From top left, clockwise:Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people throughout theSouthern United States ; thefuneral of Pope John Paul II is held inVatican City ; "Me at the zoo " is the first video ever to be uploaded toYouTube ;Eris and its satelliteDysnomia are discovered by aPalomar Observatory -based team, becoming the tenth planet to be discovered and breaking ground for the discovery of new dwarf planets such asHaumea andMakemake ;Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at acourthouse inBaghdad ; the shrine andresting place forRafic Hariri ; theMars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars ) is launched fromCape Canaveral ; theLive 8 concert in theTiergarten, Berlin . Calendar year
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2005 (MMV ) was acommon year starting on Saturday of theGregorian calendar , the 2005th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 3rd millennium and the21st century , and the 6th year of the2000s decade.
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2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and theInternational Year of Microcredit . The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of theInternational Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2005).
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. Ahybrid solar eclipse was visible from south Pacific, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, and was the 51st solar eclipse ofSolar Saros 129 .April 9 –Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony atWindsor 's Guildhall. Camilla receives the titleDuchess of Cornwall .[ 18] April 23 – The first everYouTube video is uploaded, titledMe 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. Apenumbral lunar eclipse was visible in eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific and Americas, and was the 23rd lunar eclipse ofLunar Saros 141 .April 26 –Cedar Revolution :Syria withdraws the last of its military garrison fromLebanon , ending its29-year military occupation of the country .[ 20] April 27 – The Superjumbojet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight fromToulouse .[ 21] August 12 – TheMars Reconnaissance Orbiter Cape Canaveral , designed to exploreMars .[ 33] August 14 –Helios Airways Flight 522 , en route fromLarnaca , Cyprus toPrague , Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills nearGrammatiko , Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.[ 34] August 16 –West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain inVenezuela , killing 160 passengers and crew.[ 35] August 18 –Peace Mission 2005 , the first joint China–Russiamilitary exercise , begins its eight-day training on theShandong Peninsula .[ 36] August 26 – TheConstitution of Chile is heavily amended, eliminatingsenators 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 newregions .[ 37] August 29 –Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along theU.S. Gulf Coast , causingsevere damage , killing over a thousand people and dealing an estimated $108 billion in damage.[ 38] August 31 – TheAl-Aimmah bridge disaster inBaghdad , Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.[ 39] October 3 Croatia andTurkey 's accession negotiations to theEuropean Union officially starts.[ 44] [ 45] 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. Anannular solar eclipse was visible in Portugal, Spain, Libya, Sudan and Kenya, and was the 43rd solar eclipse ofSolar Saros 134 . October 8 – The 7.6Mw Kashmir earthquake strikesAzad Kashmir , Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximumMercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.[ 46] October 12 – The secondcrewed Chinesespacecraft ,Shenzhou 6 [ 47] 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. Apartial lunar eclipse was visible in Asia, Australia, Pacific and North America, and was the 10th lunar eclipse ofLunar Saros 146 .October 19 – Thetrial of Saddam Hussein begins.[ 48] October 20 – The general conference of theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes theConvention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions .[ 49] October 24 –Hurricane Wilma makes landfall nearCape Romano .[ 50] October 24 –Rosa Parks dies of natural causes.December 12 – Scientists announce that they have createdmice with small numbers of humanneurons in an effort to make realistic models ofneurological disorders .[ 59] December 16 –Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.[ 60] December 18 –Chad descends intocivil war after various rebel forces, with support fromSudan , attack the capital,N'Djamena .[ 61] December 25 – An express train bound for the city ofNiigata ,Niigata Prefecture , Japan, is derailed by strong winds inShonai ,Yamagata Prefecture . Five people are killed and at least 33 injured.[ 62] December 31 –Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.[ 63] January 2 –Robbie Lee , British diver[ 64] January 4 –Dafne Keen , British and Spanish actress[ 65] January 11 –Roksana Węgiel , Polish singer, winner ofJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 [ 66] January 13 –Eva Brezalieva , Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast[ 67] January 25 –Avantika Vandanapu , American actress and singer[ 68] February 19 –Alma Deutscher , British composer and formerchild prodigy February 25 –Arda Güler , Turkish football player[ 69] March 26 –Ella Anderson , American actress[ 70] March 28 –d4vd , American singer[ 71] April 29 –Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand , grandson ofBhumibol Adulyadej , son of KingMaha Vajiralongkorn , Rama X of Thailand and his wifeSrirasmi Suwadee [ 72] May 11 –Ezra Frech , American track athlete and ParalympianJune 17 –Funa Nakayama , Japanese skateboarder[ 73] June 25 –Kylie Cantrall , American actress and singer[ 74] June 26 –Princess Alexia of the Netherlands , daughter ofWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wifeQueen Máxima of the Netherlands [ 75] July 25 –Pierce Gagnon , American actor[ 76] August 8 –Alysa Liu , American figure skater[ 77] August 10 –Sunny Suljic , American actor[ 78] October 1 –Rosalie Chiang , American actressOctober 4 –Prince Emmanuel of Belgium , younger son and third child ofKing Philippe andQueen Mathilde of Belgium [ 79] October 7 –Lulu Wilson , American actress[ 80] [ 81] October 15 –Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark , son ofFrederik X and his wifeQueen Mary of Denmark [ 82] October 31 –Leonor, Princess of Asturias , daughter ofFelipe VI of Spain and his wifeQueen Letizia of Spain [ 83] November 16 –Mariam Mamadashvili , Georgian singer, winner ofJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 December 3 –Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway , son ofHaakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wifeMette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway , grandson of KingHarald V of Norway [ 84] December 27 –Kristina Pimenova , Russian model[ 85] December 30 –Brady Noon , American actorNew English words and terms [ edit ] ^ Razner, Sarah (September 12, 2019)."15 years after she survived rabies, Jeanna Giese seeks to save others from it" .The Reporter .Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. 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