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| + | * [10- 17 -2005] -- [[Ba Jin]] (aka Pa Chin [pseud. of Li Feigan]) (1904-2005) dies. Chinese novelist, discovered anarchism with the reading of [[Peter Kropotkin]] & [[Emma Goldman]] & created his pseudonym Ba (from Bakunin ) & Jin (from [[Kropotkin]]). Cruelly persecuted, but finally, in the decade of Deng Xiao-ping's reforms, he was elected honorary chairman of Chinese Writers' Association. Elected a contender for the 2001 Nobel Prize. |
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| − | '''2005''' '''(MMV)''' was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
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| − | 2005 was the [[World Year of Physics 2005|World Year of Physics]], the [[Rooster (zodiac)|Year of the Rooster]] in the [[Chinese calendar]], and the International [[Year of the Eucharist]] in [[Catholicism]].
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| − | ===[[January 2005|January]]===
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| − | * [[January 4]] - Death of the Governor of [[Baghdad Province|Baghdad]], [[Ali Al-Haidri]]<!--confirmed here-->, assassinated by gunmen. | + | |
| − | * [[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. <!--confirmed here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/01/09/europe.storm-->
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| − | * [[January 9]] - [[Mahmoud Abbas]] is elected to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]] as [[Palestinian Authority]] president in the [[Palestinian election]].
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| − | * [[January 12]] - [[Deep Impact (space mission)|Deep Impact]] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral|Kennedy Space Center]] by a [[Delta 2]] rocket.
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| − | * [[January 13]] - Armed militants enter into [[Israel]] from Gaza and open fire near the [[border]], killing 6 people and wounding 5 others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility for attack.{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[January 14]] - The [[Huygens probe]] lands on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], largest moon of [[Saturn]].
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| − | * [[January 16]] - [[Adriana Iliescu]] gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.
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| − | ** Armed militants kill 1 [[person]] and wound 8 [[person|people]] in the [[Gush Katif]] settlement, [[Gaza Strip]]. Hamas claims responsibility.{{noMention}}
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| − | * [[January 20]] - [[George W. Bush]] is inaugurated in [[Washington, D.C.]] for his second term as 43rd [[President of the United States]].
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| − | * [[January 20]] - [[Ireland]] completes [[metrication]]<!--confirmed here-->.
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| − | * [[January 21]] - In Belize's capital city [[Belmopan]], the [[Unrest in Belize in 2005|unrest over the government's new taxes]] erupts into [[riot]]s.
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| − | * [[January 23]] - [[Viktor Yushchenko]] is sworn in as the third [[President of Ukraine]] in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]].
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| − | * [[January 25]] - A [[stampede]] at [[Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi]]<!--confirmed here--> during a religious [[pilgrimage]] in [[India]] kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.
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| − | * [[January 30]] - The [[Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005|first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq]] since [[1958]] take place.
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| − | * [[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.{{noMention}}
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| − | ===[[February 2005|February]]===
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| − | * [[February 6]] - The [[New England Patriots]] win their third Super Bowl title in four years by winning 24-21 over the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in [[Super Bowl XXXIX]].
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| − | * [[February 8]] - [[Danish parliamentary election, 2005|Danish parliamentary elections]] continue the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] and his [[Liberal Party (Denmark)|Liberal Party]].
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| − | * [[February 9]] - An [[ETA]] car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in [[Madrid]].
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| − | * [[February 10]] - [[North Korea]] announces that it possesses [[nuclear weapon]]s as a protection against the hostility it feels from the [[United States]].
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| − | * [[February 10]] - [[Saudi Arabia]] holds its first ever elections for municipal authorities, in which only men are allowed to vote.
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| − | * [[February 12]] - Fire devastates the [[Windsor Building]], a 32 story office block, in [[Madrid]].
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| − | * [[February 14]] - A massive suicide bomb blast in central [[Beirut]] kills [[Lebanon]]'s former [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|prime minister]] [[Rafik Hariri]] and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people were also hurt.
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| − | * [[February 14]] - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]].
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| − | [[Image:Major greenhouse gas trends.png|230px|right|thumb|The [[Kyoto Protocol]] is intended to cut [[Earth|global]] emissions of [[greenhouse gases]].]]
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| − | * [[February 16]] - The [[Kyoto Protocol]] comes into effect, without the support of the [[United States]] and [[Australia]].
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| − | * [[February 16]] - The [[National Hockey League]] cancels its [[2004-05 NHL season|2004-2005 season]] becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.
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| − | * [[February 19]] - Suicide bombers kill more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark [[Ashura]], their holiest day.
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| − | * [[February 20]] - [[Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe]], passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
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| − | * [[February 20]] - Early [[Portuguese legislative election, 2005|Legislative elections]] in [[Portugal]] result in a landslide victory for [[José Sócrates]] and the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]].
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| − | * [[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, Iran|Zarand]] region of [[Kerman]] province in southern [[Iran]].
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| − | * [[February 25]] - American police apprehend the so-called BTK serial killer [[Dennis Rader]] 31 years after his first murder
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| − | * [[February 25]] - Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
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| − | * [[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 2005|March]]===
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| − | * [[March 1]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules the [[death penalty]] unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes under age 18.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[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]].
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| − | * [[March 10]] - [[Tung Chee Hwa's resignation]]: [[Tung Chee Hwa]], the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] of [[Hong Kong]], resigns.
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| − | * [[March 11]] - In the [[United Kingdom|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]].
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| − | * [[March 11]] - Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the [[Fulton County Courthouse]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; the main suspect, [[Brian Nichols]], surrenders to police the next day.
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| − | * [[March 13]] - First round of [[Central African Republic elections, 2005|Central African Republic elections]].
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| − | * [[March 14]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] ratifies an anti-[[secession]] law aimed at preventing [[Taiwan]] from declaring independence.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | [[Image:Terri Schiavo protest.jpg|thumb|Protesters in front of [[Terri Schiavo]]'s Pinellas Park, Florida hospice, [[March 27]], [[2005]].]]
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[March 19]] - A suspected [[suicide bomber]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]], kills one person and injures about 12 others.
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| − | * [[March 19]] - A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in [[Quetta]], southwestern [[Pakistan]], killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
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| − | * [[March 19]] - A mine blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in [[Shuozhou]], [[China]], and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[March 21]] - 10 killed in the [[Red Lake High School massacre]] in [[Minnesota]], the worst [[school shooting]] since the [[Columbine High School massacre]].
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| − | * [[March 23]] - The United States' [[11th Circuit Court of Appeals]]' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of [[Terri Schiavo]]'s feeding tube.
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| − | * [[March 24]] - The [[Tulip Revolution]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]] reaches its climax with the overthrow of president [[Askar Akayev]].
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| − | * [[March 26]] - The Taiwanese government called on 1 million [[Taiwan]]ese to demonstrate in [[Taipei]] in opposition to the [[Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China|Anti-Secession Law]] of [[Mainland China]]. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attended the walk.
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| − | * [[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 2005|April]]===
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| − | * [[Japanese history textbooks controversy|Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China]]
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| − | * [[April 2]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
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| − | * [[April 6]] - First [[13th root]] calculation of a 200-digit number, computed by the Frenchman [[Alexis Lemaire]]
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| − | * [[April 6]] - [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Rainier III]] of Monaco dies, succeeded by his son [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Albert II]]
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[April 7]] - A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing two foreign tourists and wounding seventeen others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.
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| − | * [[April 8]] - Referendum in [[Curaçao]] on independence vs. integration with the [[Netherlands]].
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| − | * [[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]].
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| − | * [[April 9]] - The marriage of [[Prince Charles|The Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla Parker Bowles]] takes place, after being briefly postponed after the Pope's death. Camilla assumes the titles [[Her Royal Highness]] and The [[Duchess of Cornwall]].
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| − | * [[April 15]] - At least twenty one people die and around fifty people are injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central [[Paris]].
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| − | * [[April 16]] - President [[Lucio Gutierrez]] of [[Ecuador]] declares a state of emergency in the capital city and dissolves the Supreme Court.
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| − | * [[April 17]] - Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern [[Switzerland]] when a bus carrying twenty seven people plunges 200 metres into a ravine.
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| − | * [[April 18]] - Five people die in ethnic clashes in [[Iran]]'s south-west [[Khuzestan]] province.
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| − | * [[April 19]] - Joseph Ratzinger elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on the second day of the [[Papal conclave, 2005|Papal conclave]].
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| − | * [[April 20]] - Fifty six hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.
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| − | * [[April 20]] - President [[Lucio Gutiérrez]] of [[Ecuador]] is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests.
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| − | * [[April 21]] - A bus crash in [[Vietnam]]'s Central Highlands kills thirty Vietnamese war veterans.
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| − | * [[April 21]] - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of [[Mecca]] kills two militants and two members of the security forces.
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| − | * [[April 23]] - [[Silvio Berlusconi]], prime minister of [[Italy]], re-forms government after its dissolution three days earlier.
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| − | * [[April 25]] - A passenger train derails in [[Amagasaki, Hyogo|Amagasaki]] [[Hyogo Prefecture]] Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see [[Amagasaki rail crash]])
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| − | * [[April 26]] - Facing international pressure, [[Syria]] withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in [[Lebanon]] ending its twenty nine year military domination of that country.
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| − | * [[April 27]] - The Superjumbo jet aircraft [[Airbus A380]] makes its first flight from [[Toulouse]].
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| − | * [[April 30]] - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital [[Cairo]] leave three militants dead and at least ten people injured.
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| − | * [[May 1]] - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern [[Iraq]]i 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.
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| − | * [[May 2]] - A blast at an illegal munitions store in northern [[Afghanistan]] kills 28 people and injures at least 13 others.
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| − | * [[May 3]] - At least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-story buildings in the eastern [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Lahore]] collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.
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| − | * [[May 4]] - In one of the largest [[Insurgency|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.
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| − | ** The [[United Kingdom]] votes in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]]. The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority.
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| − | ** Two homemade bombs [[May 5 British consulate in New York bombing|explode outside the British consulate]] in [[New York]], [[USA]].
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| − | * [[May 10]] - A [[hand grenade]] ostensibly thrown by [[Vladimir Arutinian]] 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 (country)|Georgia]], but malfunctions and does not detonate.
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| − | * [[May 11]] - Serial killer [[Michael Ross]] became first person executed in [[New England]] in 45 years.
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| − | * [[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]].
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| − | * [[May 13]]
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| − | ** [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] [[Military of Uzbekistan|troops]] kill up to 700 during [[May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan|protests in eastern Uzbekistan]] over the trials of 23 accused [[Islamism|Islamic extremists]]. President [[Islam Karimov]] defends the act.
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| − | ** The [[United States]] [[Department of Defense]] issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the [[Base Realignment and Closure]] process ([[Base Realignment and Closure, 2005|BRAC 2005]]).
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| − | ** The final episode of the TV series ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' is broadcast in the United States. This episode marks the first time since [[1987]] that a ''[[Star Trek]]'' series is not in production.
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| − | * [[May 15]] - A passenger [[ferry]] capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the [[Bura Gauranga River]] in [[Bangladesh]], leaving over 100 people missing.
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| − | * [[May 16]] - [[George Galloway]] appears before a U.S. [[Senate]] committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi [[Oil-for-Food Programme]].
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| − | * [[May 17]] - Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.
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| − | * [[May 19]]
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| − | **''[[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.
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| − | ** The [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]] [[38th Canadian Parliament|members]] narrowly pass [[Canadian federal budget, 2005|two budget bills]] at [[second reading]] allowing the [[minority government|minority]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] government of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Martin]] to stay in power.
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| − | * [[May 21]] [[Greece]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]].
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| − | * [[May 25]]
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| − | ** [[Liverpool F.C.]] win the [[UEFA Champions League]] by defeating [[AC Milan]] 3-2 in a penalty shootout in [[Istanbul, Turkey|Istanbul]].
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| − | ** 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.
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| − | * [[May 29]] - [[French referendum on the European Constitution]] votes resoundingly to reject.
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| − | * [[May 31]] - [[W. Mark Felt]] is confirmed to be [[Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat]].
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| − | * [[June 1]] - [[Dutch referendum on the European Constitution]] votes to reject, the second country to do so.
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| − | * [[June 5]] - [[Switzerland]] votes to join the [[Schengen treaty|Schengen]] area and to allow [[civil unions|same-sex partnerships]].
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| − | * [[June 6]] - [[Syria]]n [[Vice President]] [[Abdul Halim Khaddam]] resigns.
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| − | * [[June 13]] - Singer [[Michael Jackson]] acquitted of all charges of harming children (see [[2005 trial of Michael Jackson]]).
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| − | * [[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]])
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| − | * [[June 17]] - Because of "quadruple-witching" [[option]]s and [[Futures contract|future]]s 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.
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| − | * [[June 19]] - Election in the [[Autonomous Community]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]] — preliminary results show that [[Manuel Fraga]] and the [[Partido Popular]] lose control of the autonomous parliament.
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| − | * [[June 21]] - [[Volna]] booster [[rocket]] carrying the first [[light sail]] spacecraft (a joint [[Russia]]n-[[United States]] project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
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| − | * [[June 27]] - [[New York]] State Assemblyman [[Will Stephens]] inadvertantly sends an email to his constituents referring to them as '[[idiots]]'.
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| − | * [[June 28]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] conducts the [[International Fleet Review]] of 167 international warships in the [[Solent]], as part of the [[Trafalgar 200]] celebrations.
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| − | * [[June 30]] - [[Spain]] joins [[Belgium]] and the Netherlands in permitting [[same-sex marriage]].
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| − | * [[July 2]] - [[Live 8]], a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign.
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| − | * [[July 4]]
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| − | ** [[NASA]]'s "Copper bullet" from [[Deep Impact (space mission)|Deep Impact]] spacecraft hits [[Comet Tempel 1]], creating a [[Impact crater|crater]] for scientific studies.
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| − | ** Violent [[G8]] demonstrations occur in [[Gleneagles]], [[Scotland]].
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| − | * [[July 6]]
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| − | ** The [[European Parliament]] rejects the [[Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions]] in its second reading in the [[codecision procedure]].
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| − | ** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] to [[London]].
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| − | * [[July 7]]
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| − | ** 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]].
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| − | ** [[Al-Qaeda]] admits to the killing of [[Egypt]]'s Ambassador, [[Ihab al-Sherif]].
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| − | * [[July 10]]
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| − | ** [[Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution]] votes to accept.
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| − | ** [[Hurricane Dennis]] strikes near [[Navarre Beach, Florida]] as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.
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| − | * [[July 12]] - Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in [[Netanya, Israel]]. [[Islamic Jihad]] claims responsibility for attack.
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| − | * [[July 13]] - Three trains collide in the [[Ghotki rail crash]] in Ghotki, [[Pakistan]], killing over 150 people.
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| − | * [[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. <!-- in all [[English language|English]]-speaking countries . -->
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| − | * [[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]].
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| − | * [[July 20]] - [[Canada]]'s Civil Marriage Act, legalizing same-sex marriage, receives [[Royal Assent]].
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| − | * [[July 21]] - [[21 July 2005 London bombings|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.
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[July 23]] - A series of blasts in a resort town in [[Egypt]]. See [[July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks]].
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| − | * [[July 24]] - [[Lance Armstrong]] wins a record seventh straight [[Tour de France|Tours de France]] before his scheduled retirement.
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| − | * [[July 26]] - Launch for [[Space Shuttle Discovery|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 [[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']] on its return from mission [[STS-107]].
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| − | * [[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 2]] - [[Air France Flight 358]] bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]; all aboard survive.
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| − | * [[August 6]] - An [[ATR-72]] heading from [[Italy]] to [[Tunisia]] crashes into the [[Mediterranean Sea]], killing 16 of 39 on board.
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| − | * [[August 9]] - [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] returns to [[Edwards Air Force Base]] at 0814 EDT, completing [[STS-114]], "Return to Flight."
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| − | * [[August 12]] - [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] launched.
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| − | * [[August 14]] - [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] crashes into a mountain in [[Greece]], killing 121.
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| − | * [[August 16]] - [[West Caribbean Airways Flight 708]] crashes into a mountain in [[Venezuela]], killing 152 passengers.
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| − | * [[August 17]]
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| − | ** The first forced [[evacuation]] of [[settlers]], as part of the [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan]], starts.
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| − | ** [[Bangladesh]] is hit by bomb explosions. [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bangladesh_hit_by_several_bomb_explosions]
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| − | ** [[Sellapan Ramanathan]] gains victory in the [[Singapore Presidential elections, 2005]].
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| − | * [[August 18]]
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| − | ** [[BTK killer]] Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences.
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| − | ** [[Peace Mission 2005]], the first joint [[China]]-[[Russia]] military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the [[Shandong peninsula]].
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| − | * [[August 22]] - A 4.1-kg (9-pound) [[meteorite]] crashes into the [[Dotito]] area of [[Zambezi Escarpment]] in [[Zimbabwe]], leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) [[Impact crater|crater]].
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| − | * [[August 23]] - [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan|Israel's unilateral disengagement]] from 25 Jewish settlements in the [[Gaza Strip]] and [[West Bank]] ends.
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| − | * [[August 24]] - [[Hong Kong]] [[High Court (Hong Kong)|High Court]] Judge [[Michael Hartmann]] rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.
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| − | [[Image:Navy-FloodedNewOrleans.jpg|thumb|200px|An aerial view of the flooding near downtown [[New Orleans]], following the [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans|devastation of the city by Hurricane Katrina]].]]
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| − | * [[August 28]] - Terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
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| − | * [[August 29]] - At least 1,383 are killed, and [[Hurricane Katrina effects by region|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.
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| − | * [[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 2005|September]]===
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| − | * [[September 1]]
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| − | ** [[Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005#Hurricane Katrina|Oil prices]] rise sharply following [[economic effects of Hurricane Katrina]].
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| − | ** [[Sellapan Ramanathan]] is sworn-in for a second term of office as the [[President of Singapore]].
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| − | * [[September 5]] - [[Mandala Airlines]] [[Mandala Airlines Flight 091|Flight 091]] 737 crashes in [[Indonesia]] killing at least 117. (See [[list of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by year#2005|airplane accidents in 2005]]).
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| − | * [[September 7]] - [[Incumbent]] [[Rulers and heads of state of Egypt|Egyptian president]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] wins its first multi-party [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005|presidential election]].
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| − | * [[September 11]] - [[Japanese Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] [[Junichiro Koizumi]] and the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] are returned to power following the [[Japan general election, 2005|Japanese general elections]].
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| − | * [[September 12]]
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| − | ** [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary election]]
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| − | ** The [[Hong Kong Disneyland Resort]] officially opens.
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| − | ** [[English cricket team]] draw the final match to win [[The 2005 Ashes]].
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| − | * [[September 14]] - [[September 16]] - Largest [[UN]] [[2005 World Summit|World Summit]] in history, held in [[New York City]].
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| − | * [[September 17]] - [[Helen Clark]] leader of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] is re-elected for a third term in the [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general election]]
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| − | * [[September 18]]
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| − | ** [[Angela Merkel]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] and [[Gerhard Schröder]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] both claim victory in the [[German federal election, 2005|German federal election]].
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| − | ** [[Afghan parliamentary election, 2005|Afghan parliamentary election]]
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| − | * [[September 19]] - [[North Korea]] agrees to stop building [[nuclear weapons]] in exchange for aid and cooperation.
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| − | * [[September 24]] - [[Hurricane Rita]] hits the U.S. 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.
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| − | * [[September 25]] - [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary election]].
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| − | * [[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.
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| − | * [[September 27]] - [[Michaëlle Jean]], born in [[Haiti]], becomes the 27th [[Governor General of Canada]], and the first [[Black Canadian|black]] person to hold that position.
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| − | * [[September 28]] - American politician [[Tom DeLay]] is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury.
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| − | * [[September 29]] - [[John G. Roberts, Jr.]] is confirmed and sworn in as [[Chief Justice of the United States]].
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| − | * [[September 30]]
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| − | ** 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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| − | ** The [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|controversial drawings of Muhammad]] are printed in the [[Denmark|Danish]] newspaper [[Jyllands-Posten]].
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| − | ===[[October 2005|October]]===
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| − | [[Image:Wilma1315z-051019-1kg12.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Visible image of Hurricane Wilma near record intensity with a central pressure of 882 [[millibars]].]]
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| − | * [[October 1]]
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| − | ** 26 people are killed and more than 100 are injured in the [[2005 Bali bombings]].
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| − | ** The world's largest bank, [[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group]], is formed by the merger of two [[Japan]]ese banking conglomerates.
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| − | ** An [[Australia]]n photojournalist in [[Afghanistan]], Stephen Dupont, films US soldiers burning two dead [[Taliban]] militias' bodies.
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| − | * [[October 2]] - 20 people are killed in a shipwreck in [[Lake George, New York|Lake George, NY]].
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| − | * [[October 4]] - [[Hurricane Stan]] hits [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]] killing over 1,620 people.
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| − | * [[October 5]] - [[Flight Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Kendall-Smith]] charged with refusing to serve in the [[Iraq]] war.
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| − | * [[October 7]] - [[UN]] [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear]] agency director [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] is awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
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| − | * [[October 8]] - An [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|earthquake in Kashmir]] kills about 80,000 people.
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| − | * [[October 9]] - [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential election]], 1st round.
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| − | * [[October 12]] - The second [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[human spaceflight]] ''[[Shenzhou 6]]'' launched, carrying [[Fei Junlong]] and [[Nie Haisheng]] for five days in orbit.
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| − | * [[October 13]] - [[Veselin Topalov]] wins the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2005]]
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| − | * [[October 15]]
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| − | ** The [[Iraqi constitution ratification vote, 2005|referendum]] on the new [[Proposed Iraqi constitution]] is held.
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| − | ** [[2005 Toledo Riot|Riot]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]] during a Neo-Nazi rally surrounding racial issues; 114 arrested
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| − | ** [[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]] completed.
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| − | * [[October 16]] - [[US]] [[Helicopters]] and warplanes [[bomb]] two [[villages]] near [[Ramadi]] in western [[Iraq]], killing about 70 people.
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| − | * [[October 18]] - The [[UN]] tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and sexual abuse.
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| − | * [[October 19]]
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| − | ** The [[Trials of Saddam Hussein]] begin.
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| − | ** [[Hurricane Wilma]] swells into a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] storm.
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| − | * [[October 20]] [[Hurricane Wilma]] enters the Mexican Caribbean, passing through [[Cozumel]] and then the [[Yucatan Peninsula]], staying over [[Cancún]] for over 60 hours
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| − | * [[October 21]] - 200th Anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]], celebrations held around the [[United Kingdom]].
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| − | * [[October 22]]
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| − | ** [[Tropical Storm Alpha]] forms making the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] the most active on record.
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| − | ** [[Bellview Airlines Flight 210]], a [[Boeing 737]] airliner crashes in [[Nigeria]].
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| − | * [[October 23]]
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| − | ** [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential election]], 2nd round.
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| − | ** Referendum on the merger of the [[Kamchatka Oblast]] and the Autonomous District of [[Koryakia]].
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| − | ** [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendo_Sobre_a_Proibi%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_Com%C3%A9rcio_de_Armas_e_Muni%C3%A7%C3%A3o_no_Brasil Guns and Ammo Ban Referendum] in [[Brazil]]
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| − | * [[October 24]] - [[Hurricane Wilma]] makes landfall in southwestern Florida as a category 3 [[hurricane]].
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| − | * [[October 26]] [[Iran]]ian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] calls for [[Israel]] to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in [[Tehran]], Iran, and condemns peace process.
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| − | ** The U.S. death toll in [[Iraq]] reaches 2,000.
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| − | * [[October 27]] - Two [[teenager]]s accidentally electrocute themselves in [[Seine-Saint-Denis]], [[Paris]], [[France]], leading to [[2005 Paris suburb riots|widespread rioting]].
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| − | * [[October 28]] - Vice presidential adviser [[Lewis "Scooter" Libby]] resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the [[Plame Affair|CIA leak investigation]].
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| − | * [[October 29]]
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| − | ** A train in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] derails, killing at least 77 people.
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| − | ** At least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the [[India]]n capital, [[Delhi]]. See [[29 October 2005 Delhi bombings]] for full details.
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| − | * [[October 30]] - [[Hurricane Beta]] hits the coast of [[Nicaragua]]. It is the thirteenth hurricane of 2005, breaking the [[1969]] record of 12 hurricanes.
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| − | ===[[November 2005|November]]===
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| − | * [[November 1]]
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| − | ** [[Charles, Prince of Wales|The Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|The Duchess of Cornwall]] arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage.
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| − | ** Justice [[John Gomery]] releases the first part of the [[Gomery Commission]] report on corruption in the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] and the [[sponsorship scandal]].
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| − | ** [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Senate Minority Leader|Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] and his fellow [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] force a closed session of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] over the [[Lewis Libby]] indictment.
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| − | * [[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 (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP) that the same day filed an objection of unconstitutionality.
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| − | [[Image:Evanville Tornado, Nov 6, 2005.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Part of the devastation caused by an F3 tornado near [[Evansville, Indiana]].]]
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| − | * [[November 3]] & [[November 4|4]] - Another severe aftershock measuring 6.3 on the [[richter scale]] hits affected areas of [[Northern Pakistan]].
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| − | * [[November 6]]
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| − | ** [[Evansville Tornado of November 2005]]: A [[tornado]] hits western [[Kentucky]] and southwestern [[Indiana]], killing at least 22.
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| − | ** [[Azerbaijan parliamentary election, 2005|Azerbaijan parliamentary election]].
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| − | * [[November 7]] - [[Microsoft]] launched [[Microsoft SQL Server]] 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft BizTalk 2006 worldwide.
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| − | * [[November 8]] - [[President of the French Republic|French President]] [[Jacques Chirac]] declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the [[France|French]] [[civil unrest]], see [[2005 civil unrest in France]].
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| − | * [[November 9]] - At least fifty people are killed and more than 120 are injured in a series of coordinated [[suicide bombings]] in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]. See [[2005 Amman bombings]].
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| − | * [[November 12]] - [[United Nations Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] makes his first visit to [[Iraq]] since [[Gulf War II]] began and urges Iraqis to embrace a process aiming to reconcile all the country's ethnic and religious groups.
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| − | * [[November 13]] - [[Andrew Stimpson]], a 25-year old [[United Kingdom|British]] man is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of [[HIV]].
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| − | * [[November 15]]
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| − | ** [[Australia]]: Large workers' protest against the [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] government's planned Industrial Reform legislation in Australia.
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| − | ** [[2005 Sanriku Japan Earthquake|An earthquake near Sanriku]] in [[Japan]] occurs, prompting a tsunami warning to be issued.
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| − | *[[November 18]] - The film ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' is released in the UK and USA.
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| − | *[[November 20]] - ''[[The Washington Post]]'' rebukes journalist [[Bob Woodward]] over his conduct in the [[Plame Affair|CIA leak probe]].
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| − | *[[November 21]] - The [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Ariel Sharon]] announces his resignation from [[Likud]] and his intention to form a new party devoted to peace in the region, [[Kadima]], and asks the [[President of Israel]] to call a [[general election]].
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| − | *[[November 22]]
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| − | ** [[Microsoft]] releases the [[Xbox 360]] gaming console in [[North America]].
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| − | ** [[Ted Koppel]] steps down as host of ''[[Nightline]]'' after 25 years with the program.
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| − | *[[November 24]] - The [[Licensing Act 2003]] comes into force in [[England and Wales]], introducing flexibility in the hours during which [[alcoholic beverage]]s may be sold.
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| − | *[[November 27]]
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| − | ** [[Manuel Zelaya]] is elected the new [[President of Honduras]].
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| − | ** The [[Edmonton Eskimos]] defeat the [[Montreal Alouettes]] 38-35 to win the 93rd [[Grey Cup]].
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| − | *[[November 28]]
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| − | ** The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] [[minority government]] in [[Canada]] is toppled by a [[non-confidence vote]] in the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]] tabled by the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] and backed by the [[Bloc Québécois]] and the [[New Democratic Party]], paving the way for a [[Canadian federal election, 2006|federal election]] on [[January 23]], [[2006]].
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| − | ** The [[United Nations Climate Change Conference]] opens in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. The conference lasted until [[December 9]], and featured a speech by former President [[Bill Clinton]] that the [[George W. Bush]] Administration objected to.
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| − | *[[November 29]] - Leo O'Connor and David Keogh appear in court (see [[O'Connor - Keogh official secrets trial]]).
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| − | *[[November 30]] - Surgeons in [[France]] carry out the first human [[face transplant]].
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| − | ===[[December 2005|December]]===
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| − | *[[December 1]] - [[South Africa]] becomes the fifth country in the world where [[same-sex marriages]] are recognized.
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| − | *[[December 2]]
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| − | ** [[Kenneth Boyd]] becomes the 1,000th person to be [[Capital punishment in the United States|executed]] in the [[USA]] since the re-introduction of [[capital punishment]] in [[1976]].
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| − | ** The £140m (US$240m) extension of the [[Docklands Light Railway]] in [[London]], linking [[Canning Town]] to [[North Woolwich]] and [[London City Airport]] opens.
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| − | [[Image:Iranian-crash-in-Tehran.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The building, in [[Tehran]], into which the C-130 plane crashed.]]
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| − | *[[December 4]] - 250,000 people in [[Hong Kong]] [[December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong|protest]] for democracy.
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| − | *[[December 6]] - An [[Iran]]ian [[C-130 Hercules]] airplane [[Iranian Air Force C-130 crash in Tehran|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 - a total of 128 people.
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| − | *[[December 7]]
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| − | ** A [[United States|U.S.]] [[Federal Air Marshal]] fatally shoots [[Rigoberto Alpizar]] on a [[jetway]] at [[Miami International Airport]] in [[Florida]].
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| − | ** [[European Union]] [[top-level domain|TLD]] ''.eu'' is launched, and replaced ''.eu.int''. Initially this will be only for business purposes. From [[7 April]] [[2006]] onwards, EU citizens can also register .eu domains.
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| − | *[[December 8]] - [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1248]] overshoots the runway at [[Chicago Midway Airport]], killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people.
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| − | [[Image:Routemaster.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[December 9]] was the last day of service for [[London]]'s [[Routemaster]] buses.]]
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| − | *[[December 9]] - [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Epsilon|Hurricane Epsilon]] dies in the eastern [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It becomes the longest-lived December hurricane on record and ties for second-place being the 2nd strongest December hurricane.
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| − | *[[December 11]] - [[2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire]] north of [[London]] causes widespread damage.
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| − | *[[December 12]] - Scientists announced that they had created [[mouse|mice]] with small amounts of human [[brain cells]] in an effort to make realistic models of [[neurological disorders]].
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| − | *[[December 13]]
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| − | ** A 6.7 magnitude [[December 2005 Afghan-Pakistan earthquake|earthquake]] rocks [[South Asia]].
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| − | ** Mass [[2005 Sydney race riots|race riots]] in [[Sydney, Australia]], involving up to 5,000 youths.
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| − | *[[December 15]]
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| − | ** The first [[Iraqi legislative election, December 2005|parliamentary elections]] under [[Iraq]]'s new constitution.
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| − | ** 43rd [[Mersenne prime]] found, 2<sup>30,402,457</sup> − 1. Discovered with the [[GIMPS]] project by [[Dr. Curtis Cooper]] and [[Dr. Steven Boone]], professors at [[Central Missouri State University]].
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| − | [[Image:buncefield2.jpg|thumb|The Hertfordshire explosions seen from nearby on December 11.]]
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| − | *[[December 18]]
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| − | ** [[Evo Morales]] wins the [[Bolivian presidential election, 2005|Bolivian Presidential Elections]].
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| − | ** [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] is hospitalized after suffering a minor [[stroke]]. He was released from the hospital two days later.
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| − | ** The [[World Trade Organization]] [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005|6th ministerial conference]] concludes in [[Hong Kong]] with a limited trade deal being ratified.
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| − | *[[December 20]] - [[2005 New York City transit strike]]: [[New York City|New York City's]] [[Transport Workers Union]] [[Local 100]] goes on [[Strike action|strike]] for three days, shutting down all [[New York City Subway]] and [[New York City Bus|Bus]] services.
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| − | *[[December 22]] - The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] releases its population estimates for 2005.
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| − | *[[December 22]] - Industrial action by bus drivers in [[Tehran]] leads to the arrest of [[Mansour Osanlou]] and several other union activists.
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| − | *[[December 23]]
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| − | ** [[Lech KaczyÅ„ski]] is sworn in as the [[President of Poland]] in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]].
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| − | ** [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following [[Iraqi elections]].
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| − | ** [[Azerbaijan Airlines]] Flight 217 from [[Baku, Azerbaijan]] to [[Aktau, Kazakhstan]] crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
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| − | ** [[Chad]] declares a [[state of war]] against [[Sudan]] following a December 18th attack on [[Adre, Chad|Adre]], which left about 100 people dead.
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| − | ** Trial of [[Tali Fahima]] ends in a plea bargain.
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| − | *[[December 24]] - [[Pope Benedict XVI]] leads his first [[Christmas]] Midnight [[Mass]] as Pope, praying for peace in the [[Middle East]].
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| − | *[[December 26]] - [[Indonesia]]ns mark the first moments of the [[2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake|tsunami]] wave that came ashore exactly a year earlier, with thousands of people commemorating victims and relatives in many ceremonies.
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| − | *[[April 8]] - [[Leah Isadora Behn]], granddaughter of King [[Harald V of Norway]]
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| − | *[[June 8]] - [[Irene Urdangarin]], granddaughter of King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]]
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| − | *[[June 26]] - [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]], daughter of [[Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]]
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| − | *[[October 4]] - [[Prince Emmanuel of Belgium]], son of [[Philippe, Duke of Brabant|Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium]]
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| − | *[[October 15]] - [[Prince Christian of Denmark]], son of [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]]
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| − | *[[October 31]] - [[Infanta Leonor of Spain]], daughter of [[Felipe, Prince of Asturias]] and his wife [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias|Letizia]]
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| − | *[[December 3]] - [[Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway]], grandson of King [[Harald V of Norway]]
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| − | *[[December 13]] - [[Prince Nicolas of Belgium]], grandson of King [[Albert II of Belgium]]
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| − | *[[December 13]] - [[Prince Aymeric of Belgium]], grandson of King [[Albert II of Belgium]]
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| − | ==Deaths==
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| − | ''Main article: [[Deaths in 2005]]''
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| − | ===January-March===
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| − | *[[January 1]] - [[Shirley Chisholm]], U.S. Congresswoman (b. [[1924]])
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| − | *[[January 1]] - [[Bob Matsui]], U.S. Congressman from California (b. [[1941]])
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| − | *[[January 4]] - [[Ali al-Haidri]], Governor of Baghdad (assassinated)
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| − | *[[January 10]] - [[Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium|Joséphine-Charlotte]], Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. [[1927]])
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| − | *[[January 17]] - [[Zhao Ziyang]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. [[1919]])
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| − | *[[January 20]] - [[Per Borten]], [[Prime Minister of Norway]] (b. [[1913]])
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| − | *[[January 23]] - [[Johnny Carson]], American television host (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[February 3]] - [[Zurab Zhvania]], [[Prime Minister of Georgia]] (b. [[1963]])
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| − | *[[February 5]] - [[Gnassingbe Eyadema]], [[President of Togo]] (b. [[1937]])
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| − | *[[February 14]] - [[Rafik Hariri]], [[Prime Minister of Lebanon](assassinated)] (b. [[1944]])
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| − | *[[February 17]] - [[Nariman Sadeq]], Queen of Egypt (b. [[1934]])
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| − | *[[February 20]] - [[Sandra Dee]], American actress (b. [[1944]])
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| − | *[[February 20]] - [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American "[[gonzo]]" journalist, (b. [[1937]])
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| − | *[[March 10]] - [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]], Irish comedian (b. [[1936]])
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| − | *[[March 22]] - [[Clemente DomÃnguez y Gómez]], Antipope Gregory XVII (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[March 26]] - [[Lord Callaghan of Cardiff|James Callaghan]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1912]])
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| − | *[[March 29]] - [[Johnnie Cochran]], American celebrity lawyer, most famous for the [[O.J. Simpson]] case (b. [[1937]])
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| − | *[[March 29]] - [[Mitch Hedberg]], American stand-up comedian (b. [[1968]])
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| − | *[[March 31]] - [[Terri Schiavo]], American right-to-die [[cause célèbre]] (b. [[1963]])
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| − | ===April-June===
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| − | *[[April 2]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] (b. [[1920]])
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| − | *[[April 6]] - [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[April 23]] - Sir [[John Mills]], English actor (b. [[1908]])
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| − | *[[April 24]] - [[Ezer Weizman]], [[President of Israel]] (b. [[1924]])
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| − | *[[May 2]] - [[Wee Kim Wee]], [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1915]])
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| − | *[[May 7]] - [[Peter Wallace Rodino]], U.S. Congressman (b. [[1909]])
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| − | *[[June 26]] - [[Richard Whiteley]], British journalist and television presenter (b. [[1943]])
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| − | ===July-September===
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| − | *[[July 17]] - Sir [[Edward Heath]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1916]])
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| − | *[[July 18]] - [[William Westmoreland]], U.S. commander in Vietnam (b. [[1914]])
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| − | *[[July 19]] - [[John Tyndall (politician)|John Tyndall]], British activist (b. [[1934]])
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| − | *[[July 31]] - [[Wim Duisenberg]], Dutch president of the European Central Bank (b. [[1935]])
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| − | * [[August 1]] - King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia]] (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[August 6]] - [[Robin Cook]], Former British Foreign Secretary (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[August 6]] - [[Carlo Little]], influential UK [[rock and roll]] [[drummer]] (b.[[1938]])
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| − | *[[August 7]] - [[Peter Jennings]], Canadian-born news anchor (b. [[1938]])
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| − | *[[August 12]] - [[Lakshman Kadirgamar]], foreign minister of Sri Lanka (assassinated) (b. [[1932]])
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| − | *[[August 12]] - [[Frère Roger]], founder of the [[Taizé Community]] (b. [[1915]])
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| − | *[[August 13]] - [[David Lange]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. [[1942]])
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| − | *[[September 2]] - [[Bob Denver]], American actor (b. [[1935]])
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| − | *[[September 3]] - [[William Rehnquist]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. [[1924]])
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| − | *[[September 14]] - [[Robert Wise]], American film director (b. [[1914]])
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| − | *[[September 20]] - [[Simon Wiesenthal]], Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (b. [[1908]])
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| − | ===October-December===
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| − | *[[October 3]] - [[Ronnie Barker]], British comic actor (b. [[1929]])
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| − | *[[October 10]] - [[Milton Obote]], [[President of Uganda]] (b. [[1925]])
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| − | *[[October 13]] - [[Vivian Malone Jones]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1942]])
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| − | *[[October 15]] - [[Jason Collier]], American professional basketball player (b. [[1977]])
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| − | *[[October 24]] - [[Rosa Parks]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1913]])
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| − | *[[October 24]] - [[José Azcona del Hoyo]], [[President of Honduras]] (b. [[1926]])
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| − | *[[October 28]] - [[Richard Smalley]], major pioneer in the field of [[nanotechnology]] (b. 1943)
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| − | *[[November 6]] - [[Minako Honda]], Japanese singer and actress (b. [[1967]])
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| − | *[[November 9]] - [[K. R. Narayanan]], [[President of India]] (b. [[1921]])
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| − | *[[November 11]] - [[Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield]], British photographer (b. [[1939]])
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| − | *[[November 13]] - [[Eddie Guerrero]], Mexican-American Profesional Wrestler (b. [[1967]])
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| − | *[[November 19]] - [[Erik Balling]], Danish television and film director (b. [[1924]])
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| − | *[[November 25]] - [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[November 25]] - [[Richard Burns]], English rally driver (b. [[1971]])
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| − | *[[December 7]] - [[Devan Nair]], [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1923]])
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| − | *[[December 10]] - [[Richard Pryor]], American comedian (b. [[1940]])
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| − | *[[December 13]] - [[Stanley Williams]], American gang founder (executed) (b. [[1953]])
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| − | *[[December 16]] - [[John Spencer]], American actor (b. [[1946]])
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| − | *[[December 18]] - [[Alan Voorhees]], American engineer and urban planner (b. [[1922]])
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| − | *[[December 23]] - [[Yao Wenyuan]], Chinese politician (b. [[1931]])
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| − | *[[December 25]] - [[Birgit Nilsson]], Swedish soprano (b. [[1918]])
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| − | ==Nobel Prizes==
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| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Roy J. Glauber]], [[John L. Hall]], [[Theodor W. Hänsch]]
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| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Robert Grubbs]], [[Richard Schrock]], [[Yves Chauvin]]
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| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Robin Warren]], [[Barry Marshall]]
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| − | * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Harold Pinter]]
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| − | * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[International Atomic Energy Agency]], [[Mohamed ElBaradei]]
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| − | * [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Robert J. Aumann]], [[Thomas Schelling]]
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| − | ==2005 in fiction==
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| − | * In February of 2005, during a training mission on Shadow Moses, a nuclear weapons facility on a remote island off the coast of Alaska, the Next-Generation Special Forces unit rebels against the United States government, led by the covert black ops team FOXHOUND. The rebellion is put down by the US goverment.(plot of the video game: Metal Gear Solid)
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| − | * [[March 25]] to [[March 26]] - the events of the [[Doctor Who]] episode, ''[[Rose (Doctor Who)|Rose]]'' take place in which the [[Ninth Doctor]] is joined by new companion [[Rose Tyler]] and they defeat the [[Nestene Consciousness]]' plans of using plastic shop window dummies called [[Auton]]s to wipe out all [[Human]] life on [[Earth]] and turning the planet into a new food source.
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| − | * [[April 3]] - The wedding of Keitaro Urashima and Naru Narusegawa, the main characters of [[Love Hina]], takes place.
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| − | * In ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Decepticons]] lose control of the planet [[Cybertron]] during 2005. The Great War between [[Autobots]] and Decepticons rages on [[Earth]], on Cybertron, and in [[outer space|space]].<br>
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| − | * In the [[.hack]] universe, the internet is shut down due to a widespread virus on [[December 24]] 2005. This event is called [[Pluto's Kiss]]. The only [[operating system]] able to withstand the virus is [[ALTIMIT OS]].
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