In 2005, Cuccurullo and Terry Bozzio collaborated on a CD titled Playing in Tongues, which was released in Europe on Edel Records and in the U. S. on Zappa Records in 2009.

In August 2005, India revealed its new anti-hijacking policy.

On 26 September 2005, Rabukawaqa revealed that the Military had decided to curtail certain operations in order to stay within its budget.

Subsequently, in " Dalek " ( 2005 ), it is revealed that the last great Time War was fought between the Time Lords and the Daleks, ending in the obliteration of both sides and with only two apparent survivors ; the Doctor and a lone Dalek that had somehow fallen through time and crashed on Earth.

In the United States, the release of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy ( NAAL ) report in 2005 revealed that approximately 14 % of adults function at the lowest level of literacy ; 29 % of adults function at the basic functional literacy level and cannot help their children with homework beyond the first few grades.

Recent changes to DC Comics continuity were revealed to have been a result of the 2005 Infinite Crisis mini-series.

** In the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes " Demons " and " Terra Prime " ( both 2005 ) it is revealed that Mars is in the process of being terraformed by use of the Verteron array which redirects comets to crashland on the planet's surface ; by 2155 the atmosphere had been sufficiently altered so that, in the lowlands, Humans could breathe the air unassisted, though temperatures were still cold enough to require thermal gear.

Based on official studies into bowling actions, which revealed that 99 % of bowlers whose actions were examined exceeded the elbow flexion limits, ICC revised the limits applying to all bowlers in 2005.

In April 2005, Abdul revealed that she suffers from a rare neurological disorder called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy ( CRPS ) that causes chronic pain.

On 9 March 2005, Crowe revealed to GQ magazine that Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) agents had approached him prior to the 73rd Academy Awards on 25 March 2001 and told him that the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda wanted to kidnap him.

In October 2004, coinciding with the start of the show's fourth season and months before the cancellation announcement, Paramount revealed plans to release the four seasons of Enterprise to DVD in North America during 2005.

Bruce Campbell, at Comic-con 2005, revealed that a special covered wagon frame had covered the vehicle to maintain the motif of the film.

In 2005 an Austrian journalist revealed that Fritz Edlinger's GÖAB had received $ 100, 000 from an Iraqi front company as well as donations from Austrian companies soliciting business in Iraq.

In June 2005, it was revealed that archaeologists from the University of Hamburg had been working along the coast of Libya when they uncovered a 30 ft length of five colourful mosaics created during the 1st or 2nd century.

Chief among the Post's anonymous sources was an individual whom Woodward and Bernstein had nicknamed Deep Throat ; thirty years later in 2005, he was revealed to be William Mark Felt, Sr., the former Deputy Director of the FBI.

A Freedom of Information request in 2005 revealed that Eton had received £ 2, 652 in farming subsidies in 2004 under the Common Agricultural Policy.

In 2005, a poll of 2, 000 people revealed the capsicum pepper to be Britain's 4th favourite culinary vegetable.

In an October 2005 appearance on Larry King Live, Hamilton revealed she has bipolar disorder, which she said destroyed her marriage to first husband Bruce Abbott, whom she admitted having abused verbally and physically, and eventually sought treatment.

It is revealed in " The Italian Bob " ( season 17, 2005 ) that Bob has moved to Italy to make a fresh start.

In September 2005, Bennett revealed that, in 1997, he had undergone treatment for cancer, and described the illness as a " bore ".

He also appeared in blackface in the 2005 movie, " The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse ", however it was revealed at the end of the series, when he dressed up as a Caucasian, that this was actually his skin colour.

In 2005, after the death of Johnny Carson, it was revealed that Carson had made a habit of sometimes sending jokes to Letterman which Letterman would then incorporate into his monologues.

( Santa Paula for Vinick ) On October 14, 2005, NBC released Vinick's official biography and revealed Santa Paula as the town in which he was raised.

In the fall of 2005, it was publicly revealed that Irish windmill company Airtricity was planning to build several windmills in Hartsville, and had signed contracts with several landowners for the use of land on which to put these windmills.

In December 2005 Michael Anthony revealed in an interview with Mark & Brian that he had not talked with the Van Halens and was unsure of their plans.

The 2005 register revealed over 400, 000 people attended the event.

* Adrian Rogers ( 1931 – 2005 ), American pastor, conservative, author

* 1926 – Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter ( d. 2005 )

* Martin Davis, author of the " Handbook of Artificial Reasoning ", co-inventor of the DPLL algorithm, recipient of the Herbrand Award 2005.

* 2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author ( b. 1924 )

* 2005 – Rona Jaffe, American author ( b. 1932 )

In 2005, author Anne Rice became involved in a flamewar of sorts on the review boards of online retailer Amazon. com after several reviewers posted scathing comments about her latest novel.

Edward Trimnell, author of Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One ( 2005 ) argues that the international version of English is only adequate for communicating basic ideas.

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

Jack Laurence Chalker ( December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005 ) was an American science fiction author.

* 1937 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author ( d. 2005 )

* 1924 – Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author ( d. 2005 )

The author, Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers this differently: " In August 2005, Mr Toshio Suzuki of Studio Ghibli came with Mr Hayao Miyazaki to talk with me and my son ( who controls the trust which owns the Earthsea copyrights ).

* 1926 – John Fowles, English author ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author ( b. 1923 )

* 1927 – Guy Davenport, American author and scholar ( d. 2005 )

* 1938 – William Corlett, English children's author ( d. 2005 )

* 1926 – Evan Hunter, American author ( d. 2005 )

* 1929 – Larry Collins, American author ( d. 2005 )

* 1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian author ( d. 2005 )

* September 15 – Shanul Haq Haqqee, Pakistani poet, author, lexicographer ( d. 2005 )

* July 5 – Ernst Mayr, German-born biologist and author ( d. 2005 )

* August 31 – Amrita Preetam, Indian poetess and author ( d. 2005 )

** Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author ( d. 2005 )

** Hunter S. Thompson, American author and journalist ( d. 2005 )

** Barbara Bel Geddes, American former actress and children's book author ( d. 2005 )