WHAT HAPPENED IN 2005.
Look what happened the 2005.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. (24. April 2005)

Snuppy becomes world's first cloned dog. (24. April 2005)

The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937. (25. April 2005)

Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union. (25. April 2005)

107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan. (25. April 2005)

Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon). (26. April 2005)

The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France. (27. April 2005)

Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation. (29. April 2005)

A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. (10. May 2005)

The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan. (13. May 2005)

The Bính Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam. (13. May 2005)

Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. (16. May 2005)

A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons: Nix and Hydra. (18. May 2005)

The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. (21. May 2005)

Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat. (31. May 2005)

In Gonzales v. Raich, the United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana. (6. June 2005)

A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch. (13. June 2005)

Same-sex marriage in Spain becomes legal. (3. July 2005)

The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1. (4. July 2005)

A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others. (7. July 2005)