51 events found for 2005
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…
The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers,…
An Antonov An-24 crashes near Baney in Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, killing 60 people.
The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
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…
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia…
Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in…
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to…
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…
Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills…
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the…
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three…
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people…
The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.