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2005 in the United States
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Events from the year 2005 in the United States.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

Unusually high precipitation in the winter of 2005 caused an ephemeral lake to occur in the Badwater Basin of Death Valley National Park. Image from March 15, 2005.

April

May

June

  • June 2 – The construction of Northrop Grumman X-47B, the world's first unmanned surveillance attack aircraft that can operate from both land bases and aircraft carriers, begins.
  • June 17 – Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares are traded between 9:30–10:30 a.m. (1.92 billion shares for the day).
  • June 17 – A 6.7 aftershock, which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California, making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California.
  • June 21 – A Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) fails 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
  • June 30 – The Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is passed by the United States.

July

August

August 29: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast

September

October

November

December

Undated

  • Ten years after reaching the million mark, the U.S. prison population reaches 1.5 million inmates.[12]

Ongoing

Sports

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Springer, Steve (2005-02-07). "Sper Bowl XXXIX / Patriots 24, Eagles 21; Owens Earns Respect the Hard Way; Six weeks after a serious ankle injury, the Eagle receiver not only plays but catches nine passes for 122 yards. He is praised for his performance by teammates.". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/789595261.html?dids=789595261:789595261&FMT=ABS. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  2. ^ Faiola, Anthony (2005-02-10). "N. Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12836-2005Feb10.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  3. ^ "Kyoto Protocol comes into effect". CBC. 2005-02-16. http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2005/02/16/kyoto050216.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  4. ^ "Killings Rattle an East Texas Town Better Known for Its Roses". The Associated Press. 2005-02-27. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/national/27tyler.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  5. ^ Hurst Laviana and Tim Potter (2005-02-26). "Wichita police arrest suspect in `BTK' serial-slaying case.". The Wichita Eagle. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-129328545/wichita-police-arrest-suspect.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  6. ^ Blankley, Tony (2005-03-06). "Roper v. Simmons: The Supreme Court has betrayed the Constitution". The Washington Times. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_310084.html. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
  7. ^ "Wounded Italian journalist Sgrena returns home". CTV News. 2005-03-05. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1110028220472_50/?hub=CTVNewsAt11. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  8. ^ "Atlanta courthouse killing suspect denied bail". CNN. 2005-03-15. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/15/atlanta.shooting/. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
  9. ^ "Shooting Rampage By Minnesota Teen Leaves Nine Dead". News 10 Now. 2005-03-21. http://www.news10.net/tools/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=9868. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
  10. ^ "Schiavo's Feeding Tube Reinsertion Denied Again.". The America's Intelligence Wire. 2005-03-23. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19225995_ITM. Retrieved 2009-10-23. 
  11. ^ McGuinness, Ross (March 16, 2009). "Metro". pp. 30. 
  12. ^ Gaines, Larry; Miller, LeRoy (2006). Criminal Justice In Action: The Core. Thomson/Wadsworth. ISBN 0-495-00305-0. 

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