* 2005 – President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

* 2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d ' état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.

In 2004, Wray was approached by director Peter Jackson to appear in a small cameo for the 2005 remake of King Kong.

: King Kong ( 2005 )

In 2005, Lucas gave US $ 1 million to help build the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D. C. to commemorate American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Universal Studios itself released the English-language version of the film on DVD in widescreen as part of a 2-pack bundle with King Kong Escapes in 2005.

Notable visits include the King of Malaysia visiting Japan in 2005 while in 2006, the Emperor and Empress of Japan visited Malaysia.

* The King ( 2005 film ), a drama directed by James Marsh

On August 3, 2005 the Mauritanian military, including members of the presidential guard, seized control of key points in the capital of Nouakchott, performing a coup against the government of President Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya who was out of the country, attending the funeral of Saudi King Fahd.

In 2005, Merlin appeared as leader of the Woads of Britton and father to Guinevere in King Arthur.

On 1 February 2005 King Gyanendra suspended the Parliament, appointed a government led by himself, and enforced martial law.

In 2005, Nepalese Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey called China " an all weather friend " and King Gyanendra's regime was also instrumental in inducting China into the SAARC.

Relations between the UK and Nepal have historically been friendly and there have been close links between the Royal Families, although relations deteriorated when the King took power in 2005.

Constance Baker Motley ( 1921 – 2005 ), who as a young lawyer represented Martin Luther King, Jr., has Nevisian heritage and owned a home in Brown Hill, Nevis, near her ancestral home.

Television credits include The Tracey Ullman Show, American Music Awards, the Academy Awards, and several commercials, such as The King's touchdown celebration, as seen in a string of popular Burger King television commercials that aired during the 2005 – 2006 NFL season.

Both King's sons are published authors: Owen King published his first collection of stories, We're All in This Together: A Novella and Stories, in 2005.

Joseph Hillstrom King, who writes under the professional name Joe Hill, published a collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, in 2005.

In the 2005 film Fever Pitch, about an obsessive Boston Red Sox fan, King tosses out the first pitch of the Sox's opening day game.

* The 2005 Star Trek: Titan novel The Red King opens with the disappearance of a Romulan fleet and features Donatra, the Romulan commander featured in Star Trek: Nemesis, working alongside William Riker and his crew.

The government of Saudi Arabia is led by the monarch, King Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz, who acceded to the throne in 2005.

King Khalid ( 1975 – 1982 ) left government largely to his Crown Prince, Fahd, who succeeded him as King ( 1982 – 2005 ).

King Abdullah, who came to the throne in 2005, is seen as a reformer and has introduced economic reforms ( limited deregulation, encouragement of foreign investment, and privatization ) and made modernizing changes to the judiciary and government ministries.

Since his accession to the throne in 2005, King Abdullah has taken steps to rein back the powers of the ulema, for instance transferring their control over girls ' education to the Ministry of Education.

On 27 November 2005 the PLH candidate Manuel Zelaya beat the PNH candidate and current Head of Congress Porfirio " Pepe " Lobo, and became the new President on 27 January 2006.

The Chargers beat Denver to end the season with a 9 – 7 record & out of the playoffs for the first time since 2005.

In 2005, That's So Raven became the network's highest-rated series since the network's move to basic cable ; as well as being the first original series to beat the 65-episode limit ( the highly controversial programming rule implemented in 1998, had guaranteed any original series would end after 65 episodes to prevent production costs from increasing ; however this rule is no longer enforced ); the series eventually hit 100 episodes, becoming the channel's longest-running original series until October 2011 and became the first to spawn a spin-off, Cory in the House.

Jimmy Young ( November 14, 1948 – February 20, 2005 ) was a Philadelphia heavyweight boxer who had his greatest success during the 1970s, when he most notably beat George Foreman and lost a disputed decision against Muhammad Ali.

The 2004 – 2005 season finale saw a team of undergraduate engineering students from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology ( NSIT ), Delhi, beat a team of management students from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.

In 2005, Turner beat out a score of other contenders ( including Jessica Lange, Frances McDormand, and Bette Midler ) for the role of Martha in a 2005 Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

In 2005, the Sounders beat the Richmond Kickers 2 – 1 in a penalty shootout for the USL championship in front of 8, 011.

In June 2005, it beat 40 other brews to take the silver prize at Russia's Osiris Beer Festival, which it had entered for the first time.

The Spurs managed to beat the Suns at their own game, defeating them 4 – 1 and earning a spot in the 2005 NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons.

In popular folk dancing in France, in recent years ( after roughly 2005 ), the mazurka has evolved into a dance at a more gentle pace ( without the traditional ' hop ' step on the 3rd beat ), allowing for more intimate dancing and giving it the status of a seduction dance.

On 16 November 2005, Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup after they beat Uruguay.

* The Eastern League Reading Phillies hosted the Trenton Thunder on May 9, 2005 at CBP ; Reading beat Trenton 5 – 3.

In October 2004, the PRC joined the centre-left opposition and in April 2005, Nichi Vendola, an openly gay politician and one of the emerging leaders of the party, was elected President of traditionally conservative Apulia Region, due to the support of the whole centre-left and after a primary election, which saw Vendola beat a centrist opponent.

His best finish in the Championship came in 2005 at St Andrews, where he finished second to Tiger Woods, who beat him by five shots.

He also confidently beat his Conservative opponents in the 2001 ( 62. 7 % against 17. 9 %) and 2005 general elections ( 54. 4 % against 19. 8 %).

On 7 September 2005, Northern Ireland beat England 1 – 0 in a 2006 World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park.

In the 2005 World Championship, Doherty beat Barry Pinches in the first round 10 – 5, winning the last 8 frames, but was knocked out in the second round by Alan McManus 13 – 11.

The last league goal ever scored at the Vetch was scored by Adrian Forbes, on 30 April 2005, as Swansea beat Shrewsbury Town 1 – 0.

In December 2005, he beat another crop of world top-16 players, namely Jimmy White, the late Paul Hunter and Joe Perry once more on his way to reaching the final of another major tournament, the UK Championship at the Barbican Centre in York.

In June 2005, Etisalat $ 2. 6 billion bid beat those of Singapore Telecom and China mobile for the purchase of a 26 per cent stake in PTCL, Pakistan ’ s telecom operator.

A shoot-out was first used in the FA Cup Final in 2005, when Arsenal beat Manchester United 5 – 4.

In 2005, MacArthur beat Francis Joyon's existing world record for a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation.

* 2005 Baylor ( beat LSU, Michigan State, North Carolina )

In the Grand Prix final in 2005, Higgins beat Ronnie O ' Sullivan 9 – 2.