Explore 3773 historical events from 2000–2009.
On 8 October 2005, at 08:50:39 PKT, a Mw 7.6 earthquake struck the Azad Kashmir region in northern Pakistan. Its epicenter was located in the tehsil of Patikka, near the city of Mu…
The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-200 airliner from Lagos to Abuja, operated by Lagos-based Bellview Airlines. On 22 O…
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
The Frauenkirche is a Lutheran church in Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. Destroyed during the Allied firebombing of Dresden towards the end of World War II, the…
The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after…
Antonio Eromonsele Nordby Nusa is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Norway national team. He's been described by many as o…
Antonio Nusa, Norwegian footballer
Tallyn Da Silva is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.
Tallyn Da Silva, Australian rugby league player
Alexandre Dam Sarr is a French professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Sarr played for the French youth national tea…
Alex Sarr, French basketball player
Mathys Henri Tel is a French professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Mathys Tel, French footballer
Aarón Anselmino is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.
Aarón Anselmino, Argentine footballer
A conclave was held on 18 and 19 April 2005 to elect a new pope to succeed John Paul II, who had died on 2 April 2005. Of the 117 eligible cardinal electors, all but two attended. …
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former empl…
The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop o…
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI
The Obelisk of Axum is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft) tall phonolite stele, weighing 160 tonnes, in the city of Axum in Ethiopia. It is ornamented with two false doors at the b…
The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937
Linda Fruhvirtová is a Czech professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 49. She peaked at No. 187 in the WTA doubles rankin…
Linda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
Oliver James Bearman is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Haas.
Oliver Bearman, English racing driver
Zachary Ruben Benson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 13th overall by the Sab…
Zach Benson, Canadian ice hockey player
Romain Joy Kouakou Esse is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for EFL Championship side Coventry City on loan from Premier League club Crystal Pala…
Romain Esse, English footballer
Alexandra Maniego Eala is a Filipino professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 29 on March 16, 2026, making her the highest-ranked Fil…
Alexandra Eala, Filipino tennis player
The Amagasaki derailment occurred in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on 25 April 2005 at 09:19 local time, just after the local rush hour. A seven-car commuter train came off …
A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107,
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of…
Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union
The Cedar Revolution, known in Lebanon as the Independence intifada, was a chain of demonstrations in Lebanon triggered by the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic…
Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebano
A grenade is a small explosive projectile. It can be thrown by hand, launched by a rifle attachment, or launched by a dedicated launcher. A modern hand grenade generally consists o…
A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U
On 13 May 2005, protests erupted in Andijan, Uzbekistan. At one point, troops from the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB) fired into a crowd of protesters. Estimates of those ki…
Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were ki
Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Known f…
Désiré Doué, French footballer
Francisco Javier González Pérez is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid B.
Fran González, Spanish footballer