2005 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated:

• The World Year of Physics [1]
• The International Year of Microcredit
• The International Year for Sport and Physical Education

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 2005 in literature 2005 in music 2005 in sports 2005 in television

Scheduled and expected events

• January - the return of Doctor Who to BBC 1 (tentative).
• 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 31 - 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.
• February 26 through March 5 - Special Olympics World Winter Games scheduled for Nagano, Japan.
• April 8 - Hybrid solar eclipse (south Pacific ocean)
• May 5 - Disneyland begins its 50th Anniversary celebration.
• May 5 - Expected date for UK General Election 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 - scheduled to be released
• 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 17 - Disneyland celebrates its official 50th anniversary.
• August
  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a suburban Los Angeles light-rail line.
  • 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 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]
  • The new Legend of Zelda game is released for Nintendo GameCube.
  • Charlotte Bobcats scheduled to begin play in the Uptown Arena.
  • Montreal Expos are moved to Washington D.C and play their first game in their new home city.
  • Sony PSP is released worldwide.
  • Polio is eradicated from the world. It is only the second disease ever eradicated, the first being smallpox.

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