Nov 28 The United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Montreal, Quebec. The conference lasted until December 9, and featured a speech by former President Bill Clinton that the George W. Bush Administration objected to.

Nov 29 Leo O'Connor and David Keogh appear in court (see O'Connor - Keogh official secrets trial).

Nov 30 Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant.

Sep 01 Oil prices rise sharply following economic effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Sep 01 Sellapan Ramanathan is sworn-in for a second term of office as the President of Singapore.

Sep 02 Clashes between protesters and Israeli forces in Bil'in.

Sep 02 Death of Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)

Sep 03 William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, dies.

Sep 05 Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. (See airplane accidents in 205).

Sep 05 John G. Roberts nominated by President George W. Bush, for Chief Justice of the United States.

Sep 07 Incumbent Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak wins its first multi-party presidential 'election'.

Sep 10 Death of Clarence Gatemouth Brown, American blues musician (b. 1924)

Sep 11 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Liberal Democratic Party are returned to power following the Japanese general elections.

Sep 12 Norwegian parliamentary election, resulting in a victory for the red-green-coalition. New prime-minister is Jens Stoltenberg from Labour Party.

Sep 12 The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort officially opens.

Sep 12 English cricket team draw the final match to win The 205 Ashes.

Sep 14 September 16 - Largest UN World Summit in history, held in New York City.

Sep 14 Death of Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914)

Sep 17 Helen Clark, leader of the Labour Party is re-elected for a third term in the New Zealand general election

Sep 18 Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union and Gerhard Schröder of the Social Democratic Party both claim victory in the German federal election.

Sep 18 Afghan parliamentary election

Sep 19 North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.

Sep 20 Death of Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (b. 1908)

Sep 21 Popular P2P client WinMX is confirmed to be offline.

Sep 23 Convicted bank thief and Boricua Popular Army leader, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos is killed in his home in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico when members of the FBI attempt to serve an arrest warrant.

Sep 24 Hurricane Rita hits the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 9th Ward section of New Orleans floods for the 2nd time in a month and a half. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama are also affected.

Sep 24 Worldwide protests against the Iraq War around the world, with over 150,00 protestors in Washington DC. See Opposition to the Iraq War.

Sep 25 Polish parliamentary election.

Sep 25 Death of Don Adams, American actor (b. 1923)

Sep 26 Death of Jerry Juhl, writer

Sep 26 U.S. army reservist Lynndie England is convicted by a military jury on six of seven counts in connection with the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.

Sep 27 Michaëlle Jean, born in Haiti, becomes the 27th Governor General of Canada, and the first black person to hold that position.

Sep 28 American politician Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury.

Sep 29 John G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

Sep 30 The Parliament of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation".

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