2005

From top to left, in the sense of clock needles: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the funeral of Pope John Paul II takes place in the Vatican City; "I am at the zoo", the first video that went up to YouTube; Eris was discovered in January 2005 by a team based on the Palomar Observatory; Saddam sits before an Iraqi judge in a Baghdad court and is executed in the following year;

2005 (MMV) was a common year beginning on a Saturday according to the Gregorian calendar. It was the fifth year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. It was the fifth year of the first decade of the 21st Century XXI and the sixth of the 2000s. It was designated:

• The International Year of Microcredit by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
• The World Year of Physics by the Unesco and the United Nations.
• The World Year of the Eucharist decreed by John Paul II.
• The Year of the GalloAccording to the Chinese horoscope.

Events

January

• 1 January:
  • In Peru, the coup known as: "Andahuaylazo". Antauro Humala, brother of former President Ollanta Humala captures Andahuaylas police station. There were four cops and a reservist dead.
  • It is fulfilled 5 years of the feared effect 2000 (Y2K), whose discomfort had the world in vile, especially the computer programs that were to be reset to 1980, which later did not represent a capital problem for the world.
• January 3: the first edition of the Carib conqueror begins
• January 5: the team of the observatory of Monte Palomar Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Lincoln Rabinowitz discover the dwarf planet Eris, the farthest of the solar system.
• January 26: Catalina Sandino becomes the first Colombian named for the Oscar Award Best Actress
• 30 January:
  • In Iraq, democratic elections are held to elect a National Constituent Assembly that must draft a new Constitution for the country and appoint an Interim Government (including a President of the Republic and a provisional Prime Minister). Simultaneously, regional elections are held to elect the Legislative Councils of the Iraqi provinces (which in turn should elect the provincial governors).
  • In the Sahara Desert an unusual wave of cold is recorded. About 800 kilometres south of Algiers, a dense layer of snow covers the ground. The last time it happened was in 1979.
  • Batista won this year's Royal Rumble.

February

• 1 February:
  • The gene that triggers the beginning of puberty is discovered.
  • The protein that causes insulin resistance and, as a result, the triggering of type II diabetes mellitus.
  • For the first time, a molecular mechanism is identified in the liver that is activated with the saturated fats of foods, raising the production of LDL cholesterol (detrimental) in the blood.
  • In Brussels, Belgium, youssef Belhadj, alleged spokesman for Al Qaeda in Europe, is arrested.
  • In Leganés (Madrid) the police arrested four Moroccans, members of the same family, for their alleged connection with the 11-M attacks.
  • The French National Assembly approved the draft law on constitutional reform to save incompatibility with the European Constitution.
• February 2: Germany exceeds five million stops, record number since the end of World War II.
• 3 February:
  • The magazine Nature publishes a study carried out in a fossil of Antarctica, which shows for the first time accurately that the diversification of birds occurred in the Cretaceous.
  • In Israel, the Government announced the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of their troops from five cities, including Jericho.
  • In Madrid, Spain, the Instituto Cervantes signed an agreement with the Royal Academy Galega (RAG) to promote the presence of the language and culture of Galicia in all the centers of the Institute.
• February 4: In Ukraine, the Parliament confirms as the first minister to Yulia Timoshenko, an architect of the Orange Revolution.
• 5 February:
  • Near Kabul (Afghanistan) there are the remains of a plane in which 104 people traveled, sinister during a strong snowstorm.
  • It arrives on the Spanish coast of Tenerife, a boat with 227 sub-Saharan immigrants on board.
  • In Japan, nine people die in two vehicles after committing suicide on the Internet.
  • In Baghdad, Iraq, the Iraqi insurgency abducted four Egyptian engineers.
• 6 February: In Todolella, Spain, 18 people die from carbon monoxide inhalation while sleeping in a rural hostel.
• 7 February:
  • The British Ellen MacArthur establishes in 71 days and 14 hours the record of the solo return to the world on a sailboat.
  • The submersible Kaiko, led by a group of Japanese scientists, finds samples of life in the pit of the Marianas, the deepest area of planet Earth.
  • The team of New England, the Patriots, wins in the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles, awards its third title in four years and reaffirms its dominance in football.
  • In Spain the process of extraordinary regularization of immigrants begins, which tries to legalize the situation of almost a million foreign workers living in that country.
  • In Bern, Switzerland, three armed men assault the Spanish consulate.
  • Aslán Masjádov, a Czech independentist leader, orders a truce to his correspondents and calls for a negotiation of the Kremlin.
  • In Spain, Elvira Lindo wins the Breve Library Award with the novel A word from you.
• 9 February:
  • ETA blows up a car bomb at the Campo de las Naciones de Madrid hours before the Kings opened ARCO.
  • In Spain, the police arrested 14 persons accused of belonging to ETA and disarticulated the terrorist group's capture apparatus.
  • France surrenders to Spain the terrorist Karpov (John Mary Insausti Mugika), former head of the ETA training apparatus.
  • More than 130 prisoners are killed in a prison in the Dominican Republic.
  • In Russia, the marriage formed by Svetlena and Semion Beliáyev presents the world's greatest crossword, consisting of 64,371 words, which cost them more than seven years to conclude it.
• 10 February: In Palestine, the Hamas organization breaks the truce agreed two days earlier in Egypt by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and launches 50 missiles against Jewish settlements in Gaza.
• 11 February:
  • In Pakistan, the Shadi Kor dam collapses; 135 people die and more than 500 people disappear.
  • In the state of Vargas (Venezuela), a storm of torrential rains leaves 16 dead and thousands of injured.
  • In Spain the International Year of Physics declared by the Unesco was inaugurated with an event at the Congress of Deputies.
  • In Patagonia, Argentine researchers find the only existing deposit so far of dinosaur eggs with embryos inside them.
  • In Argentina, a riot in a prison ended with eight dead and 30 wounded.
• 12 February:
  • In Sweden, the ABBA group meets for the first time in more than thirty years at the premiere of the musical Mamma Mia!.
  • In Paraguay, the newspaper is last published Newswhich announced its closure for economic problems.
  • The Windsor Tower is set on fire in Madrid, Spain.
    

    Fire of the Windsor Tower
• 14 February:
  • In Beirut, Lebanon, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri died in a brutal attack, which marks the beginning of the end of the Syrian occupation in the country, which began in 1980.
  • In the province of Liaoning (northeast of China), an explosion in a coal mine causes 203 dead.
  • In San Bruno (California) the United States founded the YouTube website by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.
  • In Spain it is obtained and sequenced, for the first time in fossils of the Iberian peninsula, DNA of neandertales.
  • In the fire of a mosque in Tehran (Iran) 59 people die.
  • In the Philippines, three Islamist attacks left 11 dead.
• February 15: In Uruguay the Chamber of Deputies and Senators is renewed. For the first time in these chambers the left coalition, Frente Amplio, has a majority of legislators.
• 16 February:
  • The Kyoto Protocol, a global greenhouse gas reduction convention, enters into force.
  • A Spanish scientist discovers that the fungus Fame call It's cause of blindness.
  • In Spain, Rafael Vera, Spain's former Secretary of State for Security during several socialist governments, entered prison for an offence of embezzlement of public flows.
  • A group of American scientists dates the oldest remains of Homo sapiens in 200,000 years.
  • The Israeli Parliament passed the law on the withdrawal of about twenty Jewish settlements in Gaza and the surrender of the territory to the ANP, 38 years after the occupation.
• 17 February:
  • The Spanish Medicines Agency approves the use of the drug bortezomib, which manages to stop the progression of myeloma.
  • A new regulation reinforces the rights of passengers travelling in European Union airlines.
• 18 February:
  • In the UK it is prohibited by law to hunt fox, hare and other sports that kill wild mammals.
  • The magazine Science presents the first map of the minimum genetic differences between humans.
• 20 February:
  • A national referendum is held in Spain for the ratification of the European Constitution. Participation was only 42%. 76.7 % of voters approve the new Constitution.
  • In the river Buri Ganges (Banglades), a ferry is shipwrecked; 80 dies and more than 100 disappear.
  • David Canal gets the national record of the 400 meters on track covered, establishing a new mark of 45,93 s.
  • The Spanish selection of football hall is proclaimed champion of Europe for the third time in its history after defeating in the end the selection of Russia for 2-1.
  • Ruud Lubbers, High Commissioner of UNHCR, resigns from allegations of sexual harassment.
• 21 February:
  • The magazine Nature publishes the discovery of the pangenes, a type of genes that controls the differentiation of the stem cells and the time it occurs.
  • Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe, dissolves the Basque Parliament and convenes elections for April 17, 2005.
  • A collapse in the expansion works of Line 1 (Metro de Madrid) causes the death of a worker and wounds to seven others.
  • The Israeli Government released 500 Palestinian prisoners.
• 22 February:
  • The Chinese government announces the construction of "eco-edifices" with which it hopes to save 65% of energy and thus help to comply with the Kyoto Protocol.
  • The European Parliament approved by majority the imposition of criminal sanctions to curb hydrocarbon discharges.
  • Roberto Bolaño won the Salambó Prize with his posthumous work 2666.
• 23 February:
  • A team of scientists at Cardiff University discovers a galaxy formed by dark matter located at 50 million light years.
  • The Spanish Ministry of Health approves the first four research projects on stem cells.
  • For the first time, the relativistic effects predicted by the Albert Einstein relativity theory for the proximity of black holes are confirmed.
  • Madrid collapses against the biggest snowfall of the last two decades.
• 24 February:
  • The Iraqi insurgency murders 15 policemen in Tikrit.
  • In São Paulo, Brazil, the largest headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes in Ibero-America is inaugurated.
  • The chemicals Laura Gagliardi (University of Palermo) and Björn Roos (University of Lund) publish in the magazine Nature the discovery of a new type of chemical link that consists of 10 electrons, the equivalent of five covalents.
• February 28: In Colombia, the company Avianca – the largest and most important airline in Colombia – changed its image after it had been bought by Germán Efromovich in December 2004 and after a failed bankruptcy.

March

• 1 March:
  • The Irish musical group Celtic Woman publishes its debut album entitled homonymously Celtic Woman. The album was held for 68 weeks on #1 of World Music lists.
  • In Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez assumes the presidency of the Republic, being the first leftist government in the country's history.
  • Madrid records the lowest temperature in a day of March of the last 105 years –5 °C in the Retiro.
  • A FAO report concludes that starvation threatens the lives of more than 800 million people in 36 countries, 23 of them African.
  • The first test is published that changes in brain insulin are related to Alzheimer's disease.
• 3 March:
  • A population of Iberian lynx is detected in the Montes de Toledo that was believed to be extinct for fifteen years.
  • The first issue of the Diagonal newspaper is on sale in Spain.
  • Colombian writer Angela Becerra wins the Azorín Award with the novel The penultimate dream.
• 8 March:
  • In the Monteverde district, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, three Nicaraguan national robbers entered the National Bank of the town, 9 people died in the assault, the most brutal assault on a bank in the country's history.
• March 11: the Windows Small Business Server website is founded.
• March 14: In Beirut, Lebanon, massive protests are being made against the Syrian influence.
• 22 March:
  • In Minnesota, United States, a young American, Hitler's admirer, kills his grandparents, five high schoolmates and a teacher and a vigilante before committing suicide.
  • World Water Day is celebrated with the theme "Water, source of life", which opens the International Water Decade, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
• 23 March:
  • The Pristina Parliament appoints the leader of the Kosovo Partnership for the Future, Bajram Kosumi, the new executive head.
  • The French police arrest two alleged members of ETA, one of whom can be the chief of the commands of the band, Joseba Segurola.
  • The city council of Guadalajara removes the statues of the dictator Francisco Franco and the founder of Falange Española, José Antonio Primo de Rivera.
  • Spanish scientists describe for the first time the structure of the smallpox virus.
  • Astronomers see for the first time light of extra-solar planets.
• 26 March:
  • At the airport El Embrujo, of the island of Providencia (Colombia) a Let L-410 Turbolet of West Caribbean Airways fell after taking off; eight people (including crew) died and six more were injured.
  • In England returns to television the Doctor Who series
• March 28: An earthquake of 8.6 and a tsunami leave more than 1000 dead on the islands of Nias and Simeulue.
• March 29: In the United States, the Irish group U2 began the Vertigo-Tour World Tour in San Diego.
• March 30: Former player Andrés Mendoza fails a most remembered goal of Peruvian football when the Peruvian Football Team played with Ecuador, while they were kicking 2-2 the match was about to end (88'), this fact occurred in the 2006 World Cup Cup Cup Conmebol eliminations.

April

Pope John Paul II died.

• 1 April:
  • The National Supercomputation Centre was founded in Barcelona.
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Castile and Leon is inaugurated in León.
  • The police arrested 13 people in Madrid allegedly related to the 11-M attacks.
  • An alleged command of military police officers indiscriminately murders 30 people in Rio de Janeiro.
• 2 April:
  • In Vatican City, Pope John Paul II died of septicemia at 84 years after several hours of agony at 21:37, local time (UTC+2).
  • Nine Australian helicopter accidents were killed in a humanitarian aid mission in the areas of Indonesia affected by the last earthquake.
• April 3: in Buenos Aires is celebrated the centenary of the Club Atlético Boca Juniors.
• 4-8 April: An international meeting of the ICANN is held in Mar del Plata.
• 6 April:
  • In Colombia, 17 soldiers die in an alleged FARC ambush.
  • In the UK the company Nitrome is created.
  • Prince Rainier III of Monaco dies.
• 7 April:
  • In Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, the police arrest three alleged members of ETA, related to the Donosti command.
  • In the Al Azhar mosque district of Cairo, Egypt, two tourists die in an attack.
  • India and Pakistan resume, after more than 50 years, the bus service that links the capitals of the two Kashmirs.
  • Mexico: in the middle of one of the most controversial political-legal episodes in the recent times of Mexico's History, he is withdrawn from the mayor of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
• 8 April:
  • In the Vatican City the exequias of Pope John Paul II are held; it will be considered the greatest funeral in all history.
  • In the Pacific Ocean you see a total eclipse of the sun
• April 9: In the UK Prince Charles of Wales married his second wife, Camila de Cornwall. The wedding, indicated mainly for the previous day, 8, was interrupted by the trip of Charles to the Vatican for the funerals of Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2.
• April 10: in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) Martín Cárdenas debuts with the team Aprilia Germany as a MotoGP pilot in the category 250 cc.
• April 11th: the MG-Rover automotive group will be declared bankrupt after the null conversations with the Chinese consortium SAIC.
• April 17: In the Basque Country (Spain) the EAJ-PNV/EA coalition wins the elections in that autonomous community, forming a government presided over again by Juan José Ibarretxe.
• April 18: in Rome the conclave begins to choose a new pontiff after the death of Pope John Paul II.
• 19 April: in Rome, the conclave elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope, who adopted the name of Benedict XVI replacing John Paul II
• April 20: President Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador is dismissed by the Congress of Ecuador for abandonment of office, and replaced by Vice President Alfredo Palacio.
• April 23: In the United States, Jawed Karim uploads the first YouTube video.
• 25 April: in Osaka, Japan, a passenger train crashes into an apartment building.
• 26 April: the Syrian army leaves Lebanon.
• April 27: first flight of the European Airbus A380 plane.
• April 29: Apple Computer Puts On Sale Your Mac OS X v10.4 Operating System
• April 30: Chelsea F.C. is the champion of the Premier League 2004/05.

May

• 1 May: Launches FX Latin America
• 5 May:
  • The Club Atlético Colón of the city of Santa Fe, Argentina celebrates 100 years of life.
  • Parliamentary elections are held in the United Kingdom.
• May 12: The former politician Alberto Santofimio Botero is captured by the Colombian police for the murder of Luis Carlos Galán in 1989.
• 17 May:
  • The Spanish Congress approves, with the only vote against the people, the resolution promoted by the socialist group that authorizes the Government to engage in talks with ETA on the assumption that the band will definitely abandon the weapons.
  • The Bolivian parliament promulgates the controversial Hydrocarbons Law.
  • In Los Angeles (United States), Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, the son of Mexican immigrants, became the first Hispanic mayor of that city.
  • Spanish neurologists first describe the clinical manifestations of a rare cerebral malformation called urelgia.
• May 18: 45 Chilean military personnel die during a "white wind" storm, in what would be known as Tragedia de Antuco.
• May 19: Mexico's Independent Television CNI Canal 40.
• 21 May: Greece wins at the 2005 Eurovision Song Festival in Kiev, Ukraine, for the first time in the history of this contest. The winner is the singer Helena Paparizou with her theme "My Number One".
• 25 May:
  • In Suriname, legislative and presidential elections are held, President Ronald Venetiaan is reelected in office.
  • The Liverpool Football Club defeats the AC Milan in the final of the UEFA Champions League 2004-2005, after going in half-time for 3-0 and tie the match in a span of 10 minutes 3-3 in the second time, in which it is considered by many the most exciting final of the tournament history.
• May 28: the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Insurance and Free Abortion is launched in Argentina as a result of the debates and resolutions of the National Women's Meetings of the previous two years.
• May 29: In the referendum on the European Constitution held in France, no more than 55%.
• May 29: Club América wins its tenth title at the 2005 Closing Tournament (Mexico) against Tecos with a 7-4 global score.
• May 31: Canadian Natalie Glebova is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand.

June

• 1 June:
  • In the referendum on the European Constitution held in the Netherlands, the "no" wins 60%.
  • In Mexico Carlos Abascal Carranza was Secretary of Labor and Social Security and now as the new Secretary of Government to replace Santiago Creel Miranda.
• June 5: In the referendum on the Schengen (Luxembourg) and Dublin (Ireland) agreements held in Switzerland, the "yes" wins with 54.6%.
• 7 June:
  • in the United States, the British alternative rock band Coldplay, launches its third studio album titled X blindafter the successes of Parachutes (2000) A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), respectively.
  • In Bolivia, Carlos Mesa resigns from the office of president.
• June 8: South Korea debuts the SS501 band.
• June 9: In Bolivia, Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is appointed new president.
• June 10: The 15th Begins Edition of the 2005 Under-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.
• June 11: In the United States, the Destiny's Child band announces its separation.
• 13 June:
  • In the United States, Michael Jackson is acquitted of all charges against him.
  • In Chile, there is an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale that leaves 11 dead and 182 wounded.
• June 15: The 7th edition of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup begins for the first time in Germany.
• 19 June:
  • In the elections to the Parliament of Galicia the Popular Party loses the absolute majority after 15 years in power
  • It is launched from the Metrobus (Mexico City).
• 24 June:
  • Mahmud Ahmadineyad, elected President of Iran.
  • In Almeria, Spain, the 15th Mediterranean Games of 2005.
• 29 June:
  • Declaration of Gran Canaria as World Biosphere Reserve by Unesco.
  • Petrocaribe was founded in Venezuela.
  • In Frankfurt, Germany. The FIFA Confederations Cup ends and Brazil is proclaimed champion for the second time after defeating Argentina for 4-1.
• 30 June:
  • The law of homosexual marriage in Spain is passed.
  • In Jerusalem, in a gay pride march a religious fanatic stabs three people. He's sentenced to 10 years in prison. Three weeks after going free he will attend the 2015 gay march, where he will stab 12 people.

July

• 2 July:
  • Nine simultaneous concerts are held in different cities on the planet (Live 8) to demand the end of poverty in the world, which also marked the temporary return of Pink Floyd.
  • In Utrecht (Netherlands) the World Championship is finished sub-20 and Argentina is crowned world champion for the fifth time of this category after defeating Nigeria by 2-1.
• 3 July:
  • in Spain, the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero approves equal marriage. Spain becomes the third country in the world to adopt LGBT marriage.
  • In Almeria, Spain, the closing ceremony of the 15th Mediterranean Games 2005.
• 6 July:
  • In Singapore, IOC members designate the city of London as the setting for the 2012 Olympic Games, overcoming the favourite Paris and Madrid and two other cities, New York and Moscow.
  • In El Salvador, police officers violently disband a concentrated student demonstration in front of the central campus of the University of El Salvador.
• 7 July: Multiple terrorist attack in London, three metro cars and an urban bus, causing 56 fatalities and 700 wounded.
• 14 July: Ends the seventh National Geographic World Championship (World Geography School), with the crowning of the United States as world champions for the fourth consecutive time.
• July 15: In the province of Guayas, Carlos Alberto Limongi Hanna and Fernando Castro Chiriboga, using fake cédulas, contract the first homosexual marriage in Ecuador, months later, by ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, the act is ratified.
• 17 July: Eleven people die scorched while working in the extinction work of a forest fire declared in Riba de Saelices (Guadalajara), which is about 12 000 hectares.
• July 19: Argentine coach Rubén Omar Romano was abducted outside the Blue Cross Club facilities. He was released 64 days later.
• 21 July: Failed attacks in London, two weeks after the 7-J attacks.
• 26 July: Marcial Ayaipoma becomes President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the period 2005-2006.
• July 28: the IRA (Irish Republican Army) formally announces the cessation of armed struggle.
• July 31: The Locomotion channel ceased its transmissions to replace it with Animax because the Pramer company sold the channel to Sony Pictures.

August

• 1 August: the probe MESSENGER NASA overflys the Earth to address the inner solar system.
• 2 August:
  • Emilio Pérez Touriño is appointed president of the Board of Galicia.
  • Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340 flying between Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, crashes when landing at the international airport in the midst of a storm: there are some wounded, but all their occupants survive.
• August 5: Fairious fire in Casavieja, in the province of Ávila, Spain, which sheltered the life of a person. It boiled over 800 hectares of mountain in the Sierra de Gredos.
• 6 August: Flight 1153 from Tuninter, an ATR 72 from Tuninter on the route from Bari, Italy, to Yerba, Tunisia, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea when it was over 18 miles from the city of Palermo, dying sixteen of the thirty-nine people travelling on board.
• 7 August-21 August: 6th global health promotion conference in Bangkok.
• 14 August:
  • Flight 522 of Helios Airways, a Boeing 737 crashes at 40 km from Athens due, apparently, to a failure in the cooling and bragging system, the 115 passengers and the 6 crew members died.
  • In Boom, Belgium, the Tomorrowland festival is opened.
• 14-21 August: X Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Química 2005, in Lima, Peru.
• August 15: the use of non-tetraethylene-lease gasoline is in force in Venezuela.
• August 16: Flight 708 from West Caribbean, a Boeing MD-82 plane crashes into the population of Machiques Venezuela and its 160 occupants die. A helicopter with 17 Spanish military personnel on board is also crashed in Afghanistan, who died (see helicopter crash in Afghanistan on 16 August). On the same day, the Israeli eviction from the Gaza Strip began, which was considered part of the territory of the future Palestinian state.
• August 21st: from the city of Cologne (Germany) ends the World Youth Day at Mariendfeld. More than 2.53 million young people attend a closing mass being considered the largest event of assistance of people in German history, thus surpassing the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• 23 August:
  • An extratropical cyclone affects the Uruguayan coast, produces serious material damage in the departments of Uruguay of Montevideo, Canelones, Maldonado, Rocha, San José and Cologne. Deaths directly and indirectly due to the temporary period are 10 people and damages for more than $10 million make it the most devastating time in the country's history.
• 24 August
  • Colombian singer Kaleth Morales died in traffic accident.
  • Flight 204 from TANS Peru, a Boeing 737-244 from TANS Peru crashes 5 km from the airport of the Peruvian city of Pucallpa, during a strange hail storm, killing 40 of its 98 occupants.
• August 28: At 9:30 a.m., the mayor of New Orleans evacuate the area immediately anticipating the arrival of Hurricane Katrina. Those who cannot leave, are ordered to go to the Superdome.
• August 29: Hurricane Katrina, as a Category 3 storm hits land at 6:10 a.m. CDT (11:10 a.m. UTC). The eye is just east of New Orleans, Louisiana. It produces substantial material damage in the United States states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and West Florida. This date is known as Black Monday ("black lights") by the inhabitants of New Orleans and many residents of the Gulf Coast. At that time the death count is 55. Katrina reaches Category 5.
• 30 August:
  • After Hurricane Katrina: the death count in Biloxi (Misisipi) could reach 80. Mayor A.J. Holloway states that Katrina "is our tsunami," comparing the catastrophe with the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Residents speak of a louder cyclic mare than Hurricane Camille. Highway 90 along Gulfport (Misisipi State) is destroyed. New Orleans, Louisiana, almost completely flooded when the dams break along Lake Pontchartrain. At least an attempt was made to repair the dam, but without success. Gas filters contaminate flooded waters. The first evacuation site in the Louisiana Superdome is safe, with water that only reached one meter outside. There are no figures of death. Governor Kathleen Blanco orders the evacuation of anyone who remains in New Orleans. The cyclic mare has completely destroyed the elevated Interstate 10 road that connects the east side of New Orleans with the continental Louisiana on the east end of Lake Pontchartrain. The U.S. Red Cross declares that the relief effort will extend beyond the attacks of 11 September 2001.
  • Oil reaches a quote of 70/bbl US$ for the second time, closes to $69.35 on the New York Stock Exchange. Gas is expected to rise too. More than 1000 deaths were initially reported and it is estimated that the damage caused could amount to $26 billion, the most costly in United States history.
• August 31: Stamstone on the Al-Ayma Bridge in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, where nearly 2000 people died when they tried to flee from a supposed terrorist threat alarm.

September

• September 1st: Sony Computer Entertainment launches PlayStation Portable (PSP).
• September 8: The Mexican Army’s aid after Hurricane Katrina arrives in New Orleans (United States).
• September 9: The television network PBS Kids Sprout is released.
• September 11: The state of Israel officially declares its intention to leave the disputed territory of the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation.
• September 13: Former Colombian President Julio César Turbay Ayala died.
• 14 September:
  • In Baghdad, (Irak) a series of attacks caused 154 deaths and more than 500 wounded, mostly Shia. The Al Qaeda terrorist group is awarded the attacks.
  • In Italy, the headquarters of the provincial command of the Carabineros explodes: a policeman dies.
• September 15: In Suriname, Ronald Venetiaan assumes his third constitutional government.
• 21 September: at Los Angeles Airport (United States) JetBlue Airways Flight 292 achieves an emergency landing: passengers and crew leave unharmed.
• 25 September:
  • Fernando Alonso gets his first world title of F1 being thus the youngest in history (at that time) and the first Spanish to achieve it.
  • In the referendum on the free movement of the 10 new EU members in Switzerland, the "yes" wins with 56 percent.
  • In Peru, an earthquake of 7.5 on the Richter scale shakes the Amazon, destroying the city of Lamas.
• September 26: In the Dominican Republic it is premiered in Antena Latina, Noticias SIN (National Information Services), under the direction of Alicia Ortega and Miguel Hasbún. Being the replacement of News in Antena.

October

• October 1st: in Santa Ana (El Salvador) the Ilamatepec volcano erupted.
• October 2nd: in Lima (Peru) Mexico's football team defeats Brazil's 3 to 0, and is procalma champion of the world Sub 17.
• October 3: an eclipse of the Sun is visible from Spain.
• 8 October: the Kashmir region suffers from an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 in the Richter scale that leaves a balance of 87,000 dead.
• 14 October: in Spain, the football club Sevilla F. C. celebrates its centenary.
• October 16: A popular referendum is held in Iraq to ratify the new Constitution of the country. Seventy-two per cent of voters vote in favour and the Constitution is adopted and comes into force.
• October 19: Hurricane Wilma, the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and the strongest 10.ose in the world, began to develop. The night of the following day, the hurricane hits the island of Cozumel, then hit the peninsula of Yucatan, Cuba and the United States.
• October 21: Tarja Turunen, vocalist of Nightwish, is expelled from the group after the concert in Helsinki that ended the Eleven Tour.
• 22 October: in Denmark, at a gala held on the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision festival, Waterloo (canción del grupo ABBA) is declared the best song in the history of that festival.
• October 22: In Santiago de Chile, the Metropolitan Network of Mobility begins to operate.
• 31 October: the Referendum of Peru, on the subject of regionalization, is carried out by a large majority of the NO.

November

• 2 November: in Madrid, Spain, the Congress of Deputies approves the admission of the new Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia with the support of all groups except the PP that on the same day submitted an unconstitutionality remedy.
• 4-5 November: the Fourth Summit of the Americas is held in the City of Mar Del Plata in Argentina.
• 6 November:
  • Alberto Fujimori arrives in Santiago de Chile from Tokyo, on board a private flight, ending with his Japanese exile.
  • In South Korea the boy band Super Junior forms.
• 12 November: the Royal Spanish Academy and the Association of Spanish Language Academies make the official presentation of the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of doubts.
• 17 November:
  • General elections in the Falkland Islands.
  • In Spain Microsoft is launched by Windows EMP
• 22 November: Angela Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany.
• November 23: The Valparaiso Metro is inaugurated from Puerto Station to Limache Station.
• 25 November: In Santiago de Chile the sixth section of the Santiago Metro Line 2 opens from Cerro Blanco to Einstein.
• 26 November: Belarus wins at the Eurovision Junior festival with 149 points 3 points more than Spain.
• 28 November:
  • In Buenos Aires, Felisa Miceli is appointed Minister of Economy of Argentina to replace Roberto Lavagna.
  • The tropical storm Delta hits the Canary Islands. Among many other damages the finger of God, on the west coast of Gran Canaria.
• 29 November: British West Florida Micronation Foundation.

Number of Line 4 of the Santiago Metro.

• 30 November:
  • In Santiago de Chile, the fourth section of the Santiago Metro Line 5 between Bellavista de La Florida and Vicente Valdés is opened.
  • The first section of the Santiago de Chile Metro Line 4.

December

• 4 December: Parliamentary elections are held in Venezuela.
• December 5: In Chile the channel's broadcasts begin Telecanal
• 11 December: presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Chile.
• December 13: A 6.5 earthquake shakes Afghanistan causing the death of 5 people.
• December 13th: In the United States, candidates for the Golden Globes Awards are read.
• December 13: In the United States Microsoft creates Windows Live service
• 15 December:
  • The first parliamentary elections are held in Iraq under the new Constitution the country; the winning political force will govern the country. Victory is for the Shiite religious parties.
  • In Spain the nominations for the Goya Awards are read.
  • In Spain, the Anti-Tabaco Act was adopted.
• 18 December:
  • British engineer Keith Duckworth died.
  • Presidential elections are held in Bolivia. Evo Morales – a candidate of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) – is elected president with 53.7% of the votes.
  • In Japan, the São Paulo FC football club wins the Toyota Japan Cup World Championship.
• 25 December:
  • In Mexico, the Popocatépetl volcano erupted.
  • In Vatican City, the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI draws his first encyclical "Deus Caritas Est" (God is love).
• 26 December: Uruguay recognizes the Saharawi Democratic Arab Republic (RASD).
• December 27: Official premiere of the Ben 10 animated series.

Unknown dates

• Chinese scientists estimate "low" the height of Mount Everest (8844 meters).
• Renews the "Emo" subculture rapidly becoming a global trend.

Births

January

• 1 January: Princess Maria Chiara, Duchess of Capri, daughter of Prince Charles of Bourbon-Dos Sicilias, Duke of Castro, and Princess Camilla of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies.
• 1 January: Melkeneh Azize, Ethiopian athlete.
• January 1: Merve Tuncel, Turkish swimmer.
• January 3: Melknat Wudu, Ethiopian athlete.
• January 3: Heriberto Jurado, Mexican footballer.
• January 4: Dafne Keen, Hispanic-British actress.
• January 10: Pei Xinyi, Chinese halterophile.
• January 11: Roksana Węgiel, Polish singer.
• January 13: Iker Bravo, Spanish footballer.
• January 13: Eva Brezalieva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.
• January 14: Kim Yoo-bin, South Korean actress.
• January 15: Juan Macías, Ecuadorian footballer.
• January 17: Jaydon Hibbert, a Jamaican athlete.
• January 17: Yolanda Sierra, Spanish footballer.
• January 18: Benedetta Pilate, Italian swimmer.
• January 24: Agustín Arce, Chilean footballer.
• January 27: Milciades Adorno, Argentine soccer player.

February

• February: Alma Deutscher, English composer.
• February 1: Andrés Felipe Alfonso Ciprían, a Colombian footballer.
• February 3: Marco Delle Monache, Italian footballer.
• February 3: Joaquín Lavega, Uruguayan footballer.
• 4 February: Skye Blakely, an American art gymnast.
• February 4: Zidan Sertdemir, Danish footballer.
• February 6: Zak O'Sullivan, British motor racing driver.
• February 7: Bobby Clark, British footballer.
• February 7: Ilya Kharun, Canadian swimmer.
• February 9: Christian Mansell, Australian-British motor racing driver.
• 16 February: Eliesse Ben Seghir, French footballer.
• February 17: Santiago Hidalgo Massa, Argentine soccer player.
• February 21: Hong Hwa-ri, South Korean actress.
• February 22: Linda Caicedo, Colombian footballer.
• February 23: Holly Okuku, German athlete.
• February 27: Sofiane Ikene, Luxembourg footballer.
• February 28: Vitor Roque, Brazilian footballer.

March

• March 1: Dimitris Kaloskamis, Greek footballer.
• March 2: Paula Party, Spanish footballer.
• March 4: Sol Córdoba, Argentine footballer.
• March 5: Tim Paumgartner, Austrian footballer.
• March 6: Kerrica Hill, Jamaican athlete.
• March 9: Anina Hutter, Swiss cyclist.
• March 10: Oriane Bertone, French climber.
• March 16: Silvano Vos, Dutch footballer.
• March 25: Ella Onojuvwevwo, Nigerian athlete.
• March 26: Ella Anderson, American actress.
• March 26: Luana de Orange-Nassau, daughter of Mabel and the late Friso of Orange-Nassau, granddaughter of Princess Beatriz and her late husband, Claus von Amsberg, and niece of the present kings of the Netherlands, William Alexander and Max.
• March 31: Reed Baker-Whiting, American footballer.

April

• April 5: Fermín Aldeguer, a Spanish bike rider.
• April 7: Aday Mara, Spanish basketball player.
• April 8: Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Marta Luisa of Norway and her ex-husband, writer Ari Behn.
• April 11: Beyatt Lekweiry, Mauritanian footballer.
• April 12: Fabio Lohei, Luxembourg footballer.
• April 17: Antonio Nusa, Norwegian footballer.
• April 19: Kobbie Mainoo, British footballer.
• April 28: Rodrigo Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer.
• April 29: Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, the alleged heir to the Thai throne.
• April 29: Shahadi Wright Joseph, American actress and singer.

May

• May 1st: Linda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player.
• 2 May: Carla Camacho, Spanish footballer.
• 4 May: Will Alves, British footballer.
• May 5: Rafael Câmara, a Brazilian motor racing driver.
• May 8: Oliver Bearman, British motor racing driver.
• May 8: Lovro Zvonarek, Croatian footballer.
• May 8: Brenda Flores, Argentine footballer.
• May 14: Ilyes Housni, French footballer.
• May 28: Maé Roudet--Rubens, French actress.

June

• June 5: Irene Urdangarin and Borbon, daughter of the Infanta Cristina, sixth grandson of the Kings of Spain.
• 7 June: Izan Almansa, Spanish basketball.
• June 13: Pepe Martí, a Spanish motor racing driver.
• June 23: Beknaz Almazbekov, Kyrgyz footballer.
• June 24: Joel Granfors, Swedish motor racing driver.
• June 26: Alexia of Orange-Nassau, the second daughter of King William Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife, Queen Maxima.

July

• July 9: Kim Ji-young, South Korean actress.
• July 10: Alliah Baker, Jamaican athlete.
• July 14th: Kerem Çağlayan, Turkish farmer.
• July 17: Conrad Laursen, a Danish motor racing pilot.
• July 20: Paulette Gebara Farah, a children's garden student and a suspected Mexican death victim (f. 2010).
• July 26: Daniel Pérez Guerrero, Spanish footballer.
• July 28: Adrian Sanmartín, Spanish footballer.

August

• August 9: Caylee Anthony, death victim. (f. 2008).
• August 9: Victoria Jiménez, Andean tennis player.
• August 10: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Indian chess player.
• August 10: Sunny Suljic, American actor.
• August 11: Wisdom Amey, Italian footballer.
• August 17: Max Caputo, Australian footballer.
• August 22: Kang Ye-seo, South Korean singer and actress, kep1er member

September

• September 10: Gabriel Bateman, American actor.
• September 15: Iveta Miculyčová, Czech cyclist.
• September 20: Jason Drucker, American actor.
• September 24: Martin Georgiev, Bulgarian footballer.

October

• October 4: Manuel de Belgium, son of King Philip of Belgium.
• October 7: Marcos Gómez, rock star, born in Peru.
• October 7: Lulu Wilson, American actress.
• October 10: Winter, female dolphin bottle nose that was rescued in the Mosquito Lagoon (f. 2021).
• October 15: Cristián de Denmark, the oldest son of Federico and María Isabel de Denmark.
• October 21: Leah Hayes, American swimmer.
• October 20: Alex Alcalá, Mexican footballer.
• October 31: Leonor de Borbón, the present princess of Asturias and first in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, as the firstborn of King Philip VI and his consort, Queen Letizia.

November

• 7 November: Stephanie Gil, Spanish actress.
• November 11: Ben Doak, Scottish footballer.
• November 11: Alex Dunne, Irish motor racing driver.
• 16 November: Mariam Mamadashvili, Georgian singer.
• November 18: Lia McHugh, American actress.

December

• December 3: Sverre Magnus of Norway, the second son of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife, Princess Mette-Marit.
• December 8: Dariusz Stalmach, Polish footballer.
• December 10: Kyliegh Curran, American actress.
• 11 December: Arijon Ibrahimović, German footballer.
• 13 December: Nicholas of Belgium, the second son of the princes Lorenzo and Clara of Belgium.
• 13 December: Emric of Belgium, the third son of the princes Lorenzo and Clara of Belgium.
• December 23: Paul Wanner, German footballer.
• December 27: Kristina Pimenova, Russian actress and model.

Deaths

Art and literature

• January 6: Pedro Zarraluki gets the Nadal Award for his novel A difficult task.
• June 3: The Museo del Prado and the Instituto Cervantes announce the attribution of unpublished painting San Jerónimo reading a letter the French painter Georges de La Tour.
• July 16: British editor Bloomsbury and American Scholastic put the original English Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on sale.Harry Potter and the Mystery of Prince).
• Arturo Pérez-Reverte: You won't fuck me alive. (recollection of articles).
• Eduardo Pondal's unpublished work is published, Eoas.

Science and technology

In 2005 YouTube is created the most popular online video page.

• 14 February: Created www.YouTube.com
• April 8: Visible Sun Hybrid Eclipse in Panama, North Colombia and West Venezuela.
• April 8: Release of Linux Ubuntu 5.04, The Hoary Hedgehog
• May 9: The Japanese A-1 Pictures animation studio is launched
• June 6: Debian Project Announces Official Release of a New Stable Version of its Distribution, Debian GNU/Linux
• July 29: the astronomer Dr. Mike Brown, from the California Institute of Technology (USA), announces the discovery of a new dwarf planet, Eris.
• August 24: Google Talk is operational in the United States.
• October 3: first annular eclipse of the sun of the millennium visible in Spain.
• October 13: Release of Linux Ubuntu 5.10, The Breezy Badger.

Astronautics

• July 26: U.S. Space Agency (NASA) resumes manned flights to space, sending the shuttle Discovery a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The mission had been delayed several days due to a failure in one of the sensors caused by a detachment in the hull of the ship.
• August 12: American probe launch Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter a Mars.
• 9 November: the space probe Venus Express of the European Space Agency is launched to Venus.
• 28 December: the first test satellite of the future Galileo location system, the first satellite, is successfully launched and orbited GIOVE-A.

Video Games

• Video game release Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Xbox console, version of Conker's Bad Fur Day.
• Battlefield 2 video game launch for Microsoft Windows platform
• Global launch of the Shadow the Hedgehog video game for GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2.
• Rockstar Games and Rockstar North premiere Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories for PlayStation Portable PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.
• Crash Tag Team Racing video game launch for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Xbox console.
• Release of Pac-Man World 3 video game for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube and PlayStation Portable.
• Launching Resident Evil 4pioneer in the horror games with the camera on the shoulders.

Sports

Athletics

• 4th to 6th of March: European Championship of athleticism in covered track of 2005, Madrid.
• June 15: Asafa Powell bats the world record of the 100 m masculine, leaving it in 9.77 seconds.
• August 6-14: Athletic World Championship in Helsinki.
• August 13: Yelena Isinbáyeva bats the record of the world of leaping with perrtiga, leaving the liston at 5.01 m.

Motor Racing

• Formula 1: On September 25, Spanish Fernando Alonso, after being in third position at the Brazilian Grand Prix, was crowned champion of the Formula 1 world.
• World Rally Championship: Sébastien Loeb (Citroën Xsara WRC).
• Paris-Dakar Rally: Stéphane Peterhansel (France), winner for the second consecutive year.
• NASCAR: Tony Stewart Logrates his 2nd championship at the Nextel Cup.

Basketball

• NBA: the San Antonio Spurs win at the end the Detroit Pistons for 4-3. Tim Duncan is elected MVP of the finals.
• Euroliga: the Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) is proclaimed champion on 8 May when defeating in the final, disputed in Moscow (Russia), the TAU Baskonia de Vitoria (Spain), for 90-78. The Lithuanian player of the Maccabi Sarunas Jasikevicius is appointed the most valuable player of the tournament.
• ULEB Cup: the Liege Rytas of Lithuania, champion.
• League ACB: Real Madrid is proclaimed champion by defeating at the end of the Tau Cerámica Baskonia by 3-2, in the decisive match played in Vitoria on 26 June.
• 17-20 February: Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: Zaragoza is the seat of the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto in Spain. Unicaja de Malaga is proclaimed champion by defeating Real Madrid in the end with a score of 80-76 for the Malaysians.
• Dominican Basketball League: The Reales of La Vega proclaimed themselves champions by defeating the Panthers of the National District.
• Chilean Basketball Major Division: Catholic University champion.
• National League of Professional Basketball of Mexico: Xalapa UV Hawks

Handball

• Copa de Europa de Balonmano: FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion on 7 May when defeating in the match back of the final, played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona, to the Club Balonmano Ciudad Real by 29-27. In the one-way party the Royal City had been imposed by 28-27. The title represents the seventh Balonmano European Cup for the FC Barcelona.
• Recopa de Europa de Balonmano: the Ademar de León (Spain), is proclaimed champion on May 8th by defeating in the end the Croatian RK Zagreb.
• EHF Cup: Tusem Essen (Germany), champion.
• ASOBAL League (Spain): Portland San Antonio, champion.

Cycling

• Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins its seventh Tour of France, however the ICU decides 7 years later to withdraw the tours won by the Texan and thus the tests remain vacant between 1999-2005.
• Giro de Italia: Paolo Savoldelli wins the Giro de Italia.
• Return to Spain: Denis Menchov beats after the disqualification of Roberto Heras after giving positive for EPO, but in December 2012 the Spanish justice makes effective the allegations of irregularities in control antidopaje ppr part of Heras and returns the title to Spanish.
• World Championship: World Championships of Cycling Madrid 2005: Tom Boonen is imposed on the minduals of online cycling, being silver Alejandro Valverde.
• Several: the Belgian Tom Boonen passes to the legend by winning the Tour de Flandes and the Paris-Roubaix.

Football

• First Spanish division: May 14, FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion.
• Second Spanish division: Cadiz CF champion, also ascend the Celta and the Alavés.
• King's Cup: June 11, the Royal Betis is proclaimed champion by defeating Osasuna, for 2-1, in the extension, in the final contested at the Vicente Calderón stadium.
• FA Premier League: Chelsea FC, champion.
• Bundesliga (Germany): FC Bayern of Munich, champion.
• Brazil League: Santos FC, champion.
• Argentine League: Closure: Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. Opening: Boca Juniors
• Argentine League: The Club Atlético Colón celebrates 100 years of life.
• Uruguayan Championship: National is dedicated champion.
• Chilean National Football Championship: Opening: Spanish Union. Closure: Catholic University
• Professional Colombian Football:
  • Opening Tournament: National Atletic: Finalization Tournament: Deportivo Cali
• Serie A of Ecuador: Opening: Liga de Quito. Closure: The National
• Mexican First Division: Closure: Club America. Opening: Toluca
• First Paraguayan division: Opening: Porteño. Closure: Porteño Dog
• Peruvian League: Opening: Science. Closure: Sporting Crystal. Sporting Crystal, champ.
• Venezuelan Football League: Opening Atlético Maracaibo. Closure Maracaibo Atlético Union
• World Club Championship Toyota Japan 2005: São Paulo FC, champion.
• Confederations Cup 2005: Brazil champion, Argentina subfield.
• 2005 Youth Football World Cup: Argentina, Champion; Nigeria, Champion.
• 2005 Under-17 World Cup: Mexico, champion.
• Champions League: May 25th: Liverpool FC, trained by Spanish Rafael Benítez, is proclaimed champion by defeating at the end of the AC Milan in the tanda de penaltis.
• UEFA Cup: the CSKA Moscow is proclaimed champion by defeating for 3-1 the Sporting of Portugal in the final contested at the José Alvalade stadium in Lisbon
• CONCACAF Champions Cup: Sport Saprissa Champion. It becomes the first team classified to the Club World Cup in its second edition.
• Copa Libertadores de América: São Paulo FC champion.
• South American Cup: Boca Juniors Champion.
• South American Recopa: Boca Juniors Champion.
• Gold Boot: Diego Forlan del Villarreal C. F. and Thierry Henry del Arsenal FC, both with 25 goals.
• FIFA World Player: Ronaldinho of Barcelona Soccer Club
• Spanish Football League: October 14, Seville FC celebrates its centenary.
• First B: Club Atlético Tigre wins the tournament of First Argentine B, the Closing Tournament.
• The Blooming Club, holds the title of Champion of the Bolivian Professional Football League.

American Football

• Super Bowl XXXIX: New England Patriots.

Golfing

• Masters of AugustaTiger Woods, champ.
• United States Open Golf: Michael Campbell, champion.
• Open British GolfTiger Woods, champ.
• PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson, champion.

Motorcycling

• World Motocycling Championship:
  • MotoGP: Valentino Rossi
  • 250 cc: Daniel Pedrosa is proclaimed world champion for the second time in this category.
  • 125 cc: Swiss Tom Lüthi is proclaimed world champion in 125 cc.
• Paris-Dakar Rally: Cyril Despres (France), winner.

Tennis

• Open from Australia: Men: Marat Safin beats Lleyton Hewitt. Women: Serena Williams beats Lindsay Davenport.
• Roland Garros: Men: Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta. Women: Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Mary Pierce.
• Wimbledon: Men: Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick. Women: Venus Williams beats Lindsay Davenport.
• US Open: Men: Roger Federer beats Andre Agassi. Women: Kim Clijsters beats Mary Pierce.

• Masters Cup: David Nalbandian (campion), Roger Federer (subcampion).

• Davis CupCroatia (campion)Slovakia (subcampion).
• Copa: Russia (campion)France (subcampion).

Other sports

• European Cup of Skating Hockey: May 15: Barcelona is proclaimed a champion, and gets its 16th title, by defeating the FC Porto for 3 to 2 in the final contested in Reus.
• Chilean Rodeo: Claudio and Rufino Hernández are champions of the 2005 Rodeo National Championship.

Cinema

Premieres

Star Wars III The Revenge of the Sith

January

• 5 January: Life and color of Santiago Tabernero.
• 14 January: Hero at bay Frederik Du Chau.
• 21 January: When do we get here? Brian Levant.
• 28 January: Accused of Jacob Thuesen.
• 28 January: Innocent voices by Luis Mandoki.

February

• 2 February: Danny the Dog Louis Leterrier.
• 5 February: The Pozo Renpei Tsukamoto.
• 11 February: Winnie Pooh and the little elephant Frank Nissen.
• 11 February: Hitch: Specialist in ligues Andy Tennant.
• 15 February: The goal of Morena of Nicholas Ciganda..
• 17 February: Fútbol Club Joachim Masannek.
• 18 February: Constantine of Francis Lawrence
• 8 February The mask 2 Lawrence Guterman.
• 18 February: My best friend Wayne Wang.
• 24 February: Sophie Scholl: The last days by Marc Rothemund.
• 25 February: Hey, honey. Mika Kaurismäki.
• 27 February: Sea in of Alexander Amenábar.

March

• 4 March: Be cool by F. Gary Gray.
• 4 March: The jacket John Maybury.
• 4 March: A superduro kangaroo Adam Shankman.
• 9 March: We have a big problem. Gérard Jugnot.
• 10 March: The White Diamond Werner Herzog.
• 11 March: Imaginium of Isaac Sandoval, Alberto Mar.
• 11 March: Hostage Florent Siri.
• 11 March: Robots Chris Wedge.
• 11 March: Beyond hatred Mike Binder.
• 11 March: The violin Francisco Vargas Quevedo.
• 13 March: Reeker Dave Payne.
• 14 March: Elektra from Rob S. Bowman.
• 16 March: From beating my heart has stopped Jacques Audiard.
• 18 March: The taste of watermelon Tsai Ming-liang.
• 18 March: Manuale D'Amore by Giovanni Veronesi.
• March 18: Robots by Chris Wedge
• 18 March: The ring 2 Hideo Nakata.
• 25 March: Valiant by Gary Chapman.
• 30 March: Go and live Radu Mihaileanu.
• 31 March: The last moon from Miguel Littín.

April

• 1 April: Sin City: The City of Sin Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.
• 7 April: Galatasaray-Dépor Hannes Stöhr.
• 8 April: Queens by Manuel Gómez Pereira.
• 8 April: Sahara Breck Eisner.
• 13 April: Man to Man of Régis Wargnier.
• 13 April: Palindromos Todd Solondz.
• 15 April: The abode of fear Andrew Douglas.
• 21 April: Kebab Connection Anno Saul.
• 21 April: Whisky Romeo Zulu by Enrique Piñeyro.
• 22 April: Enron: The Guys Who Scam America Alex Gibney.
• 27 April: The Secret of Anthony Zimmer Jérôme Salle.
• 29 April: Galactic Autostopian Guide by Garth Jennings (based on the work of Douglas Adams).
• 29 April: Factotum Bent Hamer.

May

• 6 May: The kingdom of heaven Ridley Scott.
• 6 May: Heroin Gerardo Herrero.
• 6 May: The wax house Jaume Collet-Serra.
• 11 May: Lemming Dominik Moll.
• 11 May: Star Wars: Episode III - The Sith Revenge George Lucas. This was the last movie Star Wars with George Lucas
• 12 May: The bow Kim Ki-duk.
• 13 May: The mother of the boyfriend Robert Luketic.
• 13 May: Modigliani Mick Davis.
• 17 May: L'Enfant (The child) of the Dardenne brothers. Premiere at the Festival de Cannes.
• 19 May: Star Wars: Episode III - The Sith Revenge by George Lucas (world star).
• 20 May: Love in Magic Cheon Se-hwan.
• 27 May: C.R.A.Z.Y. by Jean-Marc Vallée.
• 27 May: The clan of the bones Peter Segal.
• 27 May: Madagascar Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath.
• 27 May: What vadis, baby? Gabriele Salvatores.

June

• 3 June: Cinderella man Ron Howard.
• 3 June: Manderlay from Lars von Trier.
• 3 June: Dreams of Shanghai of Wang Xiaoshuai.
• 9 June: Crossing the Bridge: The Sounds of Istanbul Fatih Akin.
• 9 June: The wind by Eduardo Mignogna.
• 9 June: Free area from Amos Gitai.
• 10 June:Mr and Mrs. Smith from Doug Liman.
• 15 June: Batman Begins by Christopher Nolan.
• 15 June: At the summit by Chris Terrio.
• 19 June: Initial d derrapando al limite Andrew Lau, Alan Mak.
• 22 June: Herbie a tope by Angela Robinson.
• 29 June: Youth opportunities Jean-Pierre Sinapi.
• 29 June: The War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg.

July

• 1 July: Rebound Steve Carr.
• 8 July: The 4 Fantastics from Tim Story.
• 8 July: Murderball Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro.
• 8 July: The decent Neil Marshall.
• 15 July: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton.
• 15 July: Wedding at Wedding David Dobkin.
• 15 July: Maroa by Solveig Hoogesteijn.
• 15 July: Semen, a love story by Daniela Fejerman and Inés Paris.
• 17 July: Tristram Shady: A Cock and Bull Story Michael Winterbottom.
• 20 July: Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew of Kunihiko Yuyama.
• 22 July: The scar by Paul Llorca.
• 22 July: The Devil's Renegades Rob Zombie.
• 22 July: Hustle & Flow Craig Brewer.
• 28 July: The Mongol dog by Byambasuren Davaa.
• 29 July: Seven swords Mike Mitchell.
• 29 July: Sky High: A High Flight School from Tsui Hark.
• 29 July: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Park Chan-wook.

August

• 5 August: Broken flowers Jim Jarmusch.
• 5 August: History of a kidnapping from Arie Posin.
• 11 August: Thai-Dragon Prachya Pinkaew.
• 12 August: Grizzly Man Werner Herzog.
• 19 August: Virgin at 40 Judd Apatow.
• 19 August: Night flight Wes Craven.
• 24 August: Paint or make love of Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu.
• 25 August: Calling the gates of heaven Wim Wenders.
• 26 August: The Secret of the Grimm Brothers by Terry Gilliam.
• 26 August: The damn cave by Bruce Hunt.
• 31 August: The awakening of love John Irvin.

September

• 2 September: Princesses by Fernando León de Aranoa.
• 9 September: 3 needles of Thom Fitzgerald.
• 9 September: The boss Les Mayfield.
• 9 September: A life ahead from Lasse Hallström.
• 14 September: The hidden truth John Madden.
• 15 September: Something like happiness Bohdan Slama.
• 15 September: The dignity of no one by Fernando E. Solanas.
• 15 September: The white massi Hermine Huntgeburth.
• 16 September: Cry Wolf Jeff Wadlow.
• 16 September: The Lord of War Andrew Niccol.
• 16 September: Obaba Montxo Armendáriz.
• 16 September: I wish it was true. Mark Waters.
• 16 September: Thumbsucker Mike Mills.
• 17 September: Shinobi Ten Shimoyama.
• 20 September: The ABC of Love Mark Levin.
• 23 September: The method by Marcelo Piñeiro.
• 23 September: The myth Stanley Tong.
• 23 September: Flight Plan: Missing Robert Schwentke.
• 23 September: A history of violence of David Cronenberg.
• 28 September: Gabrielle of Patrice Chéreau.
• 28 September: Never say Eric Civanyan.
• 29 September: Submas and subtractions Victor Gaviria.
• 29 September: Time of courageous from Damián Szifron.
• 30 September: The double life of the factual from Esteve Riambau and Elisabeth Cabeza
• 30 September: Mother of Mine of Klaus Härö.
• 30 September: We feed the world Erwin Wagenhofer.
• 30 September: Serenity Joss Whedon.
• 30 September: Truman Capote Bennett Miller.

October

• 5 October: Cache Michael Haneke.
• 5 October: A Story of Brooklyn Noah Baumbach.
• 7 October: Leaving! Rob McKittrick.
• 7 October: Betting on the limit from D.J. Caruso.
• 7 October: Good night, and good luck. George Clooney.
• 7 October: Walking Tall by Julian Jarrold.
• 7 October: Tara Road Gillies MacKinnon.
• 12 October: I am not made to be loved Stéphane Brizé.
• 13 October: Tim Burton's Dead Bride / The Bride's Body Tim Burton.
• 13 October: Burt Munro: A dream, a legend Roger Donaldson.
• 14 October: 7 virgins by Alberto Rodríguez.
• 14 October: Domino Tony Scott.
• 14 October: The tiger and the snow by Roberto Benigni.
• 14 October: Frágils by Jaume Balagueró.
• 14 October: Nine lives of Rodrigo García.
• 14 October: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park and Steve Box.
• 18 October: Transit by Marc Forster.
• 19 October: Oliver Twist (2005) of Roman Polanski.
• 21 October: The uncertain inhabitant Guillem Morales.
• 21 October: In the land of men Niki Caro.
• 21 October: Kiss kiss, bang bang Shane Black.
• 21 October: The Secret Life of Words Isabel Coixet.
• 27 October: One minute of silence by Roberto Maiocco.
• 27 October: A stroke of luck Mark Mylod.
• 28 October: The man of time Gore Verbinski.
• 28 October: Saw II Darren Lynn Bousman.
• 28 October: Shared secrets (Prime) Ben Younger.
• 28 October: Time of love, youth and freedom Hou Hsiao Hsien.

November

• 2 November: J'ai vu tuer ben barka Serge Le Péron.
• 3 November: A guest for Christmas Ben Verbong.
• 4 November: Water Deepa Mehta.
• 4 November: Chicken Little Mark Dindal.
• 4 November: Jarhead, hell is waiting. Sam Mendes.
• 4 November: Match of Woody Allen (date of Spain).
• 5 November: Takeshis' Takeshi Kitano.
• 8 November: Zathura: A Space Adventure Jon Favreau.
• 9 November: Merry Christmas Christian Carion.
• 9 November: Get rich or die tryin' Jim Sheridan.
• 9 November: Heroes of heaven Gérard Pirès.
• 10 November: The great silence Philip Gröning.
• 10 November: Harsh Times by David Yesterday.
• 11 November: The faithful gardener Fernando Meirelles.
• 11 November: The footprint of silence Scott McGehee and David Siegel.
• 11 November: Lie with me: Leila's intimate diary Clément Virgo.
• 11 November: Pride and prejudice Joe Wright.
• 11 November: Second round Daniel Cebrian.
• 11 November: No control by Mikael Håfström.
• 18 November: On the loose rope James Mangold.
• 18 November: Harry Potter and the chalice of fire Mike Newell.
• 18 November: Melisa P. from Luca Guadagnino.
• 18 November: Stoned Stephen Woolley.
• 18 November: The libertine Laurence Dunmore.
• 18 November: Twenty years is nothing. Joaquím Jordà.
• 23 November: In the mix Ron Underwood.
• 23 November: The Ice Harvest of Harold Ramis.
• 23 November: Mine, yours and ours from Raja Gosnell.
• 23 November: Royal Palace! Valérie Lemercier.
• 23 November: Just friends. Roger Kumble.
• 23 November: Syriana Stephen Gaghan.
• 25 November: Mrs. Henderson presents Stephen Frears.
• 25 November: Workingman's Death Michael Glawogger.
• 30 November: Darshan: The Hug Jan Kounen.
• 20 November: Hell Danis Tanovic.

December

• 2 December: Weddings on request Nisha Ganatra.
• 2 December: Doom Andrzej Bartkowiak.
• 2 December: Trans-America Duncan Tucker.
• 7 December: De Griezelbus by Pieter Kuijpers.
• 9 December: Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee.
• 9 December: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Navy Andrew Adamson.
• 9 December: Memories of a Geisha Rob Marshal.
• 13 December: King Kong Peter Jackson.
• 14 December: The three burials of Melquiades Estrada Tommy Lee Jones.
• 15 December: The Promise: The Legend of the Knights of the Wind Chen Kaige.
• 16 December: The amazing but true story of Red Riding Hood Cory Edwards.
• 16 December: The jewel of the family Thomas Bezucha.
• 16 December: Lassie Charles Sturridge.
• 16 December: The producers Susan Stroman.
• 21 December: Dick and Jane: Ladrones de risa Dean Parisot.
• 21 December: Twelve out of the house Adam Shankman.
• 23 December: The farce Barry W. Blaustein.
• 12 December: Munich Steven Spielberg.
• 25 December: Casanova from Lasse Hallström.
• 25 December: They say that. Rob Reiner.
• 25 December: The New World from Terrence Malick.
• 30 December: Killer Richard Shepard.

All dates belong to the official premieres of their countries of origin, unless otherwise indicated.

Shooting

• Back of Pedro Almodóvar
• Salvador of Manuel Huerga
• The lady boba of Manuel Iborra
• The distance of Iñaki Doroso
• Flags of our parents Clint Eastwood

Oscars

• Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
• Best Address: Clint Eastwood by Million Dollar Baby
• Best Protagonist Actor: Jamie Foxx by Ray
• Best Star Actress: Hilary Swank by Million Dollar Baby
• Best Cast Actor: Morgan Freeman by Million Dollar Baby
• Best Dealer Actress: Cate Blanchett by The Shipper
• Best Animation Film: The Unbelievable
• Best Original Guion: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Best Guion Adapted: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor by Entre copas
• Best Photography: Robert Richardson by The Aviator
• Best Mounting: Thelma Schoonmaker by The Aviator
• Best Artistic Direction: Dante Ferretti by The Aviator
• Best Sonora Band: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek for Discovering Never Ever
• Best Original Song: Jorge Drexler across the river of Motorcycle Journals
• Best Sound: Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa by Ray
• Best Sound Mounting: Michael Silvers and Randy Thom by The Incredible
• Best Dress: Sandy Powell by The Shipper
• Best Make-up: Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso for a series of disdained Lemony Snicket catastrophics
• Best Visual Effects: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier by Spider-Man 2
• Best Documentary Film: Born into brothels
• Best Documentary Short Film: Mighty times: the children's march
• Best Animation Short Film: Ryan
• Best Short Film of Real Action: Wasp
• Best Non-English speaking film: Sea in
• Honorary Oscars: Sidney Lumet and Roger Mayor

Music

Television

• Selena VIVE: Tribute to Selena Quintanilla Pérez

Nobel Prize

• Physics: Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch.
• Chemistry: Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock and Yves Chauvin.
• Medicine: Robin Warren and Barry Marshall.
• Literature: Harold Pinter.
• Peace: International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei.
• Economy: Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling.

Prince of Asturias Award

• Arts: Maia Plisetskaya and Tamara Rojo.
• Social Sciences: Giovanni Sartori.
• Communication and Humanities: European Language Institutes: Goethe-Institut, Instituto Cervantes, Instituto Camões, Alliance Française, Società Dante Alighieri, British Council.
• Concord: Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.
• International cooperation: Simone Veil.
• Sports: Fernando Alonso.
• Scientific and Technical Research: Antonio Damasio.
• Letters: Nélida Piñón.

Cervantes Award

• Sergio Pitol (Mexico, 1933) novelist

Commemorations and parties

• 60th Anniversary of the San Francisco Conference
• 60th Anniversary of the United Nations
  • 60th Anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations