2005

Timeline

Kong about to fight the Vastatosaurus rex (King Kong (2005))

2004 ← 2005 → 2006

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Hisaya Ito passes away.
• BOOM! Studios is founded.
• Funtastic publishes Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World Jigsaw Book with Stickers.
• Dark Horse publishes "Kong is King", a comic story packaged with figures from Playmates' King Kong (2005) toyline.
• HarperKidsEntertainment publishes King Kong: Coloring and Activity Book and Stickers.

January

• 1 January: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. publishes Famous Movie Monsters: Meet Godzilla.
• 4 January: Dark Horse publishes Kong: King of Skull Island, an official sequel and prequel to Strickland and DeVito's 2005 rewrite of the 1932 novelization of King Kong (1933).
• 9 January: Koji Hashimoto passes away at the age of 69.
• 20 January: The first edition of Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works is published by Shogakukan.
• 28 January: Kodansha publishes the second edition of All Godzilla Complete Super Encyclopedia.
• 30 January: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. publishes Famous Movie Monsters: Meet King Kong.

March

• 1 March: Shogakukan publishes the second edition of Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works.

April

• 1 April: Shogakukan publishes Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book.

June

• 18 June: Tatsuo Matsumura passes away at age 90.

July

• 22 July: Wikizilla is founded.

September

• GoodTimes Entertainment goes defunct, and is absorbed into Gaia.
• 22 Septemer: Sadamasa Arikawa passes away from lung cancer at the age of 80.
• 24 September: The Justirisers concludes.

October

• 1 October: Super Fleet Sazer-X premieres on TV Tokyo. Merian C. Cooper's King Kong is published by St. Martin's Griffin.
• 18 October: Dark Horse publishes Kong: King of Skull Island in paperback.
• 25 October: King Kong: The Island of the Skull, an official prequel to Peter Jackson's King Kong, is published by Pocket Star. Meredith Books and Funtastic publish Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World Stencil Book with Stickers.

November

• 1 November: Kong Reborn is published by ibooks, Inc. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books publish King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson. Meredith Books publishes Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World.
• 8 November: HarperCollins publishes King Kong: Kong's Kingdom, King Kong: The Search for Kong, King Kong: Journey to Skull Island, and King Kong: Meet Kong and Ann.
• 15 November: Pocket Books publishes Kong Unbound.
• 21 November: Takeo Yamashita passes away at the age of 75.
• 22 November: Kong: King of Atlantis is released to DVD by Warner Home Video. Pocket Books publishes The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island.

December

• 13 December: The novelization of Peter Jackson's King Kong is published by Pocket Star Books a day before the film is released to U.S. theaters. They also publish The Making of King Kong: The Official Guide to the Motion Picture. HarperCollins publishes King Kong: Escape from Skull Island. HarperKidsEntertainment publishes King Kong: The Junior Novel.
• 14 December: Universal Pictures releases Peter Jackson's King Kong to U.S. theaters.
• 17 December: Toho releases Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie in Japan.
• 19 December: Yu Fujiki passes away at age 74.
• 22 December: Kadokawa releases The Invisible Man Appears on DVD.

In fiction

• Rodan and Anguirus appear, causing 8.2 million deaths. (GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters)
• Alan Jonah attempts to enter a MUTO dig site only to be caught and detained in Pakistan. (Monsterverse)

References

This is a list of references for 2005. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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