Page 6: Historical Events In 2005

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

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

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

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

Sep 18   Afghan parliamentary election.   

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

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

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 15000 protestors in Washington DC. See Opposition to the Iraq War   

Sep 25   Polish parliamentary election   

Sep 26   Death of Jerry Juhl, writer.   

Sep 26   Helen Cresswell, British author.   

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 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 controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten   

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".   

Oct 01   26 people are killed and more than 10 are injured in the 205 Bali bombings   

Oct 01   An Australian photojournalist in Afghanistan, Stephen Dupont, films US soldiers burning two dead Taliban militias' bodies.2006 Brisbane Broncos beat Melbourne Storm in the controversial 2006 National Rugby League Grand Final at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia.   

Oct 01   The world's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is formed by the merger of two Japanese banking conglomerates   

Oct 02   20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY.   

Oct 03   St. Tammany Parish Schools reopen in Louisiana just over a month after Hurricane Katrina closed them.   

Oct 04   Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1620 people   

Oct 04   Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium is born.   

Oct 05   Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith charged with refusing to serve in the Iraq war.   

Oct 07   UN nuclear agency director Mohamed ElBaradei is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 08   An earthquake in Kashmir results in the deaths of about 8000 people   

Oct 08   Kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87351 people.   

Oct 09   Polish presidential election, 1st round   

Oct 12   The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched, carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in orbit.   

Oct 13   In this year, Veselin Topalov claims the FIDE World Chess Championship 205.   

Oct 13   The Franco-Indian Lawyers Association is founded in Paris   

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Jan 01   Shirley chisholm: American politician (b. 1924)   

Jan 01   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   Death of shirley chisholm: U.s. congresswoman (b. 1924)   

Jan 02   Maclyn mccarty: American geneticist (b. 1911)   

Jan 03   Koo chen-fu: Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)   

Jan 04   Alton tobey: American artist (b. 1914)   

Jan 05   Danny sugerman: American music manager (the doors) (b. 1954)   

Jan 06   Louis robichaud: Premier of new brunswick (b. 1925)