What Events Happened in 2005
- Oil prices
rise sharply throughout the year caused by Trouble in the Middle
East, and later Hurricane Katrina.
- George W. Bush starts his second term
as 43rd President of the United States.
- The Kyoto Protocol which is intended
to cut global emissions of greenhouse gasses comes into effect, without
the support of the United States and Australia.
- Earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale
More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured in southern Iran.
- Earthquake magnitude 7.6 strikes Kashmir
leaving an estimated 70,000 dead and 70,000 more injured
- Earthquake struck off Sumatra, magnitude
of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since 1965.
- Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million
people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been
elected as the new Pope, he has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI
- MG Rover, the UK's sole remaining volume
producer goes into receivership
- Tony Blair elected for third term
- The marriage of The Prince of Wales
and Camilla Parker Bowles takes place
- The IRA announces end to armed conflict
and gives up its weapons to independent weapons inspectors
- Israeli settlers are forced to leave settlements
in the Gaza Strip as part of peace settlement
- Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop
military garrison in Lebanon ending its twenty nine year military
occupation
- The Disneyland Resort celebrates it
50th birthday
- Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight
Tours de France before his scheduled retirement
- Civil unrest continues in Paris suburbs
President Jacques Chirac announced a national state of emergency
- Dennis Rader, the BTK ( Bind, Torture
and Kill, ) serial killer, is charged with 10 counts of murder in Wichita,
Kan
- Following 8 years of legal wrangling in the
courts Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed and she dies 13
days later.
- Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Levees separating Lake Pontchartrain
from New Orleans, Louisiana were breached by the surge, ultimately flooding
roughly 80% of the city of New Orleans and 1600 perished
- Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central
America killing over 1,620 people.
- Eric Rudolph (Olympic Park Bomber)
sentenced to multiple life sentences.
- A tornado hits western Kentucky and
southwestern Indiana, killing at least 22.
- Michael Jackson is found not guilty of Child
Molestation Charges.
- New York City's Transport Workers Union
goes on strike for three days, shutting down all New York City Subway
and Bus services.
- London Bombings Four explosions rock
the transport network in London, three on the London Underground and
one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured
- London wins the right to stage the
2012 Olympic Games.
- Multnomah County Chair Linn, Oregon
announced the county would begin granting licenses for same-sex marriages.
The Oregon Supreme Court nullified nearly 3,000 marriage licenses issued
to same-sex couples
- A series of explosions led to an enormous
fire at one of Britain's largest oil depots Buncefield oil depot
near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire
- President George W Bush at the G8 summit
tells other leaders he will not support legally binding reductions on
carbon emissions
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins a landslide
victory in Iran's presidential poll
- Terrorist Attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt
kill 90
- United States Supreme Court ruled Medicinal
Use Of Marijuana users can be prosecuted for violating federal drug
laws.
- President George W. Bush acknowledged
he'd personally authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S.
following Sept. 11
- President George W. Bush signed the
new act making it harder for those with large debts to wipe clean their
financial slates by declaring bankruptcy under Chapter 7 "New
Bankruptcy Law"
Popular Culture 2005
- Janet Jackson's
breast is briefly exposed by Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl
halftime show
- The highly controversial Fahrenheit
9/11 film opens in US Movie Theaters
Popular Films
- Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire
- Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
- War of the Worlds
- King Kong
- Madagascar
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Batman Begins
- Hitch
- Crash
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- Walk the Line
Popular Musicians
- Mariah Carey
- Green Day
- 50 Cent
- Kelly Clarkson
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Coldplay
- Rascal Flatts
- Gwen Stefani
- The Killers
- Kenny Chesney
- Keith Urban
- Carrie Underwood
- Faith Hill
- Sugarland
- Toby Keith
- Eminem
- Dave Matthews Band
- Gretchen Wilson
- Usher
- Foo Fighters
- Hilary Duff
- Madonna
- Shania Twain
- Weezer
- Destiny's Child
- Guns N' Roses
- Franz Ferdinand
Technology 2005
- Steve Fossett
breaks world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled,
solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
- The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes
its first flight from Toulouse.
- Microsoft releases the Xbox 360 gaming console
in North America.
- The Spanish flu virus is reconstructed and
shown to be closely related to the Avian flu virus.
- Research by the Women's Health Initiative
(WHI) suggests that women who take Hormone Replacement Therapy are more
at risk from breast cancer, heart disease and stroke.
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