2005
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans
In August 2005, the storm and the floods that followed killed well over a thousand people.
2005
The world of 2005
How much of this do you remember — or not?
2005
Live 8
Twenty years after Live Aid, the concerts returned on 2 July 2005 ahead of the G8 summit at Gleneagles.
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