2nd » Ethan Allen boating accident: The 'Ethan Allen' tour boat capsizes on Lake George (New York) or Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
8th » 2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
15th » 2005 Toledo Riot e.g A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a Neo-Nazi named National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
19th » Saddam Hussein Trial of Saddam Hussein e.g goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
19th » Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
21st » Images of the dwarf planet 136199 Eris or Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
22nd » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
24th » Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida called Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
27th » 2005 Paris suburb riots named Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.
29th » 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings e.g Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60.
30th » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in World War II known as firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.