Editing 2005 (section)

===August===
* [[August 12]] – The ''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'' is launched from [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], designed to explore [[Mars]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/18320-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter.html|title=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Mapping Mars in High Definition|last=Howell|first=Elizabeth|date=January 26, 2015|website=Space|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824182025/http://www.space.com/18320-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – [[Helios Airways Flight 522]], en route from [[Larnaca]], Cyprus to [[Prague]], Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near [[Grammatiko]], Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |last4= |date=2005-08-15 |title=121 Die in Mystery Crash of Airliner |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-15-fg-crash15-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814092736/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-15-fg-crash15-story.html |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[West Caribbean Airways Flight 708]] crashes into a mountain in [[Venezuela]], killing 160 passengers and crew.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/world/americas/160-die-in-crash-of-airliner-in-venezuela.html|title=160 Die in Crash of Airliner in Venezuela|last1=Ellsworth|first1=Brian|date=August 17, 2005|last2=Forero|first2=Juan|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211946/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/world/americas/160-die-in-crash-of-airliner-in-venezuela.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – [[Peace Mission 2005]], the first joint China–Russia [[military exercise]], begins its eight-day training on the [[Shandong Peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/19/russia.china|title=Russia and China rattle sabres with joint war games|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|date=August 19, 2005|website=The Guardian|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215121216/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/19/russia.china|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 26]] – The [[Chilean Constitution of 1980|Constitution of Chile]] is heavily amended, eliminating [[Senator for life|senators for life]], reducing the presidential terms from six to four years, giving the president exclusive rights to summon the National Security Council, and removes legal obstacles for the creation of new [[Regions of Chile|regions]].<ref>Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia (26 de agosto de 2005), «Ley 20050: Reforma constitucional que introduce diversas modificaciones a la Constitución política de la República», Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile, consultado el 14 de mayo de 2011.</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Hurricane Katrina]] makes landfall along the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], causing [[Hurricane Katrina#Impact|severe damage]], killing over a thousand people and dealing an estimated $108 billion in damage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html|title=Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts|website=CNN.com|date=August 16, 2013|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703034702/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] – The [[2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster|Al-Aimmah bridge disaster]] in [[Baghdad]], Iraq kills 953 Shia Muslim pilgrims who were celebrating a religious festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm|title=Iraq stampede deaths near 1,000|date=August 31, 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=June 5, 2016|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211013957/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>