Editing 2005 (section)

===October===
* [[October 3]]
** [[Croatia]] and [[Turkey]]'s accession negotiations to the [[European Union]] officially starts.<ref>{{cite web |title=The European Union opens accession negotiations with Croatia |url=https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j9vvik7m1c3gyxp/vh4fjlgm8vvq?ctx=vh25de4aj8xr|website=EU Monitor |date=October 4, 2005|access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=European Union Formally Opens Talks on Turkey's Joining |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/world/european-union-formally-opens-talks-on-turkeys-joining.html |website=The New York Times |date=October 4, 2005|access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> 
** The second solar eclipse of 2005 was an annular event, occurring at descending node in Virgo. This was 4.8 days after the Moon reached apogee. Gamma had a value of 0.33058. An [[Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005|annular solar eclipse]] was visible in Portugal, Spain, Libya, Sudan and Kenya, and was the 43rd solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 134]].
* [[October 8]] – The 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|Kashmir earthquake]] strikes [[Azad Kashmir]], Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing more than 86,000 people and displacing several million more.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9626146|title=New figures put quake toll at more than 79,000|last=Associated Press|date=October 20, 2005|newspaper=MSNBC|access-date=February 6, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810051449/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9626146/#.WJjDHH9MGUk|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – The second [[Human spaceflight|crewed]] Chinese [[spacecraft]], ''[[Shenzhou 6]]'', is launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/1667-shenzhou-6-china-launches-astronauts-manned-spaceflight.html|title=Shenzhou 6 Away! China Launches Two Astronauts in Second Manned Spaceflight|last=Malik|first=Tariq|date=October 11, 2005|website=Space.com|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817091337/http://www.space.com/1667-shenzhou-6-china-launches-astronauts-manned-spaceflight.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] – The final eclipse of 2005 was a partial lunar eclipse event, occurring at ascending node in Aries. This was 2.9 days after the Moon reached perigee. Gamma had a value of 0.97960. A [[October 2005 lunar eclipse|partial lunar eclipse]] was visible in Asia, Australia, Pacific and North America, and was the 10th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 146]].
* [[October 19]] – The [[trial of Saddam Hussein]] begins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct19/trial-saddam-hussein-begins/|title=2005: Trial of Saddam Hussein Begins|date=October 19, 2005|website=National Geographic|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190046/http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct19/trial-saddam-hussein-begins/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] – The general conference of the [[UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) passes the [[Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Beukelaer |editor1-first=Christiaan |editor2-last=Pyykkönen |editor2-first=Miikka |editor3-last=Singh |editor3-first=J. P. |title=Globalization, culture and development : the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire |isbn=978-1-137-39763-8|page=1|chapter=Introduction: UNESCO's "Diversity Convention" – Ten Years on|author1-first=Christiaan |author1-last=De Beukelaer |author2-first= Miikka |author2-last=Pyykkönen}}</ref>
*[[October 24]]
** [[Hurricane Wilma]] makes landfall near [[Cape Romano]], causing an estimated $29.1 billion in damage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongest Atlantic Hurricane: Wilma Brought Havoc to Mexico, Florida |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-wilma-brought-death/18997467 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803224026/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-wilma-brought-death/18997467 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |website=www.accuweather.com}}</ref> 
** [[Rosa Parks]] dies of natural causes.