Page 6: 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 15   Declaration of the etablishment of the Islamic State of Iraq on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   In the year 2006 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 in the year 2006.   

Oct 18   Microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of Enron.   

Oct 25   The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of marriage equality. [1] on this day in history.   

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

Oct 27   In the year 2006 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   Luis Inácio Lula da Silva is re-elected President of Brazil in the year 2006.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

Nov 05   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 in the year 2006.   

Nov 07   In the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison becomes the first Muslim elected to the House of Representatives in the year 2006.   

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

Nov 07   In the year 2006 u.S. Midterm elections: Democrats win control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994.   

Nov 08   In the year 2006 a transit of Mercury occurs.   

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

Nov 08   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 on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, Hong Kong, completed the last journey of its 49-year operation on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States in the year 2006.   

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

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

Nov 15   Start of the Sales and Use Tax in Puerto Rico; a response to the Puerto Rico budget crisis of may 2006 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913)   

Jan 03   In the year 2006 death of bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)   

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

Jan 05   Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 2006 death of tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)