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2005 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in
2005
in
Iceland
.
Incumbents
President -
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Prime Minister -
Halldór Ásgrímsson
Events
March
March 15
-
Japanese
immigration
officials state that they are
going to
deport
Bobby Fischer
back to
the United
States, instead of allowing him to
move
to Iceland.
March 21
- Iceland's
parliament
,
Alþingi
, votes to grant
fugitive
U.S.
chess champion
Bobby
Fischer
Icelandic citizenship
.
March 24
- Bobby Fischer
leaves
Japan
for Iceland via
Copenhagen
after 8
months
in detention.