Dec 13 A 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocks South Asia.

Dec 13 Death of Stanley Williams, American gang founder (executed) (b. 1953)

Dec 13 Birth of Prince Nicolas of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II of Belgium

Dec 13 Birth of Prince Aymeric of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II of Belgium

Dec 13 Mass race riots in Sydney, Australia, involving up to 5,00 youths.

Dec 15 The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution.

Dec 16 43rd Mersenne prime found, 230,402,457 - 1. Discovered with the GIMPS project by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone, professors at Central Missouri State University.

Dec 16 Death of John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)

Dec 16 The West Wing Actor John Spencer dies at 58.

Dec 18 Evo Morales wins the Bolivian Presidential Elections.

Dec 18 Death of Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)

Dec 18 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He was released from the hospital two days later.

Dec 18 The World Trade Organization 6th ministerial conference concludes in Hong Kong with a limited trade deal being ratified.

Dec 20 205 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 10 goes on strike for three days, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services.

Dec 22 The U.S. Census Bureau releases its population estimates for 205.

Dec 22 Industrial action by bus drivers in Tehran leads to the arrest of Mansour Osanlou and several other union activists.

Dec 23 Lech Kaczynski is sworn in as the President of Poland in Warsaw, Poland.

Dec 23 Death of Yao Wenyuan, Chinese politician (b. 1931)

Dec 23 U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces the first in an expected series of troop drawdowns following Iraqi elections.

Dec 23 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.

Dec 23 Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre, which left about 10 people dead.

Dec 23 Trial of Tali Fahima ends in a plea bargain.

Dec 24 Pope Benedict XVI leads his first Christmas Midnight Mass as Pope, praying for peace in the Middle East.

Dec 25 Death of Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)

Dec 25 Death of Charles Socarides, M.D., psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1922)

Dec 26 Death of Kerry Packer, Australian Media tycoon (b. 1937)

Dec 26 Death of Vincent Schiavelli, American character actor (b. 1948)

Dec 26 Indonesians mark the first moments of the tsunami wave that came ashore exactly a year earlier, with thousands of people commemorating victims and relatives in many ceremonies.

Dec 31 Another second was added, 23:59:60, called a leap second,to end the year 205.The last time this occured was on June 30, 1998.

Aug 01 Death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)

Aug 02 Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport; all aboard survive.

Aug 06 An ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.

Aug 06 Death of Robin Cook, Former British Foreign Secretary (b. 1946)

Aug 06 Death of Carlo Little, influential UK rock and roll drummer (b.1938)

Aug 07 Death of Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)

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