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April 23, 2005

On April 23, 2005, the first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim. 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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On April 23, 2005

  1. 2005 The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim.

    Video-sharing platform

    YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.

Farewells

Died on April 23, 2005

Joh Bjelke-Petersen Premier of Queensland from 1968 to 1987
Robert Farnon Canadian-born composer and arranger (1917–2005)
Al Grassby Australian politician (1926–2005)
John Mills English actor (1908–2005)
Romano Scarpa Italian animator and comic book writer
Earl Wilson American baseball player (1934–2005)

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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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