American singer Mario released his hit single “Let Me Love You.”
The song became Billboard’s Song of the Year for 2005.
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The fourth largest diamond was found in Karowe Mine, Botswana.
The city of Havana, Cuba, celebrated its 500th birthday.
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
Spanish conquistadors captured Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor.
Nineteen countries vowed to gradually phase out coal at the United Nations Summit in Bonn, Germany.