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2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

2005 is the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism.

See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.

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Events

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January

January 3 - Assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri.
January 9 - The same storm which pounded the US earlier in the month hits England and Scandinavia, leaving 13 dead with widespread flooding and power cuts
January 9 - Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president in the Palestinian election.
January 12 - Deep Impact is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket.
January 13 - Terrorists enter into Israel from Gaza and open fire on civilians near border, killing 6 and wounding 5 others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility for attack.
January 14 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, largest moon of Saturn.
January 16 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.

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

January 18 - Terrorists murder 1 person and wound 8 people in Gush Katif, Israel. Hamas claims responsibility.
January 20 - George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.
January 21 - In Belize's capital city Belmopan, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
January 23 - Viktor Yushchenko is sworn in as the third President of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine.
January 25 - A stampede during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.
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.

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February

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 weapons 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 12 - Fire devastates the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.
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.

The Kyoto Protocol is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases.

February 16 - The Kyoto Protocol comes 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 - Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a 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 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 Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
February 25 The Serial Killer Dennis Rader is apprehended by Wichita Police and the KBI.
February 25 Terrorists murder 5 people and wound 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
February 26 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt asks parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005.

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March

March 1 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes under age 18.
March 3 - At 19:17 the 3500-ton freighter, M/V Karen Danielsen, crashes into the Western bridge of the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark, 800m from Funen. 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 10 - Tung Chee Hwa's resignation: Tung Chee Hwa, 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 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.

Protesters in front of Terri Schiavo's Pinellas Park, Florida hospice, March 27, 2005.

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 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. The crowd calling for his removal storms the Government House and riots occur throughout the capital city.
March 26 - The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese 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.

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April

Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China
April 1 - Newsanchor Peter Jennings hosts what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast.
April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies, causing widespread grief in the world.
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 17 others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.
April 8 - Referendum in Curaçao on independence vs. integration with the Netherlands.

Members of the College of Cardinals look on at Pope John Paul II's Funeral.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall following their civil wedding in Windsor, England.

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. Camilla assumes the titles Her Royal Highness and The Duchess of Cornwall.
April 12 - Fans hurl lit flares onto the field at San Siro Stadium in Milan during a Champions League quarter-final soccer match.
April 15 - At least 21 people died and around 50 people were injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris.
April 16 - President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in the capital city and dissolved the Supreme Court.
April 17 - Twelve holidaymakers were killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying 27 people plunged 200 metres into a ravine.
April 18 - Five people died 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 - 56 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 has left 30 Vietnamese war veterans dead and four other people hurt.
April 21 - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca has left two militants and two members of the security forces dead.
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 withdrew the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its 29 year military domination of that country.
April 27 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 made its first flight from Toulouse.
April 30 - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo leave three militants dead and at least 10 people injured.

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May

May 1 - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi 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 - 4th president of Singapore, Wee Kim Wee dies from prostate cancer.
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-storey buildings in the eastern Pakistani 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 10 - A live hand grenade 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).
May 13 - The final episode of the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States. This episode may mark the end of the Star Trek franchise itself, which dates back to 1966.
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.
May 19 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 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.
May 19 - The Canadian House of Commons members narrowly pass two budget bills at second reading allowing the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay in power.
May 21 - Greece wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
May 25 - Liverpool F.C. win the UEFA Champions League by defeating AC Milan 3-1 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul.
May 25 - The Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, resigned for participating in the Chief Executive Election in July. As a result, Henry Tang and Michael Suen had become the Acting Chief Executive and Acting Chief Secretary for Administration respectively.
May 29 - French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.
May 31 - W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.

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June

June 1 - Dutch referendum on the European Constitution votes to reject, the second country to do so.
June 5 - Switzerland votes to join the Schengen area and to allow same-sex partnerships.
June 6 - Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam resigns.
June 13 - Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children (see 2005 trial of Michael Jackson).
June 17 - A 6.7 aftershock,which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California. (California earthquakes of June 2005)
June 17 - Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares were traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day.
June 19 - Election in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain — preliminary results show that Manuel Fraga and the Partido Popular lose control of the autonomous parliament.
June 21 - Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
June 23 - The San Antonio Spurs win the NBA World Championship title.
June 28 - Queen Elizabeth II conducts the International Fleet Review of 167 international warships in the Solent, as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations.
June 30 - MTV Networks launches LGBT-themed LOGO channel in the U.S..
June 30 - Spain joins Belgium and the Netherlands in permitting same-sex marriage.

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July

July 2 - Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
July 4 - NASA's "Copper bullet" from Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
July 4 - Violent G8 demonstrations in Gleneagles
July 6 - The European Parliament rejects the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading in the codecision procedure.
July 6 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London.

The wreckage of the No. 30 bus in Tavistock Square after the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

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 compromise budget is reached in Minnesota, ending the fourteen-day government shutdown.
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 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 Tour 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.

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August

Wreckage of Air France Flight 358 the day after it crashes at Toronto Pearson International Airport

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 552 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 17 - The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
August 17 - Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [1]
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 meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15 cm crater.
August 22 - Nintendogs is released by NintendoDS and sells 250,000 copies in first week.
August 23 - TANS Peru Flight 204 crash lands in Peru killing almost half of those aboard.
August 23 - Israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends.
August 24 - Hong Kong High Court Judge Michael Hartmann rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.

An aerial view of the flooding near downtown New Orleans, following the devastation of the city by Hurricane Katrina.

August 28 - Terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
August 29 - At least 1,300 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Within hours, levees give way and New Orleans is flooded.
August 31 - A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede).

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September

September 1 - Oil prices rise sharply following economic effects of Hurricane Katrina.
September 5 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. (See airplane accidents in 2005).
September 7 - Incumbent Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak wins its first multi-party presidential election.
September 11 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the LDP are returned to power following the Japanese general elections.
September 12 - Norwegian parliamentary election
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 CDU and Gerhard Schröder of the SDP both claim victory in 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 24 - Hurricane Rita hits the US 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".

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October

October 1 - 26 people are killed and more than 100 are injured in the 2005 Bali bombings.
October 1 - World's largest bank is established with the merger of two Japanese banking conglomerates, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings, to form Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
October 1 - Australian photojournalist, Stephen Dupont films US soldiers (Army's 173d Airborne Brigade) burn two dead Taliban bodies facing West while embedded in Gonbaz , Afghanistan.
October 2 - 20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY.
October 4 - Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America with 80 mph of winds and kills over 600 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 measuring 7.6 on the Moment magnitude scale hits Northern Pakistan, killing about 80,000 people, see 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
October 9 - Polish presidential election.
October 12 - Apple Computer releases the long-awaited fifth-generation iPod ('iPod Video')
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 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 - US Helicopters and warplanes bomb two villages near Ramadi in western Iraq, killing about 70 people.
October 18 - The UN tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and sexual abuse.
October 19 - The Trials of Saddam Hussein begin.
October 19 - Hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm.
October 21 - 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, celebrations held at HMS Victory in Portsmouth, Trafalgar Square in London and at hundreds of over locations around the country. The day culminated in the lighting of hundreds of "beacons" around the country, the first being lit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and the following ones by other members of the Royal Family.
October 22 - Tropical Storm Alpha forms making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active on record.
October 23 - Polish presidential election.
October 23 - Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia.
October 23 - Guns and Amno Ban Referendum in Brazil
October 23 - Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria.
October 24 - Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks dies at the age of 92.
October 24 - Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in southwestern Florida as a category 3 hurricane.
October 26 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Houston Astros 1-0 to win the 2005 World Series in a four game sweep, giving the White Sox their first World Series title since 1917.
October 26 - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for Israel to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran, Iran, and condemns peace process.
October 27 - Two teenagers accidentally electrocuted themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting.
October 28 - Vice presidential adviser Lewis Libby resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the CIA leak investigation.
October 29 - A train in Andhra Pradesh, India derails, killing at least 77 people.
October 29 - At least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the Indian capital, Delhi. See 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings for full details.
October 30 - Hurricane Beta hits the coast of Nicaragua. It is the 13th hurricane of 2005, breaking the 1969 record of 12 hurricanes.
October 31 - President George W. Bush nominates Third Circuit judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court of the United States.

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November

November 1 - The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage.
November 1 - Justice John Gomery releases the first part of the Gomery Commission report on corruption in the Liberal Party of Canada and the sponsorship scandal. Gomery criticized Jean Chrétien, his chief of staff Jean Pelletier, and his former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano, saying that Chrétien and Pelletier must be held responsible.
November 1 - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over the Lewis Libby indictment.
November 1 - A memorial takes place for the 52 victims of the London bombings.
November 2 - Thousands attend the funeral of Rosa Parks in Detroit, Michigan.
November 2 - Madrid: 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) that the same day filed an objection of unconstitutionality.
November 6 - A tornado hits western Kentucky and southwestern Indiana, killing at least 22.
November 6 - Azerbaijan parliamentary election.

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Scheduled and expected events

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It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

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November-December

November 27 - The 93rd Grey Cup game to be played in Vancouver, Canada.
November to December - Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo.
December - The £140m extension of the Docklands Light Railway in London, linking Canning Town to North Woolwich and London City Airport opens.
December 7 - European Union TLD .eu is to be launched, and replace .eu.int. Initially only for business purposes. On 7 April 2006 EU citizens can also register .eu domains.
December 9 - The final day of service of London's iconic Routemaster buses.
December 15 - The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution.
December 31 - The first leap second since 1998.

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Unknown dates

The British Broadcasting Corporation are expected to launch software for downloading and watching their television programmes from the Internet. It is currently in a closed beta testing stage.

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Births

April 8 - Leah Isadora Behn, granddaughter of King Harald V of Norway
June 8 - Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
June 26 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
October 4 - Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium
October 15 - Prince Christian of Denmark, son of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
October 31 - Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Letizia

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Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2005

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January

January 1 - Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1924)
January 1 - Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman from California (b. 1941)
January 4 - Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad (assassinated)
January 10 - Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
January 17 - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)
January 20 - Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
January 22 - Consuelo Velazquez, Mexican singer, author of the song "Besame Mucho" (b. 1920)
January 23 - Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
January 29 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer and satirist (b. 1924)

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February

February 3 - Ernst Mayr, American evolutionary biologist (b. 1904)
February 3 - Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
February 5 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937)
February 8 - Jimmy Smith, American musician (b. 1925)
February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
February 14 - Rafik Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944)
February 17 - Nariman Sadeq, Queen of Egypt (b. 1934)
February 20 - Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1942)
February 20 - John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
February 20 - Hunter S. Thompson, American author (suicide) (b. 1937)

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March

March 6 - Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
March 8 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechnyan separatist (b. 1951)
March 10 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
March 16 - Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
March 22 - Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Antipope Gregory XVII (b. 1946)
March 26 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
March 26 - Paul Hester, Australian musician (Crowded House) (b. 1958)
March 29 - Johnnie Cochran, American attorney (b. 1937)
March 31 - Terri Schiavo, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1963)

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April

April 2 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
April 5 - Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
April 6 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
April 9 - Andrea Dworkin, American feminist (b. 1946)
April 11 - Lucien Laurent, first player ever to score in the FIFA World Cup (b. 1907)
April 19 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz musician (b. 1946)
April 23 - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
April 23 - Sir John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
April 21 - Zhang Chunqiao, Chinese politician (b. 1917)
April 24 - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
April 28 - Raymundo Punongbayan, Filipino seismologist (b. 1937)
April 30 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)

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May

May 2 - Wee Kim Wee, President of Singapore (b. 1915)
May 7 - Peter Wallace Rodino, U.S. Congressman (b. 1909)

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June

June 6 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
June 10 - Jim Exon, Governor and U.S. Senator from Nebraska (b. 1921)
June 21 - Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
June 26 - Richard Whiteley, British journalist and television presenter (b. 1943)
June 27 - John T. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1946)