See also: April 25, 2005 - April 2005 - April 27, 2005 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in April ⢠26: Augusto Roa Bastos ⢠24: Ezer Weizman ⢠23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen ⢠23: John Mills ⢠16: Marla Ruzicka ⢠9: Andrea Dworkin ⢠6: Prince Rainier III ⢠5: Dale Messick ⢠5: Saul Bellow ⢠2: Pope John... See also: April 26, 2005 - April 2005 - April 28, 2005 April 27, 2005 was a Wednesday The U.S. House of Representatives votes 406-20 to rescind controversial Republican ethics rules, in order to end a stalemate in the evenly-divided Ethics Committee since their introduction in January. ...
April 26, 2005 was a Tuesday April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tuesday is considered either the second or the third day of the week, between Monday and Wednesday. ...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Israeli soldier killed in the West Bank on Monday night was shot by his comrades. It was believed he was killed by an Unarmed Taxi Driver, Iyad Dueik, who was shot seven times and whose car ran over the man, but news that he was shot questions this assesment. (BBC)
Faure Gnassingbé wins the Togolese presidential election with more than 60% of the votes. Results cause riots in Lomé when the opposition doesn't acknowledge the election, denouncing massive fraud. (AFP via Yahoo!) (AFP via Yahoo! France)
The Civil Unions and Relationships Acts take effect in New Zealand. These laws allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions that are similar to marriage. (New Zealand Herald)
The death toll in the Amagasaki rail crash reaches 73. Police searches the offices of West Japan Railway Co looking for clues for the cause of the crash. (Japan Today) (Reuters) (Bloomberg) (Reuters AlertNet)
Political unrest increases in Belize when opposition calls for the government to step down, telephone workers are on strike and teachers threatening to follow. (Reuters AlertNet)