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2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year.
2005 is the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Bakak in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism.
Events
January
- January 3 - Assassination of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri.
- January 9 - The same storm which pounded the US earlier in the month hits England and Scandinavia. At least 13 are dead among hurricane force winds and the worst flooding in northwest England in 40 years while millions across Europe were without electricity, as governments including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Latvia issue power cuts.
- January 9 - Mahmoud Abbas is elected to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president in the Palestinian election.
- January 12 - Deep Impact (space mission) is launched from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.
- January 14 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, largest moon of planet Saturn.
- January 16 - Adriana Iliescu gives birth at 66, the oldest woman in the world to do so.
- January 20 - George W. Bush is inaugurated in Washington D.C. for his second term as 43rd President of the United States.
- January 21 - In Belize's capital city Belmopan, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
- January 23 - Viktor Yushchenko is sworn in as the third President of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine.
- January 25 - A stampede during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.
- January 26 - A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.
- January 30 - The first Parliamentary elections in Iraq since the overthrow of the Ba'ath Party government led by Saddam Hussein take place.
- January 30 - A Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Iraq, killing 10 British servicemen. Iraqi insurgents release a video claiming to have shot the aircraft down using a missile.
February
- February 3 - Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in Afghanistan killing over 100 people.
- February 8 - Danish parliamentary elections continue the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party.
- February 9 - An ETA car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in Madrid.
- February 10 - North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it feels from the United States.
- February 10 - Saudi Arabia holds its first ever elections for municipal authorities, in which only men are allowed to vote.
- February 12 - Fire devastates the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.
- February 14 - A massive suicide bomb blast in central Beirut kills Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people were also hurt.
- February 14 - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at mosque in Tehran, Iran.
- February 15 - More than 200 people are killed by a blast at a mine in Fuxin, north-east China.
- February 16 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into effect, without the support of the United States and Australia.
- February 16 - The National Hockey League cancels its 2004-2005 season becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.
- February 19 - Suicide bombers kill more than 30 people in Iraq as Shia Muslims mark Ashura, their holiest day.
- February 20 - Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
- February 20 - Early Legislative elections in Portugal result in a landslide victory for José Sócrates and the Socialist Party.
- February 22 - More than 500 people are killed and over 1,000 injured after entire villages are flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran.
- February 23 - The Daily Telegraph splashes the introduction of its sudoku puzzle, precipitating a rush of "me too" puzzles in all the remaining British national newsapers.
- February 26 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking parliament to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution.
March
- March 1 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes under age 18.
- March 3 - At 19:17 the 3500-ton freighter, M/V Karen Danielsen, crashes into the Western bridge of the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark, 800m from Funen. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two.
- March 3 - Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
- March 10 - Tung Chee Hwa's resignation: Tung Chee Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, resigns.
- March 11 - In the UK, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 was finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords.
- March 13 - First round of Central African Republic elections.
- March 14 - The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence.
- March 14 - Nearly one million people gathered for an opposition rally in Beirut, a month after the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The largest rally in Lebanon history.
- March 16 - Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all accounts.
- March 19 - A suspected suicide bomber in Doha, Qatar, kills one person and injures about 12 others.
- March 19 - A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
- March 19 - A mine blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
- March 20 - At least 250 people in Japan are injured and at least one killed by when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck west of Kyushu Island, just 9km (5.5 miles) below the ocean floor.
- March 21 - 10 killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.
- March 23 - The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
- March 24 - The Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of president Askar Akayev. The crowd calling for his removal storms the Government House and riots occur throughout the capital city.
- March 24 - The Sony PSP is released in North American for $249.99
- March 24 - After eight months of jail in Tokyo, former chess champion, Bobby Fischer, arrives in Iceland after full citizenship and an Icelandic passport was granted to him.
- March 26 - 1 million Taiwanese walk in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of Mainland China.
- March 28 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake struck off Sumatra, 3 months after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. At a magnitude of 8.7 it is the second largest earthquake since 1965.
April
- Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China
- April 1 - Newsanchor Peter Jennings hosts what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast.
- April 2 - Pope John Paul II dies.
- April 7 - MG Rover, the UK's sole remaining volume producer goes into receivership after a planned alliance with Chinese manufacturer, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation collapses.
- April 7 - A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing two foreign tourists and wounding 17 others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.
- April 8 - Referendum in Curacao on independence vs. integration with the Netherlands.
- April 9 - Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many of them supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, marched through Baghdad denouncing the U.S. occupation of Iraq, two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, and rallied in the square where his statue was toppled in 2003.
- April 9 - The marriage of The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles takes place.
- April 12 - Fans hurl lit flares onto the field at San Siro Stadium in Milan during a Champions League quarter-final soccer match.
- April 15 - At least 21 people died and around 50 people were injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris.
- April 16 - President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in the capital city and dissolved the Supreme Court.
- April 17 - Twelve holidaymakers were killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying 27 people plunged 200 metres into a ravine.
- April 18 - Five people died in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west Khuzestan province.
- April 19 - Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
- April 20 - At least 46 workers have been killed and several others injured in a blast at an explosives factory in Zambia.
- April 20 - 56 hurt as earthquake hits Fukuoka and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake measured a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.
- April 20 - President Lucio Gutiérrez of Ecuador is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests.
- April 21 - A bus crash in Vietnam's Central Highlands has left 30 Vietnamese war veterans dead and four other people hurt.
- April 21 - A gunfight on the edge of the Saudi city of Mecca has left two militants and two members of the security forces dead.
- April 23: Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister of Italy, re-forms government after its dissolution three days earlier.
- April 25: A passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki rail crash)
- April 26 - Facing international pressure, Syria withdrew the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its 29 year military domination of that country.
- April 27 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus 380 made its first flight from Toulouse.
- April 30 - Attacks on tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo leave three militants dead and at least 10 people injured.
May
- May 1 - A suicide attack targets a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, near Mosul, which leves at least 25 people dead and injured more than 30 others. Earlier, at least five policemen and four civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.
- May 2 - 4th president of Singapore, Wee Kim Wee dies from prostate cancer.
- May 2 - A blast at an illegal munitions store in northern Afghanistan kills 28 people and injures at least 13 others.
- May 3 - At least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-storey buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.
- May 4 - In one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq.
- May 5 - The United Kingdom votes in the 2005 general election. The Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority.
- May 5 - Two homemade bombs explode outside the British consulate in New York, USA.
- May 10 - A live hand grenade lands about 100 feet (30 m) from United States President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but malfunctions and does not detonate.
- May 11 - Serial killer Michael Ross became first person executed in New England in 45 years.
- May 13 - Uzbek troops kill up to 700 during protests in eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic extremists. President Islam Karimov defends the act.
- May 13 - The United States Department of Defense issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC 2005).
- May 13 - The final episode of the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States. This episode may mark the end of the Star Trek franchise itself, which dates back to 1966.
- May 15 - A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 100 people missing.
- May 16 - George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.
- May 17 - Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.
- May 19 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith released, effectively completing the Star Wars movie saga begun by George Lucas in 1977 and shattering the opening day box-office record with $50,013,859.
- May 19 - The Canadian House of Commons members narrowly pass two budget bills at second reading allowing the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay in power.
- May 21 - Greece wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
- May 25 - Liverpool F.C. won the UEFA Champions League by defeating AC Milan 3-1 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul.
- May 25 - The Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, resigned for participating in the Chief Executive Election in July. As a result, Henry Tang and Michael Suen had become the Acting Chief Executive and Acting Chief Secretary for Administration respectively.
- May 29 - French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.
- May 31 - W. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.
June
- June 1 - Dutch referendum on the European Constitution votes to reject, the second country to do so.
- June 1 - The government of Minnesota goes into a special session, after a last-minute budget deal attempt between senior Senate DFLers and the Republican governor Tim Pawlenty fails to reach agreement.
- June 5 - Switzerland votes to join the Schengen area and to allow same-sex partnerships.
- June 6 - Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam resigns.
- June 13 - Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children (see 2005 trial of Michael Jackson).
- June 14 - Steam opened the new VAC-system that detects and bans all Counter-Strike players who are using cheats(eg. aimbot, wallhack, esp).
- June 17 - A 6.7 aftershock,which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the fourth earthquake since June 12 in California. (California earthquakes of June 2005)
- June 17 - Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares were traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day.
- June 19 - Election in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain — preliminary results show that Manuel Fraga and the Partido Popular lose control of the autonomous parliament.
- June 21 - Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
- June 30 - MTV Networks launches LGBT-themed LOGO channel in the U.S..
- June 30 - Spain joins Belgium and the Netherlands in permitting same-sex marriage.
July
- July 1 - The government of the U.S. State of Minnesota is unable to reach a compromise in its budget for the biennium of Fiscal Years 2005-06 and 2006-07, and partially shuts down.
- July 2 - Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
- July 4 - NASA's "Copper bullet" from Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
- July 4 - Violent G8 demonstrations in Edinburgh
- July 6 - The European Parliament rejects the Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in its second reading in the codecision procedure.
- July 6 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London, defeating the favorite Paris in the final round.
- July 7 - Four explosions rock the transport network in London, with three explosions reported on the London Underground and one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured. See 7 July 2005 London bombings.
- July 7 - Al-Qaeda admits to the killing of Egypt's Ambassador, Ihab al-Sherif.
- July 10 - Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept.
- July 10 - Hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean. Dennis caused 2-5 billion dollars damage in the United States.
- July 13 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.
- July 14 - A compromise budget is reached in Minnesota, ending the fourteen-day government shutdown.
- July 16 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince released.
- July 19 - President Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.
- July 21 - A terrorist attack on London, similar to the July 7 attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 Underground trains and a London bus. The bombs failed to explode properly, and only one injury was reported.
- July 22 - A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber.
- July 23 - A series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt. See July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks.
- July 24 - Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tour de France before his scheduled retirement.
- July 26 - Launch for Space Shuttle Discovery return to flight mission STS-114. This is the first Space Shuttle flight in nearly two and a half years since the breakup of Columbia on its return from mission STS-107.
- July 28 The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms.
August
- August 2 - Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport, all aboard survive.
- August 6 - An ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.
- August 7 - ABC's acclaimed newsanchor, Peter Jennings, dies at age 67 of lung cancer.
- August 9 - Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base at 0814 EDT, completing STS-114, "Return to Flight."
- August 12 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched.
- August 14 - Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes killing all on board.
- August 16 - Helicopter crashes in Afghanistan killing 17 Spanish troops.
- August 16 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashed in Venezuela killing all 160 people aboard.
- August 17 - The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
- August 17 - Bangladesh is hit by bomb explosions.
- August 18 - Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences for the BTK serial killings.
- August 18 - Peace Mission 2005, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula.
- August 22 - A 4.1 kg meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15 cm crater.
- August 23 - TANS Peru Flight 204 crash lands in Peru killing almost half on aboard.
- August 23 - Israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends.
- August 24 - Hong Kong High Court Judge Michael Hartmann rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.
- August 29 - Thousands of people are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas, causing American citizens to respond by providing supplies and money to those affected by the devestating storm.
- August 31 - A crowd crush on the Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills several hundred civilians (see Baghdad bridge stampede).
September
- September 1 - Oil prices rise sharply following the economic effects of Hurricane Katrina.
- September 5 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. It is the seventh airplane accident since August 1, 2005.
- September 7 - Egypt completes its first multi-party presidential election, with results not yet available. Incumbent president Hosni Mubarak was widely expected to win.
- September 11 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the LDP are returned to power following the Japanese general elections.
- September 12 - Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005
- September 12 - Hong Kong Disneyland Resort opened.
- September 12 - English cricket team draw the final match to win the The 2005 Ashes.
- September 12 - Power outages in Los Angeles, California.
Scheduled and expected events
September
- September 14 - September 16 - Largest UN World Summit in history, held in New York City.
- September 17 - New Zealand general election 2005
- September 18 - Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan.
- September 18 - General (Federal) elections in Germany
- September 23 - President George W. Bush is expected to accept the list of bases to be closed as part of BRAC 2005.
- September 25 - The new Suvarnabhumi Airport opens in Bangkok, Thailand. All international flights will transfer from Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi.
- September 25 - Polish parliamentary election.
- September 26 - Day of Defeat: Source is released via. Steam.
- September 27 - Michaëlle Jean will become the 27th Governor General of Canada, and the first black person to hold that position.
- September 27 - FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 begins in Argentina.
October
- October - The second Chinese manned space mission Shenzhou 6 is scheduled to carry two astronauts for five days in orbit.
- October - Infinite Crisis, a massive crossover published by DC Comics begins this month.
- October 1 - Connecticut will begin banning use of hand-held cell phones while driving. New York, New Jersey, Washington, DC, and Newfoundland already have such bans.
- October 3 - Annular solar eclipse (North Portugal, Spain, east Africa).
- October 4 - The Complete Calvin and Hobbes will be released.
- October 8 - The second DARPA Grand Challenge is scheduled to be held.
- October 9 - Polish presidential election.
- October 15 - A referendum on the new Iraqi constitution will be held.
- October 15 - A new Asterix comic will be released.
- October 16 - Trial of Saddam Hussein will begin.
- October 18 - Book the Twelfth by Lemony Snicket is scheduled for release.
- October 21 - 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar where the United Kingdom defeated France and Spain and Lord Sir Horatio Nelson died.
- October 23 - Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia.
- October 28 - BlizzCon, Blizzard Entertainment's first gaming festival will be held through October 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
- October 29 to November 6 2005 East Asian Games opens at Macau.
- October 31 - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway across the San Fernando Valley.
November-December
- November 1 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released on DVD.
- November 11 - Rent is released in U.S. movie theaters.
- November 14 - The filming of the new Daniel Radcliffe film December Boys will start in South Australia.
- November 17 - Another generation of video game consoles will begin with the release of the Xbox 360.
- November 18 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released in the U.S. and UK movie theaters.
- November 26 - The third Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be in Hasselt, Belgium.
- November 27 - The 93rd Grey Cup game to be played in Vancouver, Canada.
- November to December - Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo.
- December - The £140m extension of the Docklands Light Railway in London, linking Canning Town to North Woolwich and London City Airport opens.
- December 9 - The final day of service of London's iconic Routemaster buses.
- December 15 - The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution
- December 31 - The first leap second since 1998.
Unknown dates
- European Union TLD .eu is to be launched, and replace .eu.int
- The Broadway adaptation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is expected to be completed and begin playing in mid-summer.
- The BBC are expected to launch software for downloading and watching their television programmes from the Internet. It is currently in a closed beta testing stage.
- Canadian Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities: The final report and recommandations of Justice John H. Gomery is expected to be released by December 15 2005.
- System of a Down's follow-up to Mezmerize, Hypnotize, is expected to be released sometime in November.
Births
Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2005
January
- January 1 - Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1924)
- January 1 - Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman from California (b. 1941)
- January 4 - Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad (assassinated)
- January 10 - Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
- January 17 - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)
- January 20 - Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
- January 23 - Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
February
- February 3 - Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
- February 5 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937)
- February 8 - Jimmy Smith, American musician (b. 1925)
- February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- February 14 - Rafik Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944)
- February 17 - Nariman Sadeq, Queen of Egypt (b. 1934)
- February 20 - Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1942)
- February 20 - John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
March
- March 6 - Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- March 8 - Aslan Maskhadov, President of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
- March 10 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
- March 22 - Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Antipope Gregory XVII (b. 1946)
- March 26 - Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
April
- April 2 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
- April 5 - Saul Bellow, Canadian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- April 6 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
- April 19 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz musician (b. 1946)
- April 23 - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
- April 23 - Sir John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
- April 21 - Zhang Chunqiao, Chinese politician (b. 1917)
- April 24 - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
May
- May 2 - Wee Kim Wee , President of Singapore (b. 1915)
- May 7 - Peter Wallace Rodino, U.S. Congressman (b. 1909)
June
- June 10 - Jim Exon, Governor and U.S. Senator from Nebraska (b. 1921)
- June 21 - Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
- June 27 - John T. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1946)
July
- July 5 - James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral and vice presidential candidate (b. 1923)
- July 6 - L. Patrick Gray, American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (b. 1916)
- July 17 - Sir Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
- July 18 - William Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Vietnam (b. 1914)
- July 19 - John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
- July 22 - Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electician, shot in error by police in London (b. 1978)
- July 28 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (b. 1917)
- July 31 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch president of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)
August
- August 1 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
- August 3 - Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
- August 4 - Sue Gunter, American basketball coach (b 1941)
- August 5 - Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
- August 6 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
- August 7 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)
- August 8 - Gene Mauch, baseball manager (b. 1925)
- August 13 - Lakshman Kadirgamar, foreign minister of Sri Lanka (assassinated) (b. 1932)
- August 13 - David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
- August 14 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
- August 19 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
- August 22 - Robert Moog, American inventor (b. 1934)
- August 24 - Jack Slipper, British police officer (b. 1924)
- August 26 - Gerry Fitt, Irish politician (b. 1926)
September
- September 2 - Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
- September 3 - William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
- September 8 - Noel Cantwell, football player (b. 1932)
- September 9 - Lewis Platt, ex-CEO Hewlett Packard