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From top left, clockwise:
Hurricane Katrina killed 1,836 people throughout the southern
United States ; the
funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in
Vatican City ; "
Me at the zoo ", the first video ever to be uploaded to
YouTube ;
Eris and its
satellite were discovered in January by a
Palomar Observatory –based team;
Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at a
courthouse in
Baghdad and is
executed the
next year ; the shrine and
resting place for
Rafic Hariri in September; the
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from
Kennedy Space Center , designed to explore
Mars ; the
Live 8 concert in the
Tiergarten, Berlin .
Calendar year
2005 (
MMV ) was a
common year starting on Saturday of the
Gregorian calendar , the 2005th year of the
Common Era (CE) and
Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the
3rd millennium and the
21st century , and the 6th year of the
2000s decade.
Calendar year
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
February
March
April
April 2 –
Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
[12]
[13]
[14]
Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.
[15]
[16]
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 .
[17]
April 23 – The first ever
YouTube video is uploaded, titled
Me at the zoo .
[18]
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 –
Syria withdraws the last of its military garrison from
Lebanon , ending its
29-year military occupation of the country .
[19]
April 27 – The Superjumbo
jet aircraft
Airbus A380 makes its first flight from
Toulouse .
[20]
May
June
July
August
August 12 – The
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from
Cape Canaveral , designed to explore
Mars .
[31]
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.
August 16 –
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in
Venezuela , killing 160 passengers and crew.
[32]
August 18 –
Peace Mission 2005 , the first joint China–Russia
military exercise , begins its eight-day training on the
Shandong Peninsula .
[33]
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 .
[34]
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.
[35]
August 31 – The
Al-Aimmah bridge disaster in
Baghdad , Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.
[36]
September
October
October 3 – 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
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.
[41]
October 12 – The second
crewed Chinese
spacecraft ,
Shenzhou 6 , is launched.
[42]
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.
[43]
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 .
[44]
October 24 –
Hurricane Wilma makes landfall near
Cape Romano .
[45]
November
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 .
[54]
December 16 –
Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.
[55]
December 18 –
Chad descends into
civil war after various rebel forces, with support from
Sudan , attack the capital,
N'Djamena .
[56]
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.
[57]
December 31 –
Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.
[58]
Births and deaths
January 4 –
Dafne Keen , British and Spanish actress
[59]
January 11 –
Roksana Węgiel , Polish singer, winner of
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
[60]
January 13 –
Eva Brezalieva , Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
[61]
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
[62]
June 17 –
Funa Nakayama , Japanese skateboarder
[63]
June 26 –
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands , daughter of
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
[64]
July 25 –
Pierce Gagnon , American actor
[65]
August 8 –
Alysa Liu , American figure skater
[66]
October 4 –
Prince Emmanuel of Belgium , younger son and third child of
King Philippe and
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
[67]
October 15 –
Prince Christian of Denmark , son of
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and his wife
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
[68]
October 31 –
Leonor, Princess of Asturias , daughter of
Felipe VI of Spain and his wife
Queen Letizia of Spain
[69]
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
[70]
December 27
Nobel Prizes
New English words and terms
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