Date in year · 2005 · The 2000s
On August 3, 2005, president of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. The year's #1 song was "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey. Jack Hinshelwood, Danielle Marsh, Antonio Nusa would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 3, 2005
This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
Around 2005
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade.
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This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
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