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2005

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar), and is also designated the World Year of Physics

Years: 2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008

Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s

Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century 2005 in film 2005 in literature 2005 in music 2005 in sports 2005 in television

Scheduled and expected events

• January - the return of Doctor Who to BBC 1 (tentative).
• January 20 - U.S. Presidential inauguration day (see U.S. presidential election, 2004).
• February 8 - Mardi Gras
• February 17 - MTV Networks scheduled to launch LGBT-themed LOGO channel in the United States.
• February 26 through March 5 - Special Olympics World Winter Games scheduled for Nagano, Japan.
• April 8 - Hybrid solar eclipse (south Pacific ocean)
• May 19 - Star Wars Episode III scheduled to be released
• June 7 - Norway celebrates 100-year anniversary of independence
• June 13 - First Twenty20 international cricket match, to be between England and Australia.
• June 30 - Rail service scheduled to begin on the MBTA Greenbush Line in Massachusetts.
• July 1 - Revaluation of the Romanian leu.
• July 6 - Host of the 2012 Summer Olympics to be announced by the IOC.
• August 2005 - Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway in the San Fernando Valley.
• October 3 - Annular solar eclipse (North Portugal, Spain, east Africa)
• October 8 - The second DARPA Grand Challenge is scheduled to be held.
• [date to be announced] - Charlotte Bobcats scheduled to begin play in the Uptown Arena.

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