3rd » XCOR Aerospace makes the Rocket mail Reusable launch vehicles e.g first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
4th » Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Hong Kong Government government to allow universal suffrage universal and equal suffrage.
5th » The 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake e.g Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
6th » Several villagers are shot dead during Dongzhou protests of 2005 or protests in Dongzhou, China.
6th » An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules e.g C-130 military transport aircraft 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash e.g crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
7th » Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service or federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
7th » Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife, by Spain e.g Spanish police.
11th » The Buncefield fire named Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom.
11th » 2005 Cronulla riots called Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanon e.g Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. These are f
15th » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into United States Air Force called USAF active service.
17th » Anti-World Trade Organization World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005 17 December 2005 known as protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
17th » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
18th » The Civil war in Chad (2005–2010) known as civil war in Chad begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an Battle of Adré e.g attack in Adré.
20th » Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania.
24th » Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a Declaration of war e.g state of war against Sudan following a December 18 Battle of Adré known as attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
30th » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the Atlantic Ocean known as North Atlantic basin.