Historical Events In 2006

Oct 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 in the year 2006.   

Oct 13   Ban Ki-moon (from South Korea) is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Chief Justice of Japan Akira Machida retires upon reaching the age of 70 in the year 2006.   

Oct 15   Declaration of the etablishment of the Islamic State of Iraq in the year 2006.   

Oct 15   On this day in history the UN agrees to sanction North Korea over nuclear testing issue.   

Oct 16   On this day in history the last MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was decommissioned.   

Oct 17   The United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States Census Bureau projection on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7 in the year 2006.   

Oct 19   In the year 2006 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.   

Oct 23   Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron in the year 2006.   

Oct 25   The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of marriage equality. [1] in the year 2006.   

Oct 27   Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line on this day in history.   

Oct 27   On this day in history the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series.   

Oct 29   Aviation Development Company Flight 53 crashes shortly after take off in Nigeria on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history luis Inácio Lula da Silva is re-elected President of Brazil.   

Oct 30   On this day in history an airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.   

Oct 30   Former President of Chile augo Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre in the year 2006.   

Oct 30   The Esperanza Fire burns over 61 square miles of Cabazon, California mountain territory on this day in history.   

Nov 01   In the year 2006 the Stardust Resort & Casino closes after 48 years of business in Las Vegas.   

Nov 03   Iran successfully test-fires 3 new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf in the year 2006.   

Nov 03   In the year 2006 science predicts 90% of maritime life forms will be extinct by 2048.   

Nov 03   Ted Haggard resigns as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, after allegations of methamphetamine use and sexual relations with a male prostitute in the year 2006.   

Nov 05   In the year 2006 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.   

Nov 07   On this day in history in the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison becomes the first Muslim elected to the House of Representatives.   

Nov 07   In the year 2006 the Japanese town of Saroma, Hokkaido is struck by a tornado, killing nine. It is the deadliest tornado in Japan since 1941.   

Nov 07   On this day in history u.S. Midterm elections: Democrats win control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994.   

Nov 08   A transit of Mercury occurs in the year 2006.   

Nov 08   In the year 2006 margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health Organization.   

Nov 08   On this day in history 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 dec 18.   

Nov 11   In the year 2006 edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, Hong Kong, completed the last journey of its 49-year operation.   

Nov 12   Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States on this day in history.   

Nov 12   On this day in history the former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.   

Nov 15   Al Jazeera launches its new English language news channel, Al Jazeera English in the year 2006.   

Nov 15   In the year 2006 start of the Sales and Use Tax in Puerto Rico; a response to the Puerto Rico budget crisis of may 2006.   

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Jan 01   Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913) died on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913) died on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 04   Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 2006 death of lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)   

Jan 06   In the year 2006 death of lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)   

Jan 07   Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 08   Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943) died in the year 2006.