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Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005…
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in…
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…
Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills…
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the…
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three…
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
The general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passes the…
Bombings in Delhi, India kill 67 and injure over 200 people.
The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after…
Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160