- Suicide bombs detonate on public transport in London, fifty-two dead
- Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans
- Pope John Paul II dies
- Kyoto Protocol agrees measures to control climate change
- Israel forces Jewish settlers out of Gaza Strip
- Live 8 campaign launched
- Routemaster buses taken out of regular service
- 2012 summer Olympics awarded to London
- Maxmara fashion group and the Whitechapel Gallery launch art prize for women
- Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize for Literature
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