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| 2006 |
| January 1st |
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In
Eastern Europe, a price dispute between Russia and the Ukraine
led to Russia cutting off the natural gas to the Ukraine. |
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| January 2nd |
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In
Germany, 15 people were killed when a German ice rink collapsed
after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps. |
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| January 3rd |
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In
West Virginia, United States, twelve coal miners were discovered
dead in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon. A single survivor
was rescued early the following morning. |
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| January 4th |
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In
Israel, powers of office were transferred from Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Premier Ehud Olmert,
after Sharon had suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke. |
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| January 5th |
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In
Saudi Arabia, a hotel collapsed and killed 76 Muslim pilgrims
in Makkah, who were visiting to the religious festival the Haj. |
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| January 7th |
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In
the United States, Tom DeLay announced he would not seek to
reassume his former post of U.S. House Majority Leader. |
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| January 7th |
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In
Britain, Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy resigned after
revelations that he had a drinking problem. |
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| January 12th |
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A
stampede at the Haj religious festival, during the 'Stoning
of the devil' ritual in Mena, near Mecca in Saudi Arabia, killed
362 Muslim pilgrims and injuried thousands more. Over two million
pilgrims attended. |
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| January 12th |
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Turkish
gunman, Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II in Rome
1981, was released from prison after serving 25 years. The Turkish
Supreme Court overturned the decision and he was rearrested
and imprisioned again several days later. |
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| January
15th |
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NASA's
'Stardust' mission successfully ended with the return of the
first comet samples. |
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| January
19th |
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The New Horizons spacecraft was launched, beginning the first
ever mission to Pluto. |
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| January 25th |
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The
militant terrorist organisation Hamas won a landslide victory
in the Palestinian elections, winning 76 of the 132 seats in
the Palestinian assembly. The victory was an humiliating defeat
for the Fatah party, founded by Yasser Arafat. Clashes between
both supporters followed. |
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| January 27th |
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The 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amdeus Mozart. |
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| January 30th |
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Coretta
Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr, died of cancer
in a hospital in Mexico. She was a civil rights activist in
her own right and had carried on her husband's work after he
was assassinated in 1968. Known and respected as the 'Queen'
of the civil rights movement. |
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| February
1st |
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Some
European newspapers republished caricatures of the Muslim Prophet
Mohammed, originally published in Denmark in September
2005. The sketches are extremely offensive to followers
of the Muslim faith and sparked demonstrations and violence
around the world. |
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| February
4th |
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The
Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio 98, carrying nearly 1,414
passengers and crew capsized and sank in the Red Sea. Nearly
1000 people drowned, making this one of the worse civilian maritime
disasters since the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. |
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| February
7th |
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Funeral
of Coretta Scott King in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremony was
attended by Jesse Jackson, President Bush and other ex-Presidents
Carter, Bush and Clinton. Such was her contribution to civil
rights the President ordered all governmental flags at half
mast to honour her. |
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| February
9th |
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Sir
Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur died. |
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| February
11th |
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United
States Vice President Dick Cheney shot and injured Harry Whittington
while hunting in rural Texas, USA. |
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| February
17th |
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In
the Philippines, 1,800 people were killed when a mudslide occured
on the island of Leyte. |
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| February
19th |
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Ismail
Haniya of Hamas became the new Prime Minister of the Palestinian
National Authority, succeeding Ahmed Qurei. |
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| February
22nd |
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In
Samarra, Iraq, a terrorist blast heavily damaged the Al Askari
Mosque, a Shi'ite holy site, which caused a wave of protests
and counterattacks across Iraq, and civil war was feared to
erupt. |
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| February
22nd |
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In
Britain, £52 million was stolen from the Securitas depot
robbery in Tonbridge, Kent. The manager's family was held hostage
and threatened. It is the largest robbery in history. |
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| February
24th |
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In
the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo survived a failed coup
d'etat for the second time. |
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| March 10th |
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NASA's
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully entered Mars orbit.
It was launched on August 12th 2005. |
|
| March 11th |
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In
Chile, Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as the first female President
of Chile. Bachelet was once in exile in Australia. |
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| March 11th |
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In
the Netherlands, the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic,
the 'Butcher of the Balkans', on trial for war crimes by the
U.N. at the Hague, was found dead in his cell. The cause of
death was thought to be by natural causes. |
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| March 20th |
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In
Queensland, Australia, Tropical Cyclone 'Larry' made landfall
and caused massive devastation. Considered to be the storm to
hit the region since 1931. |
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| March 22nd |
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In
Spain, the Basque terrorist group ETA fighting for independence
from Spain, declared a permanent ceasefire. |
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| March 25th |
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In
the United States, nearly 500,000 people demonstrate in Los
Angeles in protest against a proposed federal crackdown on illegal
immigration. |
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| March 25th |
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In
Woomera, South Australia, the revolutionary scramjet jet engine,
Hyshot III, completed a successful test. The engine was designed
to fly at seven times the speed of sound. |
|
| March 26th |
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In
Scotland, the ban on smoking in public places comes into effect,
following the example of Ireland the previous year. |
|
| March 28th |
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In
the United States, politician Caspar Weinberger, Ex-US Secretary
of Defense died. |
|
| March
30th |
 |
Marcos
Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut, launched into space on
board a Russian Soyuz (Soyuz TMA-8). |
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| March 30th |
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In
Bahrain in the Middle-East, the al-Dana capsized, with the loss
of life of 48 people. |
|
| April 5th |
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A
swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland
(the first cases in the United Kingdom). |
|
| April 9th |
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In
Israeli, the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was officially removed
from office after being in a coma for four 4 months. |
|
| April 10th |
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In
Italy, Romano Prodi marginly defeated Silvio Berlusconi in the
Italian parliamentary elections. |
|
| April
11th |
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The
European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express spaceprobe entered
the orbit of the planet Venus. |
|
| April 11th |
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In
Iran, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirmed that
Iran had successfully produced a few grams of 3.5% low-grade
enriched uranium. |
|
| April 17th |
 |
In
Tel Aviv, Israel, a Islamic Jihad instigated suicide bombing
killed 9 people and injured dozens more. |
|
| April 19th |
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In
South Korea, Han Myung-sook became the country's first female
Prime Minister. |
|
| April 20th |
 |
Iran
announced a uranium enrichment deal with Russia, involving a
joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil; 9 days later
Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia,
thus leading to a de-facto termination of the deal. |
|
| April 22nd |
 |
In
Afghanistan, Taliban militants detontated a roadside bomb and
killed four Canadian soldiers, 50 miles north of Kandahar. |
|
| April 24th |
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In
Dahab, Egypt, tourists were targeted by three explosions that
killed 30 people and injured 115 further more. |
|
| April 29th |
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In
New York City, United States, a huge anti-war demonstration
and a march down Broadway in marked the third year of war in
Iraq. |
|
| May 3rd |
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In
the United States, a jury that had deliberated over the sentence
of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, came to its conclusion.
They sentenced him to life in prison. |
|
| May
5th |
 |
In
the United States, NASA astronomers announced the discovery
of a storm system in the Jovian atmosphere, 'Red Spot Junior'
on the planet Jupiter, it has a similar appearance to the famous
Great Red Spot. |
|
| May 9th |
 |
In
Tasmania, Australia. A Beaconsfield mine collapsed. Two miners
(Todd Russell and Brant Webb) were trapped underground. They
were rescued after 14 days. |
|
| May 27th |
 |
In
Indonesia a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck central Java and
killed more than 6,000 people. The earthquake injured nearly
36,000 people and almost 1.5 million people were made homeless. |
|
| May 27th |
 |
In
Moscow, Russia, Moscow's police broke up the country's first
public demonstration in support for homosexual rights. |
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| May 28th |
 |
In
Colombia, President Alvaro Uribe Velez was re-elected. Velez
became the first President in over a century in Colombia to
serve consecutive terms as President. |
|
| June 3rd |
 |
In
Europe, Montenegro declared independence after a May 21st referendum.
The state union of Serbia and Montenegro was dissolved on June
5th which left Serbia as the successor state. |
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| June 3rd |
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In
Toronto, Canada, seventeen men were arrested for alleged links
to a terrorist plot to destroy targets in the region. |
|
| June 6th |
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In
Africa, the Union of Islamic Courts gained control of Somalia's
capital Mogadishu, which ended the warlord rule of the city. |
|
| June 7th |
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In
Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq and
7 of his aides were killed in a U.S. air raid near the town
of Baqouba in Iraq. |
|
| June 9th |
 |
In
the Middle-East an explosion killed 8 Palestinian civilians
on a Gaza beach. After an investigation, Israel denied responsibility
for the blast. |
|
| June 10th |
 |
In
the Middle-East, President Mahmoud Abbas announced July 26th
as the date for a national referendum in Palestine. |
|
| June
18th |
 |
The
Kazakhstan's first space satellite, a communications satellite
occupying geosynchronous orbit, 'KazSat' was launched. |
|
| June 23rd |
 |
In
Miami, United States, the FBI arrested 7 men, accusing them
of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami. |
|
| June 28th |
 |
In
the Middle-East, Israel launched 'Operation Summer Rains', an
offensive against militants in Gaza. |
|
| June 29th |
 |
The
United States Supreme Court (Hamdan v. Rumsfeld) ruled that
the military commissions to be used to try some detainees in
the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp were illegal. |
|
| June 29th |
 |
In
Kuwait, women voted for the first time in the elections for
the National Assembly. |
|
| July 2nd |
 |
In
Mexico, a Presidential election was held. Felipe Calderón
was confirmed as the winner on September 5th. |
|
| July
4th |
 |
In
Florida, United States, STS-121: Space Shuttle Discovery was
launched from KSC to the International Space Station. Discovery
returned safely on July 17th. |
|
| July 5th |
 |
In
North Korea it was announced that at least 7 missiles, including
the long-range Taepodong-2 missile was test fired. |
|
| July 6th |
 |
In
Asis, the Nathula Pass between India and China, which was closed
during the Sino-Indian War, was re-opened for trade after 44
years. |
|
| July 9th |
 |
S7
Airlines Flight 778 crashes into a concrete barrier shortly
after landing, killing at least 122 people and leaving many
injured. |
|
| July 10th |
 |
In
Multan, Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688
crashed shortly after takeoff and killed all 45 people on board. |
|
| July 11th |
 |
In
Mumbai, India, terrorists launched a series of bomb attacks
against several commuter trains during the evening rush hour. |
|
| July 12th |
 |
In
the Middle-East, Israeli troops invaded Lebanon. This was in
response to Hezbollah actions that killed 3 Israeli soldiers
and the kidnapping 2 others. Hezbollah declared open war against
Israel on the July 14th. |
|
| July 28th |
 |
In
South America, President Alejandro Toledo of Peru concluded
his term as President. Toledo was replaced by Alan Garcia as
President. |
|
| July 30th |
 |
In
the UK, the world's longest running music show, 'Top of the
Pops', broadcasted for the last time on BBC Two, after 42 years. |
|
| July 31st |
 |
In
Cuba, President Fidel Castro, temporarily relinquished power
to his brother Raúl before undergoing surgery. |
|
| August 10th |
 |
In
London, England, the Metropolitan Police arrested 21 people
in connection to a terrorist plot that involved aircraft traveling
from the UK to the United States. New TSA regulations were immediantly
put into effect, permanently banning all liquids and gels. |
|
| August 11th |
 |
In
New York, USA, a resolution to end the Israel-Lebanon conflict
in the Middle-East was unanimously accepted by the United Nations
Security Council. |
|
| August 14th |
 |
In
the Middle-East, the UN cease fire took effect in the Israel-Lebanon
conflict. |
|
| August 22nd |
 |
In
the Ukraine, Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashed and killed
171 people, which included 45 children returning from their
summer break. |
|
| August 23rd |
 |
In
Austria, Natascha Kampusch managed to escape from her kidnapper
Wolfgang Priklopil. He abducted her and held in his cellar for
eight years. After her escape Priklopil committed suicide by
throwing himself in front of a train. |
|
| August
24th |
 |
The
International Astronomical Union defined the term 'planet' at
its 26th General Assembly, it demoted Pluto to the status of
'dwarf planet' more than 70 years after it was discovered. |
|
| August 27th |
 |
In
the United States, Comair Flight 5191 crashed just after take
off from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. 50 people
were killed with only the first officer surviving. |
|
| August 31st |
 |
In
Oslo, Norway, the stolen Edvard Munch paintings 'The Scream'
and 'Madonna' were recovered by police. |
|
| September
1st |
 |
In Mashhad, Iran, a fire aboard an Iran Air Tours Tu-154M aircraft
killed 29 out 148 people after the plane landed. |
|
| September
2nd |
 |
In
Afghanistan, a RAF Nimrod MR4, crashed in the Southern Province
of Kandahar. All 14 crew on board were killed due to a technical
fault |
|
| September
4th |
 |
In
Australia, conservationist Steve Irwin was killed while filming
underwater. Irwin was stung in the chest by a stingray. |
|
| September
7th |
 |
In
China, Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei was renamed
to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, located in Taoyuan
County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. |
|
| September
9th |
 |
In
Florida, United States, Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-115) was
launched on a mission to the International Space Station. It
returned safely after a successful mission on September 21st. |
|
| September
10th |
 |
German
Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher announced his retirement
from the sport at the end of the current season. Schumacher
won the World Championship seven times. |
|
| September
12th |
 |
In
the Middle East, a rally in Yemen killed 41 people due to a
stampede. |
|
| September
12th |
 |
In
Germany, Pope Benedict XVI gave a lecture where he quoted a
criticism of the Islam faith. It sparked mass protest worldwide. |
|
| September
13th |
 |
The
Dawson College Shooting occurs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
leaving 1 student dead and 19 others injured. |
|
| September
13th |
 |
The
solar system's largest 'dwarf planet', designated until now
as 2003 UB313, was officially named 'Eris'. Eris' satellite
was named as 'Dysnomia'. |
|
| September
16th |
 |
In
the Middle-East five churches were attacked in Palestinian areas
following the Pope's comments of September 12th on Islam. |
|
| September
19th |
 |
In
Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared a state
of emergency in Bangkok as members of the Royal Thai Army staged
a coup d'état. The army announced the removal of Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power. |
|
| September
22nd |
 |
In
Germany, a Transrapid Maglev train crashed into a maintenance
vehicle on a test track. The incident killed 23 people and injuried
10 others. It is the first recorded fatal accident involving
a Maglev train. |
|
| September
25th |
 |
In
New Orleans, United States, the Louisiana Superdome re-opened
13 months after Hurricane Katrina hit. The extensive repairs
included the largest re-roofing project in the United States. |
|
| September
26th |
 |
In
Japan, the National Diet elected Shinzo Abe as new the Japanese
Prime Minister, who succeeded Junichiro Koizumi. The Diet is
formally responsible for passing laws and for selecting the
Prime Minister. The National Diet Building is located in Nagatacho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
|
| September
27th |
 |
In Baily, Colorado, United States, an armed suspect held 6 female
students as hostages in Platte Canyon High School. One hostage
was fatally wounded as the gunman killed himself. |
|
| September
29th |
 |
In
South America, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (a
Boeing 737-800) collided with a lear jet over the Amazon Rainforest
and killed all 154 passengers and crew onboard. The lear jet
land safely with all seven people safe. |
|
| October 2nd |
 |
In
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, Charles Carl
Roberts IV, a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, entered the Amish
school and started shooting the pupils. He killed 5 female students
and wounded several others before turning the gun on himself. |
|
| October 9th |
 |
Communist
North Korea claimed to have conducted its first ever nuclear
test. The test was conducted underground. |
|
| October 10th |
 |
In
the United States, the Internet company 'Google' bought 'YouTube'
for $1.65 billion. |
|
| October 13th |
 |
South
Korean Ban Ki-moon was elected as the new Secretary-General
of the United Nations. |
|
| October 15th |
 |
The
United Nations agreed to sanction North Korea over the North
Korean's nuclear testing. |
|
| October 17th |
 |
The
United States population reached 300 million based on a United
States Census Bureau projection. |
|
| October 22th |
 |
German
Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher, the most successful
driver in history, retired from motor racing. |
|
| October 23rd |
 |
In
the United States, Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to 24 years
and 4 months in federal prison on charges related to the financial
collapse of Enron. |
|
| October 29th |
 |
In
Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected as the
Brazilian President. |
|
| October 30th |
 |
In
Chile, the former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed
under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi
detention centre where thousands were tortured between 1974
and 1977. |
|
| October 30th |
 |
An
airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur killed dozens of suspected
al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. |
|
| November
3rd |
 |
In
the Middle-East, Iran successfully test-fired 3 new models of
sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities
in the Gulf. |
|
| November
3rd |
 |
Science
predicts 90% of maritime life forms will be extinct by 2048. |
|
| November
3rd |
 |
In
the United States, Ted Haggard resigned as president of the
National Association of Evangelicals, after allegations of methamphetamine
use and sex with a male prostitute. |
|
| November
5th |
 |
In
Iraq, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and 2 of his senior
allies were sentenced to death by hanging after an Iraqi court
found them guilty of crimes against humanity. |
|
| November
7th |
 |
In
the United States, the U.S. Midterm elections allow the Democrats
to win control of both houses of Congress for the first time
since 1994. |
|
| November
7th |
 |
In
the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison
became the first Muslim elected to the House of Representatives. |
|
| November
8th |
 |
U.S.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned. President Bush nominated
Robert Gates, a former CIA director, as his replacement. Gates
was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in on Dec 18th. |
|
| November
12th |
 |
In
the United States, Gerald Ford surpassed Ronald Reagan as the
longest lived President of the United States. |
|
| November
12th |
 |
The
former Soviet republic of South Ossetia held a referendum on
independence from Georgia. |
|
| November
15th |
 |
Al
Jazeera launched its new English language news channel, Al Jazeera
English. |
|
| November
20th |
 |
In
the Middle-East, Iran and Syria recognized the government of
Iraq, restored diplomatic relations and call for a peace conference. |
|
| November
21st |
 |
Israel's
Supreme Court finds that Israel must recognise and register
same-gender marriages celebrated in other countries. |
|
| November
21st |
 |
In
in Beirut, Lebanon, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanonese Minister
of Industry, was assassinated. |
|
| November
21st |
 |
In
Ruda Slaska, Poland, a gas explosion in the coal mine Halemba,
killed 23 miners approximately 1,000 meters underground. |
|
| November
23rd |
 |
In
London, England, Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB
agent, was assassinated in a London sushi bar, possibly by the
Russian Security Service, the FSB. |
|
| November
23rd |
 |
In
Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, a series of car bombs and mortar attacks
killed at least 215 people and injuried 257 others. |
|
| November
24th |
 |
In
Northern Ireland, Loyalist Michael Stone was arrested for breaking
into the parliament buildings at Stormont while armed. |
|
| November
30th |
 |
South
Africa became the fifth nation to legalise gay marriages. |
|
| November
30th |
 |
Typhoon
Durian triggered a massive mudslide which killed hundreds of
people in the Philippines. |
|
| December
1st |
 |
In
Central America, Felipe Calderón was sworn in as the
President of Mexico by the Congress in Mexico. |
|
| December
1st |
 |
Typhoon
Durian kills at least 388 people in Albay province on the island
of Luzon in the Philippines. |
|
| December
3rd |
 |
In
South America, Hugo Chavez was re-elected President of Venezuela. |
|
| December
5th |
 |
In
Fiji, the military seized power by means of a coup d'état
led by Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama. |
|
| December
9th |
 |
In
Russia, a fire at a hospital in Moscow killed 45 people. |
|
| December
10th |
 |
In
Florida, United States, Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-116) was
launched from the Kennedy Space Center for the ISS. |
|
| December
10th |
 |
In
Europe, the Nobel Prize ceremonies took place in Stockholm (Sweden)
and Oslo (Norway). |
|
| December
11th |
 |
In
Tehran, Iran, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened
the two day 'The Holocaust Conference'. The conference provoked
worldwide criticism. |
|
| December
13th |
 |
The
Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji became extinct. It was a freshwater
dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China, making it
the first aquatic mammal species to become extinct since the
1950s. |
|
| December
15th |
 |
In
the Middle-East, an alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh sparked inter-Palestinian clashes. |
|
| December
19th |
 |
In
Libya, a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a
Palestinian doctor to death for allegedly knowingly infecting
hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. |
|
| December
20th |
 |
In
Somalia, Africa, Islamic Courts Union fighters began their attack
on the government-held town of Baidoa. |
|
| December
22nd |
 |
In
Florida, United States, the Space Shuttle Discovery landed at
the Kennedy Space Center. It concluded a two week mission to
the International Space Station. |
|
| December
24th |
 |
In
Africa, Ethiopia admited that its troops have intervened in
Somalia. |
|
| December
25th |
 |
In
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, the soul singer James Brown
died aged 73. Known as 'The Godfather of Soul', he was also
a Civil Rights campaigner. His was body laid on the stage of
legendary Apollo in Harlem, the site of his debut. A private
ceremony was held in Brown's hometown of Augusta, Georgia and
another public ceremony was officiated by Rev. Al Sharpton a
day later at the James Brown Arena. |
|
| December
26th |
 |
In
Africa, an oil pipeline exploded in Nigeria's commercial capital,
Lagos. The explosion killed at least 200 people. |
|
| December
26th |
 |
In
the United States, the former US President Gerald Ford (38th
President) died at the age of 93 years and 165 days at his home
in Rancho Mirage, California. |
|
| December
26th |
 |
The
Hengchun earthquake in Taiwan killed 2 poeple, damaged 15 historial
buildings and several undersea cables, disrupted Internet and
IDD telecommunication services in Asia. |
|
| December
29th |
 |
In
Somalia, Africa, Ethiopian and Transitional government troops
captured Mogadishu without resistance. |
|
| December
30th |
 |
In
Iraq, Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, was executed in
Baghdad for crimes against humanity. His hanging made news worldwide. |
|
| December
30th |
 |
In
Asia, the M/V Senopati Nusantara sunk 25 miles off Mandalika
Island in Indonesia with several hundred casualties. 245 people
were accounted for but many considered still missing. 400-500
people were feared drowned. |
|
| December
31st |
 |
In
Bangkok, Thailand, at least eleven bombs are detonated just
hours before the New Year celebrations. |
|
| December
31st |
 |
The
U. S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000. |
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