At A Glance

25 September 2005 at a glance

Day of the week
25 September 2005 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Don't Cha” by The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes.
Top Film of 2005
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2005 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 September 2005 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 September 2005 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 25 September

  • 1981 Belize joins the United Nations.
  • 1987 Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
  • 1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
  • 1997 NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
  • 2003 The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.

Famous people born on 25 September

  • Bella Ramsey, English actor (born 2003)
  • Michael Douglas, American actor and producer (born 1944)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress (born 1969)
  • Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper (born 1968)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2005 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2005 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 March – The New Forest in Hampshire becomes England's twelfth national park.
  • 9 April – The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles (who takes the title Duchess of Cornwall) in a twenty-minute ceremony at Windsor Guildhall is followed by a blessing at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • 5 May – 2005 general election: The Labour Party is returned to power for a third term, but with a greatly reduced majority of 66 seats. The Liberal Democrats win the most seats for any third party since 1923, with 62 MPs.
More events of 2005 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 2005

Prime Minister

Tony Blair

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£2.30

Loaf of Bread

82p

Average House

£167,711

Weekly Wage

£587.00

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