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What Happened In December 2005 In History

Historical Events for December, 2005

  • 3rd » XCOR Aerospace makes the Rocket mail Reusable launch vehicles e.g first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
  • 4th » Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Hong Kong Government government to allow universal suffrage universal and equal suffrage.
  • 5th » The 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake e.g Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 6th » Several villagers are shot dead during Dongzhou protests of 2005 or protests in Dongzhou, China.
  • 6th » An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules e.g C-130 military transport aircraft 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash e.g crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
  • 7th » Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service or federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
  • 7th » Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife, by Spain e.g Spanish police.
  • 11th » The Buncefield fire named Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom.
  • 11th » 2005 Cronulla riots called Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanon e.g Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. These are f
  • 15th » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into United States Air Force called USAF active service.
  • 17th » Anti-World Trade Organization World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005 17 December 2005 known as protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
  • 17th » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
  • 18th » The Civil war in Chad (2005–2010) known as civil war in Chad begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an Battle of Adré e.g attack in Adré.
  • 20th » Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania.
  • 24th » Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a Declaration of war e.g state of war against Sudan following a December 18 Battle of Adré known as attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
  • 30th » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the Atlantic Ocean known as North Atlantic basin.

Famous Birthdays on December in 2005

  • 3rd » Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
  • 31st » Lakshmi Tatma, Indian girl with conjoined twin

Famous Deaths for December 2005

  • 1st » Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
  • 1st » Mary Hayley Bell, Chinese-English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
  • 1st » Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
  • 2nd » Kenneth Lee Boyd, American murderer (b. 1948)
  • 2nd » William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)
  • 2nd » Van Tuong Nguyen, Thai-Australian drug trafficker (b. 1980)
  • 2nd » Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
  • 3rd » Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)
  • 3rd » Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
  • 4th » Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
  • 4th » Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
  • 4th » Gloria Lasso, Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)
  • 5th » Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
  • 5th » Kevin McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949)
  • 5th » Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
  • 6th » Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
  • 6th » Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
  • 6th » Danny Williams (singer) e.g Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
  • 6th » William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
  • 7th » Rigoberto Alpizar, Costa Rican-American shooting victim (b. 1961)
  • 7th » Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
  • 8th » Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (b. 1915)
  • 9th » György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912)
  • 9th » Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
  • 10th » Eugene McCarthy, America poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
  • 10th » Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
  • 12th » Robert Newmyer, American actor and producer (b. 1956)
  • 12th » Ramanand Sagar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
  • 12th » Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957)
  • 12th » Annette Stroyberg, Danish actress (b. 1936)
  • 13th » Timothy Jordan II, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter (Jonezetta) (b. 1981)
  • 13th » Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (b. 1953)
  • 14th » Trevanian, American author and scholar (b. 1931)
  • 15th » Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (b. 1914)
  • 15th » Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)
  • 15th » William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
  • 15th » Darrell Russell (American football) known as Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
  • 16th » Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
  • 16th » Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
  • 16th » John Spencer (actor) named John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
  • 17th » Jack Anderson (columnist) or Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
  • 17th » Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
  • 17th » Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)
  • 18th » Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
  • 19th » Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927)
  • 20th » M. Moorthy, Malaysian soldier and mountaineer
  • 21st » Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
  • 23rd » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914)
  • 23rd » Norman D. Vaughan, American dog sled racer and explorer (b. 1905)
  • 24th » Michael Vale, American actor (b. 1922)
  • 25th » Derek Bailey (guitarist) e.g Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)
  • 25th » Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1944)
  • 25th » Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)
  • 26th » Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937)
  • 26th » Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
  • 26th » Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (b. 1937)
  • 26th » Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)
  • 26th » Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
  • 26th » Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)
  • 27th » C. William Doody or William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
  • 29th » Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (b. 1922)
  • 30th » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
  • 30th » Rona Jaffe, American-English author (b. 1932)
  • 31st » Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor (b. 1932)
  • 31st » Phillip Whitehead, English politician (b. 1937)

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