WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2005
Find out what all happened October to November 2005

Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers. (27. October 2005)

Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz. (21. October 2005)

John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. (30. November 2005)

Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. (24. October 2005)

2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. (8. October 2005)

The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (9. November 2005)

The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France. (27. November 2005)

The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. (30. October 2005)

Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people. (9. November 2005)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country. (23. November 2005)

Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60. (29. October 2005)

Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. (19. October 2005)

Ethan Allen boating accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people. (2. October 2005)

A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested. (15. October 2005)

The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. (12. October 2005)

Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. (22. November 2005)

Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. (19. October 2005)

Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. (22. October 2005)

Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day. (28. October 2005)

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