April 2005 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 2005.
The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 2005?

Events

01 Apr 2005 Hamas and Islamic Jihad declared their principle intention to join Palestine Liberation Organization.
02 Apr 2005 Pope John Paul II, at age 84, died at 9:37 p.m. Vatican Time (CEST). This ended the third longest papacy and marks the beginning of a Sede vacante.
03 Apr 2005 Conflict in Iraq: At least 40 insurgents from Iraq attack Baghdad's Abu Ghraib Prison with car bombs and grenades as well as small arms. The assault left at least 20 American soldiers and 12 Iraqi prisoner wounded, but the US Army claims it has stopped the violence.
04 Apr 2005 Israel will begin to dump 10,000 tonnes of rubbish every month in the West Bank. Opponents claim that the move violates international treaties and could pollute main Palestinian water supply. This assertion is denied by Israel.
05 Apr 2005 Zachary Hall Day, Valdosta Georgia USA
06 Apr 2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Tarabani is elected president of Iraq; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the next day, is named premier.
07 Apr 2005 The Mexican Chamber of Deputies votes 360 to 127 in favor of suspending the executive immunity of Mayor Andres Manual Lopez Obrador of Mexico City. This enables him to be removed from office and face criminal charges.
08 Apr 2005 More than four million people attended the funeral of Pope John Paul 2.
09 Apr 2005 Wedding of Charles Prince of Wales and Camilla Duchess Of Cornwall; Charles Prince of Wales wed Camilla Parker Bowles at Windsor's Guildhall in a civil ceremony.
10 Apr 2005 At 10:18 UTC, an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7 is felt near Padang, West Sumatra in Indonesia.
11 Apr 2005 Yad Vashem posthumously bestows the honour of "Righteous Among the Nations," upon a Nazi Major, Karl Plagge. Plagge was able to save around 1,200 Jews (mostly women and children) from being executed during the Holocaust. He also placed them in forced labor at a vehicle workshop.
12 Apr 2005 Hawara checkpoint, near Nablus, caught a 15-year-old Palestinian boy hiding five pipe bombs underneath his jacket. The soldiers arrested him after he tried to light them with a match. Later, soldiers took photographs with the boy. His brother claims that he did this to prepare for the high school matriculation exams.
13 Apr 2005 Wolfgang Droege is the most prominent white supremacist in Canada and founder of Heritage Front. He was shot to death in his apartment. One suspect is taken into custody on the spot.
14 Apr 2005 The Oregon Supreme Court invalidates marriage licenses that were issued to gay couples one year earlier by Multnomah County.
15 Apr 2005 NASA reports that the Gulf Stream is slowing. This could lead to severe economic and climatic disruptions in Northern Europe.
16 Apr 2005 Najib Mikati, the new Prime Minister of Lebanon replaces Omar Karami who resigned after seven weeks of failed attempts to form a consensus government.
17 Apr 2005 More than a hundred thousand Indonesians have participated in anti-Israeli protests. Prosperous Justice Party organized the protest to demonstrate Muslim unity in regard to Al Aqsa Mosque. (Herald Sun), (Guardian),
18 Apr 2005 The largest moving object on Earth, Antarctica's iceberg B15A, collided with Drygalski ice tongue. This feature is large enough to be included on Antarctic maps. A five-kilometre-long section, measuring 5 km in length, of the Drygalski ice tongue was ripped off during the collision. (ESA). (AP) (Link dead at 04:02, 16 Jan 2007 (UTC).
19 Apr 2005 The US Mint announced plans to produce 24-karat-gold bullion coins in 2006.
20 Apr 2005 Jodi Rell, Connecticut governor, signs a bill that legalizes same-sex civil marriages. Connecticut is now the 2nd state in the United States to allow same-sex civil marriages.
21 Apr 2005 After being inspired by a fatwa issued by a high-ranking hardline cleric, 400 Iranian volunteers signed up to risk their lives for "occupied Islamic Countries", especially Israel.
22 Apr 2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologises for Japan's war record.
23 Apr 2005 Three suspected Palestinian militants were arrested by Israeli security forces on the Geha Highway, near Ra'annana in Israel. The police arrived and found the three suspects in their cars. A fourth suspect fled the scene. After receiving high alert about a "rolling" suicide bombing attack, the Israeli Police set up roadblocks and checkpoints earlier in the night. (Haaretz),
24 Apr 2005 Around 1,000,000 people silently march through Mexico City to support Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the capital's embattled Mayor.
25 Apr 2005 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Amnesty International calls on Israel to investigate poisoning of Palestinian land allegedly by Israeli settlers in Hebron
26 Apr 2005 Syria pulls out the last 14,000 troops from its military garrison in Lebanon under international pressure. This ends its 29-year-old military dominance of Lebanon ( Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
27 Apr 2005 Airbus A380 superjumbo jet aircraft takes off from Toulouse, France.
28 Apr 2005 Three months after the legislative elections in Iraq, the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Shi'a-led Cabinet. This was the first elected government in Iraq's history. However, two of the four slots for deputy prime ministers remained unfilled, while five ministries, including those pertaining to defense and oil, were left open to temporary managers. (International Herald Tribune).
29 Apr 2005 Syria withdraws from Lebanon. This ends 29 years of occupation.
30 Apr 2005 Cairo terrorist attack: Two separate terrorist attacks targeted tourists in Cairo, Egypt.

Famous Birthday

Leah Behn
Norwegian royalty, the second-born of the three daughters of Princess Märtha Louise and her husband, author Ari Behn.
Lillian Entwistle
American infanticide victim, killed in January 2006, with her mother, Rachel Entwistle.
Aidan Solomon
American child of large and controversial family, one of 14 children all born via in-vitro fertilization.
Hayden Summerall
Pop Singer.
Jose Alanis
TV Actor.
Livvy Stubenrauch
Movie Actress.
Griffin Kunitz
TV Actor.
Monkey
YouTube Star.
Big Brown
American race horse.
Dipangkorn Rasmijoti
member of the Royal Family of Thailand; son of Vajiralongkorn.
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Famous Deaths

Andrea Dworkin
American feminist, a prominent radical theorist, speaker and author of both fiction and non-fiction books, best known for the campaign she...
Philippe Volter
Belgian actor and director (d. 2005).
Debralee Scott
American actress whose films include "American Graffiti," "The Candidate," and "Dirty Harry.
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan author (Born 1917).
Harald Juhnke
German actor, comedian and entertainer, well-known.
John Fred
American singer-songwriter (d. 2005).
Lucien Laurent
French association football/soccer player, famous for having scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal.
George Pan Cosmatos
Greek film director (Born 1941).
Norbert Brainin
Austrian violinist with the Amadeus Quartet, an outstanding ensemble that was together for 35 years without any personnel changes.
Ruth Hussey
American actress (Born 1911).
Kay Walsh
English actress singer and dancer (d. 2005).
Andre Francois
French cartoonist (Born 1915).
Sir John Mills
English actor (Born 1908).
Saul Bellow
American writer.
Scott Gottlieb
American drummer (Bleed the Dream) (Born 1970).
Jef Eygel
Belgian basketball player (Born 1933).
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Austrailian politician (Born 1911).
Marla Ruzicka
American humanitarian worker and peace activist (Born 1976).
Norman Bird
UK character actor (Born 1920).
Cliff Allison
English race car driver (d. 2005).
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