2005

• Backstreet Boys – “Incomplete”
• Chris Brown – “Run It!”
• Coldplay – “Speed of Sound”
• Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
• Green Day – “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
• Green Day – “Wake Me Up When September Ends”
• Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl”
• Howie Day – “Collide”
• Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”
• Kelly Clarkson – “Behind These Hazel Eyes”
• Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
• Lifehouse – “You and Me”
• Mariah Carey – “We Belong Together”
• Nickelback – “Photograph”
• Rihanna – “Pon de Replay”
• The Pussycat Dolls – “Don’t Cha”
• Will Smith – “Switch”

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• War of the Worlds
• King Kong
• Madagascar
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Batman Begins
• Hitch

• The Office
• Grey's Anatomy
• Supernatural
• Bones
• So You Think You Can Dance
• Prison Break
• Criminal Minds
• Deal or No Deal
• Zoey 101
• Iron Chef America
• Numb3rs
• Robot Chicken
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• The Tyra Banks Show
• How I Met Your Mother

• The Osbournes
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Dragon Tales
• 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
• Joan of Arcadia
• JAG
• Judging Amy
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Everybody Loves Raymond

• Season: Guatemala
• 2 tribes of 9 players, including 2 returning players
• Winner: Danni Boatwright
• Runner-up: Stephenie LaGrossa

• Season: Palau
• schoolyard pick of 2 tribes of 9 new players
• Winner: Tom Westman
• Runner-up: Katie Gallagher

• Winner: Carrie Underwood -
• Released song "Inside Your Heaven" - first country artist ever to debut at #1 on Billboard Hot 100.
• She's become the most successful Idol contestant.
• Bo Bice was runner-up

• Ruby Rose Turner - dancer, actress, on "Fuller House"
• Asia Ray - dancer on "Dance Moms", actress on "American Crime Story" 
• Kristina Pimenova - supermodel before age 10
• Alana Thomspon - reality star, known as "Honey Boo Boo"
• Cruz Beckham - Instagram star, youngest son of famous soccer player David Beckham and former pop star Victoria Beckham
• Jade Weber - model, dancer
• Eden Wood - reality star, child beauty pagaent winner on "Toddlers & Tiaras"
• Sarah Hunt - dancer, on "Dance Moms"
• Sabre Norris - went viral on YouTube as first Australian female and 3rd female in history to land a 540 on a half pipe (at age 9); 2nd youngest surfer to ever compete in a World Surf League event
• Ella Anderson - actress, in "The Glass Castle", "The Boss" 
• Lulu Wilson - actress, in "Ouija", "Annabelle", "The Millers"

• Pope John Paul II - 264th pope
• Rosa Parks - civil rights activist
• Richard Pryor - American comedian
• Johnny Carson - American comedian, host of talk show "The Tonight Show"
• Luther Vandross - R&B singer, "Here and Now", "Dance with my Father"
• Bob Denver - American actor, played first mate on "Gilligan's Island"
• Peter Jennings - Canadian/American journalist, anchor of ABC nightly news show for 22 years

• YouTube - first major video hosting and sharing site
• Google Maps launched

• Debbie Downer
• glamping
• on-brand
• paleo
• ransomware
• sexting
• truther

Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas. Levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, Louisiana were breached by the surge, ultimately flooding roughly 80% of the city of New Orleans and 1600 perished.

Four explosions rock the transport network in London, three on the London Underground and one on a bus. Over 50 deaths were reported, and over 200 injured.

Lance Armstrong wins a record seventh straight Tours de France before his scheduled retirement. But in 2012 all his wins were removed from the record books due to doping violations.

Pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.

October 10 - Education strike begins in British Columbia closing down 40,000 schools. The strike ends exactly two weeks after the beginning of the strike.

March 8 - Grant DePatie, a gas station worker in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, is dragged to death for seven kilometers under a moving van after chasing after a 16-year old teenager who stole $12 worth of gas. Later, a new law called "Grant's Law", requires citizens in British Columbia to pay before they pump, becoming the first province in Canada to enforce this law.

On February 2, Pierce Brosnan officially announces that he will be resigning from the role of James Bond. Brosnan last appeared as Bond in "Die Another Day" (2002). October 14, it is announced Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond on the forthcoming "Casino Royale".

In early 2005, after nearly five years of marriage, Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, and rumors flew that the sultry Angelina Jolie was the reason for the split. Pitt met Jolie on the set of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", and Jolie did eventually admit that she and Pitt fell in love while working on the movie.