2005
From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people throughout the southern United States ; the funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City ; "Me at the zoo " is the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube ; Eris and its satellite Dysnomia are discovered by a Palomar Observatory -based team, becoming the tenth planet to be discovered and breaking ground for the discovery of new dwarf planets such as Haumea and Makemake ; Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in Baghdad ; the shrine and resting place for Rafic Hariri ; the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (designed to explore Mars ) is launched from Cape Canaveral ; 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.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.[ 16] [ 17]
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 .[ 18]
April 23 – The first ever YouTube video is uploaded, titled Me at the zoo .[ 19]
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 – Cedar Revolution : Syria withdraws the last of its military garrison from Lebanon , ending its 29-year military occupation of the country .[ 20]
April 27 – The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse .[ 21]
May
June
July
August
August 12 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Cape Canaveral , designed to explore Mars .[ 33]
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.[ 34]
August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela , killing 160 passengers and crew.[ 35]
August 18 – Peace Mission 2005 , the first joint China–Russia military exercise , begins its eight-day training on the Shandong Peninsula .[ 36]
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 .[ 37]
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.[ 38]
August 31 – The Al-Aimmah bridge disaster in Baghdad , Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.[ 39]
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.[ 44]
October 12 – The second crewed Chinese spacecraft , Shenzhou 6 , is launched.[ 45]
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.[ 46]
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 .[ 47]
October 24 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall near Cape Romano .[ 48]
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 .[ 57]
December 16 – Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.[ 58]
December 18 – Chad descends into civil war after various rebel forces, with support from Sudan , attack the capital, N'Djamena .[ 59]
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.[ 60]
December 31 – Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.[ 61]
World population
Births and deaths
January 2 – Robbie Lee , British diver[ 62]
January 4 – Dafne Keen , British and Spanish actress[ 63]
January 11 – Roksana Węgiel , Polish singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 [ 64]
January 13 – Eva Brezalieva , Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast[ 65]
March 26 – Ella Anderson , American actress[ 66]
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 [ 67]
May 11 – Ezra Frech , American track athlete and Paralympian
June 17 – Funa Nakayama , Japanese skateboarder[ 68]
June 26 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands , daughter of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Queen Máxima of the Netherlands [ 69]
July 25 – Pierce Gagnon , American actor[ 70]
August 8 – Alysa Liu , American figure skater[ 71]
October 4 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium , younger son and third child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium [ 72]
August 10 – Sunny Suljic , American actor[ 73]
October 7 - Lulu Wilson , American actress[ 74] [ 75]
October 15 – Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark , son of Frederik X and his wife Queen Mary of Denmark [ 76]
October 31 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias , daughter of Felipe VI of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia of Spain [ 77]
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 [ 78]
December 27
December 30 – Brady Noon , American actor
Nobel Prizes
New English words and terms
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External links
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