Date: March 3, 2005
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. Date: August 3, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2005Graniteville Train…
The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured. Date: February 22, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. Date: July 28, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2005Egypt’s First Multi-Party Presidential Election September…
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country. Date: November 23, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2005Mauritania Coup Overthrows President Taya in Saudi…
The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. Date: January 8, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory. Date: March 31, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2005Andijan Uprising, Uzbekistan: Troops Fire on…