* 2005 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist and composer ( b. 1915 )

* 1916 – Doug Peden, Canadian athlete ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1909 )

* 1923 – Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2005 )

* Satellite radio: In June 2005, the CRTC outraged some Canadian cultural nationalists ( such as the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting ) and labour unions by licencing two companies, Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Canada to offer satellite radio services in Canada.

Some observers argued that this influenced the CRTC's June 2005 decision to ease Canadian content restrictions on satellite radio ( see above ).

The largest class action suit to date in Canada was settled in 2005 after Nora Bernard initiated efforts that led to an estimated 79, 000 survivors of Canada's residential school system suing the Canadian government.

This dispute flared up again in July 2005 following the visit of a Canadian minister to the disputed island.

* 2005 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer ( b. 1915 )

He returned to the stage on 8 September 2005, appearing with Arcade Fire for the US nationally televised event Fashion Rocks, and performed with the Canadian band for the second time a week later during the CMJ Music Marathon.

In May 2005 the Canadian province of British Columbia had a referendum on abolishing single-member district plurality in favour of multi-member districts with the Single Transferable Vote system after the Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform made a recommendation for the reform.

* 1932 – John Vernon, Canadian actor ( d. 2005 )

* 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer ( d. 2005 )

Like Hardcore Logo, the 2005 Canadian film The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, about a country rock singer, was also done as a fake documentary with appearances by Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Hawkins, Merle Haggard and Levon Helm playing themselves.

* 1921 – James Archibald Houston, Canadian artist and author ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Scott Young, Canadian journalist and novelist ( b. 1918 )

* 1917 – Robert Farnon, Canadian conductor and composer ( d. 2005 )

* 1945 – Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2005 )

Natural Resources Canada estimated that Canadian mining investment in Mali reached Cdn .$ 500 million in 2009, and in 2005, 73 mining concessions were held by Canadian firms in Mali.

* 2005 – Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide.

* 1935 – Guy Tardif, Canadian politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1908 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician ( d. 2005 )

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A version with Alicia Keys was included in Charles ' 2005 duets album Genius & Friends.

** Atlas III was a US launch vehicle ( 2000 – 2005 )

According to research commissioned by the Yerevan office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ), at least one in three working-age Armenians was unemployed as of February 2005 despite several consecutive years of double-digit economic growth.

Hopes that the 2005 Ashes series would be closely fought proved well-founded, as the series was more competitive than anyone had predicted and was still undecided as the closing session of the final Test began.

A sixth annex — on liability arising from environmental emergencies — was adopted in 2005 but is yet to enter into force.

This offence was abolished and replaced by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.

In 2005, there was internal conflict about whether or not a gag rule should be imposed on ACLU employees to prevent publication of internal disputes.

Arbor Day ( Sikmogil, 식목일 ) was a public holiday in South Korea on April 5 until 2005.

An appeal of the decision was dismissed on 16 March 2005.

* In 2005, the The Mirror World Asterix exhibition was held in Brussels.

In 2005 Hill was selected as a Fletcher Foundation Fellow.

A court case allowing the União do Vegetal to import and use the tea for religious purposes in the United States, Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court on November 1, 2005 ; the decision, released February 21, 2006, allows the UDV to use the tea in its ceremonies pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

In 2006 – 07 season the accounting method changed to IFRS, which 2005 – 06 result was reclassified as net loss of € 4, 051, 905 and 2006 – 07 season was net income of € 10, 135, 539 (€ 14. 011 million as a group ).

was in the process of liquidation since 2005.

The results of this work was the report A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America's Collections, which was published in December 2005 and concluded that immediate action is needed to prevent the loss of 190 million artifacts that are in need of conservation treatment.

In 2005 The Arbroath Abbey campaign was launched.

It was repealed by paragraph 26 ( 2 ) of Schedule 7 to, and Schedule 17 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

* Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, ( Basic Books, 2005 ), 57 ; " Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930 ..".

She was honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 for her contributions to the entertainment industry.

Aberdour was a 2005 finalist in the prestigious " Beautiful Scotland in Bloom " awards.

Also, Sub-Saharan Africa was part of its region until April 2005, when AfriNIC was officially recognized by ICANN as the fifth Regional Internet Registry.