See also: April 26, 2005 - April 2005 - April 28, 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... April 28, 2005 (Thursday) Almost three months after the legislative election in Iraq, the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to approve a Shia-led cabinet, establishing the first elected government in the history of Iraq. ...
April 27, 2005 was a Wednesday April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The god known as Woden, for which Wednesday was named after Wednesday is considered either the third or the fourth day of the week, between Tuesday and Thursday. ...
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. (AP), (Reuters)
Johnson Beharry becomes the first recipient of the UK's highest military honor, the Victoria Cross since 1982 and the first living recipient since 1965. (AFP)
Two Palestinians, both aged 15, are arrested in a checkpoint near Jenin after 11 explosive charges were found on them. One teenager told interrogators that he was recruited to act as a couriers by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the second by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. (Haaretz), (AP photo)
Former Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is arrested for alleged corruption after he refuses to appear in court. (Reuters AlertNet) (United We Blog) (NDTV)
Colombian president Álvaro Uribe sacks four top army generals for disagreeing with his army reforms. (Reuters AlertNet)
In Togo, opposition resistance against election victory of Faure Gnassingbé escalates into violence. At least 33 have died in the clashes. Opposition leader Bob Akitani declares himself president. (AllAfrica) (News24) (Reuters) (BBC)
In India, Gautam Goswami, director of flood relief in Bihar, is accused of misdirecting funds. He denies any wrongdoing. (NDTV) (Times of India) (Times of India) (BBC)