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Historical Events

Results 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Tarja Halonen is inaugurated as President of Finland for the second and last time.
1st - English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
4th - Final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network. No response was received.
6th - South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs a bill into legislation that would ban most abortions in the state.
9th - Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
10th - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
10th - Mass unrest by the PCC started in São Paulo (the biggest city in Brazil) which would eventually kill more than 152 people.
11th - Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
16th - The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.
20th - Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop.
20th - Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby.
21st - Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Dubayy in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport join together and riot, causing $1M in damage.
22nd - ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire.
22nd - BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
22nd - Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
23rd - The Federal Reserve discontinues publishing M3 money supply.
24th - Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.
24th - Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate.
25th - Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
25th - Protesters demanding a re-election in Belarus following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006 clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
26th - In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
26th - The military junta ruling Burma officially named Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.
27th - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting.
28th - At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
30th - Marcos Pontes is the first Brazilian astronaut in space.
30th - UK Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 67 of 67

1st - Harry Browne, American politician and author (b. 1933)
1st - Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
1st - Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
2nd - Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
2nd - Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
3rd - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
3rd - William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
4th - John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
4th - Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
4th - Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
4th - Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
5th - Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
6th - Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (b. 1924)
6th - King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
6th - Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
6th - Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve (b. 1961)
7th - Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician (b. 1939)
7th - Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
7th - John Junkin, British performer (b. 1930)
8th - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
9th - John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915)
9th - Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
10th - Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)
11th - Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
11th - Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
12th - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
13th - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
13th - Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
13th - Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
13th - Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
14th - Ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1929)
14th - Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
15th - George Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
15th - Red Storey, Canadian football player and hockey referee (b. 1918)
16th - David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
17th - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
17th - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. 1913)
17th - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
17th - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955)
18th - Bill Beutel, American journalist (b. 1930)
18th - Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
18th - Dan Gibson, musician (b. 1922)
22nd - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
22nd - Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
23rd - David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
23rd - Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
23rd - Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
24th - Lynne Perrie, English actress (b. 1931)
25th - Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
25th - Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
25th - Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
26th - Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
26th - Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
26th - Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
27th - Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928)
27th - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b. 1925)
27th - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
27th - Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917)
27th - Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan (b. 1924)
28th - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
28th - Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
28th - Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
28th - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
29th - Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)
30th - Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
31st - Jackie McLean, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1931 or 1932)
31st - Angela Devi, American adult model (b. 1975)