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October 24, 2005

On October 24, 2005, hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. 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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What happened

On October 24, 2005

  1. 2005 Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.

    Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005

    Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin and the second-most intense tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere, both based on barometric pressure, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015. 9 inHg), setting a new basin record. 7 km).

Farewells

Died on October 24, 2005

Joy Clements American soprano (1932–2005)
José Azcona del Hoyo President of Honduras from 1986 to 1990
Mokarrameh Ghanbari Iranian female artist (1928–2005)
Immanuel C. Y. Hsu Chinese-American Sinologist and historian (1923-2005)
Rosa Parks American civil rights activist (1913–2005)
Robert Sloman British screenwriter and actor (1926–2005)

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Others born in 2005

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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