Editing 2005 (section)

===July===
* [[July 2]] – [[Live 8]], a set of 10 simultaneous concerts, takes place throughout the world, raising interest in the [[Make Poverty History]] campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/|title=Millions gather for Live 8|website=CNN.com|date=July 3, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2010|archive-date=May 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517231654/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/live8.main/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] 
**The [[European Parliament]] rejects the [[proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions]] in its second reading.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/4655955.stm|title=Software patent bill thrown out|work=BBC News|access-date=November 8, 2009|date=July 6, 2005}}</ref>
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[London]] the right to host the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_4940000/4940112.stm | title = On this day – 6 July 2005 | work = BBC News | access-date = September 17, 2017 | archive-date = February 9, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160209035449/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_4940000/4940112.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> 
* [[July 7]] – [[7 July 2005 London bombings|Four coordinated suicide bombings]] hit central [[London]], killing 52 people and injuring over 700.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4667381.stm|title=London bombings: Police updates|work=BBC News|access-date=November 8, 2009|date=July 9, 2005|archive-date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911232724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4667381.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – A [[2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings|series of bombings]] hit the resort city of [[Sharm El Sheikh]], Egypt, killing over 80 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3256722.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128204958/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/23/content_3256722.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2006|title=Death toll from Egypt blasts rises to 59 - TV|agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|access-date=November 9, 2009|date=July 23, 2005}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – As a result of the [[Good Friday Agreement]] signed in 1998, the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] ends its armed campaign and decommissions their weapons, by ordering all its units to drop their arms under the supervision of the [[Independent International Commission on Decommissioning]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072800427.html|title=IRA Says It Will Abandon Violence|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 9, 2009|date=July 29, 2005|first=Glenn|last=Frankel|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103200028/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072800427.html|url-status=live}}</ref>