What Happened In May 2005 In History

Historical Events for May, 2005

• 10th » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia (country) or Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
• 13th » The May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan known as Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
• 13th » The Bính Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
• 18th » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix (moon) or Nix and Hydra (moon) called Hydra.
• 21st » The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
• 31st » 'Vanity Fair (magazine) known as Vanity Fair' reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat (Watergate) or Deep Throat.

Famous Deaths for May 2005

• 1st » Kenneth Clark (psychologist) named Kenneth Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
• 2nd » Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
• 4th » David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)
• 5th » Elisabeth Fraser, American actress (b. 1920)
• 5th » Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974)
• 7th » Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
• 7th » Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909)
• 7th » Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
• 8th » Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)
• 8th » Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981)
• 10th » David Wayne (musician) David Wayne, American singer-songwriter (Metal Church, Reverend (band) Reverend, and Wayne (band) Wayne) (b. 1958)
• 11th » Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
• 11th » Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1917)
• 12th » Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)
• 12th » Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1937)
• 13th » Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (b. 1921)
• 13th » George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 13th » Michael Bruce Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
• 15th » Alan B. Gold, Canadian jurist (b. 1917)
• 16th » Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 17th » Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
• 19th » Henry Corden, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 20th » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
• 20th » William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)
• 21st » Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919)
• 22nd » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
• 22nd » Julia Randall, American poet and academic (b. 1924)
• 22nd » Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 24th » Carl Amery, German activist and author (b. 1922)
• 24th » Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (b. 1913)
• 24th » Vivian Liberto, American author (b. 1934)
• 24th » Guy Tardif, Canadian politician (b. 1935)
• 25th » Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1929)
• 25th » Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
• 25th » Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
• 25th » Graham Kennedy, Australian actor and game show host (b. 1934)
• 25th » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter, graphic artist, and draughtsman (b. 1909)
• 26th » Eddie Albert, American actor and singer (b. 1906)
• 26th » Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
• 26th » Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
• 26th » Leslie Smith (businessman) known as Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
• 29th » Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (b. 1926)
• 29th » George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
• 30th » Fazal Mahmood, Indian-Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
• 30th » Tomasz Pacyński, Polish author (b. 1958)
• 30th » Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (b. 1918)

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