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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
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January
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February
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March
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April
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- 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]
June
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July
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August
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- 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
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October
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- 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
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December
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- 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
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- January 2
?
Robbie Lee
, British diver
[59]
- January 4
?
Dafne Keen
, British and Spanish actress
[60]
- January 11
?
Roksana W?giel
, Polish singer, winner of
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
[61]
- January 13
?
Eva Brezalieva
, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
[62]
- 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
[63]
- June 17
?
Funa Nakayama
, Japanese skateboarder
[64]
- June 26
?
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
, daughter of
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
and his wife
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
[65]
- July 25
?
Pierce Gagnon
, American actor
[66]
- August 8
?
Alysa Liu
, American figure skater
[67]
- October 4
?
Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
, younger son and third child of
King Philippe
and
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
[68]
- October 15
?
Prince Christian of Denmark
, son of
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
and his wife
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
[69]
- October 31
?
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
, daughter of
Felipe VI of Spain
and his wife
Queen Letizia of Spain
[70]
- 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
[71]
- December 27
Nobel Prizes
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New English words and terms
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