2005

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**2005**
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**Events**

### January

* 1 January: The Turkish lira underwent a currency reform, removing six zeros from its value and introducing the new Turkish lira.
* 5 January: The dwarf planet Eris, the largest known at the time, was discovered in the Solar System by a team led by Michael Brown.
* 12 January: The Deep Impact spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral to study the tail of Comet Tempel 1.
* 14 January: The Huygens spacecraft reached Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

### March

* 26 March: A new episode of the British science fiction series Doctor Who aired on BBC, marking a return to the show after a 16-year hiatus.
* 28 March: A strong earthquake struck northern Sumatra, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries.

### May

* 25 May: Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League title by defeating AC Milan 3-2 in a penalty shootout at Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul.

### July

* 7 July: Four coordinated suicide bombings occurred in central London, killing 56 people and injuring 784 others.

### August

* 14 August: Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into hills in Attica, Greece, resulting in the deaths of all 121 passengers on board.
* 18 August: A major power outage affected nearly 100 million people on Java Island in Indonesia.
* 29 August: Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.

### International Recognition

* 2005 was designated as the International Sports and Physical Education Year and the International Microcredit Year.
* It marked the end of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (1995-2005).

### Politics

* 20 January: George W. Bush began his second term as President of the United States.

### Science and Technology

* North Korea announced that it had developed nuclear weapons, citing them as a deterrent against potential threats from the United States.
* The former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated in a bombing on 14 February.