What is 2005?
{{Unreferenced|date=March 2021}} {{Year nav|2005}} {{Year in various calendars|2005}} '''2005''' ([[Roman numerals|MMV]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 2005th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations,{{Year article header/year number|2005}}. == Events == === January === * [[January 3]] – Flash Airlines Flight 604, a [[Boeing 737]], crashes into the [[Red Sea]] off [[Egypt]], killing 148 people. * [[January 9]] - ** The same storm which pounded the [[United States]] earlier in the month hits [[England]] and [[Scandinavia]]. At least 13 are dead among [[hurricane]] force winds and the worst [[flood]]ing in northwest England in 40 years. ** [[Mahmoud Abbas]] is elected to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]] as [[Palestinian Authority]] president in the [[Palestinian election]]. * [[January 12]] – [[Deep Impact (space mission)]] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]] by a [[Delta 2]] rocket. * [[January 14]] – The [[Huygens probe]] lands on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], largest moon of planet [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. * [[January 16]] – [[Adriana Iliescu]] gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so. [[File:Iraqi voters inked fingers.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Iraq]]i police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple ink, a security measure to prevent [[Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005|double voting]].]] * [[January 20]] – [[George W. Bush]] is inaugurated in [[Washington D.C.]] for his second term as the 43rd [[President of the United States]]. * [[January 21]] – In Belize's capital city [[Belmopan]], the [[Unrest in Belize in 2005|unrest over the government's new taxes]] erupts into [[riot]]s. * [[January 23]] – [[Viktor Yushchenko]] is sworn in as the third [[President of Ukraine]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. * [[January 25]] – A [[stampede]] during a religious [[pilgrimage]] in [[India]] kills at least 215, mostly women and small children. * [[January 26]] – A [[helicopter]] crash in eastern [[Iraq]] kills 31 [[United States]]