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# 2005

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Years : | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22th century
Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2005 is a year in the 21st century. It is a common year.

## [edit] Events

### [edit] January

- January 3 - Assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri.
- January 9 -
  - The same storm which pounded the United States 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.
  - 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 Cape Canaveral 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 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 26 - A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.
- January 30 -
  - The first Parliamentary elections in Iraq since the overthrow of the Ba'ath Party government led by Saddam Hussein take place.
  - 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.

### [edit] July

- July 7 - Four suicide bombers kill 56 people (including the bombers) on London's public transport system - three Tube trains and one bus. The attacks were carried out by Al Qaeda.
- July 21 - Four attempted suicide bombers fail to detonate their bombs on London's public transport system. All four bombers escape, but are later captured.

## [edit] Deaths

- January 23 - Johnny Carson
- February 20 - Hunter S. Thompson
- April 2 - Pope John Paul II
- October 24 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist
- November 25 - George Best

## [edit] Films released

- The Brothers Grimm
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

## [edit] New books

- American, Interrupted: 14 Months in Iraq - Dan Thompson
- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception - Eoin Colfer
- DisneyWar - James B. Stewart
- Eldest - Christopher Paolini
- Flush - Carl Hiaasen
- Gentlemen & Players - Joanne Harris
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface - Masamune Shirow
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
- Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
- Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
- The Moneypenny Diaries - Samantha Weinberg
- Never Mind! - Avi
- The Penultimate Peril - Lemony Snicket
- Secrets and Lies (book) - David Southwell
- Saturday - Ian McEwan
- 36 Yalta Boulevard - Olen Steinhauer
- SilverFin - Charlie Higson
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda - David Michaels
- The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President, Edward Klein, Sentinel
- The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister - Peter C. Newman
- The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion, Knopf
- Until I Find You - John Irving
- The Wolves at the Door : The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy – Judith L. Pearson

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