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2005

Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century

Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s

Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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This is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar)

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World Year of Physics

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Predicted events

• January 20 - U.S. Presidential inauguration day (see U.S. presidential election, 2004).
• February 8 - Mardi Gras
• February 26 through March 5 - Special Olympics World Winter Games scheduled for Nagano, Japan.
• April 8 - Hybrid solar eclipse (south Pacific ocean)
• May 19 - Star Wars Episode III scheduled to be released
• June 30 - Rail service scheduled to begin on the MBTA Greenbush Line in Massachusetts.
• July 6 - Host of the 2012 Summer Olympics to be announced by the IOC.
• August 2005 - Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles scheduled to complete the Orange Line, a busway in the San Fernando Valley.
• October 3 - Annular solar eclipse (North Portugal, Spain, east Africa)
• [date to be announced] - Charlotte Bobcats scheduled to begin play in the Uptown Arena.

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