2005

By annalklob

  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as the 43rd President of the United States.[6]

  • 2005

    Protesters and Israeli forces clash in Bil'in.

  • 2005

    July 7 – Four terror attacks (3 on the London Underground and 1 on a bus) rock the transport network in London, killing 52 (not including the 4 bombers) and injuring over 700.[54]

  • 2005

    August 29 – Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast causing severe damage. At least 1,836 die in the aftermath.

  • 2005

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

  • 2005

    The 2005 Bali bombings kill 26 people and injure more than 100.

  • 2005

    The 2005 Kashmir earthquake kills about 80,000 people

  • 2005

    Rosa Parks dies; Was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement."

  • 2005

    The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar is observed, with celebrations held around the United Kingdom

  • 2005

    The U.S. and Uruguay governments sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty.

  • February 6 2005

    A group of Ontarians file a class action lawsuit against Agropur Cooperative after they became sick from chocolate milk tainted by a cleaning chemical.

  • February 23 2005

    The 2005 Canadian budget is presented

  • March 3 2005

    March 3 - Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers – Peter Schiemann, Lionide Johnston, Anthony Gordon and Brock Myrol – are killed by local James Roszko in a drug raid on

  • February 2005

    • Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.

  • January 21 2005

    • China opens its borders to allow tourists to travel to Canada

  • January 20 2005

    • Norman Kwong is appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, following the death in office of Lois Hole.

  • April 1 2005

    • Thompson Rivers University is born from the merger of University College of the Cariboo and British Columbia Open University.

  • April 21 2005

    • Prime Minister Paul Martin and the leaders of the opposition address the nation separately on television on the subject of the sponsorship scandal and the possibility of a general election being called this spring.

  • February 2 2005

    • Harjit Singh is deported to India.

  • December 27 2005

    • C. William Doody, politician and Senator (born 1931)

  • December 26 2005

    • Jane Creba, murder victim (born 1990)