2005

2005 (Roman: MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

2005 is the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism.

Events

January

January 3 - Assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri.
January 9 - The same storm which pounded the US earlier in the month hits England and Scandinavia. At least 13 are dead among hurricane force winds and the worst flooding in northwest England in 40 years while millions across Europe were without electricity, as governments including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Latvia issue power cuts.
January 9 - Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president in the Palestinian election.
January 12 - Deep Impact (space mission) is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket.
January 14 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, largest moon of planet Saturn.
January 16 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.

Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.

January 20 - George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.
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 30 - The first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq since 1958 take place.
January 30 - A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Iraq, killing 10 British servicemen. Iraqi insurgents release a video claiming to have shot the aircraft down using a missile.

February

February 6 - In Jacksonville, the New England Patriots defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX, 24-21. The victory claimed the Patriots' third NFL league title in four years.
February 8 - Danish parliamentary elections continue the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party.
February 9 - An ETA car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in Madrid.
February 10 - North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.
February 10 - Saudi Arabia holds its first ever elections for municipal authorities, in which only men are allowed to vote.
February 12 - Fire devastates the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.
February 14 - A massive suicide bomb blast in central Beirut kills Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people were also hurt.
February 14 - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at mosque in Tehran, Iran.

The Kyoto Protocol is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases.

February 16 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
February 16 - The National Hockey League cancels its 2004-2005 season becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.
February 19 - Suicide bombers kill more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark Ashura, their holiest day.
February 20 - Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
February 20 - Early Legislative elections in Portugal result in a landslide victory for José Sócrates and the Socialist Party.
February 22 - More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured after entire villages are flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
February 23 - The Daily Telegraph splashes the introduction of its sudoku puzzle, precipitating a rush of "me too" puzzles in all the remaining British national newsapers.
February 26 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking parliament to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution.

March

March 1 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes under age 18.
March 3 - At 19:17 the 3500-ton freighter, M/V Karen Danielsen, crashes into the Western bridge of the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark, 800m from Funen. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two.
March 3 - Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
March 10 - Tung Chee Hwa's resignation: Tung Chee Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, resigns.
March 11 - In the UK, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 was finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords.
March 13 - First round of Central African Republic elections.
March 14 - The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
March 14 - Nearly one million people gathered for an opposition rally in Beirut, a month after the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The largest rally in Lebanon history.

Protesters in front of Terri Schiavo's Pinellas Park, Florida hospice, March 27, 2005.

March 16 - Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all accounts.
March 19 - A suspected suicide bomber in Doha, Qatar, kills one person and injures about 12 others.
March 19 - A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
March 19 - A mine blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
March 20 - At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor.
March 21 - 10 killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.
March 23 - The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
March 24 - The Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of president Askar Akayev. The crowd calling for his removal storms the Government House and riots occur throughout the capital city.
March 26 - The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of Mainland China. Around 200 000 to 300 000 attended the walk.
March 28 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake struck off Sumatra, 3 months after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. At a magnitude of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since 1965.

April

Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China
April 1 - Newsanchor Peter Jennings hosts what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast.
April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies. This heralds a period of untold grief in the world. Millions flock to Rome to glimpse the remains of the Pontiff.
April 7 - MG Rover, the UK's sole remaining volume producer goes into receivership after a planned alliance with Chinese manufacturer, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation collapses.
April 7 - A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing two foreign tourists and wounding 17 others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.
April 8 - Referendum in Curaçao on independence vs. integration with the Netherlands.

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Members of the College of Cardinals look on at Pope John Paul II's Funeral.

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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall following their civil wedding in Windsor, England.

April 9 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many of them supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, marched through Baghdad denouncing the U.S. occupation of Iraq, two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, and rallied in the square where his statue was toppled in 2003.
April 9 - The marriage of The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles takes place. Camilla assumes the titles Her Royal Highness and The Duchess of Cornwall.
April 12 - Fans hurl lit flares onto the field at San Siro Stadium in Milan during a Champions League quarter-final soccer match.
April 15 - At least 21 people died and around 50 people were injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris.
April 16 - President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in the capital city and dissolved the Supreme Court.
April 17 - Twelve holidaymakers were killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying 27 people plunged 200 metres into a ravine.
April 18 - Five people died in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west Khuzestan province.
April 19 - Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave. Fears of traditional Catholics, that a Liberal Pope would be elected, are assuaged.
April 20 - 56 hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.
April 20 - President Lucio Gutiérrez of Ecuador is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests.
April 21 - A bus crash in Vietnam's Central Highlands has left 30 Vietnamese war veterans dead and four other people hurt.
April 21 - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca has left two militants and two members of the security forces dead.
April 23 - Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister of Italy, re-forms government after its dissolution three days earlier.
April 25 - A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki rail crash)
April 26 - Facing international pressure, Syria withdrew the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its 29 year military domination of that country.
April 27 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 made its first flight from Toulouse.
April 30 - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo leave three militants dead and at least 10 people injured.

May

May 1 - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.
May 2 - 4th president of Singapore, Wee Kim Wee dies from prostate cancer.
May 2 - A blast at an illegal munitions store in northern Afghanistan kills 28 people and injures at least 13 others.
May 3 - At least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-storey buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.
May 4 - In one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq.
May 5 - The United Kingdom votes in the 2005 general election. The Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority.
May 5 - Two homemade bombs explode outside the British consulate in New York, USA.
May 10 - A live hand grenade lands about 100 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.
May 11 - Serial killer Michael Ross became first person executed in New England in 45 years.
May 13 - Uzbek troops kill up to 700 during protests in eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic extremists. President Islam Karimov defends the act.
May 13 - The United States Department of Defense issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC 2005).
May 13 - The final episode of the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States. This episode may mark the end of the Star Trek franchise itself, which dates back to 1966.
May 15 - A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 100 people missing.
May 16 - George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.
May 17 - Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.
May 19 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith released, effectively completing the Star Wars movie saga begun by George Lucas in 1977 and shattering the opening day box-office record with $50,013,859.
May 19 - The Canadian House of Commons members narrowly pass two budget bills at second reading allowing the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay in power.
May 21 - Greece wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
May 25 - Liverpool F.C. won the UEFA Champions League by defeating AC Milan 3-1 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul.
May 25 - The Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, resigned for participating in the Chief Executive Election in July. As a result, Henry Tang and Michael Suen had become the Acting Chief Executive and Acting Chief Secretary for Administration respectively.
May 29 - French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.
May 31 - W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.

June

June 1 - Dutch referendum on the European Constitution votes to reject, the second country to do so.
June 5 - Switzerland votes to join the Schengen area and to allow same-sex partnerships.
June 6 - Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam resigns.
June 11 - Zena's 14th birthday
June 13 - Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children (see 2005 trial of Michael Jackson).
June 14 - Steam opened the new VAC-system that detects and bans all Counter-Strike players who are using cheats(eg. aimbot, wallhack, esp).
June 15 - Batman Begins, the first Batman film since 1997 and a reboot of the Batman film franchise, is released. It is well received by both critics and audiences, though not breaking box-office records.
June 17 - A 6.7 aftershock,which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California. (California earthquakes of June 2005)
June 17 - Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares were traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day.
June 19 - Election in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain — preliminary results show that Manuel Fraga and the Partido Popular lose control of the autonomous parliament.
June 21 - Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
June 23 - In the SBC Center in San Antonio, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the defending champion Detroit Pistons, 84-77, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The victory claimed the Spurs franchise's third NBA World Championship title.
June 30 - MTV Networks launches LGBT-themed LOGO channel in the U.S..
June 30 - Spain joins Belgium and the Netherlands in permitting same-sex marriage.

July

July 2 - Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
July 4 - NASA's "Copper bullet" from Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
July 4 - Violent G8 demonstrations in Edinburgh
July 6 - The European Parliament rejects the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading in the codecision procedure.
July 6 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London, defeating the favorite Paris in the final round.
July 7 - Four explosions rock the transport network in London, with three explosions reported on the London Underground and one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured. See 7 July 2005 London bombings.
July 7 - Al-Qaeda admits to the killing of Egypt's Ambassador, Ihab al-Sherif.
July 10 - Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept.
July 10 - Hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean. Dennis caused 2-5 billion dollars damage in the United States.
July 13 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.
July 14 - A compromise budget is reached in Minnesota, ending the fourteen-day government shutdown.
July 16 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince released.
July 19 - President Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.
July 20 - Canada's Civil Marriage Act, legalizing same-sex marriage, receives Royal Assent.
July 20 - London wins right to host 2012 Olympics
July 21 - A terrorist attack on London, similar to the July 7 attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 Underground trains and a London bus. The bombs failed to explode properly, and only one injury was reported.
July 22 - A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber.
July 23 - A series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt. See July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks.
July 24 - Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tour de France before his scheduled retirement.
July 26 - Launch for Space Shuttle Discovery return to flight mission STS-114. This is the first Space Shuttle flight in nearly two and a half years since the breakup of Columbia on its return from mission STS-107.
July 28 The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms.

August

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Wreckage of Air France Flight 358 the day after it crashes at Toronto Pearson International Airport

August 2 - Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport; all aboard survive.
August 6 - An ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.
August 7 - ABC's acclaimed newsanchor, Peter Jennings, dies at age 67 of lung cancer.
August 9 - Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight."
August 12 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched.
August 17 - The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
August 17 - Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [1]
August 18 - Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences for the BTK serial killings.
August 18 - Peace Mission 2005, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula.
August 22 - A 4.1 kg meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15 cm crater.
August 23 - TANS Peru Flight 204 crash lands in Peru killing almost half of those aboard.
August 23 - Israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends.
August 24 - Hong Kong High Court Judge Michael Hartmann rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.

An aerial view of the flooding near downtown New Orleans, following the devastation of the city by Hurricane Katrina.

August 29 - Thousands of people (1,242 and counting) are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Within hours, levees give way and New Orleans is flooded.
August 31 - A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede).

September

September 1 - Oil prices rise sharply following the economic effects of Hurricane Katrina.
September 5 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. It is the seventh fatal commercial airplane accident since August 1.
September 7 - Incumbent Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak wins its first multi-party presidential election.
September 11 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the LDP are returned to power following the Japanese general elections.
September 12 - Norwegian parliamentary election
September 12 - English cricket team draw the final match to win The 2005 Ashes.
September 14 - September 16 - Largest UN World Summit in history, held in New York City.
September 17 - Helen Clark leader of the Labour Party is re-elected for a third term in the New Zealand general election
September 18 - Angela Merkel of the CDU and Gerhard Schröder of the SDP both claim victory in German federal election
September 18 - Afghan parliamentary election
September 19 - North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.
September 24 - Hurricane Rita hits the US coast.
September 25 - Polish parliamentary election.
September 26 - U.S. army reservist Lynndie England is convicted by a military jury on six of seven counts in connection with the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
September 27 - Michaëlle Jean, born in Haiti, becomes the 27th Governor General of Canada, and the first black person to hold that position.
September 28 - American politician Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury.
September 29 - John G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

October

October 1 - 26 people are killed and more than 100 are injured in the 2005 Bali bombings.
October 1 - World's largest bank is established with the merger of two Japanese banking conglomerates, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings, to form Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
October 2 - 20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY.
October 3 - President Bush announces his nomination of Harriet Miers to replace retiring Sandra Day O'Connor as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
October 4 - Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America with 80 mph of winds and kills over 600 people.
October 7 - UN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 8 - An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hits Northern Pakistan, killing more than 30,000 people. See 2005 Kashmir earthquake for more details.
October 9 - Polish presidential election.
October 12 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched, carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in orbit.

Scheduled and expected events

October

October 13 - Ubuntu Linux will release the "Breezy Badger" edition.
October 15 - A referendum on the new Iraqi constitution will be held.
October 19 - Trial of Saddam Hussein will begin.
October 21 - 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar where the United Kingdom defeated France and Spain and Horatio Nelson (Lord Nelson of the Nile) died.
October 23 - Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia.
October 28 - BlizzCon, Blizzard Entertainment's first gaming festival will be held through October 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
October 29 to November 6 East Asian Games opens at Macau.
October 31 - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway across the San Fernando Valley.

November-December

November 1 Canadian Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities: The Phase I report - Fact Finding of Justice John H. Gomery is scheduled to be released.
November 5 - 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes's attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
November 12 and November 16 - The Australian Football team is to compete a two-legged qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup, against the team placed fifth in South American qualifying. It would be the first time Australia has entered the World Cup finals since 1974, if they were to win.
November 14 - Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dance Floor hits stores wolrwide.
November 18 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released in the U.S. and UK movie theaters.
November 22 - Another generation of video game consoles will begin when Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.
November 26 - The third Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Hasselt, Belgium.
November 27 - The 93rd Grey Cup game to be played in Vancouver, Canada.
November to December - Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo.
December - The £140m extension of the Docklands Light Railway in London, linking Canning Town to North Woolwich and London City Airport opens.
December 7 - European Union TLD .eu is to be launched, and replace .eu.int. Initially only for business purposes. On 7 April 2006 EU citizens can also register .eu domains.
December 9 - The final day of service of London's iconic Routemaster buses.
December 15 - The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution
December 31 - The first leap second since 1998.

Unknown dates

The Broadway adaptation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is expected to be completed and begin playing later this year.
The British Broadcasting Corporation are expected to launch software for downloading and watching their television programmes from the Internet. It is currently in a closed beta testing stage.

Births

April 8 - Leah Isadora Behn, princess of Norway
June 8 - Irene Urdangarin from Borbón, Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin's daughter, Kings of Spain 's granddaughter.
June 26 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2005

June

June 6 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
June 10 - Jim Exon, Governor and U.S. Senator from Nebraska (b. 1921)
June 21 - Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
June 26 - John Richard Whiteley, British Journalist and TV presenter (b. 1943)
June 27 - John T. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1946)

July

July 5 - James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral and vice presidential candidate (b. 1923)
July 6 - L. Patrick Gray, American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (b. 1916)
July 17 - Sir Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
July 18 - William Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Vietnam (b. 1914)
July 19 - John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
July 20 - James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
July 22 - Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electician, shot in error by police in London (b. 1978)
July 28 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (b. 1917)
July 31 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch president of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)

August

August 1 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
August 3 - Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
August 4 - Sue Gunter, American basketball coach (b. 1941)
August 5 - Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
August 6 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
August 7 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)
August 8 - Gene Mauch, baseball manager (b. 1925)
August 13 - Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka (assassinated) (b. 1932)
August 13 - David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
August 14 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
August 19 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
August 22 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
August 22 - Robert Moog, American inventor (b. 1934)
August 24 - Jack Slipper, British police officer (b. 1924)
August 26 - Robert Denning, interior designer (b. 1927)
August 26 - Gerry Fitt, Irish politician (b. 1926)
August 30 - Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, oldest recognized person in the world (b. 1890)
August 31 - Sir Józef Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1908)

September

September 2 - Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
September 3 - William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
September 8 - Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
September 9 - Lewis Platt, American computer manufacturer (b. 1941)
September 13 - Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (b. 1916)
September 14 - Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914)
September 18 - Michael Park, English rally car co-driver (racing accident) (b. 1966)
September 19 - Willie Hutch, American singer (b. 1946)
September 20 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
September 21 - Ramón Martín Huerta, Mexican politician (b. 1957)
September 25 - Don Adams, American actor (b. 1923)
September 25 - George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
September 25 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
September 25 - M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (b. 1936)
September 26 - Helen Cresswell, British author (b. 1934)
September 26 - Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician and Waffen-SS member (b. 1921)
September 27 - Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)

October

October 2 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
October 2 - Nipsey Russell, American actor (b. 1924)
October 3 - Ronnie Barker, British comic actor (b. 1929)
October 4 - Stanley K. Hathaway, U.S. politician (b. 1924)
October 7 - Farah Noor Adams, 34, murdered in Glasgow

Nobel Prizes

Physics:
- Roy J. Glauber "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence"
- John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch "for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
Chemistry:
- Robert Grubbs, Richard Schrock and Yves Chauvin "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis"
Physiology or Medicine:
- Robin Warren and Barry Marshall "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease".
Literature:
Peace:
- International Atomic Energy Agency, along its secretary general Mohamed ElBaradei "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way".
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

2005

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Scheduled and expected events

October

November-December

Unknown dates

Births

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Nobel Prizes

External links