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The social news site Reddit launches. The San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA Championship after defeating the Detroit Pistons, 81-74, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. June 24 – 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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. 2005 January February March April May June July August September October November December From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people throughout the Southern United States ; the funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City ; "Me at the zoo" is the first video ...
2005 Pacific hurricane season: Tropical Storm Adrian reaches hurricane strength, and is about 12 hours away from making landfall over or near El Salvador. Unrest in Uzbekistan: Various governments, including that of the United States, demand further investigation into the events.
Business and economy The Turkish currency is revalued at a rate of 1,000,000 "old" lira for 1 New Turkish Lira. (BBC) Law and crime A group of Peruvian army reservists from the Movimiento Etnocacerista seize a police station in Andahuaylas, Apurímac Region, demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo. Four police officers die in a shootout, another dozen police are taken as ...
(Rai News 24, with video) 2005 Sydney terrorism plot: Australian authorities arrest nine men, led by Abdul Nacer Benbrika, in a counterterrorism raid. Benbrika and six other men are later convicted of terrorism-related offenses. (Sydney Morning Herald)
(Reporters Without Borders) (Minivan News, Maldives) The Egyptian parliament approves a constitutional amendment that would allow presidential elections to be contested. President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili met in Tbilisi, Georgia and Bush gets a hand grenade thrown at him, but does not detonate.
Archived 2005-04-27 at the Wayback Machine; The date of the next elections in Lebanon is set for May 29. Colombian president Álvaro Uribe sacks four top army generals for disagreeing with his army reforms. (Reuters AlertNet) In Togo, opposition resistance against election victory of Faure Gnassingbé escalates into violence. At least 33 have ...
International relations Salva Kiir, the new vice-president of Sudan, is opposed to independence for the country's south. (BBC) The Ugandan government shuts down a radio station for broadcasting a debate on the cause of death of former Sudanese vice-president John Garang. (BBC) Law and crime Omar Bakri Mohammed is banned from returning to the United Kingdom. (BBC) Former Israeli sergeant Taysir ...