Editing 2005 (section)

==Events==
===January===
* [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Razner |first=Sarah |date=September 12, 2019 |title=15 years after she survived rabies, Jeanna Giese seeks to save others from it |url=https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2019/09/12/fond-du-lac-rabies-survivor-jeanna-giese-seeks-save-others-virus/2284305001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419180124/https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2019/09/12/fond-du-lac-rabies-survivor-jeanna-giese-seeks-save-others-virus/2284305001/ |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |website=The Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lite |first=Jordan |date=October 8, 2008 |title=Medical Mystery: Only One Person Has Survived Rabies without Vaccine--But How? |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeanna-giese-rabies-survivor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210131741/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=jeanna-giese-rabies-survivor |archive-date=December 10, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Eris (dwarf planet)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://solarviews.com/eng/eris.htm|title=Dwarf Planet Eris|last=Hamilton|first=Calvin J.|website=Solar Views|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814052034/http://solarviews.com/eng/eris.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] – The [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] is signed, ending the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]] in [[Sudan]].<ref name="nd">{{cite web |title=Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |access-date=16 July 2016 |website=Peace Accords Matrix |publisher=Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, [[University of Notre Dame]]}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|''Deep Impact'']] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]] with the purpose of studying the [[comet]] [[Tempel 1]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm|title=Comet probe Deep Impact launches|work=BBC News|date=January 12, 2005|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=December 13, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213152505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – The [[Huygens (spacecraft)|''Huygens'' spacecraft]] lands on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the largest moon of [[Saturn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huygens_descent_comm_050114.html|title=Touchdown on Titan: Huygens Probe Hits its Mark|website=[[Space.com]]|access-date=October 14, 2009|date=January 14, 2005|first1=Tariq |last1=Malik |first2=Peter |last2=de Selding| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010053614/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huygens_descent_comm_050114.html| archive-date=October 10, 2009| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – The most intense [[solar particle event]] in recorded history is observed.<ref>{{cite web |title=A New Kind of Solar Storm |url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10jun_newstorm |website=NASA Science |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014020/https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10jun_newstorm/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===February===
* [[February 10]] – [[North Korea]] announces that it possesses [[nuclear weapon]]s as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12836-2005Feb10.html|title=N. Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Anthony|last=Faiola|access-date=October 14, 2009|date=February 10, 2005|archive-date=July 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726174120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12836-2005Feb10.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 14]]
** Former [[List of prime ministers of Lebanon|Lebanese Prime Minister]] [[Rafic Hariri]] is [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri|assassinated]], along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in [[Beirut]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anniversary of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's Assassination |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/02/204582.htm |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref>
** [[YouTube]], an American [[online video platform|online video sharing]] and [[social media|social media platform]] was founded by [[Steve Chen]], [[Chad Hurley]], and [[Jawed Karim]] headquartered in [[San Bruno, California]].
* [[February 16]] – The [[Kyoto Protocol]] officially goes into effect.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kyoto-protocol-comes-into-effect-1.536247|title=Kyoto Protocol comes into effect|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=October 15, 2009|date=February 16, 2005|archive-date=July 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718055539/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2005/02/16/kyoto050216.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===March===
* [[March 14]] – [[China]] ratifies an [[Anti-Secession Law|anti-secession law]], aimed at preventing [[Taiwan]] from declaring independence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425628.htm|title=Countries support Anti-Secession Law|work=[[China Daily]]|date=March 16, 2005|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-date=April 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408031520/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425628.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – The [[President of Kyrgyzstan]], [[Askar Akayev]], is [[Tulip Revolution|deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations]] and flees the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/kyrgyz-citizens-overthrow-president-ayakev-tulip-revolution-2005|title=Kyrgyz citizens overthrow President Ayakev (Tulip Revolution), 2005|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924072249/http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/kyrgyz-citizens-overthrow-president-ayakev-tulip-revolution-2005|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – The 8.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake|Nias–Simeulue earthquake]] shakes northern [[Sumatra]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VI (''Strong''), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnitude 8.6 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507213608/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/ |archive-date=May 7, 2016 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – The dwarf planet [[Makemake]] is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.<ref name=jpldata>{{cite web |type=2019-05-12 last obs |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 136472 Makemake ({{mp|2005 FY|9}}) |work=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136472 |access-date=2020-02-20 |archive-date=2019-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616154758/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136472 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===April===
* [[April 2]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/08/lt.03.html|title=Pope John Paul II Laid to Rest Today Amidst Huge Crowds|website=[[CNN.com]] - Transcripts|date=April 8, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2010|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127193416/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/08/lt.03.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/what-is-pope-john-paul-iis-legacy-lmbq78tlc66|title=What is Pope John Paul II's legacy?|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=May 29, 2024|date=April 8, 2005 | location=London|first1=Sam|last1=Coates|first2=Anushka|last2=Asthana|author2-link=Anushka Asthana|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4420145.stm|title=The funeral of Pope John Paul II|work=BBC News|access-date=October 23, 2009|date=April 8, 2005|archive-date=May 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524045251/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4420145.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pope Benedict XVI]] succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article383225.ece|title=The best man for the job: Pope Benedict XVI may be more controversial than his predecessor but he can still be a great leader|work=[[The Times Online]]|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 20, 2005|first=Daniel|last=Johnson|location=London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211184611/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article383225.ece|archive-date=February 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/opinion/19iht-web.0419popeed.html|title=Pope Benedict XVI|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 19, 2005|archive-date=May 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522042811/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/opinion/19iht-web.0419popeed.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[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 [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005|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 III|Charles, Prince of Wales]] [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles|marries]] [[Queen Camilla|Camilla Parker Bowles]] in a civil ceremony at [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]'s Guildhall. Camilla receives the title ''Duchess of Cornwall''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/april-9-2005-prince-charles-marries-camilla-parker-bowles-at-windsors-guildhall-11363974397361|title=April 9, 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles at Windsor's Guildhall|last=Early|first=Chas|date=April 9, 2005|website=BT|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630131620/http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/april-9-2005-prince-charles-marries-camilla-parker-bowles-at-windsors-guildhall-11363974397361|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 23]] – The first ever [[YouTube]] video is uploaded, titled ''[[Me at the zoo]]''.<ref name="BBCYouTubeZoo">{{cite news |last1=Shiels |first1=Maggie |title=YouTube at five- 2 bn views a day |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8676380.stm |access-date=May 6, 2022 |work=BBC News |date=May 17, 2010 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506165833/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8676380.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[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 [[April 2005 lunar eclipse|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 [[Syrian occupation of Lebanon|29-year military occupation of the country]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4482883.stm|title=Syria withdrawal: Lebanese speak|work=BBC News|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 27, 2009|archive-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022053553/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4482883.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – The Superjumbo [[jet aircraft]] [[Airbus A380]] makes its first flight from [[Toulouse]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154745,00.html|title=Airbus A380 Completes First Flight|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 27, 2009|date=April 27, 2005|work=Fox News|archive-date=August 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820000909/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154745,00.html|url-status=dead }}</ref>

===May===
* [[May 5]] – The [[2005 United Kingdom general election]] is won by Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for a third consecutive majority government.
* [[May 13]] – [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops [[Andijan massacre|massacre]] at least 200 protesters in the city of [[Andijan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-17-uzbekistan_x.htm|title=Toll from Uzbekistan violence disputed|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 28, 2009|date=May 17, 2005|work=USA Today|archive-date=June 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623190906/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-17-uzbekistan_x.htm|url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – [[English whisky]] is re-established in [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-18 |title=The English Whisky Map |url=https://insidethecask.com/2020/05/18/the-english-whisky-map/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Inside the Cask |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[May 19]]–[[May 21|21]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005]] takes place in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], and is won by [[Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kingda Ka: The ultimate roller-coaster |date=Oct 11, 2005|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/30/ultimate.rollercoaster/index.html|access-date=March 3, 2021|website=CNN.com |archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621145527/https://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/30/ultimate.rollercoaster/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Levy |first=Glen |date=January 21, 2010|title=Top 10 Roller Coasters |language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1954707_1954711_1954674,00.html|access-date=March 3, 2021|issn=0040-781X|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617000114/https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1954707_1954711_1954674,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] - [[David Foster Wallace]] delivers his now-famous commencement address, [[This is Water]] at [[Kenyon College]] in Ohio.

===June===
* [[June 4]] – The [[Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș]] is founded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://basilica.ro/a-fost-infiintat-forumul-civic-al-romanilor-din-harghita-si-covasna/|title=A fost înființat Forumul Civic al Românilor din Harghita și Covasna|newspaper=[[Basilica News Agency]]|date=June 4, 2005|language=ro|access-date=December 4, 2022|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204102835/https://basilica.ro/a-fost-infiintat-forumul-civic-al-romanilor-din-harghita-si-covasna/|url-status=dead }}</ref>

===July===
* [[July 2]] – [[Live 8]], a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/|title=Millions gather for Live 8|website=CNN.com|date=July 3, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2010|archive-date=May 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517231654/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] 
**The [[European Parliament]] rejects the [[proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions]] in its second reading.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/4655955.stm|title=Software patent bill thrown out|work=BBC News|access-date=November 8, 2009|date=July 6, 2005}}</ref>
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[London]] the right to host the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_4940000/4940112.stm | title = On this day – 6 July 2005 | work = BBC News | access-date = September 17, 2017 | archive-date = February 9, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160209035449/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_4940000/4940112.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> 
* [[July 7]] – [[7 July 2005 London bombings|Four coordinated suicide bombings]] hit central [[London]], killing 52 people and injuring over 700.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4667381.stm|title=London bombings: Police updates|work=BBC News|access-date=November 8, 2009|date=July 9, 2005|archive-date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911232724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4667381.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – A [[2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings|series of bombings]] hit the resort city of [[Sharm El Sheikh]], Egypt, killing over 80 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3256722.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128204958/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3256722.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2006|title=Death toll from Egypt blasts rises to 59 - TV|agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|access-date=November 9, 2009|date=July 23, 2005}}</ref>
* [[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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072800427.html|title=IRA Says It Will Abandon Violence|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 9, 2009|date=July 29, 2005|first=Glenn|last=Frankel|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103200028/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072800427.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===August===
* [[August 12]] – The ''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'' is launched from [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], designed to explore [[Mars]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/18320-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter.html|title=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Mapping Mars in High Definition|last=Howell|first=Elizabeth|date=January 26, 2015|website=Space|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824182025/http://www.space.com/18320-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |last4= |date=2005-08-15 |title=121 Die in Mystery Crash of Airliner |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-15-fg-crash15-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814092736/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-15-fg-crash15-story.html |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[West Caribbean Airways Flight 708]] crashes into a mountain in [[Venezuela]], killing 160 passengers and crew.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/world/americas/160-die-in-crash-of-airliner-in-venezuela.html|title=160 Die in Crash of Airliner in Venezuela|last1=Ellsworth|first1=Brian|date=August 17, 2005|last2=Forero|first2=Juan|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211946/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/world/americas/160-die-in-crash-of-airliner-in-venezuela.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – [[Peace Mission 2005]], the first joint China–Russia [[military exercise]], begins its eight-day training on the [[Shandong Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/19/russia.china|title=Russia and China rattle sabres with joint war games|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|date=August 19, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215121216/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/19/russia.china|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 26]] – The [[Chilean Constitution of 1980|Constitution of Chile]] is heavily amended, eliminating [[Senator for life|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 of Chile|regions]].<ref>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.</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Hurricane Katrina]] makes landfall along the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], causing [[Hurricane Katrina#Impact|severe damage]], killing over a thousand people and dealing an estimated $108 billion in damage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html|title=Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts|website=CNN.com|date=August 16, 2013|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703034702/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] – The [[2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster|Al-Aimmah bridge disaster]] in [[Baghdad]], Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm|title=Iraq stampede deaths near 1,000|date=August 31, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211013957/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===September===
* [[September 7]] – [[Egypt]] holds its [[2005 Egyptian presidential election|first ever multi-party presidential election]], which is marred with allegations of fraud.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120901837.html|title=Egypt's Ugly Election|date=December 10, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810112554/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120901837.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] – [[Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip|Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws]] its army from the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3136516,00.html|title=Demolition of Gaza homes completed|date=September 12, 2005|newspaper=Ynetnews|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=November 27, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127131754/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3136516,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[North Korea]] agrees to stop building [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|nuclear weapons]] in exchange for aid and cooperation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/20/northkorea|title=North Korea vows to abandon nuclear weapons project|last3=Traynor|first3=Ian|last1=Watts|first1=Jonathan|date=September 20, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 3, 2016|last2=Borger|first2=Julian|archive-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829180016/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/20/northkorea|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] – [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|Controversial drawings of Muhammad]] are printed in the Danish newspaper {{Lang|da|[[Jyllands-Posten]]}}, sparking outrage and violent riots by Muslims around the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-france-cartoons-trial-dc-idUSL2212067120070322|title=French court clears weekly in Mohammad cartoon row|date=March 22, 2007|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055305/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/03/22/industry-france-cartoons-trial-dc-idUSL2212067120070322|url-status=live}}</ref>

===October===
* [[October 3]]
** [[Croatia]] and [[Turkey]]'s accession negotiations to the [[European Union]] officially starts.<ref>{{cite web |title=The European Union opens accession negotiations with Croatia |url=https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j9vvik7m1c3gyxp/vh4fjlgm8vvq?ctx=vh25de4aj8xr|website=EU Monitor |date=October 4, 2005|access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=European Union Formally Opens Talks on Turkey's Joining |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/world/european-union-formally-opens-talks-on-turkeys-joining.html |website=The New York Times |date=October 4, 2005|access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> 
** 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 [[Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005|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 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|Kashmir earthquake]] strikes [[Azad Kashmir]], Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9626146|title=New figures put quake toll at more than 79,000|last=Associated Press|date=October 20, 2005|newspaper=MSNBC|access-date=February 6, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810051449/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9626146/#.WJjDHH9MGUk|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – The second [[Human spaceflight|crewed]] Chinese [[spacecraft]], ''[[Shenzhou 6]]'', is launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/1667-shenzhou-6-china-launches-astronauts-manned-spaceflight.html|title=Shenzhou 6 Away! China Launches Two Astronauts in Second Manned Spaceflight|last=Malik|first=Tariq|date=October 11, 2005|website=Space.com|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091337/http://www.space.com/1667-shenzhou-6-china-launches-astronauts-manned-spaceflight.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[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 [[October 2005 lunar eclipse|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct19/trial-saddam-hussein-begins/|title=2005: Trial of Saddam Hussein Begins|date=October 19, 2005|website=National Geographic|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190046/http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct19/trial-saddam-hussein-begins/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] – The general conference of the [[UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) passes the [[Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Beukelaer |editor1-first=Christiaan |editor2-last=Pyykkönen |editor2-first=Miikka |editor3-last=Singh |editor3-first=J. P. |title=Globalization, culture and development : the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire |isbn=978-1-137-39763-8|page=1|chapter=Introduction: UNESCO's "Diversity Convention" – Ten Years on|author1-first=Christiaan |author1-last=De Beukelaer |author2-first= Miikka |author2-last=Pyykkönen}}</ref>
*[[October 24]]
** [[Hurricane Wilma]] makes landfall near [[Cape Romano]], causing an estimated $29.1 billion in damage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongest Atlantic Hurricane: Wilma Brought Havoc to Mexico, Florida |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-wilma-brought-death/18997467 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803224026/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-wilma-brought-death/18997467 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |website=www.accuweather.com}}</ref> 
** [[Rosa Parks]] dies of natural causes.

===November===
* [[November 9]] – At least 60 people are killed and 115 more are wounded in a [[2005 Amman bombings|series of coordinated suicide bombings]] in [[Amman]], Jordan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4426458.stm|title=Jordan 'not afraid' after bombs|date=November 10, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=November 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124170910/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4426458.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav111405.shtml |title=Kazakhstan: Mysterious Murder Mars Presidential Election Campaign |website=Eurasianet.org|last=Kusainov|first=Aldar|date=November 13, 2005|access-date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235736/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav111405.shtml |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[November 13]] – [[Andrew Stimpson]], a 25-year-old Scottish man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of [[HIV]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4432564.stm|title=Caution over HIV 'cure' claims|date=November 13, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107063228/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4432564.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 22]] 
**[[Angela Merkel]] assumes office as the first female [[Chancellor of Germany]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_4968000/4968864.stm|title=2005: Merkel becomes German chancellor|date=November 22, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510223545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_4968000/4968864.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Microsoft]] releases the [[Xbox 360]].<ref name="nalaunch">{{cite web | url=https://www.engadget.com/2005/09/15/xbox-360-launch-date-is-november-22/ | title=Xbox 360 launch date is November 22 | website=Engadget.com | date=September 15, 2005 | access-date=March 14, 2013 | author=Dybwad, Barb | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615081413/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/15/xbox-360-launch-date-is-november-22/ | archive-date=June 15, 2013 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[November 23]] – [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]] wins the [[2005 Liberian general election|Liberian general election]], making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/23/davidfickling|title=Johnson-Sirleaf declared Liberian president|last=Fickling|first=David|date=November 23, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111031757/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/23/davidfickling|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] – The [[2005 United Nations Climate Change Conference|United Nations Climate Change Conference]] is held in [[Montreal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4476998.stm|title=UN summit seeks climate solutions|date=November 29, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117193131/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4476998.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] – Surgeons in France carry out the first human [[face transplant]] with [[Isabelle Dinoire]] becoming the first person to undergo it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6058696.stm|title='My face transplant saved me'|last=Austin|first=Naomi|date=October 17, 2006|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419055618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6058696.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===December===
* [[December 12]] – Scientists announce that they have created [[mouse|mice]] with small numbers of human [[neuron]]s in an effort to make realistic models of [[neurological disorder]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1214_051214_stem_cell.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216102215/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1214_051214_stem_cell.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2005|title=Mice With Human Brain Cells Created|last=Handwerk|first=Brian|date=December 14, 2005|website=National Geographic|access-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] – [[Find-a-drug]] medical distributed computing project is concluded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.find-a-drug.org/news.html|title=Find-a-Drug to close|website=find-a-drug.org|date=November 1, 2005|access-date=June 21, 2022|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212051/http://www.find-a-drug.org/news.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 18]] – [[Chad]] descends into [[Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)|civil war]] after various rebel forces, with support from [[Sudan]], attack the capital, [[N'Djamena]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Sarkees | first = Meredith | title = Resort to war : a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007 | publisher = CQ Press | location = Washington, D.C. | year = 2010 | isbn = 9780872894341 | page=479 }}</ref>
* [[December 25]] – An express train bound for the city of [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]], [[Niigata Prefecture]], Japan, is derailed by strong winds in [[Shōnai, Yamagata|Shonai]], [[Yamagata Prefecture]]. Five people are killed and at least 33 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/04/03/national/wind-blamed-for-fatal-2005-jr-east-accident/|title=Wind blamed for fatal 2005 JR East accident|date=April 3, 2008|website=Japan Times|access-date=January 8, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108142330/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/04/03/national/wind-blamed-for-fatal-2005-jr-east-accident/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[Leap second|Another second]] is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050704/full/news050704-8.html|title=Leap second to be added to 2005|last=Khamsi|first=Roxanne|date=July 6, 2005|journal=Nature|pages=news050704–8|doi=10.1038/news050704-8|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418150813/http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050704/full/news050704-8.html|url-status=live | issn=0028-0836|url-access=subscription}}</ref>