WORLD HISTORY · 2005 日本語
Events of 2005Heisei 17 (Japan) · Year of the Rooster
What happened in 2005?
In 2005, the Kyoto Protocol took effect in February, and the Expo 2005 world's fair opened in Aichi Prefecture in March. The West off Fukuoka earthquake also struck that March, and in September the Liberal Democratic Party, campaigning on postal privatization, won a landslide in the general election.
- YouTube is foundedNorth America
- Kyoto Protocol takes effectAsia
- West off Fukuoka earthquake strikesAsia
- Expo 2005 opens in AichiAsia
- Coordinated bombings strike LondonEurope
- Hurricane Katrina makes landfallNorth America
- LDP wins landslide on postal privatizationAsia
- Pakistan earthquake strikesAsia
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2005 at a glance
| Japanese era | Heisei 17 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Rooster |
| Age of people born in 2005 | Turn 21 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 2004 (Heisei 16) ／ 2006 (Heisei 18) |
| Events | 122 |
| AP World History | Unit 9 (Globalization) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 9 |
Famous people born in 2005
Our birthday pages list 58 people born in 2005. Here are some of them.
- Alysa LiuBorn August 8 · turns 21 this year
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- Alexandra EalaBorn May 23 · turns 21 this year
- Dafne KeenBorn January 4 · turns 21 this year
- Emil HøjlundBorn January 4 · turns 21 this year
- Oscar HøjlundBorn January 4 · turns 21 this year
- Rob DillinghamBorn January 4 · turns 21 this year
- YuikaBorn January 12 · turns 21 this year
- Iker BravoBorn January 13 · turns 21 this year
- Peio CanalesBorn January 17 · turns 21 this year
- IShowSpeedBorn January 21 · turns 21 this year
- Prince HashemBorn January 30 · turns 21 this year
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- Sergio MestreBorn February 13 · turns 21 this year
- Noah JupeBorn February 25 · turns 21 this year
- Vitor RoqueBorn February 28 · turns 21 this year
- Rodri MendozaBorn March 15 · turns 21 this year
- Ella AndersonBorn March 26 · turns 21 this year
- Reed Baker-WhitingBorn March 31 · turns 21 this year
- Adrián LisoBorn April 2 · turns 21 this year
- Lil MabuBorn April 4 · turns 21 this year
- Zaccharie RisacherBorn April 8 · turns 21 this year
- Danielle MarshBorn April 11 · turns 21 this year
- Jack HinshelwoodBorn April 11 · turns 21 this year
- Antonio NusaBorn April 17 · turns 21 this year
- Tallyn Da SilvaBorn April 20 · turns 21 this year
- Alex SarrBorn April 26 · turns 21 this year
- Mathys TelBorn April 27 · turns 21 this year
- Linda FruhvirtováBorn May 1 · turns 21 this year
- Oliver BearmanBorn May 8 · turns 21 this year
- Zach BensonBorn May 12 · turns 21 this year
- Romain EsseBorn May 13 · turns 21 this year
- Désiré DouéBorn June 3 · turns 21 this year
- Kane ParsonsBorn June 18 · turns 21 this year
- Kylie CantrallBorn June 25 · turns 21 this year
- Princess Alexia of the NetherlandsBorn June 26 · turns 21 this year
- Pio EspositoBorn June 28 · turns 21 this year
- Tom BischofBorn June 28 · turns 21 this year
- SombrBorn July 5 · turns 21 this year
- Ron HollandBorn July 7 · turns 21 this year
- JuJu WatkinsBorn July 15 · turns 21 this year
Events of 2005 (timeline · 122)
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The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.
Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
One hundred five people are killed when Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in the Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan.
YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos, all in the Philippines.
In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of any crime is unconstitutional.
Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.
Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.
Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan: Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.
The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of all charges for allegedly sexually abusing a child in 2003.
Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdraw after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from three teams on Bridgestone tires to race.
Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
American social news and discussion site Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.
The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
An Antonov An-24 crashes near Baney in Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, killing 60 people.
Four attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupt part of London's public transport system.
Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
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.
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia is signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
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.
Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
As a result of the merger of the Perm Oblast and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, a new subject of the Russian Federation, the Perm Krai, was created.
XCOR Aerospace makes the first crewed rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.
Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.
A passenger train from Sucha Beskidzka to Żywiec in Poland loses its brakes while on a steep downhill part of the route. It is stopped in a controlled collision in Świnna by a train travelling in opposite direction. 2 drivers and 6 passengers are injured.
Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the Government Cut channel immediately after takeoff from Miami Seaplane Base, killing 20.
An Antonov An-140, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea, crashes, killing 23 people.
Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of belligerence against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
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FAQ
What year was 2005 in the Japanese calendar?
2005 was Heisei 17 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2005?
2005 is the Year of the Rooster.
How old is someone born in 2005?
They turn 21 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 2005?
In 2005, the Kyoto Protocol took effect in February, and the Expo 2005 world's fair opened in Aichi Prefecture in March. The West off Fukuoka earthquake also struck that March, and in September the Liberal Democratic Party, campaigning on postal privatization, won a landslide in the general election.
Dates and events are based on Wikipedia and other references. Summaries and regions are written by the site editors.