Page 4: Historical Events In 2006

Jun 10   President Mahmoud Abbas sets july 26 as the date for a national referendum in the Palestinian National Authority.   

Jun 18   The inaugural Kazakh space satellite "KazSat" is launched   

Jun 19   The Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4 games-3 games to win the Stanley Cup.   

Jun 20   The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2.   

Jun 22   The Magen David Adom and Palestine Red Crescent Society are officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross.   

Jun 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   

Jun 25   Warren Buffett donates over US$30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.   

Jun 28   Israel launches Operation Summer Rains, an offensive against militants in Gaza.   

Jun 29   Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The United States Supreme Court rules that the military commissions to be used to try some detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp are illegal   

Jun 29   The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II steps down after the political party of D'66 drops its support   

Jun 29   Women vote for the inaugural time in elections for the National Assembly of Kuwait.   

Jul 01   Chikungunya outbreaks in India.   

Jul 01   Cholera in Luanda, Angola   

Jul 01   Dengue fever in Philippines.   

Jul 01   dengue outbreak in India in India killing 50+ people.   

Jul 01   dengue outbreak in Pakistan in Pakistan killing 50+ people   

Jul 01   East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak in East Africa killing 394 people.   

Aug 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. New TSA regulations are put into effect   

Aug 11   A resolution to end the 2006 Lebanon War is unanimously accepted by the United Nations Security Council.   

Aug 14   A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War   

Aug 22   Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing 171 people, including 45 children.   

Aug 22   The ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincare conjecture, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Perelman refuses the medal   

Aug 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   

Aug 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   

Aug 27   Comair Flight 5191, carrying 50 people, crashes shortly after take off from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.   

Aug 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.   

Aug 31   Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are recovered in a police raid in Oslo, Norway   

Sep 01   A fire results in the deaths of 29 of 148 people aboard an Iran Air Tours Tu-154M aircraft after the plane lands in Mashhad, Iran   

Sep 02   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.   

Sep 03   Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open   

Sep 03   In this year, Spain claims the 2006 FIBA World Championship   

Sep 07   Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei is renamed to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.   

Sep 09   STS-115: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a mission to build up the International Space Station. It returns safe and successful on sep 21   

Sep 10   Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher announces he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the year   

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Jan 01   Harry magdoff: American magazine editor (b. 1913)   

Jan 02   Cecilia muñoz-palma: First female philippine supreme court justice (b. 1913)   

Jan 03   Bill skate: Prime minister of papua new guinea (b. 1954)   

Jan 04   Irving layton: Canadian poet (b. 1912)   

Jan 05   Lord merlyn-rees: British politician (b. 1920)   

Jan 06   Lou rawls: American singer (b. 1933)   

Jan 07   Heinrich harrer: Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)   

Jan 08   Tony banks: British politician (b. 1943)