2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Weather and environment, Analysis
As the aircraft descended through the cloud base, the pilot likely had no visual cue that he was below the clouds because the aircraft was about 7 nmi (13 km) out to sea and visibility was reported as 1,500 m (4,921 ft). The pilot of a search and rescue helicopter later commented that the sea surface that night would have provided the pilot with little or no visual cues about the aircraft's dangerously low altitude.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Human factors
The pilot awoke at 6:45 AM on the day of the accident. Knowing he was on call duty overnight, he apparently took no rest any time during that day or evening. The AAIB acknowledges it can be difficult for a well rested person to sleep during the daytime, and they note that quiet rest is the best some can achieve, but they also point out that 16–17 hours of continuous wakefulness is associated with diminished performance. Single-pilot IFR operations place a heavy workload on the pilot. That workload increases as the pilot begins the approach phase of the flight.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Human factors
During the approach phase, the pilot announced his intention to land on Runway 25, though he knew the actual runway was 29. The AAIB's human factors analysis suggests this specific type of error might be a significant indicator that the pilot's stress level had increased to the point where it began to further diminish his ability to cope with the heavy workload. They list several potential yet unknown causes for the increase in stress, such as disorientation or an undeclared emergency. Concerning the pilot's performance, the AAIB summarizes:


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Human factors
The combined effects of fatigue, possible over-load and lack of recent flying practise would have caused the pilot's performance to become more variable, especially in tasks that required sustained attention, such as precision instrument flying... If, as is probable, the last transmission was made very shortly before the accident, it indicates that the pilot's situational awareness may have been seriously degraded, as he was therefore unaware of the aircraft's very low altitude...


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Human factors
Although there are signs of overload and fatigue, it is unlikely that the pilot became so focused on one aspect of flying the aircraft that he neglected to monitor the aircraft's altitude for a protracted period. It is therefore possible that a further factor such as distraction or disorientation may have played a part.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Postmortem examinations
The body of the pilot was found nine months after the accident by a fishing vessel four miles off the coast in Machrihanish Bay. No obvious internal or external injuries could be detected, nor were there any bone fractures. Because of the condition of the body when it was recovered, it was not possible to determine the cause of death. The body of the paramedic was recovered, still restrained in the seat by his undamaged lap belt, during search and rescue operations six days after the accident. The paramedic had suffered a major head injury from a frontal impact with the back of the pilot's seat. The paramedic "almost certainly" lost consciousness instantly, and the head injury was potentially fatal, but changes in the lungs showed the cause of death to be drowning.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Paramedic's seat belt
To determine the likely cause of the paramedic's head injury, the AAIB requested that Loganair have a man of the same height as the paramedic sit in the paramedic's seat of another of their Islander air ambulances, fasten his seat belt, and lean fully forward to see what obstructions might be encountered. The subject's head came close to the back of the pilot's seat but did not contact it. However, under rapid deceleration, or had the seat belt been slightly looser, his head would have contacted the back of the pilot's seat.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Enroute navigation
Navigation charts used by pilots in the area warn that, because of terrain, the MAC VOR is unreliable for aircraft below 9,000 ft (2,743 m) or farther than 20 nmi (37 km) in the direction from which G-BOMG was navigating toward Campbeltown. The AAIB conducted a test flight in a similar Islander aircraft along the same route flown by G-BOMG. Despite the warnings on the navigation charts, the test aircraft was able to navigate by using the MAC VOR during the entire flight.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Enroute navigation
However, the MAC VOR is also equipped with distance measuring equipment, or DME, which provides a means for pilots to know the distance between their aircraft and the VOR/DME station. On the test flight, the DME signal was not received until the aircraft was 22 nmi (41 km) from the MAC VOR.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Approach radar coverage
After the enroute navigation test flight was completed, the AAIB's test pilot flew several approaches to Campbeltown Airport with the same aircraft while investigators monitored its position on the radar equipment that was used the night of the accident.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Approach radar coverage
When the test aircraft flew the approach as indicated on the navigation chart that was found clipped to the pilot's control wheel, there was a small gap in radar coverage when the aircraft was at its most distant point from the airport, beginning at 10.1 nmi (18.7 km) and ending on the return segment at 9.4 nmi (17.4 km) from the MAC VOR. Other trials were conducted at lower altitudes, and in those trials the coverage gap was widened considerably.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Approach radar coverage
Investigators tried approaches at low and descending altitudes involving a steeper left turn to 157° (where the heading bug was set on the HSI), and then flying that heading until intercepting the correct course to the MAC VOR. When this track was flown at 1,400 ft (427 m), the last radar contact was at 7.9 nmi (14.6 km) from the MAC VOR. The last radar contact with the accident flight was at 8.1 nmi (15 km) from the MAC VOR, at an altitude of 1,340 ft (408 m).


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Testing, Approach radar coverage
Flying this track with the accident flight's known and projected descent profile brought the test aircraft to within 0.2 nmi (0.4 km) of the crash site at an altitude of 200 ft (61 m), which was within the margin of error for the differences in wind on the day of the accident and on the day of the test flight.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Conclusions from the AAIB investigation, Selected findings
The AAIB published 47 separate findings based on their investigation. Below are some of the findings that have greater historical significance because they bear directly on the causes of the accident or the causes of death of the pilot and paramedic, or because they served as a basis for changes in the air transport industry.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Conclusions from the AAIB investigation, Causal factors
The AAIB determined the following three causal factors, which are quoted directly from their report.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Conclusions from the AAIB investigation, Safety recommendations
The AAIB made three safety recommendations to UK and European regulators based on the findings of their investigation of this accident. They are quoted below.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Conclusions from the AAIB investigation, Safety recommendations
2006-101: "The European Aviation Safety Agency and Joint Aviation Authorities should review the UK Civil Aviation Authority's proposal to mandate the fitment of Upper Torso Restraints on all seats of existing Transport Category (Passenger) aeroplanes below 5,700 kg being operated for public transport, and consider creating regulation to implement the intent of the proposal."


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Conclusions from the AAIB investigation, Safety recommendations
2006-102: "Considering the unique circumstances of air ambulance flights, the Civil Aviation Authority, in conjunction with the Joint Aviation Authorities should review the circumstances in which a second pilot is required for public transport flights operating air ambulance services."


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Investigation, Conclusions from the AAIB investigation, Safety recommendations
2006-103: "The Civil Aviation Authority, in conjunction with the Joint Aviation Authorities, should consider mandating the carriage of a radio altimeter, or other independent low height warning device, for public transport IFR flights operating with a single pilot."


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Loganair operations
Following this accident, Loganair installed shoulder harnesses and compatible lap belts on one of its two remaining air ambulances at the request of the SAS, though Loganair's contract with the SAS was nearing its expiration and was not going to be renewed, as had been announced before the accident. As of January, 2016, Loganair continued to operate two Britten-Norman Islanders in its fleet, convertible for passenger or cargo service.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Endorsements of the safety recommendations
Pilot Guy Henderson's fiancée, Lorne Blyth, strongly endorsed two of the AAIB's recommendations when the accident report was published, saying, "I feel very strongly that everything possible should be done to ensure that future tragedies are prevented and therefore call on Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander to implement the recommendations from the AAIB report." Blyth added, "Had a second pilot been on the aircraft, or had the aircraft been equipped with a radio altimeter or other low-height warning device, the accident may not have happened."


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Endorsements of the safety recommendations
Blyth also called for personal locator beacons for aircrew on such flights, which might have led to a quicker recovery of her fiancé's body. "These are inexpensive but highly effective. Such equipment may not have saved Guy's life, but it almost certainly would have led to the recovery of his body in days rather than months," said Blyth.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Endorsements of the safety recommendations
The secretary general for the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), Jim McAuslan, said of the AAIB's recommendations, "Had there been a second pilot, he or she would have almost certainly prevented the aircraft's descent into the sea and those on board would be alive today." Stating the union's position on the matter, McAuslan said "We are demanding that air ambulances always have two pilots, not one." He added, "Six years ago, following a similar accident, the AAIB recommended a review of the circumstances in which a second pilot is required for air ambulance flights. But no action was taken." He also endorsed a change to regulations that would make shoulder harnesses mandatory.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Shoulder harnesses
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had conducted a study on the benefit of requiring upper torso restraints (UTR, i.e., shoulder harnesses) in passenger seats of aircraft weighing less than 5,670 kg in response to a safety recommendation arising from the investigation of a 1999 accident involving a Cessna Titan near Glasgow. As a result of that study, the CAA changed its regulations to require shoulder harnesses for passengers on all aircraft registered after 1 February 1989, if that aircraft has a maximum takeoff weight of 5,700 or less and 9 passenger seats or fewer.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Shoulder harnesses
The CAA also forwarded a recommendation to the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) of Europe, recommending that European regulators adopt a similar standard. However, at the time of the Loganair accident, the JAA had not acted on the recommendation. Although the UK regulation covered the accident aircraft (it was first certified in May, 1989), Loganair had obtained an exemption from the CAA concerning this issue.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Shoulder harnesses
As a result of this accident, the AAIB issued safety recommendation 2006-101 (regarding shoulder harnesses) and a copy of their earlier study to the JAA and to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which would take over from the JAA as the primary European regulatory body over a period of several years, beginning before the accident. While considering this recommendation, the EASA took the interim step of issuing its own Safety Information Bulletin (SIB 2008–24), which advised the air transport community of the CAA's earlier study and of the benefits of shoulder harnesses.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Shoulder harnesses
In 2011, the EASA published its opinion that the requirement recommended by the AAIB following the Loganair accident that shoulder harnesses should be mandatory for each passenger seat in all commercial air transport aircraft weighing less than 5,700 kg, regardless of when the aircraft was first registered. The European Commission accepted the EASA opinion, and new regulations requiring shoulder harnesses as described in the AAIB's safety recommendation 2006-101 became law for commercial air transport operators in Europe.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Requiring two pilots and automated height warnings
The other two safety recommendations (2006-102 and 2006-103, requiring two pilots on all air ambulance flights and requiring radar altimeters or other height-sensing devices on single-pilot air-transport aircraft) were addressed to the CAA and the JAA only. The JAA responded in 2007 with a letter saying the JAA was "no longer in a position to undertake any work on these topics and responsibility must now lie with EASA." Later that year the AAIB wrote to the EASA to request that they consider safety recommendations 2006-102 and 2006-103 as well.


2005 Loganair Islander accident, Aftermath, Requiring two pilots and automated height warnings
(Safety recommendation 2006-101 had already been addressed to the EASA, so no further action was required.) The EASA responded in 2009 that it had accepted both recommendations into its 4-year Rulemaking Programme. However, the recommendations were passed from one 4-Year Rulemaking Programme to the next. The 2013–2016 EASA status report on its 4-year Rulemaking Programme indicates they expect to issue an opinion on 2006-102 (requiring two pilots on air ambulance flights) by 2019 and a decision by 2020. An opinion on 2006-103 (requiring automatic height-sensing devices) is scheduled to be given by 2018, with a decision made by 2019.


2005 Lombard regional election
The Lombard regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005. The 8th term of the Regional Council was chosen. Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the third time in a row President, defeating Riccardo Sarfatti.


2005 Lombard regional election, Electoral law
Lombardy uses national Tatarella Law of 1995 to elect its Council, not having written its own legislation. Sixty-four councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.


2005 Lombard regional election, Electoral law
Sixteen councillors are elected at-large using a general ticket: parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Lombardy. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 8 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 72; if the winning alliance receives less than 50% of votes, special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.


2005 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Lombard provinces.


2005 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
It must be underlined that this allocation is not fixed. Remained seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 37 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.


2005 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
As it can be seen, the Province of Sondrio remained without representation.


2005 Lombard regional election, Results
2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its third consecutive term, Communion and Liberation's Roberto Formigoni, supported by the center-right coalition.


2005 Lombard regional election, Results
If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant reduction in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Forza Italia, decreased of more than four hundred preferences. The election was also the test for a list that led, within two years, to the national foundation of a new political entity, the Democratic Party.


2005 Lombard regional election, Results
The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising The Daisy and the Democrats of the Left, was the largest party in the region for the first time with the 27.1% of votes.


2005 London Broncos season
The 2005 London Broncos season was the twenty-sixth in the club's history and their tenth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Tony Rea, competing in Super League X, finishing in 6th place and competing in the end of season play-offs. The club also got to the Quarter-finals round of the Challenge Cup.


2005 London Broncos season, Super League X table
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.


2005 London Broncos season, 2005 Challenge Cup
The Broncos progressed beyond the fifth round stage of the cup for the first time in five years, before being knocked out in the quarter finals by the Leeds Rhinos.


2005 London Marathon
The 2005 London Marathon was the 25th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:07:26 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:17:42.


2005 London Marathon
In the wheelchair races, Mexico's Saúl Mendoza (1:35:51) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (1:57:00) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.


2005 London Marathon
Around 132,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,969 had their applications accepted and 35,600 started the race. A total of 35,261 runners, 24,690 men and 10,571 women, finished the race.


2005 Longueuil municipal election
The 2005 Longueuil municipal election took place on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.


2005 Longueuil municipal election
Claude Gladu was elected to his third term as mayor, and first term of the re-constituted city of Longueuil. His party won 19 of the 26 seats on Longueuil City Council.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005 season was the franchise's 45th since its inception. The regular season ended with a record of 95–67, resulting in the Angels winning the American League West division title for the second consecutive season, their fifth in franchise history.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season
In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, 3–2, but were subsequently defeated by the eventual World Series champion Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series, 4–1.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season
The season was the first the team played under its controversial "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Starting pitchers, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Postseason
With their win on Mon. September 27, 2005, the Angels clinched their second straight American League West championship.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Postseason, American League Division Series
The 2005 American League Division Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The series began on October 4, 2005 with the Angels splitting the first two games at Angel Stadium. The Angels then proceeded to split the two games at Yankee Stadium and finally won the fifth game at Angel Stadium ultimately winning the series 3–2.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Postseason, American League Championship Series
The 2005 American League Championship Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox. The series began on October 11, 2005 with the Angels winning the first game at U.S. Cellular Field, but after an incredibly controversial second game loss, the Angels dropped the next three and lost the series 4–1. Because of the controversy surrounding game two, Angel fans to this day (as of the 2013 season) give A. J. Pierzynski a poor welcome at Angel Stadium.


2005 Los Angeles Angels season, Postseason, Bracket
Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.


2005 Los Angeles Dodgers season
In 2005, the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered from a rash of injuries to key players such as closer Éric Gagné, shortstop César Izturis and outfielder J. D. Drew and fell to their second worst record in Los Angeles history, finishing in fourth place in the Western Division of the National League. After the season, manager Jim Tracy and General Manager Paul DePodesta were both fired and the team was torn apart. This was also the last season to be broadcast on KCOP (13).


2005 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers selected 51 players in this draft. Of those, 13 of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round draft pick as a result of signing free agent Derek Lowe but gained a supplemental first round pick and a second round pick as compensation for the loss of free agent Adrián Beltré.


2005 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The first round pick was right-handed pitcher Luke Hochevar out of the University of Tennessee. After a long and controversial negotiation period, Hochevar backed out on a deal to sign with the Dodgers and would re-enter the draft the following year where he signed with the Kansas City Royals.


2005 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
While several members of this years draft class would make the Majors, none were more than role players.


2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 31st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2005.


2005 Los Angeles Sparks season
The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth for the Los Angeles Sparks. Despite making the playoffs, they played mediocre basketball all season long, and they were not considered a playoff factor, as they were swept in the Conference Semifinals to eventual champion Sacramento Monarchs.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot
The 2005 Los Angeles bomb plot was a 2005 effort by a group of ex-convicts calling themselves  Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh to bomb several military bases, a number of synagogues, and an Israeli consulate  in California.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot
On 31 August 2005, Kevin James and three other men were indicted on terrorism charges related to conspiracy to attack military facilities in the Los Angeles area and of attempting to fund their campaign by robbing gas stations in Southern California over the previous three months. Kevin James was accused of founding a radical Islamic group called J.I.S (Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheehجمعية الإسلام الصحيح , Arabic for "Assembly of Authentic Islam") from his cell in Folsom Prison in California, and of recruiting fellow inmates to join his mission to target for violent attack so-called enemies of Islam or "infidels".


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot
The announcement of the arrests was made by the Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales in the presence of the director of the FBI Robert Mueller in Washington D.C. Robert Mueller mentioned the incident in a "Major Executive Speech" in June 2006 on the day that the 2006 Sears Tower plot was announced. The Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI outlined the case in his congressional testimony in September 2006.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, Background
The plot is one in a series of terrorist-related attacks and failed attacks by Muslims on military installations in the United States, including the 2009 New York terrorism plot, the  2007 Fort Dix attack plot, the 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting, and the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, Suspects
Several of the suspects formed a group called Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh from inside a California state prison About a month later, Washington was released from prison and recruited Patterson and Samana, neither of whom had a criminal record, at an Inglewood mosque.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, Conviction
On 14 December 2007, Kevin James pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to levy war against the United States through terrorism" and faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Levar Washington also pleaded guilty to the same in addition to a weapons charge and could get 25.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, Conviction
Gregory Patterson is expected to accept a plea deal, and Hammad Samana is currently undergoing psychiatric treatment.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, Conviction
In an interview with the prosecutor, the reporter remarked that "the cell appears to have been remarkably indiscreet about committing plans to paper. They even left the text of a press release Mr. James had written for use once they committed a successful attack. And one of the ringleaders, James, was in prison the whole time." Documents such as these formed the basis of the evidence, since the group hadn't gotten to the point of gathering materials to make explosives.


2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, Conviction
A 2011 NPR report claimed some of the people associated with this case were imprisoned in a highly restrictive Communication Management Unit.


2005 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 2005 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on March 8, 2005, with a run-off election on May 17, 2005. In a rematch of the 2001 election, Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa defeated the sitting mayor, James Hahn, becoming the city's first Hispanic mayor since the 19th century.


2005 Los Angeles mayoral election, Background
Philanthropist Eli Broad endorsed Hahn. State Senator Gil Cedillo, Councilman Eric Garcetti, and Councilman Cindy Miscikowski, who all endorsed Villaraigosa in 2001, switched sides and endorsed Hahn.


2005 Los Angeles mayoral election, Background
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised Hahn that he would not participate in the election. As such, Schwarzenegger did not endorse any candidates, however he has expressed broad support for Hertzberg's plan to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District. His Education Secretary, and former mayor of Los Angeles, Richard Riordan campaigned heavily for Hertzberg.


2005 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results
Although Villaraigosa garnered the plurality of votes in the general election, his lack of an outright majority forced a special election between him and the incumbent Hahn. With less than 34% of registered voters participating, Villaraigosa won the runoff.


2005 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results
With his election, Villaraigosa became the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872. Hahn became the first incumbent to lose re-election in 32 years since Sam Yorty lost to Tom Bradley in the 1973 Los Angeles mayoral election.


2005 Losail Superbike World Championship round
The 2005 Losail Superbike World Championship round was the first round of the 2005 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of February 24–26, 2005 at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar.


2005 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 2005 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jack Bicknell Jr., the Bulldogs played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech finished the season with a record of 7–4 overall and a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the WAC.


2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rickey Bustle played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.


2005 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 2005 New Orleans Bowl, which was annually played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans was tagged the "New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette" and moved to Cajun Field, the home stadium of Ragin' Cajuns football, in response to Hurricane Katrina that had destroyed the Superdome a few months earlier


2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team
The 2005 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Indians offense scored 239 points while the defense allowed 339 points. It was the final season in which Louisiana–Monroe used the nickname of Indians. Louisiana–Monroe adopted its current nickname of Warhawks beginning with the 2006–07 school year.


2005 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 2005 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, led by Bobby Petrino in his third year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They finished 9–3 in their first season as a member of the Big East Conference with a 5–2 conference record.


2005 Louisville Cardinals football team, Season
The Cardinals finished the 2004 season with an 11–1 record, including a win in the 2004 Liberty Bowl. After the win, they were ranked 6th in the nation. The team was picked, by the Big East media, to finish first in the conference, and ranked 12th in the preseason polls.


2005 Lunar New Year Cup
The 2005 Lunar New Year Cup (a.k.a. Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong on 10 January 2005, the first day of the Chinese New Year 2005.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum
The Luxembourgish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is a referendum that was held on 10 July 2005 to decide whether Luxembourg should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum
56.52% of the 220,717 voters said "yes". Voting bureaus were open from 8am till 2pm.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum
Luxembourg was the 13th EU member state to approve the EU treaty. It was the second referendum with a vote in favor of the EU treaty (after Spain) and the first referendum since the French and the Dutch voters rejected the EU treaty. Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourgish PM, expected a close vote. The last opinion poll a month before the referendum indicated a small advantage for the "yes", but a substantial 16% of non-decided.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum
The referendum was Luxembourg's first since 1937. Luxembourg is traditionally regarded as one of the EU's most enthusiastic member states, and most prominent political figures support the Constitution, with both the governing coalition and the main opposition parties campaigning for a 'yes' vote.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum
The poll was consultative in nature but the parliament agreed to abide by the people's majority vote. Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker had said he would resign if the referendum resulted in a 'no' vote.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum
On 28 June 2005, Luxembourg's parliament approved the constitution in advance of the referendum.


2005 Luxembourg European Constitution referendum, Analysis
A  (in French) of the campaign and referendum results by the .


2005 Luxembourg communal elections
The 2005 Luxembourgian communal elections were held on 9 October 2005. Elections are held every six years across all of Luxembourg's then-118 communes.


2005 Luxembourg communal elections, Results
Seven lists ran in more than one commune: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Democratic Party (DP), the Greens, the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), the Left, and the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL). Of these, the six former parties won seats, as did four local parties that ran in only one commune each.


2005 Luxembourg communal elections, Results
In the chart below, '-' represents that the party did not run in that commune, whereas '0' represents that the party did run, but won no council seats. Grey denotes the mayor's party. Results for communes using proportional representation only. The party system does not apply in the majoritarian communes, making comparisons difficult.


2005 MAC Championship Game
The 2005 MAC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2005 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The game featured the Akron Zips, winners of the Mid-American Conference East Division, and the Northern Illinois Huskies, winners of the West Division.


2005 MAC Championship Game
Down 14 points the fourth quarter, the Zips manufactured a comeback. Northern Illinois led by 6 points with 17 seconds remaining in regulation when Luke Getsy connected with Domenik Hixon on a 36-yard touchdown pass. This and the subsequent successful extra point attempt would prove to be the game winning plays. Their victory earned the Akron football program its first MAC championship and bowl game berth.


2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 7–12 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.


2005 MLS All-Star Game
The 2005 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 10th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on July 30, 2005 at Columbus Crew Stadium, now known as Mapfre Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio between the MLS All-Stars and Fulham of England. The MLS All-Stars earned a 4–1 victory.


2005 MLS SuperDraft
The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. Chivas USA got to go first in the expansion draft). RSL drafted Under-17 midfielder Nikolas Besagno with the first selection.


2005 MLS SuperDraft
A collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players' Union dictated that the draft be reduced from six to four rounds, although a Supplemental Draft was held to equip newly formed reserve teams and compensate for expansion.


2005 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection
Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Generation Adidas program.


2005 MLS Supplemental Draft
Following the signature of the first MLS players' union contract, the MLS Superdraft was limited to four rounds. As a result, the Supplemental Draft was re-incarnated to hold the additional rounds. The 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft, held on February 4, 2005, was the first re-incarnation of the MLS Supplemental Draft. The four-round event followed January's 2005 MLS SuperDraft, as teams filled out their developmental rosters. Expansion clubs Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA received the first picks in each round.


2005 MLS Supplemental Draft
The most notable draft picks include fourth round draft picks Chris Wondolowski, who is one of the top career goalscorers in Major League Soccer with over 140 career MLS goals, and Jeff Larentowicz, who has played more than 380 matches in more than 10 seasons in Major League Soccer.


2005 MPC Computers Bowl
The 2005 MPC Computers Bowl was the ninth edition of the bowl game. It featured the Boise State Broncos and the Boston College Eagles. Though playing at home on its blue "Smurf Turf", where it held a 31-game winning streak, WAC co-champion Boise State was unable to get its usually potent offense on track early, falling behind ACC rep Boston College by 24 at halftime before losing, 27–21.


2005 MPC Computers Bowl, Game summary
Sophomore quarterback Matt Ryan led the way for the Eagles, throwing for 262 yards and three touchdowns, two to junior wide receiver Tony Gonzalez and one to senior Will Blackmon, who led all receivers with 144 yards on just five catches. The Broncos were held scoreless by the Boston College defense for the first 43:46 of the game and hindered their own efforts with three turnovers and eight penalties.


2005 MPC Computers Bowl, Game summary
Playing their final game under coach Dan Hawkins, who would coach Colorado next season, Boise State essayed a late comeback, with junior quarterback Jared Zabransky throwing for one touchdown (a 53-yarder to Drisan James) and running for another. Junior Quinton Jones brought Boise State to within six when he took a Johnny Ayers punt 92 yards for a touchdown with less than four minutes to play in the game, but Boise State's last drive from midfield with less than two minutes stalled and Zabransky threw an end-zone interception to seal the Eagles' win. Boston College thus extended its NCAA-best bowl winning streak to six games, and also ran the BCS conferences' record to 3-0 against non-BCS teams this bowl season.


2005 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards were held at Pavilhão Atlântico,Lisbon, Portugal.


2005 MTV Europe Music Awards
The show was opened by Madonna, performing "Hung Up". Other performers included Pussycat Dolls, The Black Eyed Peas, Robbie Williams and Foo Fighters.


2005 MTV Europe Music Awards
Presenters included Anastacia, Jared Leto, John Legend, Sugababes and Brittany Murphy.


2005 MTV Movie Awards
The 2005 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by Jimmy Fallon. A special award, the Silver Bucket of Excellence, was presented to the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Also, Tom Cruise was presented with the first-ever MTV Generation Award. Neither of these two special awards were voted upon by the public. The awards were also marked by Nine Inch Nails' decision to pull out because MTV refused to let them perform using as a backdrop an unaltered image of President George W. Bush. Frontman Trent Reznor commented, "apparently the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me". Foo Fighters replaced them.


2005 MTV Movie Awards
Anchorman and Mean Girls were the most nominated films, each receiving 4 nominations.


2005 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 28, 2005, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The show was hosted by Diddy at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The big winner of the night was Green Day, who took home seven VMA's, including Best Rock Video, Best Group Video, Viewer's Choice, and Video of the Year.


2005 MTV Video Music Awards
Although the approach of a strong tropical storm (which became Hurricane Katrina prior to its first landfall just north of Miami) cancelled much of the pre-show activities, the show itself went on as scheduled after the storm passed. Later that year, the MTV VMAs for Latin America, scheduled for Cancún, were canceled due to Hurricane Wilma (which later made an identical but reverse path across South Florida as Katrina did).


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Hip-Hop Video
Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) – "Lose Control"


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Dance Video
Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) – "Lose Control"


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Direction in a Video
Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Director: Samuel Bayer)


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Art Direction in a Video
Gwen Stefani – "What You Waiting For?" (Art Director: Zach Matthews)


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Editing in a Video
Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Editor: Tim Royes)


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Cinematography in a Video
Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Director of Photography: Samuel Bayer)


2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Music
The music for the telecast was scored by Linkin Park's co-vocalist Mike Shinoda and rapper Lil Jon. The score was released as an EP on August 31, 2005, and later released by Shinoda five years later on March 1, 2010.


2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2005 were hosted by Takashi Fujii and Megumi at Tokyo Bay NK Hall, the awards included performances by Namie Amuro, Rain, Mariah Carey, Hoobastank, Jamiroquai and Ashanti.


2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Awards, Best Video from a Film
Ken Hirai — "Hitomi wo Tojite" (from Socrates in Love)


2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Special awards, Most Entertaining Video
Gorie with Jasmine Ann Allen and Yamasaki Joann Shikou — "Micky"


2005 MTV Video Music Brazil
The 2005 MTV Video Music Brazil was hosted by Selton Mello and took place at the Credicard Hall. It was the only edition of the awards where the presenters of the main categories performed a song or a medley of songs related to the category presented before introducing the nominees and announcing the winners. In 2005, the Viewer's Choice and Video of the Year categories were combined into a single category; before 2005, the Video of the Year award was chosen by a jury of experts, while most of the categories were decided by the viewers.


2005 Macanese legislative election
Elections for the Legislative Assembly of Macau were held in Macau on September 25, 2005.


2005 Macanese legislative election, Election method
Twelve candidates are elected directly using the highest averages method on party lists with divisors of 1,2,4,8 etc. There are 18 party lists, the highest ever, with a total of 125 candidates, also the highest ever. 5 of the lists are related to gambling.


2005 Macanese legislative election, Election method
10 candidates are elected by the functional constituencies. The seats are distributed like the directly elected seats. There is one list for each category. There are:


2005 Macanese legislative election, Related events
A candidate (汪長南) was bashed on the head. Police arrested 3 suspects. A reporter was beaten up while investigating a possibly corrupt candidate. The Macao CCAC received 93 complaints.


2005 Macanese legislative election, Related events
Even with a typhoon signal no. 3 issued, the turnout for the direct election was a historic 58.39%. 128,830 people voted out of 220,653. The turnout for the functional constituencies was 61.95%. 2704 people voted.


2005 Macanese legislative election, Candidates lists and results, Geographical constituencies (12 seats)
Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Highest averages method.


2005 Macau Grand Prix
The 2005 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 52nd Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 20 November 2005. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2005 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2005 race was the 52nd running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 23rd for Formula Three cars.


2005 Macau Grand Prix
The Grand Prix was won by Manor Motorsport driver Lucas di Grassi, having finished third in the previous day's qualification race which was won by Loïc Duval of ASM Formule 3. Di Grassi took the lead after Duval was penalised for a jump start and maintained it until Robert Kubica of Carlin Motorsport passed him on lap ten.


2005 Macau Grand Prix
After three laps behind the safety car for a three-car pileup at Faraway Hill corner, di Grassi reclaimed the lead from Kubica at the start of lap 14 and held it for the rest of the race to claim the first victory for a Brazilian driver in Macau since Maurício Gugelmin in the 1985 edition. Second place went to Kubica while third was the highest-placed rookie Sebastian Vettel of ASM Formule 3.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
The Macau Grand Prix is a Formula Three race considered to be a stepping stone to higher motor racing categories such as Formula One and has been termed the territory's most prestigious international sporting event. The 2005 Macau Grand Prix was the 52nd running of the event and the 23rd time the race was held to Formula Three regulations. It took place on the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 21 November 2005 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
In order to compete in Macau, drivers had to race in a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship meeting during the calendar year, in either the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy or one of the domestic championships, with the highest-placed drivers given priority in receiving an invitation to the event. Within the 30 car grid of the event, just one of the three major Formula Three championships was represented by its series champion.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
João Paulo de Oliveira, from the Japanese series, was the sole champion taking part, as the Euro Formula Three Series winner and early pre-race favourite Lewis Hamilton was advised by McLaren to miss the race and concentrate on planning for 2006. Furthermore, the champion of the British Formula Three International Series Álvaro Parente had an A1GP commitment in Malaysia. Thus the highest placed participants from the Euro and British series' were Lucas di Grassi and Charlie Kimball respectively. The sole driver from outside of Formula Three to race in Macau was Robert Kubica, the Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion. Five Macanese drivers received invitations from race organisers to take part in the race. They were Rodolfo Ávila, Michael Ho, Jo Merszei, Lou Meng Cheong and Lei Kit Meng.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Two half an hour practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning. Paolo Montin for Ombra Racing had minor problems with his brakes but lapped fastest with a minute left at 2 minutes, 14.192 seconds. Di Grassi of Manor Motorsport was 0.210 seconds behind in second. Sebastian Vettel, Kazuki Nakajima, Loïc Duval, Kubica, de Oliveira, Franck Perera, Naoki Yokomizo and Fábio Carbone were in positions three to ten. Most drivers avoided an incident except for Dan Clarke, who was stranded at the Melco hairpin and Cheong removed one of his car's wheels in a collision against a trackside wall.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying was divided into two 45-minute sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon, and the second on Friday afternoon. The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards his final starting position for the qualification race. The first qualifying session was delayed by 20 minutes due to an incident during practice for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race when driver Jonny Cocker crashed and created a large dent in a barrier beside the track.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
When it did start, Duval, who moved from Signature Team to fill in for Hamilton at Macau, was the early pace setter but Kubica resolved a loose seat and car set-up problems to steadily move up the order and top the time sheets with qualifying's final lap at 2 minutes, 12.754 seconds. Di Grassi had pole position for ten minutes until Kubica demoted him to second. Duval was close behind in third. Carbone set a late lap that put him provisional fourth. Yokomizo moved up the order to claim fifth and Watts finished in sixth.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
De Oliviera challenged Duval early on but took seventh, Conway was the highest-placed rookie in eighth, Kohei Hirate came ninth and Perera rounded out the top ten. Nakajima was the fastest man not to get into the top ten but he was in front of Vettel. They were followed by Romain Grosjean and Montin on the provisional seventh row. Christian Bakkerud was next up ahead of Guillaume Moreau, Bruno Senna, Daisuke Ikeda, Kimball and Karl Reindler.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The rest of the provisional line up consisted of Taku Bamba, Clarke, Filip Salaquarda, Ávila, Ho, Stephen Jelley, Lei, Merszei, Cheong and Steven Kane who only set one timed lap due to an oil leak. Qualifying was twice interrupted with yellow flags as Cheong went into the wall at San Francisco Bend turn and Nakajima removed his front suspension at Moorish Hill corner.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
For missing the red light signal instructing him to enter the weighbridge, Perera was ordered to meet the stewards after qualifying and all of his lap times were deleted. In the second half-hour practice session, de Oliviera traded the top spot with several drivers until he came out on top with a time of 2 minutes, 12.708 seconds with 16 minutes left. Conway continued to progress in the time sheets with the second-fastest lap and was a little more than four-hundredths of a second slower than de Oliviera.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Duval, Kubica, Perera, di Grassi, Yokomizo, Clarke, Kimball and Montin were in positions four to ten. Officials red flagged the session with five minutes left due to two concurrent accidents. Bakkerud spun backwards into the Dona Maria Bend corner tyre wall and Senna clouted a barrier with his car's right-hand corner on his way down the hill leaving Teddy Yip Bend corner and removed both his wheels. Kane ended the session early with a collision against the Moorish Hill barrier.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Loïc Duval, after clinching pole position during the second qualifying session held on Friday.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The second qualifying session was stopped early on when Carbone entered the start/finish line straight too fast, glanced a barrier at the exit of the Reservoir Bend corner, and was stranded in the centre of the track. Almost immediately after the restart, a second red flag was prompted by a multi-car collision between Clarke, Salaquarda and Moreau at Police Bend turn and a third was triggered by Kimball whose spin at the same corner made the track impassable. The last stoppage came when de Oliviera crashed into an wall.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Kubica held pole position early on until Duval took it with a new unofficial lap record of 2 minutes, 11.348 seconds with eleven minutes left and maintained it until the end of qualifying. A lack of a slipstream on the main straight hindered Di Grassi, who took second with a last-minute lap. Kubica bettered his lap but fell to third and Conway moved up four places to fourth despite a crash into the Police Bend barrier soon after. Perera took fifth and was provisionally joined on the grid's third row by Montin who gained eight positions from previous day's effort.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
De Oliviera maintained seventh, Nakajima moved to eighth and his teammate Carbone and Moreau completed the top ten qualifiers. Behind them the rest of the field lined up as Yokomizo, Vettel, Kimball, Watts, Bakkerud, Hirate,  Reindler, Bamba, Clarke, Grosjean, Jelley, Senna, Ikeda, Kane, Ávila, Salaquarda, Ho, Cheong, Lei and Merszei. After the session, di Grassi, Perera and Reindler had their fastest two qualifying lap times invalidated after the stewards deemed the trio to have not slowed sufficiently under yellow flag conditions for de Oliviera's crash.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying classification
Each of the driver's fastest lap times from the two qualifying sessions are denoted in bold.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Warm-up one
A 20-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the qualifying race. Perera continued to move up in the time sheets with the session's fastest lap of 2 minutes, 13.185 seconds. Montin set a lap time that was 0.308 seconds slower in second. Conway, Duval, Carbone, Yokomizo, Kubica, Vettel, de Oliviera and Hirate followed in positions three through ten.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
The qualifying race to set the starting order for the main race started in dry and sunny weather at 13:40 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 19 November. On a pre-race reconnaissance lap, Bamba came into Reservoir Bend corner too quick and ran into the rear of Cheong's car which had come to a stop in its grid slot. Both cars sustained damage to their suspensions and could not start the race. Furthermore, Cheong's vehicle was pushed forwards into an unnamed female and injured her.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
Duval made a poor start while Kubica was faster off the line to take the lead on the run to Mandarin Oriental Bend corner. However, Duval reclaimed first from Kubica going into Lisboa turn as the latter could not withstand his overtake and instead focused himself on avoiding risks and preserve his car for Sunday's race. Di Grassi out-dragged teammate Conway approaching Reservoir turn and attempted a pass on Kubica on the outside but he backed out of it. Carbone fell from ninth to nineteenth by the end of the first lap, while Watts gained five places entering Lisboa corner to eighth.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
Duval pulled away from Kubica and led by two seconds at the end of lap two as Conway and di Grassi battled over third place and Montin duelled de Oliviera for fifth position. That lap, Senna stopped at Teddy Yip Bend turn with an engine failure and red and yellow striped flags were shown at that part of the track because of the possibility that oil had been laid there. Elsewhere down the order, Vettel got past Moreau and began to close up to Watts as the trio of Kimball, Yokomizo and Bakkerud duelled each other.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
Carbone lost control of his car at San Francisco Bend corner but avoided a collision with an barrier alongside the track. Vettel moved ahead of Watts and into eighth but kept the position for a few seconds as Watts retook it. Approaching the conclusion of lap four, di Grassi made an error that lost him momentum. Conway challenged di Grassi but the latter remained in third. Bakkerud overtook Yokomizo and then Kimball at Reservoir Bend corner but Kimball retook the position entering the straight linking the Mandarin Oriental Bend and Lisboa turns.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
While most cars were fairly spread out at the front, it was not a major issue to get through traffic but Cheong heavily delayed Kubica at the Melco hairpin who had a poor-handling car due to one of his wheels buckled from the accident with Bamba. Kubica waited until he was on a wider part of the track before he lapped Cheong. In the race's final laps, more overtakes occurred as Montin was passed by de Oliviera while Vettel overtook Watts as Kimball and Bakkerud traded tenth twice.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
Watts blocked a pass from Kimball at Lisboa corner as Moreau overtook Bakkerud. Kimball then overtook Watts at Lisboa turn on the next lap. Cheong retired in the Lisboa turn escape road on the final lap. Kubica closed up to Duval but chose not to take risks and Duval slowed slightly to win the qualification race and pole position for the Grand Prix itself by 1.577 seconds. Di Grassi was third, Conway fourth and Montin fifth. De Oliviera, Nakajima, Vettel, Kimball and Watts completed the top ten. The final classified finishers were Bakkerud, Moreau, Clarke, Yokomizo, Perera, Grosjean, Reindler, Kane, Carbone, Ikeda, Jelley, Hirate, Salaquarda, Ávila, Ho, Merszei and Lei.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Warm-up two
After the qualifying race, but before second warm-up, Bamba was summoned to the stewards office to explain the incident with Cheong. The stewards decided to bar Bamba from the main race on Sunday for causing "an avoidable collision". The second 20-minute warm-up session took place on the morning of the main race. Di Grassi was quickest with a lap of 2 minutes, 11.953 seconds with Duval 0.973 seconds slower in second. Perera, Conway, Yokomizo, Vettel, Watts, Senna, Ikeda and Grosjean made up positions three through ten. Midway through the session, Moreau crashed heavily at Reservoir Bend corner, but his team rebuilt his car before the race.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
The race was delayed from its 15:45 start time on 20 November due to multiple incidents in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge race and the 2005 Guia Race of Macau. When it did begin in dry and sunny weather, Duval moved slightly before the five red lights extinguished. He stopped on the front of the line marking his grid slot once he realised his error. This did not stop Duval from making a brisk start as Kubica made an equally fast getaway.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Kubica drew alongside Duval on the approach to Lisboa corner but did not get through as the field passed without incident. Further down the order, Watts relinquished positions and Vettel overtook Montin for fourth. Conway ran into the rear of Montin and sustained a slow tyre puncture. In the meantime, Duval opened up a 2.2-second advantage upfront by the end of the first lap.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
The lap after, the stewards announced that Duval had been adjudged to have jumped the start as he continued to increase his advantage by one second per lap in order to strategically minimise his loss of position. On lap two, di Grassi turned left onto the outside going into Lisboa corner and overtook Kubica for second. Behind them, Senna and Hirate retired after the two made contact at the Melco hairpin and temporarily blocked the track.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Conway slowed on his way to the pit lane to have his punctured tyre replaced and he rejoined down the order. Perera advanced through the field and challenged Bakkerud for tenth but the latter held the place. Kimball was fending off the faster de Oliviera while di Grassi blocked Kubica's attempts to pass him. Two drivers retired during laps four and five: Salaquarda entered the pit lane with an unknown problem and Yokomizo missed the braking point for Lisboa corner and crashed into the wall.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Just as officials were about to disqualify Duval by waving the black flag, he entered the pit lane at the start of lap six and his hope of becoming the fourth Frenchman in a row to win in Macau were over. Duval emerged in the centre of a pack of cars led by Watts in tenth and di Grassi now led with Kubica second as Clarke passed Kimball for seventh. Jelley lacked most of his front wing because he ran into the rear of Reindler's vehicle and delayed a small pack of cars. On the eighth lap, Kubica attempted to overtake di Grassi on the outside but lost control of his car and narrowly avoided taking himself out of contention.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Further round the lap, Kubica gently nudged di Grassi at the Melco hairpin and fell back to give himself more space before a second try. Overtakes occurred further down the field: Duval passed Watts and began to draw closer to Kimball after Watts chose not to duel Duval. Jelley's car gave way coming into Reservoir Bend corner and struck the barrier, which he slid against before stopping. Since Jelley was in a section of track that was not hazardous to others, the race was not interrupted and the traffic jam dispersed.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
As the leaders entered Mandarin Bend to start lap ten, a slower car impeded di Grassi and Kubica tucked into his slipstream. Kubica steered to the outside of di Grassi into Lisboa turn for the lead. Kubica immediately began to pull away as de Oliviera took fourth from Montin and Duval overtook Kimball and Clarke to advance to sixth. Clarke tried to follow Duval through the next sequence of turns but braked too late and hit the barrier at Faraway Hill corner. Kimball incorrectly guessed the direction Clarke was going and the two made contact. Watts collected them and slid into an wall before stopping several yards down the track.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Lucas di Grassi on winning the 23rd Macau Grand Prix held to Formula Three regulations.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Since cars were adjudged to be in a dangerous position and rescue workers were needed at Faraway Hill turn, the safety car was dispatched and Kubica's lead of 1.612 seconds was reduced to nothing and he lost his opportunity of taking a comfortable win. Under the safety car, Cheong drove into the pit lane to retire for unknown reasons while Carbone made a pit stop but lost no time to the leaders.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
The safety car was withdrawn at the start of lap 14 and racing resumed. Di Grassi noted an opportunity to overtake the leader Kubica going into Mandarin Bend corner and did so. That lap, Kane spun and he could not restart his car because of an overheating engine. On his second appearance in Macau, it was di Grassi's victory, achieving the first win for a Brazilian driver in Macau since Maurício Gugelmin won the 1985 race.


2005 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Despite putting di Grassi under extensive pressure, Kubica could not get back at him and was 0.659 seconds behind in second, with Vettel completing the podium as the highest-placed rookie in third. Off the podium, de Oliviera took fourth, Nakajima came fifth and Duval sixth. Bakkerud took seventh from Montin at the line and Grosjean and Perera rounded out the top ten. Moreau, Carbone, Reindler and Conway filled positions 11 to 14. Ho moved up ten places from his starting position to come 15th and Ávila, Ikeda, Lei, Merszei and Kane were the final finishers.


2005 Maccabiah Games
The 2005 Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: המכביה ה-17 ישראל תשס"ה), held in Israel, were the 17th incarnation of the 'Jewish Olympics.' They attracted the largest attendance of any Maccabiah Games, including more than 900 representatives from the United States, almost 500 from Australia, and more than 2,000 from Israel, bringing the total participants to more than 7,700 from 55 countries.


2005 Maccabiah Games
Israel ended the games at the top of the medal count with 228 gold medals. The United States was second with 71 gold medals, while Russia came in third with 15.


2005 Maccabiah Games, History
The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Selected results
Vadim Gutzeit of Ukraine, an Olympic gold medal winner in team sabre, won gold medals in individual and team sabre. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Sergey Sharikov of Russia won the silver medal in sabre. In fencing, two-time Pan American Games gold medalist Dan Kellner won the silver medal in foil for the US. 1999 US Junior Champion and 2001 NCAA Fencing Champion Soren Thompson won a team silver medal in epee for the US.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Selected results
In women's tennis, Sharon Fichman of Canada won the gold medal at the age of 14, and also won a bronze medal in the women’s doubles, and a silver medal in mixed doubles.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Selected results
In women's basketball, Shay Doron, who two years later signed with the WNBA New York Liberty, led the USA to a 5–0 record and a gold medal, and was selected Maccabiah MVP.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Selected results
In squash, Brian L. Roberts, the Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, won a gold medal with the US team in his fourth Maccabiah.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Selected results
In soccer, Jonathan Bornstein, Benny Feilhaber, Leo Krupnik, Matt Reiswerg, and Kevin Friedland led the US men's open soccer to their best finish ever with a silver medal. The US lost to gold medal winner Israel, which played with their U-20 National Team.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Selected results
In karate the US Men's open team took several gold and silver medals. The youth team took one silver and one bronze. In judo, 17-year-old Alice Schlesinger won a gold medal by defeating the world champion and former Israeli Daniella Krakower in the final.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Sports
The sports featured at the 2005 Maccabiah Games are listed below.


2005 Maccabiah Games, Participating communities
Not all Jewish communities participated in the 2005 Maccabiah, as has been the case since 1950. Jewish communities in Arab countries (Morocco, Tunisia, etc. ), as well as the community in Iran, did not send delegations. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.


2005 Maccabiah Games medal table
This is the full table of the medal count of the 2005 Maccabiah Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Maccabi Federation). The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots
The 2005 Macquarie Fields riots were a series of disturbances in south-west Sydney in February 2005 which were referred to as a riot by both the Parliament of New South Wales and the media.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Trigger event
The riots were sparked by a high-speed police pursuit on 25 February through the Glenquarie housing estate in the south-west Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields. The chase resulted in the driver, 20-year-old Jesse Kelly, crashing the stolen vehicle into a tree and killing his two passengers, 17-year-old Dylan Raywood and 19-year-old Matthew Robertson. Certain circumstances around the riots including the fatal police pursuit in a low-income area were seen to be a repeat of the riots that took place in Redfern, New South Wales during the previous year.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Trigger event
The accident sparked protests and accusations of police impropriety after Kelly's aunt Deborah falsely claimed police had rammed the car prior to the crash. Kelly eventually adopted the accusation, which was untrue.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Trigger event
New South Wales state premier Bob Carr mobilised hundreds of police, including heavily armed riot squads into the area. The violence that followed lasted four nights, involving at least 300 residents clashing with police. The rioters hurled rocks, bottles, bricks, petrol bombs, and set cars alight, injuring several officers.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Trigger event
During a Parliamentary inquiry nine months later, NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney stated that the violence during the incident was not a riot when compared to incidents in Los Angeles or Paris, referring to the distinction between "disturbance" and "riot" as defined by Los Angeles Police Department police chief Bill Bratton, who had been visiting Australia at the time of the disturbances.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Criticism of response
The police were criticised at the time for not acting to quell the disturbances quickly enough, with some arguing the riots could have been ended in their first day had a more aggressive stance been adopted. The so-called 'soft' approach by police was put down to downsizing and a lack of training within the NSW Police Force that inhibited their ability to contain the ringleaders effectively. The police eventually made 55 arrests, including that of Jesse Kelly, who had fled the scene of the fatal car crash which preceded the riots.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Social issues
The suburb of Macquarie Fields suffered from a high unemployment rate of 11.3 per cent, more than twice the National average. Of its 4,600 homes, 1,500 are housing commission projects and home to low-income and disadvantaged families. Criticisms have been made about this controversial cul de sac-style urban planning that left many residents with very little privacy.


2005 Macquarie Fields riots, Charges and sentences
In October 2006, Jesse Kelly was formally charged after admitting two counts of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death and was sentenced to 5 years' jail. In the same month a coronial inquiry officially cleared New South Wales Police of any responsibility for the riot. His aunt Deborah Kelly, who started the rumors that sparked the riots, was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and with concealing a serious indictable offence.


2005 Macquarie Fields state by-election
A by-election was staged in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Macquarie Fields on 17 September 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member and former minister Craig Knowles (Labor). The by-election was timed to coincide with two other state by-elections in Maroubra and Marrickville.


2005 Macquarie Fields state by-election
The by-election saw the Labor Party retain the seat with the election of candidate Steven Chaytor.


2005 Macquarie Fields state by-election, Aftermath
Steven Chaytor's stint as a member of parliament would prove to be a short one. In January 2007 he was found guilty of domestic assault. As a result, Chaytor stepped down as an MP and did not contest the 2007 state election.


2005 Magherafelt District Council election
Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.


2005 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Magherafelt Town
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2001-2005 Change: No change


2005 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Moyola
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2005 Magherafelt District Council election, Districts results, Sperrin
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent


2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round
The 2005 French GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 2 and July 3, 2005 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the fifth race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 French Grand Prix.


2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round
The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with José María López second for DAMS and Nicolas Lapierre finishing third for Arden.


2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round
The second race was won by Nico Rosberg for ART Grand Prix, with Hiroki Yoshimoto for BCN Competición and Heikki Kovalainen for Arden also on the podium.


2005 Magog municipal election
The 2005 Magog municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and councillors in the city of Magog, Quebec. Marc Poulin was re-elected to a third term as mayor without opposition.


2005 Magog municipal election, Results
Sources: Patrick Lavery, "Magog mayor gets four more years: Four acclaimed to council, 16 vie for remaining seats," Sherbrooke Record, 18 October 2005, p. 3 ; "Meet your new municipal councils," Sherbrooke Record, 8 November 2005, p. 7 .


2005 Maine Black Bears football team
The 2005 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their 13th season under head coach Jack Cosgrove, the Black Bears compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and finished fourth in the Atlantic 10's North Division. Jermaine Walker and Ben Lazarski were the team captains.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 76th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 2005 at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, the home of the Detroit Tigers of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 7–5, thus awarding an AL team (which eventually came to be the Chicago White Sox) home-field advantage in the 2005 World Series. In this game Rawlings first previewed the Coolflo batting helmets.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
A superchoir consisting of three choirs from Windsor, Ontario, sang "O Canada", the Canadian National Anthem. Then, a moment of silence for the victims of the July 7 London bombings, which took place a few days before the game, followed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Brass Players' performance of "God Save the Queen", the national anthem of the United Kingdom. Brian McKnight sang The Star-Spangled Banner, the U.S. National Anthem. The colors presentation was by the Camp Grayling color guard, accompanied by University of Toledo ROTC officers who presented the flags in the outfield.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
In the first inning, starters Mark Buehrle and Chris Carpenter each induced a double play, from Carlos Beltrán and Manny Ramírez respectively, to end early threats. The American League would score in the bottom of the second, when the game's MVP, Miguel Tejada, crushed a shot off John Smoltz to give the AL a 1–0 lead. The AL would score two more in the third, on the strength of a David Ortiz RBI single, and an RBI groundout by Tejada, his second RBI in as many innings.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The NL wasted a scoring opportunity in the top of the fourth, when with two runners on, Aramis Ramírez grounded into a double play to end that threat. In the bottom of that inning, Ichiro Suzuki hit a broken-bat, bloop single to score two, but was then picked off first base by Liván Hernández. Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Mark Teixeira, a switch-hitter, hit an opposite field, two-run homer off Dontrelle Willis, his first home run off a left-hander that season, opening the AL's lead to 7–0.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
During the seventh-inning stretch, Brian McKnight sang God Bless America.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The NL finally got on the board in the next inning, when Andruw Jones launched a two-run shot just inside the foul pole off Kenny Rogers to close the NL to within five. They scored another run in the eighth, when Moisés Alou scored on an RBI forceout by Miguel Cabrera.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
In the top of the ninth, Luis Gonzalez scored Andruw Jones with a double off of Baltimore closer B.J. Ryan, and then scored himself on an RBI groundout by Carlos Lee. Mariano Rivera then came on to stop the NL's potential rally. Rivera struck out Morgan Ensberg to end the threat, and the game, securing a 7–5 win for the AL.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
Hall-of-Famer and former Tigers outfielder Al Kaline joined the ceremonial first pitch ceremonies.


2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby
In this event, the eight competitors each came from a different nation. This format dovetailed with the announcement of the launch of the World Baseball Classic the week before, as of the following year.


2005 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
The 2005 Century 21 Home Run Derby was a 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game event held at Comerica Park, the home field of the Detroit Tigers on July 11, 2005. The competition had eight competitors as usual and seven were eliminated over the course of three rounds. In honor of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, all the competitors represented their home countries, each representing a different country.


2005 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Competitors
The eight competitors were Venezuela's Bobby Abreu of the Philadelphia Phillies, Canada's Jason Bay of the Pittsburgh Pirates, South Korea's Hee-seop Choi of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Netherlands' Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves, Panama's Carlos Lee of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Dominican Republic's David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, Puerto Rico's Iván Rodríguez of the Detroit Tigers, and the U.S.A.'s Mark Teixeira of the Texas Rangers.


2005 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
Any ball that is swung at must be hit over the outfield wall in fair territory to be counted as a home run. A swing and a miss is an out, but if the batter doesn't swing, no out is recorded. If there is a tie, a swing off will be held. The contestant with the most home runs gets five swings, but if there is still a tie after five swings, each contestant will be given three swings to break the tie.


2005 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules, Round One
Each contestant receives ten outs. The top four home run hitters of the round advance to the next round.


2005 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules, Round Two
Each batter again receives ten outs. The top two hitters of the round advance to the final round.


2005 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules, Round Three
The two batters once again receive ten outs. The contestant with the most home runs in the round wins the derby.


2005 Major League Baseball draft
The 2005 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 7 and 8. It was conducted via conference call with representatives from each of the league's 30 teams. It is widely considered to be one of the best drafts in recent memory.


2005 Major League Baseball draft, Background
The Diamondbacks used the top overall pick on high school shortstop Justin Upton and thus made him and older brother, B.J., the highest selected pair of brothers in the history of the draft. The Devil Rays selected B.J. with the second overall pick of the 2002 draft. With the fourth overall pick, the Nationals chose one of Upton's AAU teammates, third baseman Ryan Zimmerman of the University of Virginia. Zimmerman and B.J. Upton played in the same AAU infield as New York Mets third baseman David Wright in their youth.


2005 Major League Baseball draft, Background
College third basemen accounted for three of the top five selections. A total of 13 pitchers went in the first round, 10 of whom came from the college ranks.


2005 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Rice pitcher Wade Townsend was the eighth overall pick in the first round for the second straight year. After failing to reach terms with the Orioles last year, Townsend re-entered the draft pool and was selected by Tampa Bay.


2005 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Stanford outfielder John Mayberry, the son of the longtime Major League first baseman of the same name, was drafted by the Rangers with the 19th overall pick.


2005 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Three 2005 first-round draft choices saw action before the conclusion of the Major League season. Atlanta's Joey Devine became the first Brave since Bob Horner in 1978 to appear in the Majors the same year he was drafted. Devine joined Ariel Prieto (OAK-1995), Chad Cordero (MON-2003) and Ryan Wagner (CIN-2003) as the only draftees of the last 15 years to reach the Majors before September 1 the same year. Zimmerman and Boston's Craig Hansen joined their Major League clubs in September 2005.


2005 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Ryan Braun was the first 2005 draftee to be selected to an All-Star Game. He was voted in as a starter in 2008. Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz were the first 2005 draftees to win a World Series championship, although Buchholz, drafted in the supplemental first round, was never on the 2007 Red Sox postseason roster. Matt Garza was named MVP of the 2008 ALCS.


2005 Major League Baseball season
The 2005 Major League Baseball season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties than ever before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players, including veteran Rafael Palmeiro, were suspended under the new policy. Besides steroids it was also notable that every team in the NL East division finished the season with at least 81 wins (at least half of the 162 games played). Additionally it was the first season featuring a baseball team in Washington, D.C. after more than 3 decades (the second iteration of the Washington Senators last played there in 1971), with the Washington Nationals having moved from Montreal.


2005 Major League Baseball season
The Anaheim Angels changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.


2005 Major League Baseball season
The season ended when the Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in a four-game sweep in the World Series, winning their first championship since 1917.


2005 Major League Baseball season
As of the 2021 season, this is the last season in which no no-hit games were pitched; 2005 was also only the 6th year since 1949 in which no such games were thrown.


2005 Major League Baseball season, Postseason, Bracket
Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.


2005 Major League Baseball season, Events
•   April 29 - The highly anticipated matchup of Roger Clemens of the Houston Astros vs. Greg Maddux of the Chicago Cubs took place at Minute Maid Park, two of the most acclaimed pitchers of the modern era (between them are 11 Cy Young awards - 7 and 4 respectively). Both Clemens and Maddux had 300 career wins at this point in their careers, a feat that is arguably impossible for modern era pitchers to achieve since the advent of middle and closing relief rosters. The Cubs went on to win the game 3-2.


2005 Major League Baseball season, Notes
Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1959, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005.


2005 Major League Lacrosse season
The 2005 Major League Lacrosse season was the fifth season of the league. The season began on May 20 and concluded with the championship game on August 21, 2005. This was the last MLL season when they just had 6 teams, and the next season, they had the new Western Conference.


2005 Major League Lacrosse season, General information
The 45 second shot clock was changed to a 60-second shot clock in 2005.


2005 Major League Lacrosse season, General information
Baltimore defeated New Jersey 21-12 in a game played at Qwest Field in Seattle on May 28.


2005 Major League Lacrosse season, Regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, , PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against


2005 Major League Lacrosse season, Regular season
Long Island defeated Philadelphia 2 of 3 games in the regular season.


2005 Major League Lacrosse season, All Star Game
Old School team was made up of players who began playing in 2001. Young Guns was made up of players who began in 2002 or later.


2005 Major League Soccer season
The 2005 Major League Soccer season was the tenth season of Major League Soccer. The season began on April 2, 2005, and concluded on November 13, 2005 with the first Supporters' Shield victory for the San Jose Earthquakes and a second MLS Cup victory for the Los Angeles Galaxy.


2005 Major League Soccer season, 2005 in Summary
The New England Revolution and FC Dallas began the year as the league's dominant teams, especially when Dallas acquired Carlos Ruiz in a trade after Landon Donovan returned from a disappointing stint with Bayer Leverkusen and wanted to play with his hometown Los Angeles Galaxy. Injuries and inconsistent play slowed FC Dallas down as the season wore on, and the 2001 and 2003 MLS Cup champion San Jose Earthquakes eventually won the regular-season Supporters' Shield with the third-best record in the league's 10-year history. FC Dallas opened its new stadium, Pizza Hut Park, in August, although it did not operate at full capacity until November. As he did at the Home Depot Center, Ruiz scored the first two goals in the new stadium in a 2-2 tie against the MetroStars.


2005 Major League Soccer season, 2005 in Summary
Expansion franchises Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA struggled in their first season, making playoff qualification a routine matter for the other four Western Conference teams. Chivas USA proved a disappointment in terms of consistent attendance, but its derbies against Los Angeles added excitement and intensity to the calendar, even though the Galaxy won all five (four regular season and one U.S. Open Cup) meetings. Real Salt Lake finished second in the league in attendance.


2005 Major League Soccer season, 2005 in Summary
The MetroStars fired head coach Bob Bradley late in the season and qualified for the playoffs with a 2-0 win over Chivas USA on the final day of the season. Their campaign was boosted by former French international Youri Djorkaeff, who proved one of the league's most successful international signings and took over as MetroStars captain.


2005 Major League Soccer season, 2005 in Summary
In the playoffs, Western Conference No. 4 seed Los Angeles knocked off rival San Jose behind inspired play from former Earthquake Donovan. Colorado edged Dallas on penalty kicks after a classic overtime that saw each team score in overtime and Ruiz hit the post with a penalty kick. In the Eastern Conference, New England rallied from a 2-0 aggregate deficit with three goals in the game's final 25 minutes to beat the MetroStars in snowy Gillette Stadium. Defending champion D.C. United crashed out after a 4-0 home loss to the Chicago Fire.


2005 Major League Soccer season, 2005 in Summary
In the conference finals, Donovan scored twice to lead the Galaxy past Colorado, and an early Clint Dempsey goal carried New England into the final. Fire players thought they had tied the game in stoppage time, but a linesman's controversial offside call (proven correct by video replay) denied them the equalizer.


2005 Major League Soccer season, 2005 in Summary
For the second time in four years, Los Angeles beat New England 1-0 in overtime to win MLS Cup. Maligned Guatemalan forward Pando Ramirez, whose only goal on the season came on a penalty kick that hit the post and went in off Joe Cannon's back, scored the game's only goal before a sellout crowd at Pizza Hut Park.


2005 Major League Soccer season, MLS Cup Playoffs, MLS Cup 2005
Conference champions New England Revolution and Los Angeles Galaxyearn MLS berths to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006.


2005 Malaysia Premier League
The 2005 Malaysia Premier League (Malay: 2005 Liga Premier Malaysia), also known as the TM Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the second season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 6 February and concluded in 23 July 2005.


2005 Malaysia Premier League
The Malaysia Premier League champions for 2005 was Selangor which beaten Negeri Sembilan during the final with a score of 4-2. Both clubs were promoted to Super League.


2005 Malaysia Premier League
Due to exclusion of Public Bank who was relegated from 2005 Malaysia Super League and MK Land, who were suspended for five years from all competitions due to pulling out of the Malaysian League, the relegations of Melaka and PDRM were revoked and both teams remained in the 2005–06 Malaysia Premier League. For the next season, the Football Association of Brunei entered a club team, DPMM, rather than the squad from national team, the Brunei.


2005 Malaysia Super League
The 2005 Super League (Liga Super 2005) also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the second season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2005 Malaysia Super League, Summary
The season was held from 29 January and concluded in 9 July 2005. The Liga Super champions for 2005 was Perlis. Perlis won the title after leaving the defending champions a huge 10 points behind. Penang escaped relegation on goal difference, having let in 4 goals less than Public Bank. The top goalscorer award was jointly won by Zacharia Simukonda from Perlis and Júlio César Rodrigues from Sabah. Both players scored 18 goals each. The highest number of goals featured in a match throughout the season was six. Four matches ended with six goals. The end of the season was marred by turmoil after Public Bank announced it would pulled out from the League, having been relegated. The team was eventually banned from all FAM competitions for five years.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One race held at Sepang on 20 March 2005.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
This was another dominant win from Renault, as Fernando Alonso secured his first win of the season from pole position. At the start he led from Jarno Trulli, before finishing the race 20-odd seconds ahead of the Italian, claiming Toyota's first ever podium position.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Third place was taken by Nick Heidfeld in the Williams. He had been trailing Alonso's team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella, and his own teammate Mark Webber who collided at the end of lap 35. Having been passed by the Australian, Fisichella attempted to retake the position on the inside heading into the final corner, but lost control and slid into Webber's car.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
Fourth was McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya, after starting from 11th on the grid. He was followed home by Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher and Christian Klien. This made it four points finishes from four starts for Red Bull Racing. Kimi Räikkönen suffered a puncture immediately after his pitstop, and despite setting the fastest lap was unable to make up enough positions to score any points.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
After retiring from the Australian Grand Prix a lap from the end, which caused the rules to be changed, Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson retired on the second lap of the race, both from engine failures. Davidson was substituting at British American Racing, as regular driver Takuma Sato was forced to withdraw with a fever. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
The race ended Ferrari's run of 22 consecutive podium finishes, which started at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race report
The race also marked Toyota's first-ever podium in Formula One and first Asian-licensed constructor to score a podium since 1968 United States Grand Prix when John Surtees drove for Honda in the 3rd place.


2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2005 Malaysian haze
Haze is caused by "hotspots" (zones with high temperature levels as seen via satellite imagery) in Malaysia and Indonesia. Lingering smoke from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are identified as the primary cause. Farmers regularly burn scrub and forest to clear land during the dry season for agricultural purposes, but this had been the worst haze to hit Malaysia since the 1997 haze.


2005 Malaysian haze
On 10 August 2005, air quality in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur was so poor that health officials advised citizens to stay at home with doors closed. Some schools were closed to keep children from being exposed to the haze.


2005 Malaysian haze, State of emergency in Port Klang and Kuala Selangor
On 11 August 2005, a state of emergency was announced for the world's 12th largest port, Port Klang and the district of Kuala Selangor after air pollution there reached dangerous levels (defined as a value greater than 500 on the Air Pollution Index or API). This was the first time the state of emergency had been imposed in Malaysia since the September 1997 haze, when Sarawak was placed in a state of emergency due to similar reasons.


2005 Malaysian haze, State of emergency in Port Klang and Kuala Selangor
The state of emergency in the two affected areas meant that schools, government officials, the port, and offices were closed. Shops carrying necessities, however, such as supermarkets and pharmacies remained open.


2005 Malaysian haze, State of emergency in Port Klang and Kuala Selangor
After the API levels dropped to acceptable levels, the state of emergency was lifted on 13 August.


2005 Malaysian haze, Resolution
By 13 August 2005, air quality and visibility returned to normal in Kuala Lumpur, as the haze moved northwards to the states of Perlis, Kedah and Penang, according to the . On 16 August, air quality throughout Malaysia had returned to normal , as the haze was blown further northwards into Thailand.


2005 Malaysian haze, Resolution
Kuala Lumpur International Airport was unaffected during the hazy period but flights for non-ILS equipped planes from Subang airport were suspended until conditions cleared on 13 August.


2005 Malaysian haze, Resolution
Cloud seeding operations using RMAF C-130s were used  throughout Malaysia, although the haze had moved north of Malaysia into Thailand and Cambodia.


2005 Malaysian haze, Resolution
Malaysia's Environment Minister, Adenan Satem, and Commodities Minister, Peter Chin, met with Indonesia's forestry minister and officials from its environment ministry in Medan. Malaysia had sent 125 firefighters while Australia had sent 12 bushfire experts to fight Indonesia's estimated more than a thousand forest and scrub fires (estimate reached by counting hotspots greater than 1 km on satellite imagery, example of such an image shown below).


2005 Malaysian haze, Resolution
Other nations pledged aid to Indonesia, including an offer from Singapore of planes for cloud seeding. Japan, South Korea and Thailand also offered help.


2005 Malaysian haze, Resolution
On 22 August, Malaysia extended its cloud seeding operations to include Indonesia, as requested by Indonesia.


2005 Malaysian haze, API readings
The air pollutant index readings (API) were released for the first time by the Malaysian government since 1997. Up to date readings are available for the 51 sites monitored automatically and continuously via .


2005 Malaysian haze, API readings
The following are API readings recorded during the onset of haze on 10 August 2005 (refer to this ):


2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 September 2005 at the Sepang International Circuit.


2005 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.


2005 Maldives FA Cup
The 2005 Maldives FA Cup, was the 18th edition of the Maldives FA Cup.


2005 Maldives civil unrest
The 2005 Maldivian civil unrest refers to the civil unrest that broke out in Malé, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll and Addu Atoll of the Maldives on August 12, 2005 which led to events that supported the democratic reform of the country. This unrest was provoked by the arrest of Mohamed Nasheed - an open critic of the president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - and the subsequent demolition of the Dhunfini tent, used by the members of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) for their gatherings. Supporters of MDP were quick to demonstrate.


2005 Maldives civil unrest
They started calling for the resignation of  Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, soon after Nasheed's arrest. Several arrests were made on the first night followed by the demolition  of the Dhunfini tent. The demolition complicated the situation further provoking the unrest. The unrest grew violent on the third night, on August 14, 2005, due to the methods used in the attempts by the authority to stop the demonstration.


2005 Maldives civil unrest
The unrest continued  intermittently for three nights, from August 12 to August 14, 2005. By August 15, 2005, the uprising was controlled with the presence of heavy security around Malé. Almost a fourth of the city had to be cordoned off during the unrest.