WHAT HAPPENED IN 2005.
Look what happened the 2005.
Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage. (10. July 2005)
Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms. (21. July 2005)
Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings. (22. July 2005)
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. (23. July 2005)
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003. (26. July 2005)
Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days. (26. July 2005)
STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft. (27. July 2005)
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland. (28. July 2005)
Tornadoes touch down in residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people. (28. July 2005)
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. (29. July 2005)
Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities. (2. August 2005)
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. (3. August 2005)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran. (3. August 2005)
Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th Governor General. (4. August 2005)
Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home. (12. August 2005)
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. (15. August 2005)
The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, starts. (17. August 2005)
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh (17. August 2005)
A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, the one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history. (18. August 2005)
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. (19. August 2005)
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