Page 5: Historical Events In 2005

Jul 22   A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber   

Jul 23   A series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt. See July 23, 205 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks   

Jul 24   In this year, Lance Armstrong claims a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement   

Jul 26   Launch for Space Shuttle Discovery "Return To Flight" mission STS-114. This is the inaugural Space Shuttle flight in nearly two and a half years since the breakup of Columbia on its return from mission STS-107.   

Jul 26   Mumbai and Mumbai Conurbation area was submerged in 5-7 ft water due to heavy rains and making nearby dams release water causing massive flood, which virtually stopped the financial capital of India for 4-5 days.   

Jul 28   The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms.   

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 Carlo Little, influential UK rock and roll drummer (b.1938).   

Aug 09   Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight.".   

Aug 12   Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched   

Aug 14   Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain in Greece, killing 121   

Aug 16   The XX World Youth Day begins in Cologne, Germany.   

Aug 16   West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 152 passengers   

Aug 17   Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [2]   

Aug 17   Sellapan Ramanathan gains victory in the Singapore Presidential elections, 205   

Aug 17   The inaugural forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.   

Aug 18   BTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences.   

Aug 18   Peace Mission 205, the inaugural joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula   

Aug 21   British Rock Band The Rolling Stones kicks off their a Bigger Bang tour with a show in Fenway Park, Boston.   

Aug 22   A 4.1-kg (9-pound) meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) crater.   

Aug 23   Israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends   

Aug 24   Hong Kong High Court Judge Michael Hartmann rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.   

Aug 26   Jean Michel Jarre's "Space of Freedom" concert in Gdansk, Poland commemorating the 25th anniversary of the creation of Solidarnosc ("Solidarity" trade union).   

Aug 28   In this year, Terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.   

Aug 29   At least 1604 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas.   

Aug 31   A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad results in the deaths of several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede)   

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

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

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

Sep 07   In this year, Incumbent Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak claims its inaugural multi-party presidential 'election'.   

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Jan 01   Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924) died on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 2005 death of death of Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman from California (b. 1941)2006 Sydney, Australia, has its hottest day on record, when the city swelters in 45°C (113° F) heat.   

Jan 01   In the year 2005 death of death of Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1924)   

Jan 02   In the year 2005 death of maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911)   

Jan 03   In the year 2005 death of koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)   

Jan 04   Alton Tobey, American artist (b. 1914) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)   

Jan 06   Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925) died on this day in history.