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2005
January 11 - Storms hit much of the British Isles and the Baltic States.
January 20 - George W. Bush is inaugurated for his second term as US President
January 26 - Condolleezza Rice becomes US Secretary of State.
February 14 - Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri is assassinated.
March 1 - Tabare Vazquez takes office as President of Uruguay.
March 28 - An earthquake strikes off Sumatra, wreaking havoc on the island of Nias.
April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies aged 84, after suffering cardiac arrest the previous day.
April 6 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco dies aged 81.
April 9 - Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles.
April 19 - Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope. He chooses the name Benedict XVI.
April 25 - A severe train crash occurs in Tokyo.
April 27 - The Airbus A380 makes its first test flight.
May 5 - Tony Blair is reelected as British Prime Minister.
May 29 - French voters reject the new European constitution.
June 1 - Dutch voters reject the new European constitution.
June 13 - Michael Jackson is found not guilty of child abuse charges.
July 1 - German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder loses a vote of confidence.
July 2 - Live8 concerts take place worldwide.
July 6 - 9 - G8 summit takes place at Gleneagles, Scotland.
July 6 - London is awarded the 2012 Olympic Games.
July 7 - London's transport system is devastated by a series of bombs, killing 52 people.
July 21 - A planned, second series of bombings, is foiled in London.
July 22 - London Metropolitan police officers shoot an innocent Brazilian, Jean-Charles De Menezes on the tube.
July 23 - A terrorist bombing devastates Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
August 1 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies. His half-brother Abdullah succeeds him.
August 3 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran.
August 14 - An airliner crashes in Greece.
August 16 - A severe plane crash occurs in Venezuela.
August 29 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the US Gulf Coast.
September 3 - US Chief Justice William Rehnquist dies aged 80.
September 18 - Germany's chancellorship election ends in deadlock.
September 24 - Hurricane Whitney hits coastal Texas.
September 27 - Michaelle Jean becomes Governor-General of Canada.
October 1 - Bali is devastated by a terrorist bombing.
October 8 - Kashmir is hit by a devastating earthquake.
October 23 - Hurricane Wilma hits Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
October 24 - Civil Rights campaigner Rosa Parks dies aged 92.
October 27 - Riots erupt across France.
October 29 - Delhi is devastated by a terrorist bombing.
November 8 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected President of Liberia.
November 22 - Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor of Germany.
November 28 - Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin loses a vote of confidence.
December 11 - Fire erupts at the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hertfordshire, England.
December 31 - A leap second is added onto the end of the year.
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