What Happened In November 2005 In History

Historical Events for November, 2005

• 9th » The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
• 9th » 2005 Amman bombings named Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
• 22nd » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
• 23rd » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Liberian general election, 2005 or elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
• 27th » The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.
• 30th » John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

Famous Birthdays on November in 2005

• 17th » Giant George, American dog (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for November 2005

• 1st » Skitch Henderson, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)
• 1st » Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
• 2nd » Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 6th » Rod Donald, New Zealand politician (b. 1957)
• 6th » Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967)
• 6th » Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1915)
• 6th » Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
• 7th » Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
• 8th » Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (b. 1928)
• 8th » David Westheimer, American soldier and author (b. 1917)
• 9th » K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician, 10th President of India (b. 1921)
• 11th » Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
• 11th » Keith Andes, American actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 11th » Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)
• 11th » Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)
• 12th » William G. Adams, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
• 13th » Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1967)
• 13th » Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (b. 1933)
• 15th » Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (b. 1931)
• 15th » Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1959)
• 16th » Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 16th » Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
• 17th » Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor and director (b. 1942)
• 18th » Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
• 20th » Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
• 20th » Nora Denney, American actress (b. 1928)
• 20th » James King (tenor) known as James King, American tenor (b. 1925)
• 20th » Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
• 21st » Alfred Anderson (veteran) called Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)
• 21st » Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
• 22nd » Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)
• 23rd » Constance Cummings, American-English actress (b. 1910)
• 23rd » Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier (b. 1919)
• 24th » Pat Morita, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 25th » George Best, Irish-English footballer (b. 1946)
• 25th » Richard Burns, English race car driver (b. 1971)
• 26th » Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer (b. 1951)
• 26th » Stan and Jan Berenstain called Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the 'Berenstain Bears' (b. 1923)
• 26th » Mark Craney, American drummer (Jethro Tull (band) named Jethro Tull) (b. 1952)
• 27th » Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
• 27th » Joe Jones (singer) called Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
• 28th » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 28th » Jack Concannon, American football player (b. 1943)
• 29th » David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
• 29th » Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
• 30th » Jean Parker, American actress and singer (b. 1915)

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