2005

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday (see: calendar, 2005) which is the 2,005th year in the Gregorian Calendar. It has been designated:

Years:
2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008

Decades:
1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s

Centuries:
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century

News by month:
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Events

January 2005- Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
January 1
- The Freedom of Information Act 2000 comes into force in the United Kingdom.
- Turkey introduces a new currency, the New Turkish Lira, valued at 1,000,000 of the old lira.
- In Germany, stage IV of the Hartz concept brought together unemployment benefits and social security benefits, despite protests.
January 4- Violence in Iraq, sees the assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri.

January 5 - Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica will form the CSME, in the first phase of a planned CARICOM unified economic zone.
January 6 - US Congress scheduled to ratify Electoral College votes for the US presidency.
January 9 - Palestinian election to replace Yasser Arafat, who died in Paris on November 11, 2004
January 14 - Huygens probe to enter the atmosphere of Titan.
January 20
- U.S. Presidential inauguration day for the second term of George W. Bush (see U.S. presidential election, 2004).
- Speed limits in the Republic of Ireland will switch from mph to km/h. All speed limit signs will be replaced, as well as old road signs with non-metric distances (from before 1970s).
January 30 - First parliamentary elections in Iraq since the overthrowing of the Ba'ath Party government led by Saddam Hussein

February 1 - Tadao Chino, the Japanese who is president of the Asian Development Bank, will leave office.
February 6 - Super Bowl XXXIX to be played in Jacksonville, Florida.
February 8 - Mardi Gras
February 9 - Chinese New Year, year of the Rooster begins.
February 9 - Ash Wednesday
February 16 - Kyoto Protocol expected to be brought into effect.
February 17 - MTV Networks scheduled to launch LGBT-themed LOGO channel in the United States.
February 20 - Legislative elections in Portugal.
February 23 - Rotary International , the world's first service club celebrates the 100th anniversary of the formation of the first Rotary club in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
February 26 through March 5 - Special Olympics World Winter Games scheduled for Nagano, Japan.
March 27 - The Western churches (Protestant and Roman Catholic) celebrate Easter.
Unknown date - the return of Doctor Who to BBC 1 (tentative).

April 2 to April 4 - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.
April 3 - WrestleMania 21 to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
April 8 - Hybrid solar eclipse (south Pacific ocean)
April 14 - Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos) play their first game in their new home city at RFK Stadium.
May 5:
- Disneyland begins its 50th Anniversary celebration.
- Expected date for UK General Election (though it could take place as late as June 30, 2006) and due date of UK District Council elections, particularly those who have elections for the whole Council every four years.
May 6 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie's theatrical release in UK and the USA.
May 8 - 60th anniversary of the surrender of Germany in World War II (see VE Day)
May 14 - Start of the seventh annual Gumball 3000 rally
May 14 - The FA Premier League 2004/05 season finishes in England
May 19 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith scheduled to be released
May 21 - Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kiev, Ukraine.
May 21 - English FA Cup final to be played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.
May 25 - Uefa Champions League final to be held at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu, Istanbul, Turkey.

Unknown date - Iranian presidential election, 2005
June 7 - Norway celebrates 100-year anniversary of independence
June 13 - First Twenty20 international cricket match, to be between England and Australia.
June 17 - Iranian Presidential election
June 30 - Rail service scheduled to begin on the MBTA Greenbush Line in Massachusetts.
July 1 - Revaluation of the Romanian leu.
July 6-July 8 - G8 summit in Perthshire, Scotland, UK
July 6 - Host of the 2012 Summer Olympics to be announced by the IOC in Singapore during its 117th Session.
July 10-July 15 - 2005 World Conference of the International Society for Individual Liberty celebrates Ayn Rand in her home town of St. Petersburg, Russia.
July 16 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince released worldwide.
July 17 - Disneyland celebrates its official 50th anniversary.
Unknown dates:
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway in the San Fernando Valley.
- NASA's MESSENGER probe to Mercury makes an Earth flyby.
August 6 - 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima (Japan) at 8:16 a.m.

Charlotte Bobcats scheduled to begin play in the Uptown Arena.
The failed assassin of Pope John Paul II, Mehmet Ali Agca to be released from a prison in Turkey.
Greenland will hold a referendum on independence.