2005

This article is about the year 2005.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century 21st century 22nd century
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2005 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Association football (soccer) – Athletics (track and field) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling – Rugby league – Rugby union – Table tennis – Tennis – Volleyball

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – Belgium – Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Taiwan – Thailand – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Venezuela – Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2005 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2005 MMV
Ab urbe condita	2758
Armenian calendar	1454 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԴ
Assyrian calendar	6755
Bahá'í calendar	161–162
Bengali calendar	1412
Berber calendar	2955
British Regnal year	53 Eliz. 2 – 54 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2549
Burmese calendar	1367
Byzantine calendar	7513–7514
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4701 or 4641     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4702 or 4642
Coptic calendar	1721–1722
Discordian calendar	3171
Ethiopian calendar	1997–1998
Hebrew calendar	5765–5766
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2061–2062
- Shaka Samvat	1926–1927
- Kali Yuga	5105–5106
Holocene calendar	12005
Igbo calendar	1005–1006
Iranian calendar	1383–1384
Islamic calendar	1425–1426
Japanese calendar	Heisei 17 (平成１７年)
Javanese calendar	1937–1938
Juche calendar	94
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4338
Minguo calendar	ROC 94 民國94年
Nanakshahi calendar	537
Thai solar calendar	2548
Unix time	1104537600 – 1136073599

2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium, the 5th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade.

2005 was designated as:

• International Year for Sport and Physical Education
• International Year of Microcredit

The year 2005 was the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2005).

Events

January

• January 5 – Eris, a dwarf planet with the greatest density 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.
• January 12 – Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1.
• January 14 – The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

February

• February 10 – North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.
• February 14 – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is assassinated, along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in Beirut.
• February 16 – The Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect.

March

• March 14 – The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
• March 24 – The President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev is overthrown following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.
• 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

• April 2 – Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.
• April 9 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall. Camilla acquires the title Duchess of Cornwall.
• April 26 – Syria withdraws the last of its military garrison from Lebanon, ending its 29-year military occupation of the country.
• April 27 – The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse.

May

• May 13 – Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.
• May 15 – A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving 200 people missing.

June

• June 21 – A Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft fails 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
• June 28 – Three U.S. Navy SEALs and 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed in an intense firefight in Afghanistan, which culminates when the Taliban shoots down a US helicopter. Only one SEAL survives the battle.

July

• July 2 – Live 8, a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
• July 6 – The European Parliament rejects the Proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.
• July 7 – Four coordinated suicide bombings rock central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 700.
• July 23 – A series of bombings hit the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing over 80 people.
• July 28 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969, and orders all its units to drop their arms.

August

• August 12 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Cape Canaveral, designed to explore Mars.
• August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 160 passengers.
• August 18 – Peace Mission 2005, the first joint China–Russia military exercise, begins its eight-day training on the Shandong Peninsula.
• August 29 – Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing severe damage and killing over a thousand people and dealing an estimated $108 billion in damage.
• August 31 – A stampede at the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.

September

• September 7 – Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.
• September 12 – Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.
• September 19 – North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.
• September 30 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, sparking outrage and violent riots by Muslims around the world.

October

• 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 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
• October 12 – The second manned Chinese spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, is launched.
• October 19 – The trial of Saddam Hussein begins.

November

• November 9 – At least 56 people are killed and 100 more are wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan.
• November 13 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year-old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.
• November 22 – Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.
• November 23 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.
• November 28 – The United Nations Climate Change conference is held in Montreal.
• November 30 – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.

December

• December 12 – Scientists announce that they have created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders.
• December 18 – Chad descends into civil war after various rebel forces, with support from Sudan, attack the capital, N'Djamena.
• December 31 – Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.

Births

• April 29 – Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand, son of King Maha Vajiralongkorn,Rama X of Thailand and his wife Srirasmi Suwadee
• June 26 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, daughter of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
• July 25 – Pierce Gagnon, American child actor
• October 15 – Prince Christian of Denmark, son of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and his wife Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• October 31 – Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Letizia
• December 3 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, grandson of King Harald V of Norway

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2005

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2005

Shirley Chisholm

Johnny Carson

• January 1
  • Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
  • Eugene J. Martin, American artist (b. 1938)
• January 10 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
• January 12 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
• January 15 – Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
• January 17
  • Virginia Mayo, American actress (b. 1920)
  • Zhao Ziyang, 3rd Premier of China (b. 1919)
• January 20 – Per Borten, 14th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
• January 23 – Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
• January 25 – Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2005

Max Schmeling

Sandra Dee

• February 2 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
• February 3 – Zurab Zhvania, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
• February 5 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma, 3rd President of Togo (b. 1935)
• February 10 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
• February 13 – Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (b. 1907)
• February 14 – Rafic Hariri, 57th & 59th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944)
• February 17
  • Narriman Sadek, Queen of Egypt (b. 1934)
  • Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer (b. 1935)
• February 20
  • Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1942)
  • Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist (b. 1937)
• February 22 – Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910)
• February 25 – Peter Benenson, British lawyer and founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2005

Hans Bethe

James Callaghan

• March 3 – Rinus Michels, Dutch soccer player and coach (b. 1928)
• March 6
  • Hans Bethe, German-American physicist (b. 1906)
  • Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
• March 17 – George F. Kennan, American diplomat and political advisor (b. 1904)
• March 19 – John Z. DeLorean, American car maker (b.1925)
• March 22
  • Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Spanish spiritual leader (b. 1946)
  • Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
• March 26 – James Callaghan, 70th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2005

Pope John Paul II

Saul Bellow

• April 2 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• April 5 – Saul Bellow, American writer (b. 1915)
• April 6 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
• April 23 – John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
• April 24 – Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)
• April 26 – Maria Schell, Austrian actress (b. 1926)

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2005

• May 2 – Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
• May 13 – George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
• May 25 – Ismail Merchant, Indian film producer (b. 1936)
• May 26 – Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)

June

Main article: Deaths in June 2005

Jaime Sin

• June 6 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
• June 11 – Vasco Gonçalves, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1921)
• June 13 – Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician (b. 1913)
• June 20 – Jack Kilby, American engineer (b. 1923)
• June 21 – Jaime Sin, 30th Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
• June 25 – Domino Harvey, British-American bounty hunter (b. 1969)

July

Main article: Deaths in July 2005

Edward Heath

• July 1 – Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
• July 6 – Evan Hunter, American writer (b. 1926)
• July 17 – Edward Heath, 68th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
• July 18 – William Westmoreland, American army general (b. 1914)
• July 20 – James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
• July 21 – Long John Baldry, British musician (b. 1941)
• July 31 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch politician (b. 1935)

August

Main article: Deaths in August 2005

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

• August 1 – King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1921)
• August 6 – Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
• August 7 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American news anchor (b. 1938)
• August 8
  • Ahmed Deedat, South African preacher (b. 1918)
  • Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, artist, and children's author (b. 1922)
• August 9 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
• August 12 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1932)
• August 13 – David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
• August 16 – Brother Roger, Swiss monastic and founder of the Taizé Community (b. 1915)
• August 19 – Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
• August 31 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist (b. 1908)

September

Main article: Deaths in September 2005

Simon Wiesenthal

• September 3 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and 16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
• September 6 – Eugenia Charles, 3rd Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
• September 13 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, 25th President of Colombia (b. 1916)
• September 14 – Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914)
• September 18 – Michael Park, English Rally driver (b. 1966)
• September 20 – Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
• September 25 – Don Adams, American actor (b. 1923)

October

Main article: Deaths in October 2005

Rosa Parks

• October 10 – Milton Obote, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)
• October 17 – Ba Jin, Chinese writer (b. 1904)
• October 22 – Arman, French-American artist (b. 1928)
• October 24
  • Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)
  • José Azcona del Hoyo, 61st President of Honduras (b. 1926)
• October 28 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and physicist (b. 1943)

November

Main article: Deaths in November 2005

Eddie Guerrero

Pat Morita

• November 1 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
• November 2 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and manager (b. 1919)
• November 5 – John Fowles, English novelist (b. 1926)
• November 9 – K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India (b. 1921)
• November 11 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer (b. 1930)
• November 13 – Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (b. 1967)
• November 19 – Erik Balling, Danish television and film director (b. 1924)
• November 24 – Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
• November 25
  • George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
  • Richard Burns, English rally driver (b. 1971)
• November 28 – Tony Meehan, English drummer (The Shadows) (b. 1943)

December

Main article: Deaths in December 2005

Richard Pryor

• December 2 – Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, 59th Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1938)
• December 6 – Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
• December 10 – Richard Pryor, American comedian (b. 1940)
• December 13 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader (b. 1953)
• December 16 – John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
• December 23 – Yao Wenyuan, Chinese politician (b. 1931)
• December 25 – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)
• December 26 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)

Nobel Prizes

• 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