WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2005
Find out what all happened September to December 2005

Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla. (11. December 2005)

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

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

The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom. (11. December 2005)

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

The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy. (16. September 2005)

The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (5. December 2005)

Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead. (24. December 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)

The civil war in Chad begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré. (18. December 2005)

Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin. (30. December 2005)

Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election. (7. September 2005)

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

XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California. (3. December 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)

After 162 episodes, Tom and Jerry aired its final episode titled, The Karate Guard. (27. September 2005)

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

An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground. (6. December 2005)

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