21st century

====2005====
* [[January 1]] – Jeanna Giese becomes the first person to ever survive [[rabies]] without a vaccination.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Razner|first=Sarah|title=15 years after she survived rabies, Jeanna Giese seeks to save others from it|url=https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2019/09/12/fond-du-lac-rabies-survivor-jeanna-giese-seeks-save-others-virus/2284305001/|access-date=2021-01-14|website=The Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419180124/https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2019/09/12/fond-du-lac-rabies-survivor-jeanna-giese-seeks-save-others-virus/2284305001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lite|first=Jordan|title=Medical Mystery: Only One Person Has Survived Rabies without Vaccine—But How?|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeanna-giese-rabies-survivor/|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Scientific American|language=en|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210131741/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=jeanna-giese-rabies-survivor|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]], the most massive known [[dwarf planet]] in the [[Solar System]], is discovered by a team led by [[Michael E. Brown]] using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the [[Palomar Observatory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://solarviews.com/eng/eris.htm|title=Dwarf Planet Eris|last=Hamilton|first=Calvin J.|website=Solar Views|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814052034/http://solarviews.com/eng/eris.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|''Deep Impact'']] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]] with the purpose of studying the [[comet]] [[Tempel 1]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm|title=Comet probe Deep Impact launches|publisher=BBC|date=2005-01-12|access-date=2009-10-14|archive-date=December 13, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213152505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – The [[Huygens (spacecraft)|''Huygens'' spacecraft]] lands on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the largest moon of [[Saturn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huygens_descent_comm_050114.html|title=Touchdown on Titan: Huygens Probe Hits its Mark|website=[[Space.com]]|access-date=2009-10-14|date=2005-01-14|first1=Tariq |last1=Malik |first2=Peter |last2=de Selding| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010053614/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/huygens_descent_comm_050114.html| archive-date=October 10, 2009| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[January 20]]: The most intense [[solar particle event]] in recorded history is observed.<ref>{{cite web |title=A New Kind of Solar Storm |url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10jun_newstorm |website=NASA Science |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014020/https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/10jun_newstorm/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – After the death of [[Pope John Paul II]] on [[April 2]], [[Joseph Ratzinger]] of Germany is [[2005 papal conclave|elected]] as Pope Benedict XVI.
* [[July 7]] – Four Islamic extremist [[suicide bomb]]ers [[7 July 2005 London bombings|set off three bombs in London]]; 56 people are killed, including the four suicide bombers.
* [[November 22]] – [[Angela Merkel]] becomes the first elected female [[Chancellor of Germany]].