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August 31, 2005

On August 31, 2005, the 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people. 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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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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On August 31, 2005

  1. 2005 The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.

    2005 crowd crush in Iraq

    The Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster occurred on August 31, 2005 when 965 people died following a panic, and subsequent crowd crush, on the Al-Aaimmah Bridge, which crosses the Tigris river in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

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Died on August 31, 2005

Joseph Rotblat Polish physicist (1908–2005)

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Jack Hinshelwood 2005– English footballer
Danielle Marsh 2005– South Korean-Australian singer
Antonio Nusa 2005– Norwegian footballer
Adrián Liso 2005– Spanish footballer
Tallyn Da Silva 2005– Australian rugby league player
Alex Sarr 2005– French basketball player

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