Today in History for September 2006
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1st - Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.
13th - At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide.
18th - Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, in which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections.
19th - The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
22nd - A German maglev train crashes, killing 23.
22nd - The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.
22nd - Hezbollah claims "Divine Victory" over Israel in a massive demonstration in Beirut.
29th - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.
30th - the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Constitutional Act that proclaimed the new Constitution of Serbia.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 1 of 1
6th - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japan Imperial Family member
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 55 of 55
1st - Sir Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918)
1st - Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (b. 1944)
1st - Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
1st - Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
2nd - Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman (b. 1930)
2nd - Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
4th - Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
4th - Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)
4th - Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
4th - Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
8th - Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915)
8th - Peter Brock, Australian racecar driver (b. 1945)
8th - Frank Middlemass, actor (b. 1919)
8th - Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)
9th - Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)
9th - Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955)
9th - William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (b. 1930)
9th - Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
10th - Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
10th - King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (b. 1918)
11th - William Auld, Scottish poet, writer and supporter of Esperanto (b. 1924)
11th - Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
11th - Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
11th - Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
13th - Ann Richards, 46th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
14th - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
14th - Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
15th - Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
15th - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
15th - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
16th - Rob Levin, creator of Freenode (b. 1955)
16th - Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
17th - Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (b. 1924)
18th - Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
19th - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
19th - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
19th - Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
19th - Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
19th - Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
20th - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
20th - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
21st - Boz Burrell, English rock musician (b. 1946)
22nd - Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
22nd - Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player (b. 1950)
23rd - Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921)
23rd - Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b.1913)
25th - Jeff Cooper, American firearms expert (b. 1920)
25th - John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
26th - Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
26th - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916)
29th - Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
29th - Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
29th - Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
29th - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
29th - Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
