2005
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated:
- The World Year of Physics [1] (http://www.physics2005.org/)
- The International Year of Microcredit
- The International Year for Sport and Physical Education
- The United States Year of Foreign Languages
| Years: 2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008 | |
| Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s | |
| Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century 2005 in film | |
Scheduled and expected events
- January 9 - Palestinian election to replace Yasser Arafat, who died in Paris on November 11, 2004
- January 20
- U.S. Presidential inauguration day (see U.S. presidential election, 2004).
- Speed limits in the Republic of Ireland will switch from mph to km/h. All speed limit signs will be replaced, as well as old road signs with non-metric distances (from before 1970s).
- January 30 - First parliamentary elections in Iraq since the toppling of Saddam Hussein
- February 1 - Tadao Chino, the Japanese man who is president of the Asian Development Bank, will leave office.
- February 8 - Mardi Gras
- February 17 - MTV Networks scheduled to launch LGBT-themed LOGO channel in the United States.
- February 23 - Rotary International , the world's first service club celebrates the 100th anniversary of the formation of the first Rotary club in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- February 26 through March 5 - Special Olympics World Winter Games scheduled for Nagano, Japan.
- March - the return of Doctor Who to BBC 1 (tentative).
- April 8 - Hybrid solar eclipse (south Pacific ocean)
- April 14 - Montreal Expos (renamed Washington Nationals) move to Washington D.C. and play their first game in their new home city at RFK Stadium.
- May 5 - Disneyland begins its 50th Anniversary celebration.
- May 5 - Expected date for UK General Election (though it could take place as late as June 30, 2006) and due date of UK District Council elections, particularly those who have elections for the whole Council every four years.
- May 6 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie's theatrical release in UK.
- May 14 - Start of the seventh annual Gumball 3000 rally
- May 19 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith scheduled to be released
- June - Iranian presidential election, 2005
- June 3 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie's theatrical release in US.
- June 7 - Norway celebrates 100-year anniversary of independence
- June 13 - First Twenty20 international cricket match, to be between England and Australia.
- June 30 - Rail service scheduled to begin on the MBTA Greenbush Line in Massachusetts.
- July 1 - Revaluation of the Romanian leu.
- July 6 - Host of the 2012 Summer Olympics to be announced by the IOC.
- July 10-15 - 2005 World Conference (http://www.isil.org/conference/) of the International Society for Individual Liberty celebrates Ayn Rand in her home town of St. Petersburg, Russia.
- July 17 - Disneyland celebrates its official 50th anniversary.
- August
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway in the San Fernando Valley.
- NASA's MESSENGER probe to Mercury makes an Earth flyby.
- August 6 - 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima (Japan) at 8:16 a.m.
- September 12 - Hong Kong Disneyland opens.
- September 25 - The new Suvarnabhumi Airport opens in Bangkok, Thailand
- October 3 - Annular solar eclipse (North Portugal, Spain, east Africa)
- October 8 - The second DARPA Grand Challenge is scheduled to be held.
- October 21 - Two hundred years since the Battle of Trafalgar.
- November 5 - 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.
- [dates to be announced]
- Charlotte Bobcats scheduled to begin play in the Uptown Arena.
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