978-2005) Benedict XVI, Pope, Bishop of Rome (2005-present... 2005 2005 in games 2004 in video gaming 2006 in video gaming Notable events of 2005 in video gaming. ... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for any common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) e. ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

The year 2005 was designated:

The Year of the Volunteer by the UK government

The World Year of Physics

The International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism.

The Year of 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: Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year. The Politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland takes place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy in which the Monarch is head of state and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government. ... The year 2005 has been named the World Year of Physics in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einsteins Miracle Year, in which he published three landmark papers, and the subsequent advances in the field of physics. ... The Year of the Eucharist is the name of the liturgical year from October 2004 to October 2005, as celebrated by Catholics worldwide. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... This article is about the city in the Republic of Ireland. ... The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. ... Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... Highlights The so-called iTunes Law, which Apple has called state-sponsored piracy, is approved by the French Parliament (coat of arms pictured). ...

Contents

1 Events of 2005

1.1 January

1.2 February

1.3 March

1.4 April

1.5 May

1.6 June

1.7 July

1.8 August

1.9 September

1.10 October

1.11 November

1.12 December

2 Fictional

3 World population

4 Births

5 Deaths

5.1 January-March

5.2 April-June

5.3 July-September

5.4 October-December

6 Unknown dates

7 Climate

8 Nobel Prizes

9 Ship events

10 Geography

11 See also

12 Notes

13 External links

[edit] Events of 2005

[edit] January

January 4 - Gunmen assassinated the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri.

January 6 - Graniteville train disaster: Nine people were killed during the incident and 250 more people were treated for chlorine inhalation in Graniteville, South Carolina near Augusta, Georgia.

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.

January 9 - Palestinian election: Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority President.

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Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.

January 12 - 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 people and wounding five others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility for the attack.[1]

January 14 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

January 16 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.

January 16 - Armed militants kill one person and wound eight people in the Gush Katif settlement, Gaza Strip. Hamas claims responsibility.^{Confirmation needed}

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.

January 21 - In Belmopan, Belize, unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

January 25 - A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.

January 26 - Glendale train crash: Two trains derail, killing 11 and injuring 200, in Glendale, California near Los Angeles.

January 30 - The 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 insurgents release a video claiming to have shot the aircraft down using a missile.^{Confirmation needed}

January 31 - The Michael Jackson trial commences in Santa Barbara, California, 14 months after Jackson was arrested with much publicity.

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The Kyoto Protocol is intended to cut 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 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 weapons 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.

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 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 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, Israel; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the attack.

February 26 - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asks Parliament to amend the 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 Best Picture.

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Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Ian Warwick Blair, QPM (born 19 March 1953) is Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (head of the Metropolitan Police Service). ... The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (usually just referred to as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner or, more colloquially, as the Met Commissioner) is the head of the Metropolitan Police Service in London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko[1] (Ukrainian: ) (born 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister of Ukraine (from 24 January to 8 September 2005). ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Date February 6, 2005 Stadium ALLTEL Stadium City Jacksonville, Florida MVP Deion Branch, Wide receiver Favorite Patriots by 7 National anthem Combined choirs of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and U.S... City Foxborough, Massachusetts Other nicknames The Pats Team colors Nautical Blue, New Century Silver, Red, and White Head Coach Bill Belichick Owner Robert Kraft General manager Bill Belichick (de facto) Mascot Pat Patriot League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960â€“69) Eastern Division (1960â€“69) National Football League (1970â€“present... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ... City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team colors Midnight Green, Black, White, and Silver Head Coach Andy Reid Owner Jeffrey Lurie General manager Tom Heckert Fight song Fly, Eagles Fly Mascot Swoop League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1933â€“present) Eastern Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern Conference (1953-1969) Capitol... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Legislative elections were held in Denmark on February 8, 2005. ... Anders Fogh Rasmussen , also: (born January 26, 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark (in Danish Statsminister, meaning Minister of State). ... The Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also known as Venstre) is a major free market liberal party in Denmark. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see ETA (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Car bomb (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Windsor Tower (in Spanish Torre Windsor) was built in 1979 in the financial center of Madrid, Spain. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Lebanese city. ... This page lists prime ministers of Lebanon. ... Rafik Bahaeddine Al-Hariri â€” (November 1, 1944 â€“ February 14, 2005), (Arabic: ) a self-made billionaire and business tycoon, was Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation on 20 October 2004. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: LiÃ¡onÃng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing greenhouse gases that cause climate change. ... is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... NHL redirects here. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Day of Aashurah, sometimes spelled ‘Ashurah or Aashoorah, falls on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... JosÃ© SÃ³crates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (pron. ... The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pron. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Zarand is a town in the Kerman province of Iran. ... For the U.S. city, see Kerman, California. ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The February 23, 2005 French law on colonialism was an act passed by the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) conservative majority, which imposed to high-school teachers to teach the positive values of colonialism to their students (article 4). ... is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tyler courthouse shooting refers to a February 24, 2005, incident in which David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. ... Smith County is the name of several counties in the United States: Smith County, Kansas Smith County, Mississippi Smith County, Tennessee Smith County, Texas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, United States. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wichita is the name of: Wichita (tribe), a Native American tribe Wichita language, the language of the tribe Wichita (film), a 1955 American Western movie directed by Jacques Tourneur Wichita Recordings, a London based independent record label A song by the band Soul Coughing A font replicating the hand writing... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945) is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita), Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic: Ù…ØÙ…Ø¯ ØØ³Ù†Ù‰ Ø³ÙŠØ¯ Ù…Ø¨Ø§Ø±Ùƒ Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤usnÄ« MubÄrak), commonly known as Hosni Mubarak (Arabic: ØØ³Ù†Ù‰ Ù…Ø¨Ø§Ø±Ùƒ á¸¤usnÄ« MubÄrak), has been the President of Egypt since 14 October 1981. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 77th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. ... Christopher Julius Rock III[5] (born February 7, 1965)[6][7] is an Emmy Award winning American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ... Kodak Theatre. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Million Dollar Baby is an Academy Award winning 2004 dramatic film directed by Clint Eastwood. ... Â©A.M.P.A.S.Â® The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. ...

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