Society & Economics
Disasters, public health, law, and the social and economic forces of 2005.
Every Society & Economics article in the 2005 knowledge base. Use the topic filters to narrow by sub-topic.
2005 French Riots
The 2005 French riots were three weeks of civil unrest that swept the suburbs (*banlieues*) of Pa...
2005 Kashmir Earthquake
At 08:50:38 local time (03:50:38 UTC) on October 8, 2005, a moment-magnitude 7.6 earthquake struc...
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, crossed southern Florida as a Categ...
London Wins the 2012 Olympic Bid
On July 6, 2005, at the 117th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), held at the R...
Spain and Canada Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
In the summer of 2005, two nations on opposite sides of the Atlantic extended full civil marriage...
Terri Schiavo case
Theresa Marie Schiavo died on March 31, 2005, at the age of 41, thirteen days after her feeding t...
iTunes Digital Music Revolution
The year 2005 marked the inflection point at which digital music sales crossed from novelty to ec...
2005 Avian Influenza H5N1 Escalation
In 2005, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza underwent a dramatic geographic and epidemiological e...