2005
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| 2005 by topic |
|---|
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.
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[edit]
January[edit]
- 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.[1][2]
- 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.[3]
- January 12 – Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1.[4]
- January 14 – The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.[5]
- January 20
- George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
- The most intense solar particle event in recorded history is observed.[6]
February[edit]
- February 10 – North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.[7]
- February 14
- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is assassinated, along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in Beirut.[8]
- YouTube, an American online video sharing and social media platform was launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim headquartered in San Bruno, California.
- February 16 – The Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect.[9]
March[edit]
- March 14 – China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.[10]
- March 24 – The President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, is deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.[11]
- March 28 – The 8.6 Mw 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.
April[edit]
- 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[edit]
- May 13 – Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.[21]
- 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.[22][23]
June[edit]
- June 4 – The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.[24]
July[edit]
- July 2 – Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.[25]
- July 6
- The European Parliament rejects the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.[26]
- The International Olympic Committee awards London the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.[27]
- July 7 – Four coordinated suicide bombings hit central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 700.[28]
- July 23 – A series of bombings hit the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing over 80 people.[29]
- 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.[30]
August[edit]
- 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 – A stampede at the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.[36]
September[edit]
- September 7 – Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.[37]
- September 12 – Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.[38]
- September 19 – North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.[39]
- September 30 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, sparking outrage and violent riots by Muslims around the world.[40]
October[edit]
- 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 Mw 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[edit]
- November 9 – At least 60 people are killed and 115 more are wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan.[46]
- 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.[47]
- November 13 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year-old Scottish man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.[48]
- November 22
- Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.[49]
- Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.[50]
- November 23 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.[51]
- November 28 – The United Nations Climate Change conference is held in Montreal.[52]
- November 30 – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.[53]
December[edit]
- 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[edit]
Nobel Prizes[edit]
- Chemistry – Robert Grubbs, Richard Schrock, and Yves Chauvin
- Economics – Robert J. 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[edit]
- didymo
- functional calculus
- glamping
- locavore
- microblogging
- pre-exposure prophylaxis
- ransomware
- rock snot
- sexting
- truther
- vodcast[59]
References[edit]
- ^ Razner, Sarah. "15 years after she survived rabies, Jeanna Giese seeks to save others from it". The Reporter. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ Lite, Jordan. "Medical Mystery: Only One Person Has Survived Rabies without Vaccine--But How?". Scientific American. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ Hamilton, Calvin J. "Dwarf Planet Eris". Solar Views. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Comet probe Deep Impact launches". BBC. January 12, 2005. Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ Malik, Tariq; de Selding, Peter (January 14, 2005). "Touchdown on Titan: Huygens Probe Hits its Mark". Space.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "A New Kind of Solar Storm". NASA Science. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ Faiola, Anthony (February 10, 2005). "N. Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ Watson, Roland (February 16, 2005). "Outraged Bush turns up heat on Damascus after bomb". The Times. London. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "Kyoto Protocol comes into effect". CBC News. February 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ "Countries support Anti-Secession Law". China Daily. March 16, 2005. Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ^ "Kyrgyz citizens overthrow President Ayakev (Tulip Revolution), 2005". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Pope John Paul II Laid to Rest Today Amidst Huge Crowds". CNN International. April 8, 2005. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ Coates, Sam; Asthana, Anushka (April 8, 2005). "What is Pope John Paul II's legacy?". The Times. London. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ "The funeral of Pope John Paul II". BBC News. April 8, 2005. Archived from the original on May 24, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ Johnson, Daniel (April 20, 2005). "Pope Benedict XVI may be more controversial than his predecessor but he can still be a great leader". The Times Online. London. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
- ^ "Pope Benedict XVI". The New York Times. April 19, 2005. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
- ^ Early, Chas (April 9, 2005). "April 9, 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles at Windsor's Guildhall". BT. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ Shiels, Maggie (May 17, 2010). "YouTube at five- 2 bn views a day". BBC News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Syria withdrawal: Lebanese speak". BBC News. April 27, 2009. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
- ^ "Airbus A380 Completes First Flight". Fox News. Associated Press. April 27, 2005. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
- ^ "Toll from Uzbekistan violence disputed". USA Today. Associated Press. May 17, 2005. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ "CNN.com - Kingda Ka: The ultimate roller-coaster - Oct 11, 2005". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ LEVY, GLEN (January 21, 2010). "Top 10 Roller Coasters - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "A fost înființat Forumul Civic al Românilor din Harghita și Covasna". Basilica News Agency (in Romanian). June 4, 2005. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ "Millions gather for Live 8". CNN. July 3, 2005. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ "Software patent bill thrown out". BBC News. July 6, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
- ^ "On this day – 6 July 2005". BBC News. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ^ "London bombings: Police updates". BBC News. July 9, 2005. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
- ^ "Death toll from Egypt blasts rises to 59 - TV". Xinhua News Agency. July 23, 2005. Archived from the original on November 28, 2006. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
- ^ Frankel, Glenn (July 29, 2005). "IRA Says It Will Abandon Violence". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
- ^ Howell, Elizabeth (January 26, 2015). "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Mapping Mars in High Definition". Space. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ Ellsworth, Brian; Forero, Juan (August 17, 2005). "160 Die in Crash of Airliner in Venezuela". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Parfitt, Tom (August 18, 2005). "Russia and China rattle sabres with joint war games". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Library, C. N. N. (August 23, 2013). "Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts". CNN. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Iraq stampede deaths near 1,000". BBC. August 31, 2005. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Egypt's Ugly Election". The Washington Post. December 10, 2005. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Demolition of Gaza homes completed". Ynetnews. September 12, 2005. Archived from the original on November 27, 2005. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ Traynor, Ian; Watts, Jonathan; Borger, Julian (September 19, 2005). "North Korea vows to abandon nuclear weapons project". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "French court clears weekly in Mohammad cartoon row". Reuters. March 22, 2007. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Associated Press (October 20, 2005). "New figures put quake toll at more than 79,000". MSNBC. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ Malik, Tariq (October 11, 2005). "Shenzhou 6 Away! China Launches Two Astronauts in Second Manned Spaceflight". Space.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "2005: Trial of Saddam Hussein Begins". National Geographic. October 19, 2005. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ De Beukelaer, Christiaan; Pyykkönen, Miikka (2015). "Introduction: UNESCO's "Diversity Convention" – Ten Years on". In Beukelaer, Christiaan; Pyykkönen, Miikka; Singh, J. P. (eds.). Globalization, culture and development : the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-39763-8.
- ^ "Strongest Atlantic Hurricane: Wilma Brought Havoc to Mexico, Florida". www.accuweather.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ "Jordan 'not afraid' after bombs". BBC. November 10, 2005. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Kazakhstan: Mysterious Murder Mars Presidential Election Campaign". Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ "Caution over HIV 'cure' claims". BBC. November 13, 2005. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "2005: Merkel becomes German chancellor". BBC. November 22, 2005. Archived from the original on May 10, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ Dybwad, Barb (September 15, 2005). "Xbox 360 launch date is November 22". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ Fickling, David (November 23, 2005). "Johnson-Sirleaf declared Liberian president". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "UN summit seeks climate solutions". BBC. November 29, 2005. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "My face transplant saved me". BBC. October 17, 2006. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Handwerk, Brian (December 14, 2005). "Mice With Human Brain Cells Created". National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 16, 2005. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Find-a-Drug to close". find-a-drug.org. November 1, 2005. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ^ Sarkees, Meredith (2010). Resort to war : a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007. Washington, D.C: CQ Press. p. 479. ISBN 9780872894341.
- ^ "Wind blamed for fatal 2005 JR East accident". Japan Times. April 3, 2008. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ Khamsi, Roxanne (July 6, 2005). "Leap second to be added to 2005". Nature: news050704–8. doi:10.1038/news050704-8. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ "Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2005". merriam-webster.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
Sources[edit]
- Corbett, Ronnie; Nobbs, David (2007) [2006]. And It's Goodnight From Him ...: The Autobiography of the Two Ronnies (Paperback ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-102804-0.
External links[edit]
Media related to 2005 at Wikimedia Commons
