2005

From top left, clockwise: [[Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people throughout the Southern United States; the funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo" is the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris and its satellite Dysnomia are discovered by a Palomar Observatory-based team, becoming the tenth planet to be discovered and breaking ground for the discovery of new dwarf planets such as Haumea and Makemake; Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in Baghdad; the shrine and resting place for Rafic Hariri; the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (designed to explore Mars) is launched from Cape Canaveral; the Live 8 concert in the Tiergarten, Berlin.|thumb|upright=1.3]]

2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2005).

Events

=January=

January 1 – Jeanna Giese from Wisconsin, United States, comes home from the hospital and officially becomes the first person to ever survive rabies without a vaccination.{{Cite web |last=Razner |first=Sarah |date=September 12, 2019 |title=15 years after she survived rabies, Jeanna Giese seeks to save others from it |url=https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2019/09/12/fond-du-lac-rabies-survivor-jeanna-giese-seeks-save-others-virus/2284305001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419180124/https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2019/09/12/fond-du-lac-rabies-survivor-jeanna-giese-seeks-save-others-virus/2284305001/ |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |website=The Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lite |first=Jordan |date=October 8, 2008 |title=Medical Mystery: Only One Person Has Survived Rabies without Vaccine--But How? |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeanna-giese-rabies-survivor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210131741/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=jeanna-giese-rabies-survivor |archive-date=December 10, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}
January 5 – Eris, the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.{{Cite web|url=http://solarviews.com/eng/eris.htm|title=Dwarf Planet Eris|last=Hamilton|first=Calvin J.|website=Solar Views|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814052034/http://solarviews.com/eng/eris.htm|url-status=live}}
January 9 – The Comprehensive Peace Agreement is signed, ending the Second Sudanese Civil War in Sudan.{{cite web |title=Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |access-date=16 July 2016 |website=Peace Accords Matrix |publisher=Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame}}
January 12 – Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm|title=Comet probe Deep Impact launches|work=BBC News|date=January 12, 2005|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=December 13, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213152505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm|url-status=live}}
January 14 – The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huygens_descent_comm_050114.html|title=Touchdown on Titan: Huygens Probe Hits its Mark|website=Space.com|access-date=October 14, 2009|date=January 14, 2005|first1=Tariq |last1=Malik |first2=Peter |last2=de Selding| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010053614/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huygens_descent_comm_050114.html| archive-date=October 10, 2009| url-status= live}}
January 20 – The most intense solar particle event in recorded history is observed.{{cite web |title=A New Kind of Solar Storm |url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10jun_newstorm |website=NASA Science |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014020/https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10jun_newstorm/ |url-status=live }}

=February=

February 10 – North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12836-2005Feb10.html|title=N. Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Anthony|last=Faiola|access-date=October 14, 2009|date=February 10, 2005|archive-date=July 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726174120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12836-2005Feb10.html|url-status=live}}
February 14
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is assassinated, along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in Beirut.{{Cite web |title=Anniversary of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's Assassination |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/02/204582.htm |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=U.S. Department of State}}
YouTube, an American online video sharing and social media platform was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim headquartered in San Bruno, California.
February 16 – The Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kyoto-protocol-comes-into-effect-1.536247|title=Kyoto Protocol comes into effect|work=CBC News|access-date=October 15, 2009|date=February 16, 2005|archive-date=July 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718055539/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2005/02/16/kyoto050216.html|url-status=live}}

=March=

March 14 – China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425628.htm|title=Countries support Anti-Secession Law|work=China Daily|date=March 16, 2005|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-date=April 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408031520/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425628.htm|url-status=live}}
March 24 – The President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, is deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.{{Cite web|url=http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/kyrgyz-citizens-overthrow-president-ayakev-tulip-revolution-2005|title=Kyrgyz citizens overthrow President Ayakev (Tulip Revolution), 2005|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924072249/http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/kyrgyz-citizens-overthrow-president-ayakev-tulip-revolution-2005|url-status=live}}
March 28 – The 8.6 {{M|w|link=y}} Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.{{Cite web |title=Magnitude 8.6 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160507213608/http://earthquake.usgs.gov:80/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/ |archive-date=2016-05-07 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |language=en}}
March 31 – The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.{{cite web |type=2019-05-12 last obs |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 136472 Makemake ({{mp|2005 FY|9}}) |work=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136472 |access-date=2020-02-20 |archive-date=2019-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616154758/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136472 |url-status=live }}

=April=

April 2 – Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/08/lt.03.html|title=Pope John Paul II Laid to Rest Today Amidst Huge Crowds|website=CNN.com - Transcripts|date=April 8, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2010|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127193416/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/08/lt.03.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/what-is-pope-john-paul-iis-legacy-lmbq78tlc66|title=What is Pope John Paul II's legacy?|work=The Times|access-date=May 29, 2024|date=April 8, 2005 | location=London|first1=Sam|last1=Coates|first2=Anushka|last2=Asthana|author2-link=Anushka Asthana|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4420145.stm|title=The funeral of Pope John Paul II|work=BBC News|access-date=October 23, 2009|date=April 8, 2005|archive-date=May 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524045251/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4420145.stm|url-status=live}} Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article383225.ece|title=The best man for the job: Pope Benedict XVI may be more controversial than his predecessor but he can still be a great leader|work=The Times Online|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 20, 2005|first=Daniel|last=Johnson|location=London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211184611/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article383225.ece|archive-date=February 11, 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/opinion/19iht-web.0419popeed.html|title=Pope Benedict XVI|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 19, 2005|archive-date=May 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522042811/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/opinion/19iht-web.0419popeed.html|url-status=live}}
April 8 – The first solar eclipse of the year was a rare hybrid event, occurring at ascending node in Aries. This was 4.4 days after the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of -0.34733. A hybrid solar eclipse was visible from south Pacific, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, and was the 51st solar eclipse of Solar Saros 129.
April 9 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall. Camilla receives the title Duchess of Cornwall.{{Cite web|url=http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/april-9-2005-prince-charles-marries-camilla-parker-bowles-at-windsors-guildhall-11363974397361|title=April 9, 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles at Windsor's Guildhall|last=Early|first=Chas|date=April 9, 2005|website=BT|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630131620/http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/april-9-2005-prince-charles-marries-camilla-parker-bowles-at-windsors-guildhall-11363974397361|url-status=dead}}
April 23 – The first ever YouTube video is uploaded, titled Me at the zoo.{{cite news |last1=Shiels |first1=Maggie |title=YouTube at five- 2 bn views a day |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8676380.stm |access-date=May 6, 2022 |work=BBC News |date=May 17, 2010 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506165833/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8676380.stm |url-status=live }}
April 24 – The first lunar eclipse of the year was a penumbral event, occurring at descending node in Virgo. This was 5 days before the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of -1.08851. A penumbral lunar eclipse was visible in eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific and Americas, and was the 23rd lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.
April 26 – Cedar Revolution: Syria withdraws the last of its military garrison from Lebanon, ending its 29-year military occupation of the country.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4482883.stm|title=Syria withdrawal: Lebanese speak|work=BBC News|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 27, 2009|archive-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022053553/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4482883.stm|url-status=live}}
April 27 – The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154745,00.html|title=Airbus A380 Completes First Flight|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 27, 2005|work=Fox News|archive-date=August 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820000909/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154745,00.html|url-status=dead }}

=May=

May 5 – The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.
May 13 – Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-17-uzbekistan_x.htm|title=Toll from Uzbekistan violence disputed|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 28, 2009|date=May 17, 2005|work=USA Today|archive-date=June 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623190906/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-17-uzbekistan_x.htm|url-status=dead }}
May 18 – English whisky is re-established in England.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-18 |title=The English Whisky Map |url=https://insidethecask.com/2020/05/18/the-english-whisky-map/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Inside the Cask |language=en-GB}}
May 19–21 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is won by Greek entrant Helena Paparizou with the song "My Number One".
May 21 – Kingda Ka is opened for the first time to the public at Six Flags Great Adventure, becoming the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster at the time.{{Cite web|title=Kingda Ka: The ultimate roller-coaster |date=Oct 11, 2005|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/30/ultimate.rollercoaster/index.html|access-date=March 3, 2021|website=CNN.com |archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621145527/https://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/30/ultimate.rollercoaster/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Levy |first=Glen |date=January 21, 2010|title=Top 10 Roller Coasters |language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1954707_1954711_1954674,00.html|access-date=March 3, 2021|issn=0040-781X|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617000114/https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1954707_1954711_1954674,00.html|url-status=live}}

=June=

June 4 – The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.{{cite news|url=https://basilica.ro/a-fost-infiintat-forumul-civic-al-romanilor-din-harghita-si-covasna/|title=A fost înființat Forumul Civic al Românilor din Harghita și Covasna|newspaper=Basilica News Agency|date=June 4, 2005|language=ro|access-date=December 4, 2022|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204102835/https://basilica.ro/a-fost-infiintat-forumul-civic-al-romanilor-din-harghita-si-covasna/|url-status=dead }}

=July=

July 2 – Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/|title=Millions gather for Live 8|website=CNN.com|date=July 3, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2010|archive-date=May 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517231654/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/|url-status=live}}
July 6
The European Parliament rejects the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/4655955.stm|title=Software patent bill thrown out|work=BBC News|access-date=November 8, 2009|date=July 6, 2005}}
The International Olympic Committee awards London the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_4940000/4940112.stm | title = On this day – 6 July 2005 | work = BBC News | access-date = September 17, 2017 | archive-date = February 9, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160209035449/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_4940000/4940112.stm | url-status = live }}
July 7 – Four coordinated suicide bombings hit central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 700.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4667381.stm|title=London bombings: Police updates|work=BBC News|access-date=November 8, 2009|date=July 9, 2005|archive-date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911232724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4667381.stm|url-status=live}}
July 23 – A series of bombings hit the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing over 80 people.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3256722.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128204958/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3256722.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2006|title=Death toll from Egypt blasts rises to 59 - TV|agency=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=November 9, 2009|date=July 23, 2005}}
July 28 – As a result of the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998, the Provisional Irish Republican Army ends its armed campaign and decommissions their weapons, by ordering all its units to drop their arms under the supervision of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072800427.html|title=IRA Says It Will Abandon Violence|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 9, 2009|date=July 29, 2005|first=Glenn|last=Frankel|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103200028/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072800427.html|url-status=live}}

=August=

August 12 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Cape Canaveral, designed to explore Mars.{{Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/18320-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter.html|title=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Mapping Mars in High Definition|last=Howell|first=Elizabeth|date=January 26, 2015|website=Space|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824182025/http://www.space.com/18320-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter.html|url-status=live}}
August 14 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |last4= |date=2005-08-15 |title=121 Die in Mystery Crash of Airliner |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-15-fg-crash15-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814092736/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-15-fg-crash15-story.html |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 160 passengers and crew.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/world/americas/160-die-in-crash-of-airliner-in-venezuela.html|title=160 Die in Crash of Airliner in Venezuela|last1=Ellsworth|first1=Brian|date=August 17, 2005|last2=Forero|first2=Juan|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211946/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/world/americas/160-die-in-crash-of-airliner-in-venezuela.html|url-status=live}}
August 18 – Peace Mission 2005, the first joint China–Russia military exercise, begins its eight-day training on the Shandong Peninsula.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/19/russia.china|title=Russia and China rattle sabres with joint war games|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|date=August 19, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215121216/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/19/russia.china|url-status=live}}
August 26 – The Constitution of Chile is heavily amended, eliminating senators for life, reducing the presidential terms from six to four years, giving the president exclusive rights to summon the National Security Council, and removes legal obstacles for the creation of new regions.Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia (26 de agosto de 2005), «Ley 20050: Reforma constitucional que introduce diversas modificaciones a la Constitución política de la República», Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, consultado el 14 de mayo de 2011.
August 29 – Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing severe damage, killing over a thousand people and dealing an estimated $108 billion in damage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html|title=Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts|website=CNN.com|date=August 16, 2013|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703034702/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}
August 31 – The Al-Aimmah bridge disaster in Baghdad, Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm|title=Iraq stampede deaths near 1,000|date=August 31, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211013957/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm|url-status=live}}

=September=

September 7 – Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120901837.html|title=Egypt's Ugly Election|date=December 10, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810112554/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120901837.html|url-status=live}}
September 12 – Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3136516,00.html|title=Demolition of Gaza homes completed|date=September 12, 2005|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=November 27, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127131754/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3136516,00.html|url-status=live}}
September 19 – North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/20/northkorea|title=North Korea vows to abandon nuclear weapons project|last3=Traynor|first3=Ian|last1=Watts|first1=Jonathan|date=September 20, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 3, 2016|last2=Borger|first2=Julian|archive-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829180016/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/20/northkorea|url-status=live}}
September 30 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper {{Lang|da|Jyllands-Posten}}, sparking outrage and violent riots by Muslims around the world.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-france-cartoons-trial-dc-idUSL2212067120070322|title=French court clears weekly in Mohammad cartoon row|date=March 22, 2007|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055305/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/03/22/industry-france-cartoons-trial-dc-idUSL2212067120070322|url-status=live}}

=October=

October 3
Croatia and Turkey's accession negotiations to the European Union officially starts.{{cite web |title=The European Union opens accession negotiations with Croatia |url=https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j9vvik7m1c3gyxp/vh4fjlgm8vvq?ctx=vh25de4aj8xr|website=EU Monitor |date=October 4, 2005|access-date=December 9, 2024}}{{cite web |title=European Union Formally Opens Talks on Turkey's Joining |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/world/european-union-formally-opens-talks-on-turkeys-joining.html |website=The New York Times |date=October 4, 2005|access-date=December 9, 2024}}
The second solar eclipse of 2005 was an annular event, occurring at descending node in Virgo. This was 4.8 days after the Moon reached apogee. Gamma had a value of 0.33058. An annular solar eclipse was visible in Portugal, Spain, Libya, Sudan and Kenya, and was the 43rd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.
October 8 – The 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} Kashmir earthquake strikes Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9626146|title=New figures put quake toll at more than 79,000|last=Associated Press|date=October 20, 2005|newspaper=MSNBC|access-date=February 6, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810051449/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9626146/#.WJjDHH9MGUk|url-status=live}}
October 12 – The second crewed Chinese spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, is launched.{{Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/1667-shenzhou-6-china-launches-astronauts-manned-spaceflight.html|title=Shenzhou 6 Away! China Launches Two Astronauts in Second Manned Spaceflight|last=Malik|first=Tariq|date=October 11, 2005|website=Space.com|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091337/http://www.space.com/1667-shenzhou-6-china-launches-astronauts-manned-spaceflight.html|url-status=live}}
October 17 – The final eclipse of 2005 was a partial lunar eclipse event, occurring at ascending node in Aries. This was 2.9 days after the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of 0.97960. A partial lunar eclipse was visible in Asia, Australia, Pacific and North America, and was the 10th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.
October 19 – The trial of Saddam Hussein begins.{{Cite web|url=http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct19/trial-saddam-hussein-begins/|title=2005: Trial of Saddam Hussein Begins|date=October 19, 2005|website=National Geographic|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190046/http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct19/trial-saddam-hussein-begins/|url-status=dead}}
October 20 – The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.{{cite book |editor1-last=Beukelaer |editor1-first=Christiaan |editor2-last=Pyykkönen |editor2-first=Miikka |editor3-last=Singh |editor3-first=J. P. |title=Globalization, culture and development : the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire |isbn=978-1-137-39763-8|page=1|chapter=Introduction: UNESCO's "Diversity Convention" – Ten Years on|author1-first=Christiaan |author1-last=De Beukelaer |author2-first= Miikka |author2-last=Pyykkönen}}
October 24
Hurricane Wilma makes landfall near Cape Romano, causing an estimated $29.1 billion in damage.{{Cite web |title=Strongest Atlantic Hurricane: Wilma Brought Havoc to Mexico, Florida |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-wilma-brought-death/18997467 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803224026/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-wilma-brought-death/18997467 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |website=www.accuweather.com}}
Rosa Parks dies of natural causes.

=November=

November 9 – At least 60 people are killed and 115 more are wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4426458.stm|title=Jordan 'not afraid' after bombs|date=November 10, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=November 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124170910/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4426458.stm|url-status=live}}
November 11 – In Kazakhstan, Zamanbek Nurkadilov, former mayor of Almaty, government minister and a political opponent of Nursultan Nazarbayev is found dead at his family compound.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav111405.shtml |title=Kazakhstan: Mysterious Murder Mars Presidential Election Campaign |website=Eurasianet.org|last=Kusainov|first=Aldar|date=November 13, 2005|access-date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235736/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav111405.shtml |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
November 13 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year-old Scottish man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4432564.stm|title=Caution over HIV 'cure' claims|date=November 13, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107063228/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4432564.stm|url-status=live}}
November 22
Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_4968000/4968864.stm|title=2005: Merkel becomes German chancellor|date=November 22, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510223545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_4968000/4968864.stm|url-status=live}}
Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.{{cite web | url=https://www.engadget.com/2005/09/15/xbox-360-launch-date-is-november-22/ | title=Xbox 360 launch date is November 22 | website=Engadget.com | date=September 15, 2005 | access-date=March 14, 2013 | author=Dybwad, Barb | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615081413/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/15/xbox-360-launch-date-is-november-22/ | archive-date=June 15, 2013 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}
November 23 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/23/davidfickling|title=Johnson-Sirleaf declared Liberian president|last=Fickling|first=David|date=November 23, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111031757/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/23/davidfickling|url-status=live}}
November 28 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Montreal.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4476998.stm|title=UN summit seeks climate solutions|date=November 29, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117193131/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4476998.stm|url-status=live}}
November 30 – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6058696.stm|title='My face transplant saved me'|last=Austin|first=Naomi|date=October 17, 2006|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419055618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6058696.stm|url-status=live}}

=December=

December 12 – Scientists announce that they have created mice with small numbers of human neurons in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders.{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1214_051214_stem_cell.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216102215/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1214_051214_stem_cell.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2005|title=Mice With Human Brain Cells Created|last=Handwerk|first=Brian|date=December 14, 2005|website=National Geographic|access-date=July 3, 2016}}
December 16 – Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.{{cite web|url=http://www.find-a-drug.org/news.html|title=Find-a-Drug to close|website=find-a-drug.org|date=November 1, 2005|access-date=June 21, 2022|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212051/http://www.find-a-drug.org/news.html|url-status=dead}}
December 18 – Chad descends into civil war after various rebel forces, with support from Sudan, attack the capital, N'Djamena.{{cite book | last = Sarkees | first = Meredith | title = Resort to war : a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007 | publisher = CQ Press | location = Washington, D.C. | year = 2010 | isbn = 9780872894341 | page=479 }}
December 25 – An express train bound for the city of Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is derailed by strong winds in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture. Five people are killed and at least 33 injured.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/04/03/national/wind-blamed-for-fatal-2005-jr-east-accident/|title=Wind blamed for fatal 2005 JR East accident|date=April 3, 2008|website=Japan Times|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108142330/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/04/03/national/wind-blamed-for-fatal-2005-jr-east-accident/|url-status=live}}
December 31 – Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050704/full/news050704-8.html|title=Leap second to be added to 2005|last=Khamsi|first=Roxanne|date=July 6, 2005|journal=Nature|pages=news050704–8|doi=10.1038/news050704-8|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418150813/http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050704/full/news050704-8.html|url-status=live | issn=0028-0836}}

World population

Births

January 2 – Robbie Lee, British diver{{Cite web |title=Robbie LEE {{!}} Results {{!}} World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1552545/www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1552545/ws |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=World Aquatics |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
January 4 – Dafne Keen, British and Spanish actressDebrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 148th edition, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2011, p. 799
January 11 – Roksana Węgiel, Polish singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018{{Cite web|url=http://rzeszow.wyborcza.pl/rzeszow/7,34962,24211025,roksana-wegiel-wygrala-eurowizje-junior-2018-zaspiewala-ostatnia.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Roksana Węgiel wygrała Eurowizję Junior 2018. Zaśpiewała ostatnia, dostała najwięcej punktów|last=Mach|first=Magdalena|date=November 25, 2018|website=rzeszow.wyborcza.pl|language=pl|access-date=March 23, 2019}}
January 13 – Eva Brezalieva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast{{Cite web |title=2019 Junior World Championships Result Book |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000120000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF05 |website=longinestiming |format=PDF}}
January 21 – IShowSpeed, American YouTuber
January 25 – Avantika Vandanapu, American actress and singer{{Cite web |title=Avantika |url=https://www.iamavantika.com/ |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Avantika |language=en-US}}
January 26 – Katie Beth Hall, American actress{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=5 December 2024 |title=Katie Beth Hall |url=https://www.listal.com/katie-beth-hall |access-date=5 December 2024 |website=Listal}}
February 19 – Alma Deutscher, British composer and former child prodigy
February 25 – Arda Güler, Turkish football player{{cite web |url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/football/first-team/players/arda-guler |title=Arda Güler |publisher=Real Madrid CF |access-date=13 October 2024}}
March 26 – Ella Anderson, American actress{{cite web|url=http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|title=Ella Anderson|work=Henry Danger {{!}} Dan Schneider|via=www.henry-danger-danschneider.com|first1=Dan|last1=Schneider|author1-link=Dan Schneider (TV producer)|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212404/http://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/ella-anderson|url-status=usurped}}
March 28 – d4vd, American singer{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/d4vddd/p/C5HQbkpuVmM/ | title=Instagram }}
April 29 – Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand, grandson of Bhumibol Adulyadej, son of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand and his wife Srirasmi Suwadee{{Cite news|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/lifestyle/woman/79654|title=10 เรื่องคนไทยต้องรู้ของเจ้าชายน้อย 'พระองค์ทีฯ'|date=April 29, 2010|work=Thairath Online|access-date=August 12, 2019|language=th}}
May 11 – Ezra Frech, American track athlete and Paralympian
June 17 – Funa Nakayama, Japanese skateboarder{{cite web |title=Skateboarding NAKAYAMA Funa |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1315686-nakayama-funa.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |access-date=July 26, 2021 |language=en-us |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726052443/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1315686-nakayama-funa.htm |url-status=dead }}
June 25 – Kylie Cantrall, American actress and singer{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604213800/https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/shows/gabby-duran-and-the-unsittables/bios/|url=https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/shows/gabby-duran-and-the-unsittables/bios/|title=Gabby Duran & the Unsittables Show Bios|publisher=Walt Disney Television Press|access-date=2022-06-04|archive-date=2022-06-04}}
June 26 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, daughter of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Queen Máxima of the Netherlands{{cite news |title=Orange Is Everywhere As Netherlands Welcomes A New King |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/30/180013890/orange-is-everywhere-as-dutch-welcome-new-king?t=1625576104688 |newspaper=NPR |date = April 30, 2013|access-date=July 6, 2021 |language=en|last1 = Memmott|first1 = Mark}}
July 25 – Pierce Gagnon, American actor{{cite web |url=https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/extant/bios?id=pierce-gagnon |title=Pierce Gagnon |work=CBS Press Express |access-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725140529/http://cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/extant/bios?id=pierce-gagnon |archive-date=July 25, 2015 |publisher=CBS Broadcasting Inc.}}
August 8 – Alysa Liu, American figure skater{{cite web |title=Alysa Liu |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103196.htm |website=isuresults.com}}
August 10 – Sunny Suljic, American actor{{cite news |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xj49H8l_pNA |title=The Nine Club interview with Sunny Suljić |work=YouTube (The Nine Club) |date=2018-10-18 |accessdate=2018-10-22}}
September 29 - Gabrielle Gutierrez, Filipino-American stage actress
October 1 – Rosalie Chiang, American actress
October 4 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, younger son and third child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=B. |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2010: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=January 12, 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-58632-5 |page=190 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 |language=en}}
October 7 – Lulu Wilson, American actress{{cite web |url=http://screenrant.com/ouija-2-origin-evil-interview-lulu-wilson-annalise-basso/ |title=Ouija: Origin of Evil Stars Discuss Their On-Screen Chemistry |first=Jessica |last=Heidenreich |work=Screen Rant |date=October 12, 2016 |access-date=October 11, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ92uA7DQGO/ |title=When you have plans to go roller skating but you're too tired so you buy onesies and board games and make up crazy songs instead😹 Happy birthday @luluswilson Sooooo incredibly lucky to work with you and now to call you a forever bosom friend. You are so creative hilarious and inspiring. Happy to spend the day with you! |first=Mckenna |last=Grace |author-link=Mckenna Grace |work=Instagram.com |date=October 7, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2017}}
October 15 – Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark, son of Frederik X and his wife Queen Mary of Denmark{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=B. |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=January 12, 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-74027-7 |page=392 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA392 |language=en}}
October 31
Leonor, Princess of Asturias, daughter of Felipe VI of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia of Spain{{cite web|title=Los 10 nobles años de Leonor en 10 imágenes|url=http://www.elmundo.es/album/loc/2015/10/30/56336aef22601d4a7b8b4619_1.html|website=El Mundo|date=October 30, 2015|language=es}}
Dixie Egerickx, English actress
November 3 – Fina Strazza, American actress
November 16 – Mariam Mamadashvili, Georgian singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
December 3 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, son of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, grandson of King Harald V of Norway{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=28781&sek=28631|website=www.royalcourt.no|publisher=Norwegian Royal Court|title=His Highness Prince Sverre Magnus - Biography|access-date=December 23, 2013}}
December 14 - Mia Sinclair Jenness, American theater actress
December 27 – Kristina Pimenova, Russian model{{cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/social/2014/11/27/samaya-krasivaya-devochka-mira-khodit-v-obychnuyu-moskovskuyu-shkolu.html |title=Самая красивая девочка мира ходит в обычную московскую школу |language=ru |trans-title=The most beautiful girl of the world goes to a regular school in Moscow |last=Samodelova |first=Svetlana |date=November 27, 2014 |publisher=Moskovskij Komsomolets}}
December 30 – Brady Noon, American actor

Deaths

Nobel Prizes

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Chemistry – Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock, and Yves Chauvin
Economics – Robert Aumann, and Thomas Schelling
Literature – Harold Pinter
Peace – Mohamed ElBaradei
Physics – Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hänsch
Physiology or Medicine – Robin Warren, and Barry Marshall

New English words and terms

didymo
functional calculus
glamping
locavore
microblogging
pre-exposure prophylaxis
ransomware
rock snot
sexting
truther
vodcast{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2005|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2005|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=May 9, 2018|archive-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115330/https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/2005|url-status=live}}

References

Sources

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