6 July 2005 (Wednesday)
- London is chosen as the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games, beating Paris in the final round of votes 54 to 50. Other candidates, in order of elimination, were Moscow, New York and Madrid. The election took place at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore during the 117th IOC Session held in the same city, bringing to an end the bidding process started two years earlier. (The Guardian) The event progress is being tracked at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- The 31st G8 summit commences as leaders fly in for a banquet with the Queen. The summit is being held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland. (The Guardian). The summit is being tracked at 31st G8 summit. Around 400 arrests are made as protestors block several roads all morning (UK IMC)
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