Page 8: Historical Events In 2006

Dec 15   The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.   

Dec 19   A Libyan court sentences five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV   

Dec 20   Somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa.   

Dec 21   Australian cricketer Shane Warne announces his retirement from the sport.   

Dec 21   Saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan dies unexpectedly, sparking world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in this energy-rich country.   

Dec 22   The Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station.   

Dec 24   Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia.   

Dec 26   An oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos killing at least 200 people   

Dec 26   The Hengchun earthquake in Taiwan results in the deaths of two people, damaged about 15 historical buildings and several undersea cable, disrupting Internet and IDD telecommunication services in Asia.   

Dec 29   War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance   

Dec 30   Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad   

Dec 30   Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.   

Dec 30   The Free State Project completes its "inaugural 1000" pledge   

Dec 30   The M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties   

Dec 31   At least eleven bombs go off in Bangkok hours before the new year.   

Dec 31   The U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3000.   

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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)