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2005 Amman bombings The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated bomb attacks on three hotels in Amman, Jordan on November 9, 2005. Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attacks which killed 60 people and injured 115 others.
2005 Ashes series The 2005 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 21 July 2005, England and Australia played five Tests, with the Ashes held by Australia as the most recent victors.
2005 ASEAN ParaGames The 3rd ASEAN ParaGames was a biannual multi-sport event held after the 2005 Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. It was held in Manila, Philippines from December 14, 2005 to December 20, 2005.
2005 Atlantic hurricane season The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. The impact of the season was widespread and ruinous with at least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $100 billion USD.
2005 Atlantic hurricane season statistics During the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, a total of twenty eight tropical and subtropical cyclones formed, plus an additional three tropical and subtropical depressions. Statistics for this record-breaking season are given here.
2005 Atlantic Power Outage The Atlantic Power Outage of 2005 caused hundreds of thousands of people along the Atlantic coast of the United States to suffer power outages. Winter ice storms caused power cuts starting on December 15, 2005.
2005 Auburn Tigers football team Despite having four starters from the 2004 team selected in the first round of the National Football League draft, the 2005 Auburn Tigers football team finished the season with a 9-3 record, including a 7-1 record within the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers shared the SEC Western Division championship with LSU, but because the Bayou Bengals defeated Auburn 20-17 in overtime on October 22, did not advance to the conference Championship Game.
2005 Azores subtropical storm The 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the nineteenth nameable storm of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was not officially named by the National Hurricane Center as it was operationally classified as a non-tropical low.
2005 Banda Sea earthquake The 2005 Banda Sea earthquake was an earthquake that occurred in the Banda Sea region, approximately 500 km from East Timor on March 2, 2005. Residents of Darwin felt the impact, despite the epicenter being located approximately 140 km away.
2005 BCS National Championship Game The 2005 BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game 2005 for the 2004 season was played on January 4, 2005 at the Pro Player Stadium Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Florida. The teams were Southern California Trojans and Oklahoma Sooners.
2005 Birmingham riots The Birmingham riots of 2005 occurred on two consecutive nights on Saturday October 22 and Sunday October 23 2005 in the Lozells area of Birmingham, England. The riots were derived from racial tensions between the African British and British Asian communities, with the spark for the riot being an alleged gang rape of a teenage black girl by a group of Asian men.
2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand In 2005 the British and Irish Lions Rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. For the Lions, having toured Australia in 2001 and South Africa in 1997, it was the first time for 22 years they lost every test match on tour.
2005 British Grand Prix The 2005 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race, held on July 8 — July 10 2005, at Silverstone. Before the race there was one minute of silence in respect for those affected by the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
2005 British Touring Car Championship season The 2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 47th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. As in 2004, there were ten racing weekends at nine different circuits; each round comprising three races, making a thirty round competition in total.
2005 Bundesliga scandal In early 2005, German football was overshadowed by the discovery of a 2 million Euro match-fixing scandal centered on second division referee Robert Hoyzer, who confessed to fixing and betting on matches in the 2nd Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal (German Cup), and the third division Regionalliga. The scandal has been described as the largest controversy in German football since the Bundesliga scandal of the early 70's, as numerous players, coaches and officials have been accused of involvement with an organised crime group in the scheme, which came on the eve of Germany playing host to the 2006 World Cup.
2005 civil unrest in France The 2005 civil unrest in France of October and November was a series of riots and violent clashes, involving mainly the burning of cars and public buildings by groups of youths at night starting on October 27, 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois. Events spread to poor housing projects (the cités HLM) in various parts of France.
2005 civil unrest in Uzbekistan Uzbek troops fired into a crowd of protesters in an attempt to squash civil unrest in the eastern city of Andijan, Uzbekistan in May 2005. Estimates of those killed on May 13 range from between 187 and 1,000 people, with one estimate as high as tens of thousands.
2005 Cannes Film Festival The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.
2005 College World Series The 2005 College World Series was held June 17 through 27, 2005 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.
2005 Copa América of Volleyball The 2005 Copa América of Volleyball was the fifth edition of a Men's Volleyball tournament, the Copa América of Volleyball, and it was played between August 3 and August 7 in the town of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. All matches were played in the Celso Morbach Gimnasium, in São Leopoldo.
2005 CPL World Tour The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the CPL. This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of 9 international stops and a finals event held in the New York City, USA and televised by MTV.
2005 Cronulla riots The 2005 Cronulla riots were a series of ethnically motivated mob confrontations which originated in and around Cronulla, a beachfront suburb of Sydney, Australia's largest city. Soon after the riot, ethnically motivated violent incidents occurred in several other Sydney suburbs.
2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore In the 2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore, a significant rise in the number of dengue fever cases was reported in Singapore, becoming the country's worst health crisis since the 2003 SARS epidemic. In October 2005, there were signs that the dengue fever outbreak had peaked, as the number of weekly cases had declined and the outbreak of this infectious disease was under control by the end of 2005.
2005 Denver Broncos season In 2005 the Denver Broncos ended the 2005 regular season with a 13-3 record, the franchise's second-best number of wins of all time and their third best win percentage ever. They won their first playoff game since winning Super Bowl XXXIII in the 1998 season.
2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season The 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the sixth DTM season since the serie's resumption in 2000. The number of race weekends were increased from 10 events in 2004 to eleven in 2005 (although 2004 had eleven events including the non-championship race at Shanghai).
2005 English cricket season Before the 2005 English cricket season began, a resurgent English cricket team had won four Test series in a row, going unbeaten through the 2004 calendar year. The start of the international season saw England defeat Bangladesh two-nil in their two-match series, winning both Tests by an innings.
2005 English cricket season (1-13 September) The period of the 2005 English cricket season from 1 to 13 September saw England secure the Ashes with a draw in the final Test at The Oval, Hampshire lift the C&G Trophy after a final win at Lord's, and the Australian Women got revenge for the Women's Ashes defeat by winning the ODI series 3–2 and the Twenty20 international. Those matches started the period, with Australia recording a four-run win in the final ODI of the 5-match series - Clare Connor out as last woman when England needed five to win off the last over.
2005 European floods The 2005 European floods hit mainly Romania, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, as well as several other countries in Central Europe and Eastern Europe during August 2005. The disaster came at a time when Portugal was suffering from intense forest fires which left 15 dead and days before the powerful Hurricane Katrina hit the United States.
2005 European Volleyball Championship The 24th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental volleyball competition hosted by two nations – Serbia and Montenegro and Italy, namely in their respective capitals, Belgrade and Rome. Championship took place from September 2 to September 11, 2005.
2005 FIA GT Championship season The 2005 FIA GT Championship season was the 9th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series comprised of Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2.
2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup under the direct control of the global association football governing body FIFA. Previous editions were not organised by FIFA, and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championship.
2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament.
2005 FIFA World Player of the Year The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Brazilian Ronaldinho for the second year in succession, also claiming the highest point total ever, surpassing Rivaldo. He finished ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o in the final round of voting.
2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 16-27, 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill returned after not being held in 2003.
2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 - 10 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship (held in Paisley, Scotland in March 2005).
2005 Formula Three Euroseries season The 2005 Formula Three Euroseries season was the third championship year of Europe's premier F3 series. The championship was comprised of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits.
2005 Fukuoka earthquake The Fukuoka earthquake struck Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan at 10:53 am JST on March 20, 2005 (Easter Sunday) and lasted for approximately 50 seconds. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) measured it as peaking at a magnitude of 7.
2005 GP2 Series season The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005 and ended in Manama, Bahrain on September 30, 2005. The season was won by the German Nico Rosberg, with the Finn Heikki Kovalainen finishing second.
2005 Green Bay Packers season The 2005 Green Bay Packers season marked their worst record since their 1991 season. The Packers suffered injuries to wide receivers Javon Walker and Robert Ferguson and running backs Ahman Green, Najeh Davenport, Tony Fisher, and Samkon Gado.
2005 Hawaii Warriors football team The 2005 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A college football season. Hawaii finished the 2005 season with a 5-7 record, going 4-4 in WAC play.
2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire The 2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire was caused by a series of explosions early on the morning of 11 December 2005. The terminal, generally known as the Buncefield Depot, is an oil storage facility located near the M1 motorway on the edge of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England.
2005 Champ Car World Series Season The 2005 Champ Car World Series Season is the twenty-seventh Champ Car World Series, however only it's second season under the Champ Car title. It began on April 10, 2005 and ended on November 6 after 13 races.
2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup The 2005 Chase for the Nextel Cup served as the ten-race playoff series among the top ten drivers in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. After the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 on September 10, 2005, the ten drivers atop the standings were locked into the playoff, with the participants as follows:
2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study The 2005 Chesapeake Bay crossing study was a study conducted by the state of Maryland in 2005 in order to explore the possibility of building a new crossing of the Chesapeake Bay. The crossing would either be an entirely new crossing that would complement the existing Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia or would be an upgrade to the current Maryland crossing (by adding a third span to it).
2005 Chicago Bears season The 2005 Chicago Bears season was their 86th regular season and 24th post-season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 11-5 record, earning them their first NFC North title and the second seed in the NFC for the playoffs.
2005 in NASCAR The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race Chase for the NEXTEL Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400.
2005 in road cycling The 2005 season will be best remembered for Lance Armstrong's unparalleled seventh successive victory in the Tour de France, however it was also notable for other reasons. After months of wrangling between the UCI, teams, and organizers of the major tours, the ProTour finally became a reality.
2005 in Swiss music 2005 was a big year for Swiss music, with the charts becoming steadier yet less predictable than they had been in previous years. The year saw many chart debuts from both Swiss and international acts, and saw two novelty songs share a combined total of over ten weeks at the singles chart number one spot.
2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1st October 2005. This was the final World Half Marathon Championships to be staged, the competition being replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006.
2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup The 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup was held in Vanuatu between 23-29 September 2005 as part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup qualification system. Six teams from the East Asia-Pacific Region competed in a round-robin stage, followed by ranking finals.
2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council.
2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting The December 2005 IISc shooting occurred on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the Indian city of Bangalore, killing Prof. Munish Chandra Puri of IIT Delhi and injuring four, after two or more unidentified gunmen fired at Puri and others.
2005 Indianapolis Colts season The 2005 Indianapolis Colts season began with the team trying to maintain or improve on their 12-4 record from 2004, and advance farther into the playoffs. The Colts finished the season 14-2, but lost in their first game in the postseason against the eventual Super Bowl XL champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax The 2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax occurred when Indonesian ambassador to Australia Imron Cotan received a suspect letter addressed to himself at the Indonesian Embassy in Australia on June 1 2005. The suspect letter later turned out to be harmless.
2005 International Rules Series The 2005 International Rules series was the 8th annual International Rules Series and the 14th time that a test series of International rules football was played between Ireland and Australia and was won by Australia.
2005 Iran earthquake The 2005 Iran earthquake was a powerful earthquake that occurred on November 27, 2005 at 13:53 local time (10:23 UTC) which left at least ten people dead and four villages flattened. The epicenter was about 1500 km (900 miles) south of Tehran in the southern reaches of Iran, close to the Persian Gulf.
2005 ISSF World Cup Final The 2005 ISSF World Cup Final in the fifteen Olympic shooting events was held in August 2005 in Munich, Germany for the rifle and pistol events, and in November 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the shotgun events.
2005 Java-Bali Blackout The 2005 Java-Bali Blackout refers to a massive power outage on Java — the main island of Indonesia in which the capital Jakarta is located — and Bali on August 18 2005. It affected some 100 million people, making it the largest blackout in history.
2005 July 6 United Nations assault on Cité Soleil, Haiti Before dawn 6 July 2005, more than 300 heavily-armed United Nations peacekeeping troops in Haiti carried out a major military operation in Cité Soleil, a densely populated residential neighborhood – one of the poorest communities in Port-au-Prince and a stronghold of support for Lavalas and ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Eyewitnesses claimed there was not a firefight, but rather a slaughter.
2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake An earthquake along the East African Great Rift Valley faultline struck at 12:19:55 (UTC) (14:19:55 local time at the epicentre) on 5 December, 2005 approximately 10 km (6 miles) below the surface of Lake Tanganyika. Its estimated magnitude was between 6.
2005 Lebanon bombings The 2005 Lebanon bombings were a series of bombings that occurred mainly in Beirut, Lebanon and its suburbs. While the current wave of bombings began in October 2004, the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri on February 14, 2005, touched off the Cedar revolution and the withdrawal of Syrian troops.
2005 Logan Airport runway incursion The 2005 Logan Airport runway incursion was a near-miss that occurred at approximately 19:40 Eastern Daylight Time on the June 9, 2005 between US Airways Flight 1170 and Aer Lingus flight 132. An Airbus A330-301 aircraft, owned and operated by the Irish airline Aer Lingus nearly collided with a Boeing 737-3B7 owned and operated by US Airways, on the runway at General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (BOS), in Boston, Massachusetts.
2005 LSU Tigers football team Despite all of the distractions from Hurricane Katrina, LSU still managed to finish its season with an 11-2 record capped off by a 40-3 victory over #9 Miami in the Peach Bowl without its starting QB, JaMarcus Russell.
2005 Maharashtra floods The Maharashtra floods of 2005 refers to the flooding of many parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, on the western coast of India, in which at least 1,000 people died. It happened just one month after similar flooding in Gujarat.
2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 76th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 2005 at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, the home of the Detroit Tigers of the American League.
2005 Malaysia electricity blackout crisis The 2005 Northern Malaysian Peninsular Blackout Crisis was a power outage in Malaysia in 2005 where many states of Malaysia's northern peninsular, including Perak, Penang, Kedah, and Perlis had no electricity owing to a fault of the main cable transmission line grid near Serendah, Selangor.
2005 Malaysian haze The 2005 Malaysian haze was a week-long choking smog-like haze over Malaysia that almost brought the central part of Peninsular Malaysia to a standstill, prompted crisis talks with Indonesia and caused widespread inconvenience. The haze was at its worst on August 11, 2005.
2005 Maldives civil unrest On August 12, 2005, civil unrest broke out in Malé, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll and Addu Atoll of the Maldives. This unrest was provoked by the arrest of Mohamed Nasheed - an open critic of the president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - and the subsequent demolition of the Dhunfini tent, used by the members of the Maldivian Democratic Party for their gatherings.
2005 Mauritanian coup d'Ă©tat The 2005 Mauritanian coup d'Ă©tat took place on 3 August 2005. The long-serving dictator Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was ousted by the military of Mauritania and replaced by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy.
2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games AlmerĂ­a 2005, commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in AlmerĂ­a, Spain over 10 days, from June 24 to July 3, 2005, where 3,214 athletes (2,134 men and 1,080 women) from 21 countries participated.
2005 Memorial Cup The 2005 Memorial Cup was held May 21-29, 2005 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. The Cup tournament featured the champions from the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League as well as the host team.
2005 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The 27st edition of the Men's Champions Trophy took place in the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai, India. Tortured by heavy rain, the event started on Saturday December 10 and ended on Sunday December 18.
2005 Michigan State vs. Notre Dame football game The 2005 MSU vs. ND football game (flag-gate) took place on September 17, 2005 on the campus of Notre Dame University the Spartans of Michigan State University met the Fighting Irish in one of the most controversal football games in recent years.
2005 Minnesota Vikings boat cruise scandal An alleged sex party occurred on October 6, 2005 on Lake Minnetonka when seventeen key members of the Minnesota Vikings football team, including quarterback Daunte Culpepper, Fred Smoot, Mewelde Moore, Pat Williams, Bryant McKinnie, Nate Burleson, Ralph Brown, Troy Williamson, Travis Taylor , Kevin Williams, Jermaine Wiggins, Lance Johnstone, Moe Williams, Ken Irvin, Willie Offord and Koren Robinson. Two boats were rented and some, but not all of the players performed sexual acts in front of crew members.
2005 MLB season The 2005 MLB season was the 102nd season of Major League Baseball. The season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties ever than before for steroid use in Major League Baseball.
2005 MLS SuperDraft The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.
2005 Moscow power blackouts On 25 May 2005, Moscow's power supplies were the centre of a major incident, which resulted in the supply being outed for several hours in several Moscow regions, including "Podmoskov'ye" (the region directly surrounding Moscow), and also the Tula, Kaluga and Ryazan oblasts. Some tens of thousands of people were trapped in stranded underground trains in the Moscow Metro and in lifts, railway signalling was put out of action and many commercial and governmental organisations were paralysed.
2005 National League Division Series The 2005 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2005 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Sunday, October 9, with the champions of the three NL divisions – along with a "wild card" team – participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
2005 National League Championship Series The 2005 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the 2005 National League playoffs, matched the Central Division champion and defending league champion St. Louis Cardinals against the wild card qualifier Houston Astros, a rematch of the 2004 NLCS.
2005 NBA All-Star Game The 2005 NBA All-Star Game was a major basketball game played on February 20, 2005 in the Pepsi Center home of Denver Nuggets featuring the best players in the National Basketball Association as selected by fans and coaches.
2005 NBA Finals The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2004-05 National Basketball Association season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference took on the Detroit Pistons of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage.
2005 NBA Playoffs The 2005 NBA Playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2004-05 season. Consisting of 16 teams in 2 conferences, the playoffs involved over a month of play and more than 80 games overall.
2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings Three human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), does not bestow a National Championship title for Division I-A football.
2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 from Edward Jones Dome in St.
2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 25, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 9.
2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 19, 2005 and concluded on April 5, 2005 when Baylor was crowned as the new national champion. The Final Four was held for the first (and last) time at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 3 and 5, 2005, and was hosted by Butler University and the Horizon League.
2005 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 2005 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team marked Bill Callahan's second season as coach; the Huskers finished the season with an 8-4 record, an improvement over the 5-6 record of 2004. Nebraska experienced many changes to their team's roster; not only did key wide receiver Ross Pilkington leave the team after he gave up football, but after the spring game, new junior college transfer Zac Taylor replaced the 2004 starter Joe Dailey at the key position of quarterback.
2005 New York City transit strike The 2005 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU). Negotiations for a new contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) broke down over retirement, pension, and wage increases.
2005 NFL Draft The 2005 NFL Draft, in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, took place on April 23 and April 24 2005Facts & Figures. April 10, 2005.
2005 NFL season The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League. This marked the final season that ABC held the rights to televise Monday Night Football after thirty-six years of airing the series.
2005 NLL season The 2005 National Lacrosse League season began on January 1, 2005 and concluded with the championship game on May 14. The Toronto Rock won their fifth NLL championship, defeating the Arizona Sting 19-13 in Toronto.
2005 Northern Rail Cup The 2005 National League Cup in British rugby league was sponsored by train operating company Northern Rail, and was therefore known as the Northern Rail Cup. The 2005 competition was the first to feature side from National League Three: previously the competition had only featured side from National Leagues One and Two.
2005 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Charlie Weis became head football coach for the Irish beginning with the 2005 season. In his inaugural season he led Notre Dame to a record of 9 wins and 3 losses and a postseason appearance in the Fiesta Bowl, losing to Ohio State University, 34-20.
2005 NRL Finals Series The National Rugby League's "second season" ran from 9 September to 2 October 2005, as eight teams vied to win the NRL Premiership in the Grand Final after the 2005 season. After an exciting home-and-away season that saw a myriad of triumphs and collapses; the final placings and first-week match-ups were decided only after all the matches in the final week were completed.
2005 Pacific hurricane season The 2005 Pacific hurricane season officially began on May 15, 2005 in the eastern Pacific and on June 1 2005 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2005. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
2005 Pakistan earthquake The Kashmir earthquake (زلزلہ کشمیر) (also known as the South Asia earthquake or Pakistan earthquake) of 2005, was a major earthquake whose epicenter was the Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The earthquake occurred at 08:50:38 Pakistan Standard Time (03:50:38 UTC) on October 8, 2005.
2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China The 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations of the Kuomintang (KMT) to mainland China. They were hailed as the highest level of exchange between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang since Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong met in Chongqing, China on August 28, 1945.
2005 Quebec student strike The 2005 Quebec student strike occurred February 24 - April 2005. Part of the popular opposition to the Charest government, it was led by students of CEGEPs and universities of Quebec, on strike to protest budget cuts of $103 million in the Grants and Loans program.
2005 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2005. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.
2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack in Ayodhya On July 5 2005, five militants attacked the site of the destroyed Babri Mosque and the Ram Janmabhoomi, in Ayodhya, India. All five were shot down in the ensuing gunfight with security forces, while one civilian died in the bomb blast triggered by the fighters to breach the cordon wall.

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