World in October 2006
World in October 2006
The month was marked by a nuclear test by North Korea that prompted that
passing of Resolution 1718 by the United Nations Security Council.
Also at the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon was elected to succeed Kofi Annan
as the secretary-general and Belgium, Indonesia, Italy and South Africa
were elected to two-year terms on the Security Council; the four nations and
Ban Ki-moon began their tenures in January 2007. A fifth temporary on the
Security Council was still up for grabs at the end of the month.
The Nobel Prizes for the year were awarded, with Muhammad Yunus and the
Grameen Bank receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Lesotho adopted a new flag,
Several national elections took place around the world during October 2006
and a scandal involving former United States Congressman Mark Foley was
at the forefront just ahead of November elections in the United States.
Microsoft Corporation released version 7 of its Internet Explorer internet
browser software.
• The Dow Jones industrial average reaches another record high close,
rising above 11,850 for the first time. (CBS News)
• A United States Appeals Court in Cincinnati, Ohio rules that the U.S.
government can continue to use its warrantless domestic wiretap
program pending the Justice Department's appeal of a federal judge's
ruling outlawing the program. (Reuters)
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Food and Drug
Administration searches two spinach packaging companies in the
Salinas Valley in California for evidence related to a recent outbreak of
E. coli in the United States and Canada that made 200 people sick.
(San Francisco Chronicle)
• The European Union imposes an anti-dumping tarif on leather shoe
imports from the Far East - 16.5% on imports from China and 10% on
imports from Vietnam. China supplies about 1.25 billion pairs of shoes
to the EU each year. (EUobserver.com)
• American Roger Kornberg wins the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
describing the essential process of gene copying in cells, research that
can give insight into illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.
(Boston Globe)
• Mark Foley scandal:
o The Drudge Report alleges that one teen with whom Mark Foley
engaged in cybersex during a House vote was 18 years old at
the time of the communications. (Drudge Report)
o A former page states that he was warned of Representative
Foley's advances by a departing page in 1995. Among his claims
are that Foley made him uncomfortable and offered to buy him
ice cream on several occasions. (Chicago Tribune)
• The Dow Jones industrial average closes at a record high for the third
day in a row. (ABC News Australia Online)
• German authorities uncover 51 skeletons from a mass grave at the
village of Menden-Barge in the Sauerland region of the country,
thought to be remains of victims of Nazi atrocities during World War
II. (BBC)
• Mark Foley scandal
o The House Ethics Committee issued four dozen subpoenas to
members of Congress and aides to discover who was aware of
explicit exchanges between former representative Mark Foley
and underage Congressional pages. (MSNBC)
• Reports indicate that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza
al-Muhajir, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq who succeeded Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi after his death, may have been killed in Haditha. A body
initially tentatively identified as his is undergoing DNA analysis but
most government sources are skeptical. (BBC)
• The European Central Bank raises its interest rate from 3% to 3.25%
representing the fifth rise in eleven months. The Bank of England
decides to leave interest rates in the United Kingdom unchanged.
(Marketwatch)
• Edmund Daukoru, a Nigerian oil minister and president of the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) flags that the
organization will hold an emergency meeting to cut output. The
Financial Times reports that OPEC has informally agreed to cut output
4% to defend the oil price. (USA Today)
• Post-Soviet Georgia holds the municipal elections seen as a crucial
test for the country’s current government amid the ongoing tensions
with Russia. (International Herald Tribune)
• NTV television in Turkey reports that 260 Turkish soldiers will join the
peacekeeping force in Lebanon. (The Boston Globe)
• NATO expands its security mission to the whole of Afghanistan, taking
command of more than 13,000 U.S. troops in the east of the country.
(CNN)
• Thai authorities take steps to hold peace talks with two Muslim
insurgencies, the Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) and
Bersatu, who are fighting the Government in the Muslim-majority
southern provinces of Thailand. (News Limited)
• The Court of Appeal of England and Wales determines that a merchant
ship, SS Storaa, is eligible for consideration for protection as a war
grave under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. (BBC)
• Atlantic hurricane
season
o Hurricane Isaac
• North Indian cyclone
season
• Pacific hurricane season
• Pacific typhoon season
o Typhoon Xangsane
• Southern Hemisphere
cyclone season
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• 1: Peter Osgood
• 2: Helen Chenoweth-Hage
• 3: Peter Norman
• 4: R.W. Apple, Jr.
• 6: Buck O'Neil
• 7: Anna Politkovskaya
• 9: Paul Hunter
• 9: Glenn Myernick
• 11: Cory Lidle
• 12: Gillo Pontecorvo
• 14: Freddy Fender
• 14: Gerry Studds
• 16: Valentín Paniagua
• 16: Lister Sinclair
• 17: Christopher Glenn
• 19: Ralph Harris
• 20: Eric Newby
• 20: Jane Wyatt
• 21: Paul Walters
• 22: Choi Kyu-hah
• 26: Pontus Hultén
• 27: Joe Niekro
• 28: Henry Fok
• 28: Red Auerbach
• 28: Trevor Berbick
• 29: Mohammadu Maccido
• 29: Si Simmons
• 30: Clifford Geertz
• 31: P.W. Botha
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Deaths
Armed conflicts
• Acholiland insurgency
• Arab-Israeli conflict (al-
Aqsa Intifada)
o 2006 Israel-Gaza
conflict
o 2006 Israel-
Lebanon conflict
• Darfur conflict in Sudan
• Ethnic conflict in Sri
Lanka
• Iraq War
• Ituri conflict in the DR
Congo
• Ivorian Civil War
• Nepal Civil War
• Second Chechen War
• South Thailand
insurgency
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Elections
• 1: Austria, Legislative
• 1: Bosnia and
Herzegovina, General
Election
• 1: Brazil, General
Election
• 7: Latvia, Parliament
• 8: Belgium, Municipal
• 15: Greece, Municipal
• 15: Ecuador, General
Elections
• 22: Bulgaria, President
• 22: Panama, Panama
Canal expansion
Referendum
• 28, 29: Serbia,
Referendum on
Constitution
• October 29: Brazil,
General Elections (2nd
round)
• October 29: Democratic
Republic of the Congo,
Presidential Run-off
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Trials
• Peru: Alberto Fujimori
(extradition)
• Chile: Augusto Pinochet
• Ethiopia: 111
defendants, including
leaders of the CUD and
journalists, on charges
related to the 2005
elections.
• Iraq: Iraqi Special
Tribunal
o Saddam Hussein &
military chiefs of
staff
• Netherlands: ICC
o Thomas Lubanga
• Netherlands: ICTY
• Sierra Leone: SCfSL
o Charles Taylor
• UK: Leo O'Connor &
David Keogh
• U.S.: Brian Nichols
• U.S.: Jeffrey Skilling
(sentencing)
• U.S.: Tom DeLay
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Holidays and
observances
• 1: Yom Kippur (Judaism,
begins at sunset)
• 2: Gandhi Jayanti (India)
• 2: Dussera (India)
• 2: Labour Day (New South
Wales, Australian Capital
Territory, South Australia)
• 3: German Unity Day
(Germany)
• 4: World Animal Day
• 5: World Teachers' Day
• 5: Republic Day (Portugal)
• 6: German-American
Day (United States)
• 6: Mid-Autumn Festival
(Chinese lunar calendar)
• 6: Sukkot begins at
sunset (Judaism)
• 9: Hangul Day (South
Korea)
• 9: Health and Sports
Day (Japan)
• 9: Thanksgiving (Canada)
• 9: Leif Erikson Day
(United States)
• 9: Columbus Day (United
States)
• 10: Double Tenth Day
(Taiwan)
• 11: General Pulaski
Memorial Day (United
States)
• 11: National Coming Out
Day (United States)
• 12: Hispanic Day (Spain)
• 12: Day of Indigenous
Resistance (Venezuela)
• 12: Children's Day
(Brazil)
• 12: Our Lady
Aparecida's Day (Brazil)
• 13: Shemini Atzeret
begins at sunset
(Judaism)
• 14: Simchat Torah
begins at sunset
(Judaism)
• 14: Teachers' Day
(Poland)
• 15: White Cane Safety
Day (United States)
• 16: World Food Day
• 17: International Day for
the Eradication of
Poverty
• 18: Alaska Day (Alaska)
• 19: Mother Teresa Day
(Albania)
• 20: Birth of the Báb
(Bahá'í calendar)
• 20: Al-Quds Day (Iran)
• 21: Diwali (Hinduism)
• 21: Trafalgar Day (United
Kingdom, Australia)
• 21: Sweetest Day (United
States)
• 22: International
Stuttering Awareness
Day
• 23: Chulalongkorn
Memorial Day (Thailand)
• 23: Eid ul-Fitr begins at
sunset (Islam, est.)
• 23: Labour Day (New
Zealand)
• 24: United Nations Day
• 25: Armed Forces Day
(Romania)
• 25: Retrocession Day
(Taiwan)
• 25: Republic Day
(Kazakhstan)
• 26: Angam Day (Nauru)
• 26: National Day (Austria)
• 28: Okhi Day (Greece)
• 29: Republic Day (Turkey)
• 30: Double Ninth
Festival (Chinese lunar
calendar)
• 31: Reformation Day
(Protestantism)
• 31: Halloween
2006
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The Year of the Dog In the Chinese calendar, beginning on January 29, 2006.
• International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General
Assembly,[1]
• International Asperger's Year,
• Year of Mozart, marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart.
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Events of 2006
o 1.1 January
o 1.2 February
o 1.3 March
o 1.4 April
o 1.5 May
o 1.6 June
o 1.7 July
o 1.8 August
o 1.9 September
o 1.10 October
o 1.11 November
o 1.12 December
• 2 Major religious holidays
• 3 Ongoing
• 4 Births
• 5 Deaths
o 5.1 January
o 5.2 February
o 5.3 March
o 5.4 April
o 5.5 May
o 5.6 June
o 5.7 July
o 5.8 August
o 5.9 September
o 5.10 October
o 5.11 November
o 5.12 December
• 6 Nobel Prizes
• 7 See also
• 8 Notes
• 9 External links
January
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• January 1 - Sydney, Australia, has its hottest day on record, when the city swelters in
45°C heat.
• January 1 - Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute.
• January 2 - The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall
in the Bavarian Alps, killing 15.
• January 3 - Twelve dead coal miners and one survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine
Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S.
• January 4 - Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy,
Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
• January 5 - A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to
perform hajj.
• January 6 - The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a
close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.
• January 7 - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom
DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.
• January 7 - UK Liberal Democratic leader Charles Kennedy resigns after revelations that
he has a drinking problem.
• January 8 - A powerful, magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered off the coast of the Greek
island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean
basin.
• January 9 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time since
June 7, 2001, closing at 11,011.90.
• January 11 - The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its first major
eruption since 1986.
• January 12 - A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj
in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 pilgrims.
• January 14 - A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills eight in Romania.
• January 15 - NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a
comet.
• January 19 - Terrorist blows himself up in Tel Aviv, killing only himself but injuring 20
people, one of them seriously.
• January 22 - Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in regulation and is second only to the
legendary 1960s center Wilt Chamberlain, who had 100 points.
• January 23 - Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada, forming a minority
government.
• January 24 - Mario Lemieux announces his retirement from the National Hockey League
• January 25 - Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council
elections.
• January 25 - Deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated.
• January 27 - Celebrations are held in Salzburg and around the world for the 250th
anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• January 28 - A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people.
• January 31 - Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
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• May 1 - Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields.
• May 1 - The Great American Boycott takes place across the United States as marchers
protest for immigration rights.
• May 4 - A new coalition government takes office in Israel; its four political parties hold
67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.
• May 5 - NASA astronomers announce the discovery of a storm system in the Jovian
atmosphere, dubbed the Red Spot Junior.
• May 5 - Fiat chairman Sergio Marchionne announces that the Alfa Romeo automobile
brand will return to the United States in 2008, after a 13-year hiatus.
• May 9 - Beaconsfield mine collapse: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd
Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia.
• May 13 - Liverpool F.C. defeat West Ham United F.C. on penalties in the 2006 FA Cup
Final following a 3-3 draw after extra time.
• May 17 - FC Barcelona beat Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League played
in Paris.
• May 20 - Munster defeat Biarritz 23-19 to win their first Heineken European Cup in
Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
• May 20 - Finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens.
• May 21 - The Dallas Mavericks beat the San Antonio Spurs in overtime to win the
Western Conference semi-finals in the NBA Playoffs.
• May 24 - East Timor's Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta officially requests military
assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal.
• May 27 - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes central Java in Indonesia, killing more than
6,000, injuring at least 36,000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless.
• May 27 - The first demonstration for gay rights in Moscow is broken up by the police.
• May 28 - President Alvaro Uribe Velez is re-elected in Colombia for a second term. He
becomes the first president in over a century to serve consecutive terms.
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June
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• June 3 - Montenegro declares independence after a May 21 referendum. The state union
of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved on June 5 leaving Serbia as the successor state.
• June 3 - Seventeen men are arrested in the Greater Toronto Area for alleged ties to a
terrorist plot to blow up targets in the region.
• June 6 - The Union of Islamic Courts gains control of Somalia's capital Mogadishu,
ending warlord rule of the city.
• June 6 - The 6bone (testbed network for the IPv6 network protocol) is phased out.
• June 7 - Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and seven of his aides are killed
in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of Baqouba, Iraq.
• June 9 - An explosion kills eight Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach. Israel denies
responsibility for the blast.
• June 9 - Thailand begins celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the accession of
Bhumibol Adulyadej to the throne.
• June 9 - The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany.
• June 10 - President Mahmoud Abbas sets July 26 as the date for a national referendum in
the Palestinian National Authority.
• June 18 - The first Kazakh space satellite "KazSat" is launched.
• June 19 - The Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4 games-3 games to win
the Stanley Cup.
• June 20 - The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2.
• June 22 - The Magen David Adom and Palestine Red Crescent Society are officially
recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• June 23 - In Miami, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests seven men, accusing them
of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.
• June 25 - Warren Buffett donates over US$30 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
• June 28 - Israel launches Operation Summer Rains, an offensive against militants in
Gaza.
• June 29 - The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigns after the political party of D'66 drops
its support.
• June 29 - Women vote for the first time in elections for the National Assembly of Kuwait.
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July
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• July 1 - The Qinghai-Tibet Railway launches a trial operation, connecting China proper
and Tibet for the first time.
• July 2 - A presidential election is held in Mexico. Felipe Calderón is confirmed as the
winner on September 5.
• July 4 - STS-121: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched to the International Space Station.
It returns safely on July 17.
• July 5 - North Korea test fires missiles, timed with the liftoff of Discovery, preceding the
fireworks celebrations that night in America. The long range Taepodong-2 reportedly
fails shortly after takeoff.
• July 6 - The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War,
re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• July 9 - S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes into a concrete barrier shortly after landing, killing
at least 122 people and leaving many injured.
• July 9 - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup by beating France 5-3 on penalties. The
score after extra time is 1-1.
• July 10 - Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly
after takeoff.
• July 11 - A series of coordinated bomb attacks strikes several commuter trains in
Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour.
• July 12 - 2006 Lebanon War: Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah
kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing 3. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel
2 days later.
• July 17 - Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth from the International Space Station,
thirteen days after its launch.
• July 18 - The SS Nomadic, the last floating link to Titanic, returns home to a great
reception in Belfast.
• July 21 - St Louis is hit by two major derechos (violent windstorms) in a span of three
days.
• July 22 - Canada defeats USA 15-11 in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. This
marked only the second time the USA had not won the gold medal, and only the second
time Canada had won the gold. Geoff Snider was announced as MVP.
• July 23 - Phonak team rider, American cyclist Floyd Landis wins the Tour de France;
however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a doping test.
• July 28 - Alejandro Toledo concludes his term as President of Peru, and Alan Garcia
becomes president.
• July 28 - Actor Mel Gibson is arrested for drunk driving in California and launches an
anti-semitic tirade.
• July 30 - The world's longest running music show, Top of the Pops, broadcasts for the last
time on BBC Two.
• July 31 - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, temporarily relinquishes power to his brother
Raúl before surgery.
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• August 10 - London Metropolitan Police make 21 arrests in connection to an apparent
terrorist plot that involved aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United
States. Liquids and gels are banned from checked and carryon baggage.
• August 11 - A resolution to end the 2006 Lebanon War is unanimously accepted by the
United Nations Security Council.
• August 14 - A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War.
• August 22 - Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine,
killing 171 people, including 45 children.
• August 22 - The ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincare
conjecture, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Perelman refuses the medal.
• August 23 - In Austria Natascha Kampusch manages to escape after being kidnapped
eight years ago by Wolfgang Priklopil who locked her up in his cellar. Priklopil commits
suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.
• August 24 - The International Astronomical Union defines 'planet' at its 26th General
Assembly, demoting Pluto to the status of 'dwarf planet' more than 70 years after its
discovery.
• August 27 - Comair Flight 5191, carrying 50 people, crashes shortly after take off from
Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.
• August 28 - A Greyhound Lines bus from New York City to Montreal, carrying 52
people, crashes at mile 115 on Interstate 87 near Elizabethtown killing 5 people including
the driver and several are seriously injured.
• August 31 - Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are recovered in a police
raid in Oslo, Norway.
[edit] September
September
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• September 1 - A fire kills 29 of 148 people aboard an Iran Air Tours Tu-154M aircraft
after the plane lands in Mashhad, Iran.
• September 2 - A Nimrod MR2 based at RAF Kinloss, Scotland, crashes in the Southern
Province of Kandahar, Afghanistan, due to a technical fault. All 14 crew on board were
killed.
• September 3 - Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
• September 3 - Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker
in the U.S. Open.
• September 4 - Vladimir Putin issues a statement revealing that the Soviet Union will be
re-established in the near future
• September 4 - Steve Irwin, Australian wildlife wrangler, dies at 44.
• September 7 - Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei is renamed to Taiwan
Taoyuan International Airport.
• September 8 - Peter Brock, Australian Racecar Driver, dies in targa west rally
• September 9 - STS-115: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a mission to build up the
International Space Station. It returns safe and successful on September 21.
• September 10 - Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher announces he will
retire from Formula 1 at the end of the year.
• September 12 - A stampede at a rally in Yemen leaves 41 dead.
• September 12 - Pope Benedict XVI gives a lecture in Germany; he quotes a criticism of
the Islamic faith, sparking mass protest.
• September 13 - 10th anniversary of the death of American rapper Tupac Shakur, aka
2Pac, is commemorated by the release of his sixth posthumous album, Pac's Life(released
November 21).
• September 13 - The Dawson College Shooting occurs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
leaving one student dead and 19 others injured.
• September 13 - The solar system's largest dwarf planet, designated until now as 2003
UB313, is officially named "Eris"; its satellite is now known as "Dysnomia".
• September 15 - Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills one person and poisons over 100
others in 20 states of the United States.
• September 16 - Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's
comments on Islam.
• September 17 - The Alliance for Sweden wins the Swedish general election, 2006 after
ousting the Social Democratic government which have ruled Sweden since 1994 .
• September 17 - The 2006 protests in Hungary started near the Hungarian Parliament.
• September 19 - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand declares a state of
emergency in Bangkok as members of the Royal Thai Army stage a coup d'état. The army
announces the removal of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power.
• September 19 - A memorial service for recently deceased Australian personality Steve
Irwin takes place at Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia. The service is broadcast across
Australia and other parts of the world.
• September 20 - The CW Television Network (a merger of The WB and UPN) officially
begins operations.
• September 22 - A Transrapid Maglev train crashes into a maintenance vehicle on a test
track in Germany, killing 23 and injuring 10; it is the first recorded fatal accident
involving a Maglev.
• September 23 - Toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia.
• September 24 - Europe win the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
• September 24 - Communist Party of China Central Political Bureau committee member,
Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Liangyu is dismissed for alleged
corruption charges.
• September 25 - The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans re-opens 13 months after
Hurricane Katrina with extensive repairs, including the largest re-roofing project in the
United States.
• September 26 - Diet of Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan
succeeding Junichiro Koizumi.
• September 27 - An armed suspect holds six female students as hostages in Platte Canyon
High School located in Bailey, Colorado. One hostage is fatally wounded as the gunman
kills himself.
• September 28 - After 40 years of development, Suvarnabhumi Airport, opens in Bangkok,
Thailand replacing Don Mueang International Airport as Bangkok's primary airport for
commercial flights.
• September 29 - Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with a business jet over the
Amazon Rainforest killing all 154 onboard.
• September 29 - U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) resigns after it is revealed that he
sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages.
• September 30 - West Coast Eagles win the Australian Football League Grand Final at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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October
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• October 1 - Vodafone Japan, owned by SoftBank, officially changes its name to Softbank
Mobile Corporation.
• October 2 - Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, kills five female
students at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting
himself.
• October 2 - Per Westerberg takes office as Speaker of the Riksdag in Sweden.
• October 4 - The Dow Industrial Average closes above 11,800 for the first time rising
123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11,850.61.
• October 6 - Hazardous waste plant near Apex, North Carolina explodes releasing chlorine
gas, resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 100 residents.
North Korean nuclear test
• October 8 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racecar driver, dies in Bathurst 1000 support race
• October 9 - North Korea claims to have conducted its first ever nuclear test.
• October 10 - Google buys YouTube for USD$1.65 billion.
• October 11 - New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is killed, along with his flight
instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's Upper East Side.
• October 13 - Ban Ki-moon (from South Korea) is elected as the new Secretary-General of
the United Nations.
• October 15 - The UN agrees to sanction North Korea over nuclear testing issue.
• October 15 - Chief Justice of Japan Akira Machida retires upon reaching the age of 70.
• October 15 - Declaration of the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq.
• October 16 - The last MASH was decommissioned.
• October 17 - The United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States
Census Bureau projection.
• October 18 - Microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7.
• October 19 - On the 19th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average closed above 12,000 for the first time gaining 19.05 points, or 0.16%,
to 12,011.73.
• October 23 - Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on
charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron.
• October 25 - The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of marriage
equality. [1]
• October 27 - Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line.
• October 27 - The St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series.
• October 29 - Aviation Development Company Flight 53 crashes shortly after take off in
Nigeria.
• October 29 - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is re-elected President of Brazil.
• October 30 - Former President of Chile Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest for
crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre.
• October 30 - An airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and
Taliban militants.
• October 30 - The Esperanza Fire burns over 61 square miles of Cabazon, California
mountain territory.
[edit] November
November
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• November 1 - The Stardust Resort & Casino closes after 48 years of business in Las
Vegas.
• November 3 - Iran successfully test-fires 3 new models of sea missiles in a show of force
to assert its military capacities in the Gulf.
• November 3 - Science predicts 90% of maritime life forms will be extinct by 2048.
• November 3 - Ted Haggard resigns as president of the National Association of
Evangelicals, after allegations of methamphetamine use and sexual relations with a male
prostitute.
• November 5 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and two of his senior allies are
sentenced to death by hanging after an Iraqi court finds them guilty of crimes against
humanity.
• November 7 - U.S. Midterm elections: Democrats win control of both houses of Congress
for the first time since 1994.
• November 7 - In the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison
becomes the first Muslim elected to the House of Representatives.
• November 7 - The Japanese town of Saroma, Hokkaido is struck by a tornado, killing
nine. It is the deadliest tornado in Japan since 1941.
• November 8 - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigns; President Bush
nominates Robert Gates, a former Central Intelligence Agency director, as his
replacement. Gates is then confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in on December 18.
• November 8 - Margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health
Organization.
• November 8 - A transit of Mercury occurs.
• November 11 - Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, Hong Kong, completed the last journey of its
49-year operation.
• November 12 - Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of
the United States.
• November 12 - The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on
independence from Georgia.
• November 15 - Al Jazeera launches its new English language news channel, Al Jazeera
English.
• November 15 - Start of the Sales and Use Tax in Puerto Rico; a response to the Puerto
Rico budget crisis of May 2006.
• November 15 - The State of Hawaii bans smoking in all enclosed public places.
• November 16 - Rioting in Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, destroys approx. 80% of the
CBD; 8 bodies found and foreign forces requested.
• November 17 - U.S. comedian and actor Michael Richards launches a racially charged
tirade at hecklers during a performance at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
• November 19 - Nintendo releases its 7th generation console, the Wii.
• November 20 - Iran and Syria recognize the government of Iraq, restore diplomatic
relations, and call for a peace conference.
• November 20 - Lee High School bus crash kills 4 students in Huntsville, Alabama.
• November 21 - Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanon's Minister of Industry, is assassinated in
Beirut.
• November 21 - Israel's Supreme Court finds that Israel must recognize and register same-
gender marriages celebrated in other countries.
• November 21 - A gas explosion in the coal mine Halemba in Ruda Slaska, Poland, kills
23 miners approximately 1,000 meters below ground.
• November 22 - Dutch general election, 2006: The Christian Democratic Appeal wins a
plurality of seats in The Netherlands.
• November 22 - A General Election is held for the House of Keys in the Isle of Man.
• November 22 - Ten people are trapped and killed in the Kolkata leather factory fire in
India.
• November 23 - Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent, is killed by
Polonium-210 in a London sushi bar.
• November 23 - A series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad, kill at
least 215 people and injure 257 others.
• November 24 - Michael Stone is arrested for breaking into the parliament buildings at
Stormont while armed. Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair's deadline on Northern Ireland
power-sharing.
• November 26 - US Judge James Robertson orders the US Treasury to change the dollar
bill.
• November 26 - WWE Diva Amy Dumas AKA Lita retires from WWE
• November 30 - South Africa becomes the fifth nation to legalize gay marriage.
• November 30 - Typhoon Durian triggers a massive mudslide and kills hundreds of people
in the Philippines.
• November 30 - Windows Vista, the newest version of operating system from Microsoft,
released for volume license customers.
[edit] December
December
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• January 6 - Feast of Epiphany or Día de los Reyes Magos (Day of the Magi Kings) or La
Fête des Rois (Feast of the Kings).
• January 7 - Christmas in the Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox,
Ukrainian Catholic and other Eastern Christian church calendars.
• January 10 - Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha begins (ends on January 12).
• January 11 - Vaikunta Ekadashi is observed by Hindus. This is the day when the Gates of
Heaven open and remain open for the next ten days.
• January 14 - Mahayana Buddhist New Year.
• January 14 - Pongal Harvest Festival in Tamil Nadu.
• January 15 - Maatu Pongal, Festival of Cows in Tamil Nadu.
• January 16 - Uzhavar Tirunaal, Farmer's Day in Tamil Nadu.
• January 29 - Year of the Dog, 4703, begins. Chinese/Asian New Year.
• January 31 - Muslim New Year.
• February 1 - Imbolc Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
• February 9 - Day of Ashurah.
• February 13 - Tu Bishvat.
• February 28 - Mardi Gras.
• March 13 - Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sunset.
• March 14 - Sikh New Year.
• March 21 - Iranian New Year's Day (Norouz).
• March 30 - Hindu New Year.
• April 5 - Qingming Festival.
• April 11 - Birth anniversary of Muhammad.
• April 12 - Pesach or Passover begins at sunset, continues for a week.
• April 13 - Theravada Buddhist New Year.
• April 13 - Punjabi New Year.
• April 14 - Good Friday in the Western Church Calendar, Sikh Holiday of Vaisakhi.
• April 14 - Puththaandu Tamil New Year in the Tamil Calendar, observed by people in
Tamil Nadu.
• April 16 - Easter in the Western Church Calendar.
• April 21 - Good Friday in the Eastern Church Calendar.
• April 23 - Easter in the Eastern Church Calendar.
• May 1 - Beltane Cross-quarter day.
• June 1 - Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins at sunset.
• August 1 - Lammas Cross-quarter day.
• August 2 - Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av begins at sundown; it extends until the night of
August 3.
• September 22 - Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Continues until
nightfall of the 24th.
• September 23 - First day of Ramadan.
• October 1 - Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Ends at nightfall of the
2nd.
• October 21 - Hindu festival of Diwali.
• October 23 - Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr.
• October 31 - Samhain Cross-quarter day.
• December 15 - Hannukah.
• December 21 - Wiccans celebrate the festival of Yule.
• December 25 - Christmas in the Western Church Calendar.
• December 31 - Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha begins (ends on January 2, 2007).
[edit] Ongoing
• War in Iraq.
[edit] Births
• June 3 - Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, daughter of
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands.
• June 18 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, daughter of
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau.
• September 6 - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, son of Princess Akishino and Prince
Akishino, the prince is third in line to the throne of Japan.
• October 24 - World's youngest premature baby (22 weeks in the womb)[2]
• October 25 - Krista and Tatiana Hogan, notable conjoined twins.
[edit] Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2006
[edit] January
Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• January 1 - Charles Steen, American geologist, The "Uranium King" (b. 1919)
• January 2 - John Woodnutt, British actor (b. 1924)
• January 3 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player (b. 1954)
• January 3 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
• January 4 - Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab
Emirates (b. 1946)
• January 4 - Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (b. 1914)
• January 6 - Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
• January 8 - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, British politician (b. 1943)
• January 9 - Andy Caldecott, off road motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
• January 14 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
• January 14 - Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
• January 15 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926)
• January 19 - Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941)
• January 19 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921)
• January 21 - Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
• January 24 - Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
• January 27 - Johannes Rau, President of Germany (b. 1931)
• January 28 - Yitzchak Kadouri, Iraqi-born rabbi (b. 1900)
• January 30 - Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther
King, Jr. (b. 1927)
[edit] February
[edit] March
Slobodan Milošević, died at The Hague while on trial for war crimes
[edit] April
• April 2 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of soldier Claus Schenk von
Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
• April 4 - Denis Donaldson, Irish Republican informer (b. 1950)
• April 5 - Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)
• April 8 - Gerard Reve, Dutch author (b. 1923)
• April 11 - Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)
• April 11 - Les Foote, Australian footballer (b. 1924)
• April 11 - June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953)
• April 12 - Rajkumar, Indian actor (b. 1929)
• April 12 - William Sloane Coffin, American university chaplain and activist (b. 1924)
• April 13 - Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist (b. 1918)
• April 15 - Louise Smith, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• April 17 - Calum Kennedy, Scottish singer (b. 1928)
• April 18 - John Lyall, British football player and manager (b. 1940)
• April 19 - Scott Crossfield, American pilot (b. 1921)
• April 20 - Anna Svidersky, American murder victim (b. 1988)
• April 21 - Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1931)
• April 23 - Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• April 23 - Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace (b. 1912)
• April 24 - Nasreen Huq, Bangladeshi social worker and human rights activist (b. 1958)
• April 24 - Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
• April 24 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
• April 24 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian-born Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914)
• April 25 - Jane Jacobs, American-born writer and activist (b. 1916)
• April 25 - Peter Law, British politician (b. 1948)
• April 29 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (b. 1908)
[edit] May
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
Jane Wyatt, Famous actress in Gentlemen's Agreement
• October 6 - Buck O'Neil, American Negro League baseball player (b. 1911)
• October 6 - Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
• October 7 - Anna Politkovskaya, American-born Russian journalist (b. 1958)
• October 8 - Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (racing accident) (b. 1975)
• October 9 - Paul Hunter, British snooker player (b. 1978)
• October 10 - Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)
• October 11 - Cory Lidle, U.S. baseball player (b. 1972)
• October 14 - Freddy Fender, American singer (b. 1937)
• October 16 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
• October 16 - Valentín Paniagua, President of Peru (b. 1936)
• October 18 - Anna Russell, British-born comedian and music satirist (b. 1911)
• October 20 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
• October 21 - Sandy West, Drummer for the runaways (b. 1959)
• October 24 - Enolia McMillan, First female president of the NAACP (b. 1904)
• October 28 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and official (b. 1917)
• October 28 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1955)
• October 30 - Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. 1926)
• October 31 - Pieter Willem Botha, former State President of South Africa (b. 1916)
[edit] November
Ferenc Puskás, famous Hungarian footballer
[edit] December
Augusto Pinochet, the 30th president of Chile