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Evansville Tornado Of November 2005

Evansville Tornado of November 2005

The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 was a powerful tornado that formed on November 6, 2005, outside of Evansville, Indiana, a city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River. With at least 22 confirmed fatalities, it was the deadliest and most severe United States tornado in 2005 and the deadliest in Indiana since 47 died when several tornadoes hit the state during the Super Outbreak of 1974. It was also the most deaths caused in a single day by tornadoes since 37 died on April 8, 1998, in the Birmingham, Alabama area. The system also produced six other confirmed tornadoes and at least one other unconfirmed tornado across the Ohio Valley region in the evening of November 5 and into the morning of November 6. The same area was hit by another tornado outbreak on November 15.

Evansville area tornado

November 15 On Sunday, November 6, 2005 at around 1:50 am CST (0750 UTC), a tornado touched down 2 miles (3 km) north-northwest of Smiths Mills in Henderson County, Kentucky, near the Indiana/Kentucky border, and then crossed the Ohio River into Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Staying just south of I-164, the tornado traveled to the northeast causing extensive damage to parts of Evansville, Newburgh, and Boonville in Indiana. The tornado finally lifted in Spencer County, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-southwest of Gentryville. According to a damage survey done by the National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky the damage path is at least 400 yards (365 m) wide and it was on the ground for 41 miles (66 km). The tornado's maximum wind speed was estimated to be 200 mph (320 km/h), making it a high-end F3 on the Fujita scale. Fujita scale The worst damage occured in the southeast side of Evansville, where a mobile home park suffered extreme damage from the tornado, and over 100 trailers were flattened. 17 people were killed in the park. Ellis Park (a horse racing facility between Henderson and Evansville) also suffered heavy damage and reported that several of their racehorses were killed. Electricity remains cut for 25,000 customers in the area. Local residents have been comparing the damage to that of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast area in late August, although on a much more localized scale. As of 1:00 am EST (0600 UTC), there have been 22 confirmed deaths and over 230 injuries. According to local officials, the death toll could rise because there may be as many as six people still unaccounted for. There are also many individuals in critical condition in local hospitals, nearly 50 according to some reports. Tornado warnings were in effect at the time and issued about 30 minutes before the tornado hit, but as it happened overnight, few people were able to get the warning. According to WFIE, damage has also been reported east of Evansville; it is unclear if that was caused by other (likely weaker) tornadoes. The community's response lead by county commissoner Cheryl Musgrave to the tornado garnered national praise. A coordinating officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency noted, "I don't think I've ever seen a community of people come out so quickly to help each other. All communities come together after a disaster, but this one is exceptional." [http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_4239245,00.html] He also was taken aback by the hundreds of thousands of dollars that poured in from area residents and businesses. A local telethon helped raise the funds. "Just having a telethon that quickly was amazing," said Gair. "Then to raise that kind of money ... That's unusual." [http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_4239245,00.html]

Other tornadoes

Garrison, Missouri

A tornado was spotted in Garrison, Missouri, in Christian County around 8:00 pm CST on November 5 (0200 UTC November 6). Overall damage was minor; only one home was affected. The tornado tracked 17 miles (29 km) across Christian County and into Douglas County. It was confirmed to be an F1 tornado. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=sgf&storyid=116&source=0]

Myrtle, Missouri

A tornado was confirmed near Myrtle, Missouri in Oregon County at about 10:20 pm CST on November 5 (0420 UTC November 6). Two mobile homes were destroyed by extreme winds. The damage trail for trees runs about 7 miles (11 km). It was confirmed to be an F2 tornado.[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=sgf&storyid=116&source=0]

Tucker, Missouri

A tornado was confirmed just outside of Tucker, Missouri in Ripley County at about 11:00 pm CST on November 5 (0500 UTC November 6). No structural damage was reported from the brief F0 tornado. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=pah&issuedby=PAH&product=LSR&format=ci&version=1]

Munfordville, Kentucky

Ripley County A tornado was also reported in Munfordville, Kentucky in Hart County in the central part of that state at about 4:45 am CST (1045 UTC). No fatalities or serious injuries were reported from that tornado. Damage has been reported to be significant in that community, with several buildings destroyed and others heavily damaged, as well as trees across roads. It was confirmed to be a high-end F2 tornado. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=lmk&storyid=111&source=0]

Mattoon, Kentucky

A confirmed tornado was also reported in Mattoon in Crittenden County in far western Kentucky at about 1:50 am CST (0750 UTC) on November 6. It cut a path 11.25 miles (18 km) long and as wide as 150 yds (137 m). At least five people were injured in that storm. A two-story home was completely destroyed as well as one mobile home that was overturned and destroyed. It was confirmed to be an F2 tornado. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=pah&storyid=119&source=0]

Woodbury, Kentucky

An confirmed microburst was reported in Woodbury, Kentucky in Butler County at about 3:50 am CST (0945 UTC). It was confirmed to have 80 mph (130 km/h) winds, as the wind pattern was determined to have been in a straight line. Some moderate damage was reported, plus many trees were knocked down. [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=lmk&storyid=111&source=0]

Russellville, Ohio

A confirmed tornado was reported in Russellville, Ohio in Brown County at about 7:25 am EST (1225 UTC). According to public accounts it touched down briefly in a field. No damage or injuries have been reported regarding this storm. No Fujita scale rating has been determined. [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/051106_rpts.html]

Millerton, Pennsylvania

An unconfirmed tornado was reported in Millerton, Pennsylvania in Tioga County at about 4:15 pm EST (2115 UTC) November 6. Debris was twisted around the area and multiple trees were down, although there have been no immediate reports of structural damage. [http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/features/2005/6Nov/]

External links

- [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/11/06/indiana.tornadoes/index.html Tornado kills 22 in Indiana] CNN
- [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9942171/ Deadly tornado rakes Kentucky, Indiana] MSNBC, AP
- [http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=4077888 Historic Tornado Outbreak Sunday] WFIE
- [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/?n=evansvilletornado-nov.6,2005 Major tornado struck the Evansville, IN area on Saturday night.] NWS-Paducah
- [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=pah&storyid=119&source=0 Damage survey for tornado in Crittenden/Webster Counties in KY] NWS-Paducah
- [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=lmk&storyid=111&source=0 Sunday Morning Severe Storms and Tornadoes - Damage Survey and Photos] NWS-Louisville
- [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lzk/html/svr1105.htm Severe Weather (November 5, 2005)

Tornado

:For other uses of Tornado, see Tornado (disambiguation). Tornado (disambiguation).]] A tornado is a violent spinning storm shaped like a funnel with the narrow end on the ground. Tornados are known for being extremely destructive and are almost always visible due to water vapor from clouds and debri from the ground. Tornadoes form in storms all over the world, and though they have been recorded in all 50 U.S. states, they form most famously in a broad area of the American Midwest and South known as Tornado Alley. Although, in pure number of incidences, the United States experiences more tornadoes than any other country, the United Kingdom is the most tornado-prone country relative to land area. The word "tornado" comes from the Spanish or Portuguese verb tornar, meaning "to turn." Some common, related slang terms include: twister, whirlwind, wedge, funnel, willy-willy, or rope. Cyclone is also another term for a tornado, although it must be noted that in parts of the world (notably Australia) a cyclone refers to what is more correctly known as a tropical cyclone (also known as a hurricane, or a typhoon), and meteorologists use the term cyclone to refer to a wide range of circular weather systems (using adjectives to disambiguate). In general tornadoes are associated with a thunderstorm however National Weather Service in the United States considers all waterspouts, including "fair weather" waterspouts, to be tornadoes. Larger vortexes not associated with a thunderstorm are sometimes called landspouts. Dust devils are small vortexes that form near the ground, which may or may not be considered tornadoes.

Tornado formation

Tornadoes develop from thunderstorms, most frequently supercell thunderstorms, though they also occur within squall lines and hurricanes. They are believed to be produced when cool air overrides a layer of warm air, forcing the warm air to rise rapidly. Tornadoes, lightning, and sometimes hail are associated with thunderstorms. Many tornadoes appear at the tail end of mesocyclones. On weather radar screens, a characteristic "hook echo" marks the area where tornadoes are likely to exist. Exactly how tornadoes form is complex and not fully understood. When thunderstorms develop, an increase in wind speed and/or a large change in direction with height ("wind shear") produces a horizontal, spinning area of air. The strong updrafts within the thunderstorm can draw this area of rotation up from horizontal to vertical. Towards the end of this area of rotation (the mesocyclone) is often a lower area of rain-free cloud and can be seen as a rotating "wall cloud". If the rotation intensifies, a funnel cloud can develop where the cloud water vapor is draw down towards the ground. Usually the funnel cloud follows the intensity of the vortex towards the ground and this indicates the formation of a tornado, often referred to as "touching down", however this is not a reliable indicator as tornados can have a partial funnel cloud or be invisible. It is not uncommon for a tornado to suddenly become visible when it fills with debris from the ground. Why the rotation can intensify and form tornadoes is not understood. funnel cloud. At the time of this image, the tornado was crossing Interstate 44 near the Canadian River, after producing F5 damage in Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, and before producing more F5 damage in Moore. The bright red colors at the tornado location represent not rain or hail—but the aggregate signature of car parts, pieces of houses, shredded tree branches, dirt and other debris, hoisted thousands of feet skyward by the tornado vortex. Source: U.S. NOAA National Weather Service]]

Tornado characteristics

Tornadoes normally rotate in a cyclonic (counterclockwise) direction in the northern hemisphere as the warm air thunderstorms usually form in sweeps north and jet streams come from the west, creating a situation in which the storms rotate. In the northern hemisphere, this rotation is counterclockwise, and in the southern hemisphere, clockwise. The tornadoes usually rotate the same way. Sometimes opposite direction swirls develop under a thunderstorm. About 1 in 100 tornadoes in the northern hemisphere rotate in an anticyclonic direction. No two tornadoes look exactly alike. Nor have any two tornadoes behaved exactly the same. There are true incidents of tornadoes repeatedly hitting the same town several years in a row. But forecasting the exact position a tornado will strike at a certain time is nearly impossible. Tornadoes can be nearly invisible, marked only by swirling debris at the base of the funnel. While tornadoes are invisible at night, some nocturnal tornadoes have been observed glowing diffusely due to lightning activity. Verified observations by Hall and others suggest a cellular structure inside tornadoes. Some tornadoes are composed of several mini-funnels. A tornado must by definition have both ground and cloud contact. Thus, the oft-mentioned exclamation "Tornado on the ground!" is indeed redundant. Not every thunderstorm, supercell, squall line, or hurricane will produce a tornado. Luckily, it takes exactly the right combination of atmospheric variables (wind, temperature, pressure, humidity, etc.) to spawn even a weak tornado. On the other hand, roughly 1,000 tornadoes a year are reported in the contiguous United States. Even though no two tornadoes are exactly alike, they always have the same general characteristics that classify them as tornadoes. First, a tornado is a microscale rotating area of wind, from a few feet to a few miles wide. A thunderstorm can rotate, but that does not mean it is a tornado. Secondly, the vortex, rotating wind, must be attached to a convective cloud base, and be in contact with the ground. Some of those are thunderstorms embedded in squall lines, supercell thunderstorms, and also not to exclude the outer fringes of landfalling hurricanes. Third, a spinning vortex of air must have caused enough damage to be classified by the Fujita scale as a tornado.

Tornado intensity

In the United States (and sometimes in other countries, as well), the intensity of a tornado is measured on the Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale (also known simply as Fujita scale). The intensity can be derived directly with high resolution Doppler radar wind speed data, or empirically derived from structural damage compared to engineering data. Note that intensity does not refer in any way to the size, or width, of a tornado. The scale ranges from F0 for the weakest to F5 for the most powerful known tornadoes. No F6 tornado has yet been detected. The TORRO scale, developed in the United Kingdom and used primarily in Europe, covers a broader range in finer detail, and is based solely on wind speed. It ranges in a similar way from a T0 to T11 for the most powerful known tornado in the United States. Of all tornadoes formed in the U.S., F0 and F1 tornadoes account for a large percentage of occurrences. On the other end of the scale, the massively destructive F5s account for fewer than 1% of all tornadoes in the U.S.

Frequency of occurrance

United Kingdom The United States experiences by far the most tornadoes of any country, and has also suffered the most intense ones. Tornadoes are common in most states in spring and summer, especially those east of the Rocky Mountains. However, tornadoes can occur in the West as well, although they are usually very small and relatively weak. Recently tornadoes have struck the Pacific coast town of Lincoln City, Oregon, in 1996 and downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999 (see Salt Lake City Tornado). The U.S. state which has the highest number of tornadoes per unit area is Florida, although most of the tornadoes in Florida are weak tornadoes of F0 or F1 intensity. On average, the United States experiences 100,000 thunderstorms each year, resulting in more than 1,000 tornadoes and approximately 50 deaths per year. The deadliest U.S. tornado on record is the March 18, 1925, Tri-State Tornado that went across southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southern Indiana, killing 695 people. More than six tornadoes in one day is considered a tornado outbreak. The biggest tornado outbreak on record—with 148 tornadoes, including six F5 and 23 F4 tornadoes—occurred on April 3, 1974. It is dubbed the Super Outbreak. Another such significant storm system was the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak, which affected the United States Midwest on April 11, 1965. Canada also experiences numerous tornadoes, although less than the United States. In Canada, an average of 80 tornadoes occur annually, killing 2, injuring 20 and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage. The last killer tornado in Canada struck Pine Lake, Alberta, on July 14, 2000, killing 11. Tornadoes do occur throughout the world as well; the most tornado-prone region of the world (outside North America), as measured by number of reported tornadoes per unit area, is the United Kingdom, especially England. Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh and portions of Uruguay also have pockets of strong tornadic activity. Tornadoes have recently hit parts of Germany in 2003 and Pakistan in 2001 as well.

Social implications of tornadoes

Tornado damage to man-made structures from a tornado is a result of the high wind velocity and windblown debris. Tornadic winds have been measured well in excess of 300 (480 km/h). Tornado season in North America is generally March through October, although tornadoes can occur at any time of year. They tend to occur in the afternoons and evenings: over 80 percent of all tornadoes strike between noon and midnight. Trained weather spotters are often on alert to look for tornadoes and notify local weather agencies when severe weather is occurring or predicted to be imminent. In the United States, skywarn spotters, often local sheriff's deputies, fulfill this role. Additionally, some individuals, known as storm chasers, enjoy pursuing thunderstorms and tornadoes to explore their many visual and scientific aspects. Attempts have been made by storm chasers to drop probes in the path of oncoming tornadoes in an effort to analyze the interior of the storms, but only about five drops have been successful since around 1990. The relative rarity and large scale of destructive power that tornadoes provide, their occurence or the possibility that they may occur creates should be considered sensationalism. This results in so-called weather wars, in which competing local media outlets, particularly TV news stations, engage in continually escalating technological one-upsmanship and dramaticism in order to increase their market share. This is especially evident in tornado-prone markets, such as those in the Great Plains. So intense are the weather wars in these locations that news outlets have been known to concoct footage and endanger public safety themselves to promote their public mission of "notifying their viewers". The sensationalistic nature of tornado occurrence also results in some skewing of scientific data. As those affected by severe weather would like to have their "15 minutes of fame", regardless of the weather phenomenon that caused their damage, if it was high winds of any sort, it is often claimed by the victims that they saw a tornado, even if they did not. According to Environment Canada, the chances of being killed by a tornado are 12 million to 1 (12,000,000:1). One may revise this yearly and/or regionally, but the probability may be factually stated to be low. Tornadoes do cause millions of dollars in damage, both economic and physical, displacement, and many injuries every year. Some common myths about tornadoes which people should not rely upon to protect them are given in the article on The Super Outbreak of 1974, in which some of the most dangerous tornadoes formed near rivers and crossed them, and crossed over steep hills, mountains and deep valleys. Other misconceptions and science fiction, concerning tornado formation can be found at the article for Tornado myths.

Tornado awareness and safety

With each tornado season, schools and media outlets in tornado-prone areas spend time educating the public about the dangers and what can be done to improve the chances of surviving a storm. In the United States, citizens are often advised to purchase NOAA Weather Radios. They are relatively inexpensive devices costing as little as $20 in U.S. currency, which will activate whenever the National Weather Service issues severe weather warnings. Warnings are also carried on radio and television, and most communities have civil defense sirens that will activate when severe weather is believed to be approaching. civil defense siren] When tornado warnings are issued, members of the public are advised to get into sheltered areas. In most buildings, it is recommended to seek shelter in a central, windowless room or corridor, below ground if possible. If a tornado does strike a building, it can cause debris to rain down on people inside, so it is advisable to crouch under strong beams, in doorways, or under strong furniture. However, light structures such as mobile homes are in severe danger when tornadoes and strong winds appear. Residents of such structures are advised to evacuate them whenever severe weather is imminent and seek shelter in sturdier buildings, whether they are designated shelters or the homes of nearby friends. Storm cellars are also common places of refuge in some regions. Vehicles are extremely dangerous in a tornado. If the tornado is visible, far away, and the traffic is light, you may be able to drive out of its path by moving at right angles to the tornado. Otherwise, park the vehicle as quickly and safely as possible—out of the traffic lanes (it is safer to get the vehicle out of mud later if necessary than to cause a crash) and seek shelter in a sturdy building or ditch. You should not, under any circumstances, stay in a vehicle if the vehicle is in or near the path of a tornado. Vehicles are easily tossed around by the extreme winds created by a tornado. As the result of a concocted news story that involved two newscasters being overtaken by a tornado on a Kansas highway and being forced to take refuge under an overpass, some people have been led to believe that taking shelter under overpasses is good practice. Regardless that the newscasters survived the near miss of the tornado as it passed the bridge, underpasses are not considered safe places to take shelter. Bridges vary in construction, and many do not provide any significant protection from the wind and flying debris. They also act as a funnel, channling the wind into a tighter space. Finnaly the congestion of vehicles from several people parking their vehicles under and around the bridge can block the progress of other vehicles, potentially keeping them from having a chance to reach safety. The National Weather Service, has created a presentation discussing the use of bridges as protection during the Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak that occurred on May 3, 1999, in the region of Oklahoma City where tornadoes passed over three different bridges—at least one person was killed in each instance. Further safety information is available via the "External links" section below.

References

- Thomas P. Grazulis; Significant Tornadoes: 1860 - 1991; Environmental Films; ISBN 1879362007 (hardcover, 1993)

External links

- [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ Tornado Frequently Asked Questions]. National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.
- [http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/ NOAA Tornado Preparedness Guide]
- [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wspouts.htm USA Today article on waterspouts]
- [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ks/tornado_1 Tornadoes in Kansas]. Library of Congress, America's Story.
- [http://wetterchronik.de/english/tornadogeruecht.htm F3 and F4 tornadoes in Germany since 1900]
- [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/pan:@field(SUBJ+@od1(Tornadoes+)) Tornado damage] (in 1899; archived panoramic photographs)
- [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/torscans.htm Tornado images] (Public Domain)
- [http://www.tornadoproject.com/ The Tornado Project Online!]
- [http://www.tordach.org TorDACH: Centre of Competence for Severe Local Storms in D, A, CH]
- [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/papers/overpass.html Highway Overpasses as Tornado Shelters: Fallout from the May 3, 1999 Tornado Outbreak]. National Weather Service, Norman, Oklahoma.
- [http://wetterchronik.de/english/unweifel10juni2003b.htm An F3 tornado hit Acht (Eifel, Germany) on June 10th 2003]
- [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/spencer/lsdv4.jpg Vehicle damage by a tornado]
- [http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/researchitems/tornadoes.shtml National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma: Tornado research and education]
- [http://www.torro.org.uk/ The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation]
- [http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0404/feature1/index.html Chasing Tornadoes (National Geographic Magazine)]
- [http://www.stormtrack.org/ Stormtrack Magazine]

Motion pictures with a tornado theme

- The Wizard of Oz, 1939
- [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117179/ Night of the Twisters (TV)], 1996
- [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117942/ Tornado! (TV)], 1996
- Twister, 1996
- The Day After Tomorrow, 2004 Category:Weather hazards Category:Meteorology Category:Weather Category:Tornadoes ja:竜巻

November 6

November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. With 88 days between the equinox on September 23 and the solstice on 21 December, we are considered halfway through the relevant seasons (Autumn or Fall in the northern hemisphere; Spring in the southern hemisphere) on November 6.

Events

- 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas.
- 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
- 1844 - The first constitution of the Dominican Republic was adopted.
- 1860 - U.S. presidential election, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1869 - In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University defeats Princeton University, 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game .
- 1873 - The Halifax Rugby League Football Club is formed.
- 1888 - U.S. presidential election, 1888: Democrat incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the overall popular vote, but is voted out of office because he loses in the Electoral College to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison.
- 1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
- 1900 - U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley is re-elected by defeating Democrat challenger William Jennings Bryan.
- 1913 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
- 1917 - World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Ypres in Belgium.
- 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.
- 1928 - Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
- 1928 - U.S. presidential election, 1928: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith.
- 1935 - Before the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" (see: FM radio).
- 1939 - World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau
- 1939 - The Hedda Hopper Show debuts with Hollywood gossip Hedda Hopper as host. The show would run until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite.
- 1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.
- 1947 - Meet The Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
- 1956 - U.S. presidential election, 1956: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower is re-elected by defeating Democrat challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
- 1957 - Félix Gaillard becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1962 - Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
- 1963 - Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
- 1965 - Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans will take advantage of this program.
- 1971 - The AEC tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
- 1975 - The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
- 1977 - The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
- 1984 - Ronald Reagan defeats Walter Mondale to be re-elected in one of the largest electoral landslides in United States election history.
- 1985 - In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
- 1985 - "Irangate" scandal: The American press reveals that US President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.
- 1988 - Beatle Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation centre.
- 1989 - Kitty Dukakis, wife of presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, is hospitalised for drinking rubbing alcohol.
- 1996 - The family of Eduardo Quihua Maquixtle from Vicente Guerrero, Mexico, including his four children, are stabbed by three men accusing them of witchcraft.
- 1998 - Hugo Chávez is elected president of Venezuela
- 1999 - Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum..
- 2001 - Belgians national airline Sabena is declared bankrupt.
- 2001 - Michael Bloomberg is elected mayor of New York City.
- 2001 - David Trimble is re-elected prime minister of Northern Ireland
- 2002 - 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for Vienna from Paris
- 2002 - Winona Ryder is found guilty of shoplifting after stealing items worth $5,500 from a New York boutique.
- 2004 - An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 6 and injuring 150.
- 2004 - Official Guided by Voices Day in Dallas, Texas.
- 2005 - The 2005 French Riots continue for a tenth day.
- 2005 - Manchester United beats Chelsea FC at a football game at Old Trafford, Manchester to end the defending champion's 40-match unbeaten run in the English Premier League.
- 2005 - The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 22 in Indiana and Kentucky.

Births

- 1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
- 1479 - Joanna of Castile, queen of Philip I of Castile (d. 1555)
- 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
- 1510 - John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
- 1661 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
- 1692 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d.1894)
- 1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d.1908)
- 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915)
- 1841 - Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)
- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d.1902)
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)
- 1855 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)
- 1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and President of Poland (d.1941)
- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
- 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)
- 1887 - Walter Johnson, baseball player (d. 1946)
- 1892 - Harold Ross, American editor (d.1951)
- 1914 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1916 - Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d.2002)
- 1921 - James Jones, American writer (d. 1977)
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, American film director
- 1938 - Mack Jones, baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1938 - P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
- 1939 - Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress
- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)
- 1949 - Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter
- 1955 - Maria Shriver, American journalist
- 1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist
- 1957 - Lori Singer, American actress
- 1965 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
- 1966 - Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer
- 1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
- 1967 - Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor
- 1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
- 1972 - Thandie Newton, Zambian actress
- 1972 - Rebecca Romijn, American actress
- 1973 - Nell McAndrew, British model
- 1976 - Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (mxpx)
- 1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
- 1979 - Lamar Odom, American basketball player
- 1987 - Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player

Deaths

- 1231 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
- 1406 - Pope Innocent VII
- 1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer
- 1550 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
- 1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
- 1656 - King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
- 1692 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
- 1752 - Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
- 1771 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
- 1790 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)
- 1796 - Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)
- 1816 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)
- 1822 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748)
- 1836 - King Charles X of France (b. 1757)
- 1846 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b. 1800)
- 1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
- 1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838)
- 1925 - Khai Dinh, Emperor of Vietnam
- 1964 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
- 1965 - Edgar Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)
- 1965 - Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)
- 1968 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)
- 1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)
- 1984 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)
- 1985 - Joel Crothers, Soap Opera Actor (b. 1941)
- 1986 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
- 1989 - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
- 1991 - Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2000 - David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)
- 2000 - L. Sprague De Camp, American writer (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- 2003 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
- 2004 - Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b. 1938)
- 2004 -Johnny Warren, Australian footballer (b. 1943)
- 2005 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)

Holidays and Observances

- R.C. Saints - November 6th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
- St. Atticus
- St. Barlaam
- St. Christine of Stommeln
- St. Demetrian
- St. Edwen
- St. Efflam
- St. Emil
- St. Felix of Fondi
- St. Felix of Thynissa
- St. Illtud
- St. Joseph Khang
- St. Leonard
- St. Leonard of Noblac
- St. Leonard of Reresby
- St. Leonianus
- St. Pinnock
- St. Winoc
- Also see November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Dominican Republic - Constitution Day (1844)
- Finland - Day of the Swedish Identity an official flag day
- Morocco - Anniversary of the Green March
- Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden an official flag day
- Tajikistan - Constitution Day (1994)

External links

- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6 BBC: On This Day] ---- November 5 - November 7 - October 6 - December 6 - more historical anniversaries ko:11월 6일 ms:6 November ja:11月6日 simple:November 6 th:6 พฤศจิกายน

2005

2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. 2005 is the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism. See also Wikipedia's almanac of events for this year.

Events

January

- January 4 - Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, assassinated by gunmen.
- January 9 - The same storm which pounded the US earlier in the month hits England and Scandinavia, leaving 13 dead with widespread flooding and power cuts.
- January 9 - Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president in the Palestinian election.
- January 12 - Deep Impact is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket.
- January 13 - Terrorists enter into Israel from Gaza and open fire on civilians near border, killing 6 and wounding 5 others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility for attack.
- January 14 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, largest moon of Saturn.
- January 16 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so. Adriana Iliescu.]]
- January 18 - Terrorists murder 1 person and wound 8 people in Gush Katif, Israel. Hamas claims responsibility.
- January 20 - George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.
- January 20 - Ireland completes metrication.
- January 21 - In Belize's capital city Belmopan, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
- January 23 - Viktor Yushchenko is sworn in as the third President of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine.
- January 25 - A stampede at Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.
- January 30 - The first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq since 1958 take place.
- January 30 - A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Iraq, killing 10 British servicemen. Iraqi insurgents release a video claiming to have shot the aircraft down using a missile.

February

- February 6 - The New England Patriots defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 to win their third Super Bowl in four years.
- February 8 - Danish parliamentary elections continue the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party.
- February 9 - An ETA car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in Madrid.
- February 10 - North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.
- February 10 - Saudi Arabia holds its first ever elections for municipal authorities, in which only men are allowed to vote.
- February 12 - Fire devastates the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.
- February 14 - A massive suicide bomb blast in central Beirut kills Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people were also hurt.
- February 14 - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in Tehran, Iran. Iran emissions of greenhouse gases.]]
- February 16 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
- February 16 - The National Hockey League cancels its 2004-2005 season becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.
- February 19 - Suicide bombers kill more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark Ashura, their holiest day.
- February 20 - Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
- February 20 - Early Legislative elections in Portugal result in a landslide victory for José Sócrates and the Socialist Party.
- February 22 - More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured after entire villages are flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
- February 25 - The Serial Killer Dennis Rader is apprehended by Wichita Police and the FBI.
- February 25 - Terrorists murder 5 people and wound 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
- February 26 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt asks parliament to amend the constitution to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005.

March

- March 1 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes under age 18.
- March 3 - At 19:17 the 3500-ton freighter, M/V Karen Danielsen, crashes into the Western bridge of the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark, 800m from Funen. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two.
- March 3 - Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
- March 10 - Tung Chee Hwa's resignation: Tung Chee Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, resigns.
- March 11 - In the UK, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 was finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords.
- March 13 - First round of Central African Republic elections.
- March 14 - The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
- March 14 - Nearly one million people gathered for an opposition rally in Beirut, a month after the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri — the largest rally in Lebanon history. Lebanon, 2005.]]
- March 16 - Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts.
- March 19 - A suspected suicide bomber in Doha, Qatar, kills one person and injures about 12 others.
- March 19 - A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
- March 19 - A mine blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
- March 20 - At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor.
- March 21 - 10 killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.
- March 23 - The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
- March 24 - The Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of president Askar Akayev.
- March 26 - The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of Mainland China. Around 200 000 to 300 000 attended the walk.
- March 28 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake struck off Sumatra, 3 months after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. At a magnitude of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since 1965.

April

- Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China
- April 1 - Newsanchor Peter Jennings hosts what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast.
- April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies, causing widespread grief in the world.
- April 7 - MG Rover, the UK's sole remaining volume producer goes into receivership after a planned alliance with Chinese manufacturer, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation collapses.
- April 7 - A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing two foreign tourists and wounding seventeen others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.
- April 8 - Referendum in Curaçao on independence vs. integration with the Netherlands.
- April 9 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many of them supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, marched through Baghdad denouncing the U.S. occupation of Iraq, two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, and rallied in the square where his statue was toppled in 2003.
- April 9 - The marriage of The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles takes place. Camilla assumes the titles Her Royal Highness and The Duchess of Cornwall.
- April 12 - Fans hurl lit flares onto the field at San Siro Stadium in Milan during a Champions League quarter-final soccer match.
- April 15 - At least twenty one people died and around fifty people were injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris.
- April 16 - President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in the capital city and dissolved the Supreme Court.
- April 17 - Twelve holidaymakers were killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying twenty seven people plunged 200 metres into a ravine.
- April 18 - Five people died in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west Khuzestan province.
- April 19 - Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
- April 20 - fifty six hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.
- April 20 - President Lucio Gutiérrez of Ecuador is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests.
- April 21 - A bus crash in Vietnam's Central Highlands has left thirty Vietnamese war veterans dead and four other people hurt.
- April 21 - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca has left two militants and two members of the security forces dead.
- April 23 - Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister of Italy, re-forms government after its dissolution three days earlier.
- April 25 - A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki rail crash)
- April 26 - Facing international pressure, Syria withdrew the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its twenty nine year military domination of that country.
- April 27 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 made its first flight from Toulouse.
- April 30 - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo leave three militants dead and at least ten people injured.

May

- May 1 - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, and leaves at least 25 people dead and more than 30 others injured. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.
- May 2 - 4th president of Singapore, Wee Kim Wee dies from prostate cancer.
- May 2 - A blast at an illegal munitions store in northern Afghanistan kills 28 people and injures at least 13 others.
- May 3 - At least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-storey buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.
- May 4 - In one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq.
- May 5 - The United Kingdom votes in the 2005 general election. The Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority.
- May 5 - Two homemade bombs explode outside the British consulate in New York, USA.
- May 10 - A live hand grenade lands about 100 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.
- May 11 - Serial killer Michael Ross became first person executed in New England in 45 years.
- May 12 - An election was held in the Cayman Islands 7 months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Ivan. It resulted in a change of government, with the United Democratic Party giving four seats to the then-opposition People's Progressive Movement in the 15 member Legislative Assembly.
- May 13 - Uzbek troops kill up to 700 during protests in eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic extremists. President Islam Karimov defends the act.
- May 13 - The United States Department of Defense issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC 2005).
- May 13 - The final episode of the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States. This episode may mark the end of the Star Trek franchise itself, which dates back to 1966.
- May 15 - A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 100 people missing.
- May 16 - George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.
- May 17 - Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.
- May 19 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith released, effectively completing the Star Wars movie saga begun by George Lucas in 1977 and shattering the opening day box-office record with $50,013,859.
- May 19 - The Canadian House of Commons members narrowly pass two budget bills at second reading allowing the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay in power.
- May 21 - Greece wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
- May 25 - Liverpool F.C. win the UEFA Champions League by defeating AC Milan 3-2 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul.
- May 25 - The Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, resigned for participating in the Chief Executive Election in July. As a result, Henry Tang and Michael Suen had become the Acting Chief Executive and Acting Chief Secretary for Administration respectively.
- May 29 - French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.
- May 31 - W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.

June

- June 1 - Dutch referendum on the European Constitution votes to reject, the second country to do so.
- June 5 - Switzerland votes to join the Schengen area and to allow same-sex partnerships.
- June 6 - Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam resigns.
- June 9 - Glynn Birch announced as new president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
- June 13 - Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children (see 2005 trial of Michael Jackson).
- June 17 - A 6.7 aftershock,which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California. (California earthquakes of June 2005)
- June 17 - Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares were traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day.
- June 19 - Election in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain — preliminary results show that Manuel Fraga and the Partido Popular lose control of the autonomous parliament.
- June 21 - Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
- June 23 - The San Antonio Spurs win the NBA World Championship title.
- June 28 - Queen Elizabeth II conducts the International Fleet Review of 167 international warships in the Solent, as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations.
- June 30 - Spain joins Belgium and the Netherlands in permitting same-sex marriage.

July

- July 2 - Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
- July 4 - NASA's "Copper bullet" from Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
- July 4 - Violent G8 demonstrations in Gleneagles
- July 6 - The European Parliament rejects the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading in the codecision procedure.
- July 6 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London. London.]]
- July 7 - Four explosions rock the transport network in London, three on the London Underground and one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured. See 7 July 2005 London bombings.
- July 7 - Al-Qaeda admits to the killing of Egypt's Ambassador, Ihab al-Sherif.
- July 10 - Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept.
- July 10 - Hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.
- July 12 - Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in Netanya, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
- July 13 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.
- July 14 - A compromise budget is reached in Minnesota, ending the fourteen-day government shutdown.
- July 16 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book of the Harry Potter saga by the British writer J. K. Rowling, is released.
- July 19 - President Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.
- July 20 - Canada's Civil Marriage Act, legalizing same-sex marriage, receives Royal Assent.
- July 21 - A terrorist attack on London, similar to the July 7 attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 Underground trains and a London bus. The bombs failed to explode properly, and only one injury was reported.
- July 22 - A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber.
- July 23 - A series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt. See July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks.
- July 24 - Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement.
- July 26 - Launch for Space Shuttle Discovery return to flight mission STS-114. This is the first Space Shuttle flight in nearly two and a half years since the breakup of Columbia on its return from mission STS-107.
- July 28 - The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms.

August

August
- August 2 - Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport; all aboard survive.
- August 6 - An ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.
- August 9 - Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight."
- August 12 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched.
- August 14 - Helios Airways Flight 552 crashes into a mountain in Greece, killing 121.
- August 16 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 152 passengers.
- August 17 - The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
- August 17 - Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions. [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bangladesh_hit_by_several_bomb_explosions]
- August 18 - BTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences.
- August 18 - Peace Mission 2005, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula.
- August 22 - A 4.1 kg meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15 cm crater.
- August 23 - Israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends.
- August 24 - Hong Kong High Court Judge Michael Hartmann rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional. Michael Hartmann.]]
- August 28 - Terrorist wounds 52 at bus station in Beersheba, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack.
- August 29 - At least 1,300 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Within hours, levees give way and New Orleans is flooded.
- August 31 - A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede).

September

- September 1 - Oil prices rise sharply following economic effects of Hurricane Katrina.
- September 5 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. (See airplane accidents in 2005).
- September 7 - Incumbent Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak wins its first multi-party presidential election.
- September 11 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the LDP are returned to power following the Japanese general elections.
- September 12 - Norwegian parliamentary election
- September 12 - English cricket team draw the final match to win The 2005 Ashes.
-