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2005 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It has been designated: See Also: Important Events of 2005 Events - Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
- January 1 -
- January 2 - 6 - A major storm system sweeps across the United States, and winter weather such as snow, ice storms and avalanches kill at least 16.
- January 3 -
- January 6 - In Graniteville, South Carolina, a train carrying a cargo of chlorine gas collides with a parked train, releasing a toxic cloud which kills 9 and injures 200. The town of 5,400 is evacuated.
- January 7 - A train crash near Bologna, Italy kills 18 people.
- January 8 - The United States Navy submarine USS San Francisco runs aground near Guam, killing one sailor and injuring several others.
- January 9 -
- January 10 - Record rainfall causes a mudslide in La Conchita, California, killing 10.
- January 13 - Photos of Prince Harry dressed as a Nazi at a fancy dress party cause worldwide condemnation.
- January 14 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, largest moon of planet Saturn.
- January 16 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at age 66 and becomes the oldest woman in the world to do so.
- January 17 - New Zealand's controversial Foreshore and Seabed legislation comes into force. Some indigenous Maori citizens consider it a day of mourning and will stage a march ("hikoi") in Christchurch.
- January 18 - Mark Latham resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party and as a Member of the Australian House of Representatives.
- January 20 -
- January 21 - In Belize's capital city Belmopan, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
- January 23 - Viktor Yushchenko is sworn in as the third President of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine.
- January 25 - A stampede during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.
- January 26 -
- January 28 - The Procter & Gamble Co. acquires Gillette Co. in a deal valued at $57 billion US, creating the world's largest consumer-products company.
- January 30 -
- February 1 - Bill C-38 is introduced in the Canadian Parliament with a speech by Prime Minister Paul Martin to legalize full access to civil marriage for gays and lesbians.
- February 8 -
- February 9 - An ETA car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in Madrid.
- February 10 -
- February 12 - Fire devastates the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.
- February 14 -
- A massive suicide bomb blast in central Beirut killed Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people were also hurt.
- Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at mosque in Tehran, Iran.
- February 15 -
- More than 200 people have been killed by a blast at a mine in in Fuxin north-east China.
- Football for Hope all star charity match was play at Barcelona, Nou Camp. The two team Europe and the Rest of the World was played to raised donations to victims of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster.
- February 16 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
- February 17 - Airlines in Europe will have to pay heavy compensation to passengers for flight delays and cancellations under a European regulation coming into force from this date.
- February 19 - Suicide bombers have killed more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims marked Ashura, their holiest day.
- February 20 -
- February 22 - More than 500 people have been killed and over 1,000 injured after entire villages were flatted in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, hit the Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
- February 23 - The galaxy VIRGOHI21, which is made up of mostly dark matter within the Virgo cluster, have been discovered by radio telescopes, shedding new light on the theory of how the universe is held together by the gravitational pull of these dark matters and dark energy.
- February 26 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt ordered the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking parliament to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution.
Scheduled and expected events April May June-July - June 11: Belmont Stakes
- June 17:
- June 18: First Autistic Pride Day.
- June 20–July 3: Wimbledon Championships
- June 30:
- July 1: Revaluation of the Romanian leu.
- July 4: NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft fires a "copper bullet" into Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
- July 6–8: G8 summit in Perthshire, Scotland, UK.
- July 6: Host of the 2012 Summer Olympics to be announced by the IOC in Singapore during its 117th Session.
- July 10–15: 2005 World Conference of the International Society for Individual Liberty celebrates Ayn Rand in her birthplace of St. Petersburg, Russia.
- July 10: If no litigation, Hong Kong Chief Executive Election will be held.
- July 12–August 1: Launch window for the Space Shuttle Atlantis second return to flight mission STS-121.
- July 16: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince released in all English speaking countries.
- July 17: The world's first theme park, Disneyland, celebrates it's fiftieth birthday.
- July 25–July 31: AirVenture, the world's greatest aviation celebration, is held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
August-December Unknown dates Fictional Events Deaths January - January 1:
- January 4 - Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad
- January 9 - Koji Hashimoto, 66, Japanese film director
- January 10 - Tommy Fine, 90, Major League Baseball player
- January 17 - Zhao Ziyang, 86, reformist Premier of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
- January 20 - Per Borten, 92, Norwegian prime minister
- January 23 - Johnny Carson, 79, American television host, The Tonight Show
February - February 2 - Max Schmeling, 99, German former heavyweight champion
- February 3:
- February 4 - Ossie Davis, 87, African-American actor and civil rights activist
- February 5 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, 69, President of Togo
- February 10 - Arthur Miller, 89, American playwright
- February 14 - Rafik Hariri, 60, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
- February 17 - Nariman Sadeq, 70, former Queen of Egypt
- February 20:
- February 28 - Mario Luzi, 90, Italian poet, Italian senator
March - March 2 - Rick Mahler, 51, Major League Baseball player
- March 10 - Dave Allen, 68, comedian
- March 17:
- March 19 - John De Lorean, 80, automotive pioneer
- March 22:
- March 26:
- March 30 - Mitch Hedberg, 37, American Stand-up comedian
- March 31 - Terri Schiavo, 41, American disabled person and cause clbre
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