* 2005: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, nominated )

* 2005 – Cliff Allison, British race car driver ( b. 1932 )

The British and Irish Lions against the All Blacks in 2005

In March 2005, the British network Sky TV reported that Tom Hanks was planning to produce a biopic on the life of Bill Haley, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in 2006.

However, in a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was # 1 on their list of " The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures ".

In 2005, Russia produced almost one-fifth of the global diamond output, reports the British Geological Survey.

* Holger Nehring, ' The British and West German Protests against Nuclear Weapons and the Cultures of the Cold War, 1957 – 64 ', Contemporary British History, 19, No. 2 ( 2005 )

In 2001 he was awarded a British Computer Society's Lovelace Medal, and in 2005 he was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum and honored with the Norbert Wiener Award, which is given annually by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.

A 2005 study in the British Medical Journal found that learning and practising the didgeridoo helped reduce snoring and obstructive sleep apnea by strengthening muscles in the upper airway, thus reducing their tendency to collapse during sleep.

2005, 15, 1, 4-5, British Film Institute

Boztepe was romantically linked with British actress Jacqueline Bisset from 1997 until 2005.

The year 2005 saw the emergence of The British Urban Film Festival, a timely addition to the film festival calendar which recognised the influence of Kidulthood on UK audiences and which consequently began to showcase a growing profile of films in a genre which previously was not otherwise regularly seen in the capital ’ s cinemas.

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.

* 1914 – Ralph Erskine, British architect ( Byker Wall ) ( d. 2005 )

In the UK, the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 outlawed the procedure in Britain itself, and the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation ( Scotland ) Act 2005 made it an offence for FGM to be performed anywhere in the world on British citizens or permanent residents.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire ( 2005 )

Many operations of the large container port at Felixstowe and of Trinity House, the lighthouse authority, are managed from Harwich, and plans for the development of a new container port in Bathside Bay were approved by the British government in December 2005.

* Grzega, Joachim ( 2005 ), " Reflection on Concepts of English for Europe: British English, American English, Euro-English, Global English ", Journal for EuroLinguistiX 2: 44-64

Jersey pounds per US dollar-0. 55 ( 2005 ), 0. 6981 ( January 2002 ), 0. 6944 ( 2001 ), 0. 6596 ( 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound.

Brown appeared at Edinburgh 50, 000 – The Final Push, the final Live 8 concert on July 6, 2005, where he performed a duet with British pop star Will Young on " Papa's Got A Brand New Bag ".

* 1936 – Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker ( d. 2005 )

* 1920 – John Box, British film production designer and art director ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer ( b. 1911 )

In 2005, Bob was appointed as the Australian Consulate-General in Chicago.

The Consulate-General of the Dominican Republic in Philadelphia was located in Suite 216 in the Lafayette Building at 437 Chestnut Street ; it closed on November 7, 2005.

( film ), a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung

Image: HKWanchaiwaterfront. jpg | A view of Wanchai waterfront with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in the foreground and Central Plaza behind it, August 2005

On 4 December 2005, people in Hong Kong demonstrated against Sir Donald Tsang's proposed reform package, before a vote on 21 December.

It is popular with travellers – from 2001 to 2005 and 2007 – 2008 Hong Kong International Airport has been voted the World's Best Airport in an annual survey of several million passengers worldwide by Skytrax.

* 88th 2005 Hong Kong

* 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.

An anti-discrimination poster in a Hong Kong MTR | subway station, 2005

* 2005 – Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

* Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, 2005

It has been estimated ( presumably, over the same 2002 – 2005 period ) that about 47 % of the US turtle exports go to People's Republic of China ( predominantly to Hong Kong ), another 20 % to Taiwan, and 11 % to Mexico.

In 1970, Nature first opened its Washington office ; other branches opened in New York in 1985, Tokyo and Munich in 1987, Paris in 1989, San Francisco in 2001, Boston in 2004, and Hong Kong in 2005.

An anti-discrimination poster in a Hong Kong MTR | subway station, c. 2005

* AIG Tower, ( 美國國際集團大廈 ), Hong Kong, PRC, completed 2005

At a speed-eating contest in Hong Kong on August 13, 2005, Kobayashi consumed 83 vegetarian jiaozi dumplings in 8 minutes.

He was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers in the years of 1998 – 2005.

PETA Asia-Pacific was founded by Ingrid Newkirk in Hong Kong in 2005 to support animal rights programs and campaigns in Asia.

It remains one of the most acclaimed Chinese language films ever made, appearing at number 11 in a 2005 centennial list by the Hong Kong Film Awards, immediately below Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

In 2005 two marble wall placards were unveiled at Hong Kong Football Club in memory of the members of the club who were killed in the bombings.

Heavy storm brought by 2005 Pacific typhoon season # Severe Tropical Storm Sanvu ( Huaning ) | Severe Tropical Storm Sanvu in Hong Kong

Other appearances of jiangshi in Hong Kong cinema include the 2005 comedy film Dragon Reloaded, where the three protagonists accidentally destroy a village tomb, successfully resurrect the corpse and command it.

* Adrienne Louise Clarkson ( née Adrienne Louise Poy ) 伍冰枝 ( 1939 -; born in Hong Kong ), First Canadian-Chinese ( and first visible minority ) Governor General of Canada ( 1999 – 2005 )

** Shermon Tang 鄧上文 / 邓上文 ( 1983 -; born in Hong Kong ; Hakka pronunciation: Ten Shong Vun ), Miss Photogenic, Miss Hong Kong pageant, 2005