Date: February 2, 2005
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,392 people and causing $125 billion in damage. Date: August 29, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum. Date: May 29, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2005Bulgaria and Romania Sign EU Accession Treaty, April 25, 2005Jigme Singye Wangchuck Abdicates…
YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos. Date: February 14, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 2005Airbus A380…
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. Date: August 16, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2005Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight 101 Crash…
James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion. Date: March 3, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events…