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• Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief • Cedar Revolution in Lebanon • Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan • Terri Schiavo controversy • Pope John Paul's health
• May 8: 60th Anniversary of V-E day
• 31 – Terri Schiavo • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F. Kennan • 17 – Andre Norton • 17 – Czeslaw Slania • 10 – Dave Allen (comedian) • 9 – Chris LeDoux • 8 – Aslan Maskhadov • 6 – Hans Bethe • 6 – Tommy Vance • 4 – Yuri Kravchenko • 3 – Rinus Michels
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada) • Conflict in Chechnya • Second Congo War • Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq) • Darfur conflict in Sudan • Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
March 31: Freedom Day - Malta April 1: April Fool's Day April 5: Qing Ming Jie April 21: Ridvan April 22: Earth Day in the US April 23: Passover April 29: Orthodox Good Friday April 30: Orthodox Holy Saturday May 1: May Day May 1: Orthodox Easter May 2: Orthodox Easter Monday May 5: Cinco de Mayo May 5: Ascension Day May 8: Mother's Day in the US
March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary May 17: British Columbia general June 17: Iran presidential 2005: New Zealand general 2005: Norwegian parliamentary 2005: Polish parliamentary and presidential 2005/2006: UK general
February 27: Kyrgyz parliamentary March 6: Moldovan parliamentary March 12: Maltese Local Council Elections March 13: Central African Rep. federal March 13: Liechtenstein parliamentary
Chile: Augusto Pinochet ICTY: Slobodan Milošević Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others India: Best Bakery case India: Jayendra Saraswathi Netherlands: Volkert van der Graaf Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri United States: Robert Blake United States: Michael Jackson United States: Zacarias Moussaoui United States: Brian Nichols United States: Dennis Rader
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