world
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans
In August 2005, the storm and the floods that followed killed well over a thousand people.
Born in 1987
It was 2005 when you turned 18
You arrived in 1987. By 2005 — 21 years ago now — the world had moved on. Here's what it looked like.
Turning 21 this year Part of Generation Z
You arrived the year video went online.
2005
The world you arrived into
culture
Live 8
Twenty years after Live Aid, the concerts returned on 2 July 2005 ahead of the G8 summit at Gleneagles.
2005
What people were listening to
music
James Blunt’s "You’re Beautiful"
The ballad soundtracked the summer of 2005 whether you liked it or not.
music
Crazy Frog beat Coldplay to number one
"Axel F" out-charted "Speed of Sound" in May 2005. Truly a different era.
2005
At the cinema and on television
television
Doctor Who returned
Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper brought the Doctor back on 26 March 2005.
movies
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The fourth film arrived in November 2005 as the series grew darker.
movies
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis’s winter kingdom reached cinemas in December 2005.
2005
Technology looked very different
technology
YouTube was founded
Three former PayPal employees registered the domain in February 2005. The first video was 19 seconds long.
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