2005

2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2005). Template:TOC limit

Population

The world population on January 1, 2005, was estimated to be 6.545 billion people and increased to 6.629 billion people by January 1, 2006.Template:Sfn An estimated 137.2 million births and 53.4 million deaths took place in 2005.Template:Sfn The average global life expectancy was 68.1 years, an increase of 0.4 years from 2004.Template:Sfn The estimated number of global refugees decreased from 9.54 million to its lowest in 25 years, 8.39 million refugees, by the end of the year.Template:Sfn Afghanistan was the largest source of refugees with approximately 1.9 million people.Template:Sfn

Conflicts

There were 32 conflicts in 2005 that caused at least 25 fatalities, all of which were intrastate wars involving violent non-state actors.Template:Sfn Five of these resulted in over 1,000 fatalities: the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, the Kashmir insurgency, the Nepalese Civil War, and the Colombian conflict.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Among continuing conflicts from previous years, the Iraqi insurgency meant further violence in Iraq throughout 2005, including a major suicide bombing on February 28 and a series of attacks as the Iraqi Transitional Government was established in April and May.Template:Sfn The Second Chechen War in Russia saw the assassination of Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov by Russian forces on March 8,Template:Sfn and the Kivu conflict and Ituri conflict continued in the Democratic Republic of the Congo despite the formal end of the Second Congo War in 2002.Template:Sfn

The government of Myanmar broke its 2003 ceasefire with the Karen National Union in January, and it engaged in heightened conflict with the Shan State Army (RCSS) in April.Template:Sfn The frozen conflict between Azerbaijan and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh also reignited as a 1994 ceasefire collapsed.Template:Sfn In Sri Lanka, peace talks broke down with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.Template:Sfn Peace talks took place to end the Second Intifada between Israel and Palestine, which were complicated by attacks from Palestinian militant groups and subsequent Israeli retaliation.Template:Sfn Hezbollah also engaged in conflict with Israel, causing violence in Golan Heights and on the Israel–Lebanon border.Template:Sfn New rebel groups that emerged in 2005 included the Rally for Democracy and Liberty in Chad, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland in India, the Kurdistan Free Life Party in Iran, and the Maoist Communist Party in Turkey.Template:Sfn

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement was signed on January 9, ending the Second Sudanese Civil War.Template:Sfn The other conflict in Sudan, the War in Darfur, remained active with heavy targeting of civilians and aid workers.Template:Sfn The First Ivorian Civil War remained frozen as a fragile ceasefire held between Ivory Coast and the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire while peace negotiations stalled.Template:Sfn The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan remained mostly peaceful, though militant groups carried out occasional attacks.Template:Sfn

Culture

The highest-grossing film globally in 2005 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed by Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Critically acclaimed films from 2005 include Brokeback Mountain and A History of Violence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Revenue from digital music sales became the third biggest music market in 2005 when it exceeded revenue from singles.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The best-selling album globally in 2005 was X&Y by Coldplay, followed by The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey and The Massacre by 50 Cent. The best-selling non-English album was the Spanish-language album Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 by Shakira, the 27th best-selling of the year.<ref name="ifpi">Template:Cite web</ref>

Critically acclaimed video games from 2005 include Civilization IV, God of War, and Resident Evil 4.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Economy

The gross world product increased by 3.2% in 2005, slowing from the 4.0% growth of 2004.Template:Sfn International trade grew by 7.1% in volume, decreasing from the 11.0% growth of 2004.Template:Sfn The price of oil surged in 2005, but not to the extent of a similar surge in 2004.Template:Sfn Depreciation of the United States dollar reversed in 2005 as it gained value relative to the euro and Japanese yen, though it continued depreciating relative to the currencies of many developing nations.Template:Sfn

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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 5 – 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 9 – The Comprehensive Peace Agreement is signed, ending the Second Sudanese Civil War in Sudan.<ref name="nd">Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 12 – Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• January 14 – The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 20 – The most intense solar particle event in recorded history is observed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

February

• February 10 – North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• February 14
  • Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is assassinated, along with 21 others, by a suicide bomber in Beirut.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • YouTube, an American online video sharing and 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>Template:Cite news</ref>

March

• March 14 – China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• March 24 – The President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, is deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations and flees the country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• March 28 – The 8.6 Template:M Nias–Simeulue earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• March 31 – The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.<ref name=jpldata>Template:Cite web</ref>

April

• April 2 – Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</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 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, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall. Camilla receives the title Duchess of Cornwall.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• April 23 – The first ever YouTube video is uploaded, titled Me at the zoo.<ref name="BBCYouTubeZoo">Template:Cite news</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 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 29-year military occupation of the country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• April 27 – The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

May

• May 5 – The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.
• May 13 – Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• May 18 – English whisky is re-established in England.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• May 19–21 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is won by 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</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>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 6
  • The European Parliament rejects the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • The International Olympic Committee awards London the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 7 – Four coordinated suicide bombings hit central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 700.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 23 – A series of bombings hit the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing over 80 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite news</ref>

August

• August 12 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Cape Canaveral, designed to explore Mars.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 160 passengers and crew.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• August 18 – Peace Mission 2005, the first joint China–Russia military exercise, begins its eight-day training on the Shandong Peninsula.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 26 – The Constitution of Chile is heavily amended, eliminating 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.<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 U.S. Gulf Coast, causing severe damage, killing over a thousand people and causing an estimated $108 billion in damage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 31 – The Al-Aimmah bridge disaster in Baghdad, Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

September

• September 7 – Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• September 12 – Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• September 19 – North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• September 30 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Template:Lang, sparking outrage and violent riots by Muslims around the world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

October

• October 1 – A series of suicide bombs exploded at Kuta and Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia. The attack killed 20 and injured over 100 others.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• October 3
  • Croatia and Turkey's accession negotiations to the European Union officially starts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</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 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 Template:M Kashmir earthquake strikes Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• October 12 – The second crewed Chinese spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, is launched.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• October 20 – The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 24
  • Hurricane Wilma, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, makes landfall near Cape Romano, causing an estimated $29.1 billion in damage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Rosa Parks dies of natural causes.

November

• November 9 – At least 60 people are killed and 115 more are wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite news</ref>
• November 22
  • Angela Merkel assumes office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Microsoft releases the Xbox 360.<ref name="nalaunch">Template:Cite web</ref>
• November 23 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• November 28 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Montreal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• November 30 – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

December

• December 12 – Scientists announce that they have created mice with small numbers of human neurons in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• December 16 – Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• December 18 – Chad descends into civil war after various rebel forces, with support from Sudan, attack the capital, N'Djamena.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• December 19 – Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the ocean off of Miami Beach in Florida. 20 people are lost.
• December 25 – An express train bound for the city of Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is derailed by strong winds in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture. Five people are killed and at least 33 injured.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• December 31 – Another second is added, 23:59:60, to end the year 2005, the first time since 1998.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Births

• January 2 – Robbie Lee, British diver<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• January 4 – Dafne Keen, British and Spanish actress<ref>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 148th edition, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 2011, p. 799</ref>
• January 11 – Roksana Węgiel, Polish singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 13 – Eva Brezalieva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 21 – IShowSpeed, American YouTuber
• January 25 – Avantika Vandanapu, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 26 – Katie Beth Hall, American actress<ref name="TheLincolnCenter">Template:Cite web</ref>
• January 31 – Mallory James Mahoney, American actress<ref name="Sweet 16 via Instagram">Template:Cite instagram</ref><ref name="Newsweek">Template:Cite web</ref>
• February 11 – Zali Rusli, Malaysian singer and actor
• February 19 – Alma Deutscher, British composer and former child prodigy
• February 25 – Arda Güler, Turkish football player<ref name="Real Madrid">Template:Cite web</ref>
• March 10 – Rykarl Iskandar, Malaysian actor and TV host
• March 26 – Ella Anderson, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• March 28 – d4vd, American singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• April 10 – Ray-D, Malaysian singer
• April 11 – Muhammad Khalil, Malaysian footballer
• April 12 – Muhammad Alif Fahmy Khairul Anuar, Malaysian social media influencer
• April 29 – Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand, grandson of Bhumibol Adulyadej, son of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand and his wife Srirasmi Suwadee<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• May 5 – Haykal Danish, Malaysian footballer
• May 5 – Arabella Ellen, Malaysian actress and model
• May 11 – Ezra Frech, American track athlete and Paralympian
• May 14 – Maxwell Acee Donovan, American actor
• May 19 – Cik B, Malaysian actress, singer and model
• May 24 – Fariz Isqandar, Malaysian actor and TV host
• June 5 – Rylee Arnold, American dancer
• June 17 – Funa Nakayama, Japanese skateboarder<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• June 18 – Muhammad Ashraff Mohd Rizal, Malaysian social media influencer
• June 21 – Jay Iskandar, Malaysian actor
• June 25 – Kylie Cantrall, American actress and singer<ref name="DisneyTelevisionPressShowBios">Template:Cite web</ref>
• June 26 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, daughter of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Queen Máxima of the Netherlands<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• July 5 – Sombr, American singer
• July 7 – Sam Morelos, American actor
• July 21 – Joseph Zada, Australian actor
• July 25 – Pierce Gagnon, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 8 – Alysa Liu, American figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• August 10 – Sunny Suljic, American actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• August 18 – Brady Hepner, American actor
• August 25 – Yuyun Hikmah, Malaysian actress and model
• September 20 - Jason Drucker, American actor
• September 26 – Jack Hoffman, American high school football player and pediatric brain cancer patient who met President Barack Obama in 2013 (d. 2025)
• September 29 – Gabrielle Gutierrez, Filipino stage actress
• September 30 – Mia Sara Nasuha, Malaysian actress
• October 1 – Rosalie Chiang, American actress
• October 4 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, younger son and third child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 7 – Lulu Wilson, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• October 15 – Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark, son of Frederik X and his wife Queen Mary of Denmark<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 31
  • Leonor, Princess of Asturias, daughter of Felipe VI of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia of Spain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Dixie Egerickx, English actress
• November 1 – Ahmad Shahmi Md Azhar, Malaysian social media influencer
• November 2 – Muhammad Khir Shah Ramadhan Abdul Rani, Malaysian actor and social media influencer
• November 3 – Fina Strazza, American actress
• November 16 – Mariam Mamadashvili, Georgian singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
• November 21 – Ashley Aufderheide, American actress
• December 3 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, son of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, grandson of King Harald V of Norway<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• December 14 – Mia Sinclair Jenness, American theater actress
• December 27 – Kristina Pimenova, Russian model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• December 30 – Brady Noon, American actor
• December 30 – Dinda Dania, Malaysian singer and actress

Nobel Prizes

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• Chemistry – Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock, and Yves Chauvin
• Economics – Robert Aumann, and Thomas Schelling
• Literature – Harold Pinter
• Peace – Mohamed ElBaradei
• Physics – Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hänsch
• Physiology or Medicine – Robin Warren, and Barry Marshall

New English words and terms

• didymo
• functional calculus
• glamping
• locavore
• microblogging
• pre-exposure prophylaxis
• ransomware
• rock snot
• sexting
• truther
• vodcast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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