February 2005

Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia, dies on February 3, 2005 he was accidentally killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Saudis Vote for the first time on Feburary 10, 2005. The Kingdom holds municipal elections for local city or town officials. Voting is held in Riyadh. Women are not allowed to vote, and less than a third of eligible voters registered.

British sailor Ellen MacArthur completes a solo circumnavigation in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds on February 7, 2005.

The National Hockey League owners and players fail to reach a deal on salary cap for players, Commissioner Gary Bettman formally cancels the season on February 16, 2005.

More than 500 people die and about 40 villages destroyed in an earthquake in Iran on February 22, 2005.

March 2005

Steve Fossett completes a 23,000-mile journey when his plane GlobalFlyer lands in Kansas on March 3, 2005. The first person to make the solo nonstop journey around the world.

Jeff Weise, 16, kills nine people, including his grandfather, before turning the gun on himself. Five students at Red Lake (USA) High School also killed, March 21, 2005. Police arrest 16-year-old Louis Jourdain, the son of a tribal leader, in connection with the shootings on March 28, 2005.

An earthquake near Temblor, Indonesia, with a magnitude of 8.7, strikes the island of Nias. Residents, feared another deadly tsunami, and fled for higher ground. Hundreds were killed.

April 2005

John Paul II, charismatic pope who was credited with hastening the fall of communism in Poland and in other Eastern bloc countries died April 2, 2005 at the age of 84. The third longest-reigning pope, having served the Catholic Church for 26 years.

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco who was Europe's longest-serving monarch, ruling for 56 years dies April 6, 2005 at the age of 81.

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, British royalty, were married in a civil ceremony on April 8.

Derailment of a speeding commuter train near Osaka, Japan, killed more than 100 people and injures about 400 on April 25, 2005.

May 2005

Women win the right to vote in Kuwait on May 16, 2005. Parliament votes, 35–23, with one abstention, to change the country's electoral laws to allow women to vote and run for office in local and parliamentary elections.

Eddie Albert, comedic stage, screen, and television actor best known for his role as a city lawyer who moves to the country with his wife, played by Eva Gabor, in TV's Green Acres died on May 26, 2005, age 99.

June 2005

Pop star, Michael Jackson, was acquitted on June 13, 2005, by a California jury of ten felony charges, including molesting a child, conspiracy, and providing alcohol to minors.

Anne Bancroft, Academy- and Tony Award–winning actress best known for her portrayal of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher, in the stage and film versions of The Miracle Worker died June 6, 2005 at the age of 73.

Four U.S. women soldiers were killed in Iraq on June 23, 2005. They were victims of a suicide attack in Falluja. It is the war's largest number of American women killed in one attack.

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