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2006 (MMVI common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar .
In the Chinese calendar , 2006 was the Year of the Dog . Chinese New Year is January 29 .
January 1 – Sydney, Australia, has its warmest day on record, when the city reaches 45 °C (113 °F).[1] January 1 – Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute .[2] January 2 – The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps , killing 15.[3] January 4 – Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke .[4] January 5 – A hotel in Mecca , Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj .[5] January 6 – The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.[6] January 7 – Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.[7] [8] January 7 – UK Liberal Democratic leader Charles Kennedy resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.[9] January 8 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake , centered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera , shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.[10] January 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 (11,011.90) for the first time since June 7 , 2001 .[11] [12] January 11 – The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since 1986 .January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia , kills 362 pilgrims .[13] [14] January 14 – A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills seven and injures five in Romania .[15] January 15 – NASA 's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet .[16] January 19 – A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv , Israel injures 20,[17] [18] January 23 – Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada , forming a minority government.[19] [20] January 25 – Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.[21] January 25 – Pope Benedict XVI issues his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est [22] January 27 – Celebrations are held in Salzburg and around the world, for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .[23] January 27 – Manuel Zelaya becomes President of Honduras .January 28 – Trade hall roof collapses in Katowice , Poland , killing 66 people.[24] January 31 – Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States .[25]
February 1 – UAL Corporation , United Airlines ' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.[26] February 3 – An Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people, sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast.[27] February 4 – The Wowowee stampede at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City , Philippines kills 74 people and leaves 600 injured.[28] February 5 – Super Bowl XL : The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21–10 [29] February 6 – Stephen Harper is sworn in as Canada's 22nd Prime Minister. He is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada February 8 – 2006 East Timor crisis : 404 soldiers desert their barracks in East Timor .[30] February 10 –26 – The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin , Italy .February 17 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte , Philippines ; the official death toll is set at 1,126.[31] February 19 – Pasta de Conchos mine disaster : Sixty-five miners die after becoming trapped underground, following an explosion in Nueva Rosita , Mexico .[32] February 22 – A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque , a Shiite holy site in Samarra , Iraq .[33] February 22 – Over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery , the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom .[34] [35] February 23 – A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people.[36] February 24 – A state of emergency is declared in the Philippines , after an alleged coup d'état against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is foiled.[37] February 25 – Police officers and protesters in Dublin, Ireland are injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot .[38] February 25 – Uganda 's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election,[39] [40] Kampala by opposition supporters.[41]
March 4 – The final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response.[42] March 6 –20 – The first World Baseball Classic is held in San Diego , California , U.S.A. .March 7 – 20 people die and many others are injured in 3 blasts throughout Varanasi , India .[43] March 9 – NASA 's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn 's moon Enceladus , signaling a possible presence of water.[44] March 10 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit.[45] [46] March 14 – Penumbral lunar eclipse March 15 –26 – The 2006 Commonwealth Games take place in Melbourne , Australia .March 16 – The Blu-ray Disc format is released in the United States March 17 – The United States strikes its 2 remaining Iowa -classbattleships from the Naval Vessel Register , ending the age of the battleship.[47] [48] March 22 – ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain .[49] March 22 – The Federal Reserve stops the publishing of M3 money supply data.[50] [51] March 25 – A scramjet jet engine , Hyshot III , designed to fly at 7 times the speed of sound, is successfully tested at Woomera, South Australia .[52] [53] March 25 – Seven die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle , Washington .[54] March 29 – Total solar eclipse March 30 – The first Brazilian astronaut , Marcos Pontes , goes into space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft , Soyuz TMA-8 [55] March 30 – The al-Dana capsizesBahrain , killing at least 56 people.[56]
April 5 – A swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife , Scotland (the first case in the United Kingdom ).[57] April 8 – The bodies of 8 murdered men are found in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario .April 9 – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is removed from office after 4 months in a coma .[58] April 10 – The Brand India Fair Victoria Park fire at Meerut , Uttar Pradesh , India , kills at least 100.[59] April 11 – The European Space Agency 's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus ' orbit.[60] April 11 – President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium .[61] [62] April 16 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco , reaches the North Pole , becoming the first reigning monarch ever to do so.[63] April 16 – Ireland commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising , for the first time since 1971 .[64] April 17 – An Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Tel Aviv kills 9 people and injures dozens.[65] April 20 – Iran announces a deal with Russia , involving a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil;[66] April 22 – Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar , Afghanistan by a roadside bomb (the worst one-day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War ).April 24 – Three explosions in a tourist section of Dahab , Egypt kill 30 and injure over 115.[67] April 25 – The Beaconsfield mine collapse occurs in Tasmania , Australia .April 29 – Massive anti-war demonstrations and a march down Broadway in New York City mark the third year of war in Iraq .[68] April 29 – The Global Night Commute takes place in over 130 cities around the world, to promote the visibility of the Invisible Children in Uganda .[69]
May 1 – Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields.[70] May 1 – The Great American Boycott takes place across the United States as marchers protest for immigration rights.[71] May 5 – Fiat chairman Sergio Marchionne announces that the Alfa Romeo automobile brand will return to the United States in 2008 , after a 13-year hiatus.[72] May 9 – Beaconsfield mine collapse : After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield , Tasmania , Australia .[73] May 20 – Lordi win the Eurovision Song Contest , the first win for Finland and the first hard rock song to win the contest.May 24 – East Timor 's Foreign Minister José Ramos-Horta officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal.[74] May 27 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes central Java in Indonesia , killing more than 6,000, injuring at least 36,000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless.[75] May 27 – The first demonstration for gay rights in Moscow is broken up by the police.[76]
July 1 – The Qinghai-Tibet Railway launches a trial operation, connecting China proper and Tibet for the first time.[94] July 4 – STS-121 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched to the International Space Station .[95] July 17 . It is the second return to flight Space Shuttle Columbia disaster .[96] July 5 – North Korea test fires missiles, timed with the liftoff of Discovery, preceding the fireworks celebrations that night in America . The long range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails shortly after takeoff.[97] July 6 – The Nathula Pass between India and China , sealed during the Sino-Indian War , re-opens for trade after 44 years.[98] July 9 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes into a concrete barrier shortly after landing, killing at least 122 people and leaving many injured.[99] July 10 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 crashes in Multan , Pakistan shortly after takeoff.[100] July 11 – A series of coordinated bomb attacks strikes several commuter trains in Mumbai , India during the evening rush hour.[101] July 12 – 2006 Lebanon War : Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing 3. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel 2 days later.[102] July 18 – The SS Nomadic Titanic [103] July 31 – Cuban president Fidel Castro temporarily relinquishes power to his brother Raúl before surgery.[104]
August 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 . Liquids and gels are banned from checked and carry-on baggage.[105] [106] August 11 – A resolution to end the 2006 Lebanon War is unanimously accepted by the United Nations Security Council .[107] August 14 – A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War .[108] August 22 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine , killing 171 people, including 45 children.[109] August 22 – The ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincare conjecture , one of 7 Millennium Prize Problems ; Perelman refuses the medal.[110] August 23 – In Austria , Natascha Kampusch manages to escape after being kidnapped 8 years ago by Wolfgang Priklopil , who locked her up in his cellar. Priklopil commits suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.[111] August 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.[112] August 27 – Comair Flight 5191 , carrying 50 people, crashes shortly after take off from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky .[113] August 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 seriously injuring others.[114] August 31 – Edvard Munch paintings The Scream Madonna Oslo, Norway .[115]
September 1 – A fire kills 29 of 148 aboard an Iran Air Tours Tu-154 M aircraft after the plane lands in Mashhad , Iran .[116] September 2 – A Nimrod MR2 based at RAF Kinloss , Scotland , crashes in Kandahar Province , Afghanistan , due to a technical fault. All 14 crew onboard are killed.[117] September 7 – Partial lunar eclipse September 12 – A stampede at a rally in Yemen leaves 41 dead and injures 50.[118] September 12 – Pope Benedict XVI gives a lecture in Germany ; he quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith, sparking mass protests .[119] September 13 – The solar system 's largest dwarf planet , designated until now as 2003 UB313, is officially named "Eris "; its satellite is now known as "Dysnomia ".[120] September 15 – Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills 2 and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States.[121] September 16 – Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's comments on Islam.[122] September 17 – Protests start near the Hungarian Parliament .[123] September 19 – Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand declares a state of emergency in Bangkok as members of the Royal Thai Army stage a coup d'état . The army announces the removal of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power.[124] September 22 – A Transrapid Maglev train crashes into a maintenance vehicle on a test track in Germany , killing 23 and injuring 10; it is the first recorded fatal accident involving a Maglev.[125] September 22 – Annular solar eclipse September 29 – Gol Flight 1907 (Boeing 737-800 ) collides with a business jet over the Amazon Rainforest , killing all 155 on board.[126]
October 9 - Actor Tommy Kirk becomes a Disney Legend October 9 – North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test .[129] October 10 – Google buys YouTube for USD $1.65 billion.[130] October 12 – A freak snowstorm blows into Buffalo, New York, leaving over 400,000 without power and killing 13.[131] October 13 – South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.[132] October 15 – The UN agrees to sanction North Korea over nuclear testing claims.[133] October 15 – The establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq is declared.October 16 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii , causing property damage, injuries, landslides , power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport . see 2006 Hawaii Earthquake .October 16 – The last American MASH is decommissioned .[134] October 24 – NASA 's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its first flyby of Venus (it will be captured into Mercury's orbit on March 18 , 2011 ).[135] October 29 – Aviation Development Company Flight 53 crashes shortly after takeoff in Nigeria killing 96 people.[136] October 30 – Former President of Chile Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre.[137] October 30 – An airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur , Pakistan kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.[138]
November 5 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein and 2 of his senior allies are sentenced to death by hanging, after an Iraqi court finds them guilty of crimes against humanity.[139] November 8 – A transit of Mercury occurs.[140] November 9 – Margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health Organization .[141] November 12 – The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia .[142] November 15 – Al Jazeera launches its English language news channel, Al Jazeera English [143] November 16 – Rioting in Nukuʻ alofa , the capital of Tonga , destroys approx. 80% of the CBD; 8 bodies found and foreign forces requested.[144] November 17 – The PlayStation 3 is released in North America .[145] November 19 – The Wii is released in North America.[146] November 20 – Iran and Syria recognize the government of Iraq , restore diplomatic relations , and call for a peace conference .[147] [148] November 21 – Pierre Amine Gemayel , Lebanon 's Minister of Industry, is assassinated in Beirut .[149] November 21 – A gas explosion in the coal mine Halemba in Ruda Slaska , Poland , kills 23 miners approximately 1,000 meters below ground.[150] November 22 – The Kolkata leather factory fire traps and kills 9 in India .[151] November 23 – A series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City , Baghdad , kill at least 215 people and injure 257 other people.[152] November 30 – Typhoon Durian triggers a massive mudslide and kills at least 720 people in Albay province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines .[153]
December 1 – Felipe Calderón takes office as President of Mexico .[154] December 1 – The 15th Asian Games start in Doha , Qatar ; the closing ceremony takes place on December 15 .[155] December 2 – In Rome , about 2 million people, led by opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi , demonstrate against Romano Prodi 's government.[156] December 2 – Stéphane Dion is elected the new Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada , on the fourth ballot .[157] December 2 –19 – 2006 Ipswich murder investigation : The bodies of 5 murdered prostitutes are discovered at different locations near Ipswich in Suffolk, England.[158] December 3 – Ed Stelmach is elected the new Leader of the Progressive Conservatives , Alberta , after the second ballot results, and second choice votes for Ted Morton have been added up. Ed becomes the Premier-designate of Alberta .[159] December 3 – Hugo Chávez is re-elected President of Venezuela .[160] December 3 – Germany 's tallest chimney is demolished by explosion at the former Westerholt Power Station .[161] December 5 – The military seizes power in Fiji , in a coup d'état led by Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama .[162] December 7 – Smoking is banned in all Ohio bars, restaurants, workplaces, and other public places.[163] December 9 – The Moscow hospital fire kills 45 people.[164] December 10 – Space Shuttle Mission STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on the first night launch since the 2003 loss of Columbia .[165] December 10 – Christer Fuglesang becomes the first Swede in space.[166] December 11 – The Holocaust conference is opened in Tehran , Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .[167] December 12 – Peugeot produces their last car at the Ryton Plant , signalling the end of mass car production in a city that was once a major centre of the British motor industry ; Coventry .[168] December 13 – The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct.[169] December 13 – U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview.[170] December 14 – U.S. Spy Satellite USA 193 , also known as NRO Launch 21 (NROL-21 or simply L-21), is launched and malfunctions soon after.[171] December 15 – Lockheed Martin 's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.[172] December 15 – An alleged assassination attempt on Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes .[173] December 15 – King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck , a year earlier than expected.[174] December 15 – The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.[175] December 19 – A Libyan court sentences 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death, for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV .[176] December 20 – Somalia : Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa .[177] December 21 – The death of Saparmurat Niyazov sparks world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in energy-rich Turkmenistan .[178] December 22 – The Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a 2-week mission to the International Space Station .[179] December 24 – Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia .[180] December 26 – An oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria 's commercial capital, Lagos , killing at least 200 people.[181] December 26 – The Hengchun earthquake in Taiwan kills 2 people, and damages about 15 historical buildings and several undersea cables , disrupting Internet and IDD telecommunication services in Asia.[182] December 29 – War in Somalia : Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance.[183] December 30 – Saddam Hussein , former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad .[184] December 30 – The M/V Senopati Nusantara Indonesia , causing several hundred casualties.[185] December 30 – The Free State Project completes its "First 1,000" pledge.December 30 – The Basque separatist group ETA sets off a bomb in Madrid Barajas International Airport , killing 2 Ecuadorians .[186] December 31 – At least 11 bombs go off in Bangkok hours before the new year, leaving at least 30 injured.[187] December 31 – The Met Office announces that England has experienced its warmest year since records began in 1659 , with an average temperature of 10.82 °C (51.48 °F).[188]
January 1 – Charles Steen , American geologist, The "Uranium King" (b. 1919 )January 2 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma , first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913 )January 3 – Steve Rogers , Australian rugby player (b. 1954 )January 3 – Bill Skate , Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954 )January 4 – Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946 )January 4 – Robert Howard White , Mayor of Papatoetoe , New Zealand (b. 1914 )January 6 – Lou Rawls , American singer (b. 1933 )January 7 – Heinrich Harrer , mountaineer, explorer and writer (b. 1912)January 8 – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford , British politician (b. 1943 )January 9 – Andy Caldecott , Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964 )January 14 – Jim Gary , American sculptor (b. 1939 )January 14 – Shelley Winters , American actress (b. 1920 )January 15 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926 )January 19 – Wilson Pickett , American singer (b. 1941 )January 19 – Geoff Rabone , New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921 )January 21 – Ibrahim Rugova , first President of Kosovo (b. 1944 )January 21 – Bedanand Jha , Nepalese politicianJanuary 24 – Chris Penn , American actor (b. 1965 )January 25 – Anna Malle , American pornographic actress (b. 1967 )January 27 – Johannes Rau , President of Germany (b. 1931 )January 28 – Yitzchak Kadouri , Iraqi-born rabbi (b. 1900 )January 30 – Coretta Scott King , American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927 )
February 1 – Dick Brooks , American auto racer (b. 1942 )February 1 – Bryce Harland , New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931 )February 3 – Al Lewis , American actor (b. 1923 )February 4 – Betty Friedan , American feminist, activist, and writer (b.1921 )February 8 – Ron Greenwood , English football manager (b. 1921 )February 8 – Akira Ifukube , Japanese classical music/movie composer (b. 1914 )February 9 – Sir Freddie Laker , British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922 )February 10 – J Dilla , American music producer (b. 1974 )February 12 – Ken Hart , American composer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1917 )February 13 – Andreas Katsulas , American actor (b. 1946 )February 13 – P. F. Strawson , English philosopher (b. 1919 )February 14 – Shoshana Damari , Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923 )February 15 – Sun Yun-suan , Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1913 )February 16 – Ernie Stautner , German-born American football player (b. 1925 )February 20 – Lucjan Wolanowski , Polish journalist, writer and traveler (b. 1920 )February 22 – Anthony Burger , American musician and singer (b. 1961 )February 22 – Sinnathamby Rajaratnam , Singapore politician (b. 1925 )February 23 – Mauri Favén , Finnish painter (b. 1920 )February 23 – Zarra , Spanish footballer (b. 1921 )February 24 – Don Knotts , American actor (b. 1924 )February 24 – Dennis Weaver , American actor (b. 1924 )February 25 – Darren McGavin , American actor (b. 1922 )February 25 – Florian ZaBach , American musician and TV personality (b. 1931 )February 27 – Linda Smith , English comedian (b. 1958 )
March 1 – Harry Browne , American Libertarian Presidential candidate (b. 1933 )March 1 – Peter Osgood , English footballer (b. 1947 )March 1 – Peter Snow , New Zealand doctor (b. 1935 )March 2 – Jack Wild , English actor (b. 1952 )March 3 – William Herskovic , Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914 )March 4 – Dave Rose , American artist (b. 1910 )March 4 – Edgar Valter , Estonian illustrator and cartoonist (b. 1929 )March 4 – John Reynolds Gardiner , American writer and engineer (b. 1944 )March 6 – Dana Reeve , American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve (b. 1961 )March 6 – Kirby Puckett , U.S. baseball player (b. 1960 )March 6 – King Floyd , American singer (b. 1945 )March 8 – Brian Barratt-Boyes , New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924 )March 9 – Hanka Bielicka , Polish actress (b. 1915 )March 9 – John Profumo , British politician (b. 1915 )March 11 – Bernie Geoffrion , Canadian hockey player (b. 1931 )March 11 – Slobodan Milošević , President of Serbia (b. 1941 )March 13 – Maureen Stapleton , American actress (b. 1925 )March 13 – Peter Tomarken , American game show host (b. 1942 )March 14 – Lennart Meri , President of Estonia (b. 1929 )March 15 – George Mackey , American mathematician (b. 1916 )March 22 – Lawrence Stephen , Nauruan politician (b. 1939 )March 23 – Cindy Walker , American songwriter (b. 1918 )March 24 – Lynne Perrie , English actress (b. 1931 )March 25 – Rocio Durcal , Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944 )March 25 – Buck Owens , American musician (b. 1929 )March 26 – Paul Dana , American race car driver (b. 1975 )March 27 – Stanislaw Lem , Polish writer (b. 1921 )March 28 – Caspar Weinberger , United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917 )
April 2 – Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg , German wife of soldier Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913 )April 4 – Denis Donaldson , Irish Republican informer (b. 1950 )April 5 – Gene Pitney , American singer (b. 1941 )April 6 – Francis L. Kellogg , U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917 )April 8 – Gerard Reve , Dutch writer (b. 1923 )April 11 – Proof , American rapper (D12 ) (b. 1973 )April 11 – Les Foote , Australian footballer (b. 1924 )April 11 – June Pointer , American singer (b. 1953 )April 12 – Rajkumar , Indian actor (b. 1929 )April 12 – William Sloane Coffin , American university chaplain and activist (b. 1924 )April 13 – Muriel Spark , Scottish novelist (b. 1918 )April 15 – Louise Smith , American race car driver (b. 1916 )April 17 – Calum Kennedy , Scottish singer (b. 1928 )April 18 – John Lyall , British football player and manager (b. 1940 )April 19 – Scott Crossfield , American pilot (b. 1921 )April 21 – Telê Santana , Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1931 )April 23 – Alida Valli , Italian actress (b. 1921 )April 23 – Johnny Checketts , New Zealand flying ace (b. 1912 )April 24 – Nasreen Huq , Bangladeshi social worker and human rights activist (b. 1958 )April 24 – Brian Labone , English footballer (b. 1940 )April 24 – Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927 )April 24 – Moshe Teitelbaum , Hungarian-born Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914 )April 25 – Jane Jacobs , American-born writer and activist (b. 1916 )April 25 – Peter Law , British politician (b. 1948 )April 28 – Steve Howe , American Baseball Player (b. 1958 )April 29 – John Kenneth Galbraith , Canadian economist (b. 1908 )April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan , Mexican actress and director (b. 1934 )
May 2 – Louis Rukeyser , American television host (b. 1933 )May 3 – Karel Appel , Dutch painter (b. 1921 )May 3 – Pramod Mahajan , Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and strategist (b. 1949 )May 3 – Earl Woods , American athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932 )May 6 – Lillian Asplund , last American survivor of the Titanic disaster (b. 1906 )May 6 – Shigeru Kayano , Japanese activist (b. 1926 )May 7 – Richard Carleton , Australian journalist (b. 1943 )May 7 – Steve Bender , German musician (Dschinghis Khan ) (b. 1946 )May 8 – Iain Macmillan , British photographer (b. 1938 )May 10 – Val Guest , British movie director (b. 1911 )May 11 – Yossi Banai , Israeli singer and actor (b. 1932 )May 11 – Floyd Patterson , American boxer (b. 1935 )May 12 – Hussein Maziq , Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1918 ).May 13 – Jaroslav Pelikan , American historian (b. 1923 )May 13 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr. , American R&B singer (b. 1949 )May 16 – Jorge Porcel , Argentine actor (b. 1936 )May 19 – Freddie Garrity , English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers ) (b. 1940 )May 21 – Katherine Dunham , American dancer, choreographer, and songwriter (b. 1909 )May 22 – Lee Jong-wook , Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945 )May 23 – Lloyd Bentsen , American politician (b. 1921 )May 24 – Anderson Mazoka , Zambian politician (b. 1943 )May 24 – Michał Życzkowski , Polish technician (b. 1930 )May 25 – Desmond Dekker , Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1941 )May 25 – Tobías Lasser , Venezuelan botanist (b. 1911 )May 25 – Kari S. Tikka , Finnish professor (b. 1944 )May 26 – Édouard Michelin , French businessman (b. 1963 )May 27 – Alex Toth , American comic book artist and cartoonist (b. 1928 )May 29 – Masumi Okada , Japanese actor (b. 1935 )May 30 – Shohei Imamura , Japanese movie director (b. 1926 )May 30 – David Lloyd , New Zealand biologist (b. 1938 )
June 1 – Rocio Jurado , Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944 )June 6 – Arnold Newman , American photographer (b. 1918 )June 6 – Billy Preston , American artist and musician (b. 1946 )June 6 – Hilton Ruiz , Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. 1952 )June 7 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , Jordanian militant (b. 1966 )June 7 – John Tenta , Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1963 )June 11 – Neroli Fairhall , New Zealand archer (b. 1944 )June 12 – Chakufwa Chihana , Malawi politician (b. 1939 )June 12 – György Ligeti , Hungarian composer (b. 1923 )June 12 – Kenneth Thomson , Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923 )June 13 – Charles Haughey , Prime Minister of Ireland (b. 1925 )June 13 – Hiroyuki Iwaki , Japanese conductor and percussionist (b. 1932 )June 14 – Jean Roba , Belgian comics writer (b. 1930 )June 15 – Raymond Devos , French humorist (b. 1922 )June 18 – Gica Petrescu , Romanian musician (b. 1915 )June 23 – Aaron Spelling , American television producer (b. 1923 )June 25 – Arif Mardin , Turkish-born music producer (b. 1932 )June 25 – Jaap Penraat , Dutch architect and resistance fighter (b. 1918 )June 30 – Mohamed Haneef, Maldivian Politician and former Vice-President of Islamic Democratic Party of Maldives (b. 1946 )June 30 – Robert Gernhardt , German satirist (b. 1937 )
July 1 – Ryutaro Hashimoto , 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937 )July 1 – Fred Trueman , English cricketer (b. 1931 )July 3 – Joseph Goguen , American computer scientist (b. 1941 )July 5 – Gert Fredriksson , Swedish kayaker (b. 1919 )July 5 – Kenneth Lay , American businessman (b. 1942 )July 6 – Kasey Rogers , American actress, writer, and biker (b. 1925 )July 7 – Tom Weir , Scottish climber, writer, and broadcaster (b. 1914 )July 7 – Rudi Carrell , Dutch entertainer (b. 1934 )July 7 – Syd Barrett , English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1946 )July 7 – John Money , Sexologist (b. 1921 )July 8 – June Allyson , American actress (b. 1917 )July 8 – Catherine Leroy , French photographer (b. 1945 )July 10 – Shamil Basayev , Chechen rebel (b. 1965 )July 11 – Ross M. Lence , American political scientist (b. 1943 )July 11 – John Spencer , British snooker player (b. 1935 )July 13 – Red Buttons , American actor and comedian (b. 1919 )July 16 – Bob Orton , American wrestler (b. 1929 )July 17 – Mickey Spillane , American writer (b. 1918 )July 18 – Raul Cortez , Brazilian actor (b. 1931 )July 19 – Jack Warden , American actor (b. 1920 )July 20 – Lim Kim San , Singapore politician (b. 1916 )July 20 – Ted Grant , British politician (b. 1913 )July 21 – Ta Mok , Cambodian military leader (b. 1926 )July 21 – Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese-born actor (b. 1933 )July 22 – José Antonio Delgado , Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965 )July 22 – Gianfrancesco Guarnieri , Italian-born Brazilian actor and playwright (b.1934 )July 25 – Hani Mohsin , Malaysian actor (b. 1965 )July 28 – David Gemmell , British writer (b. 1948 )July 30 – Murray Bookchin , American libertarian socialist (b. 1921 )
August 3 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German-born soprano (b. 1915 )August 3 – Arthur Lee , American musician (b. 1945 )August 6 – Hirotaka Suzuoki , Japanese Seiyu (b. 1950 )August 9 – James van Allen , American physicist (b. 1914 )August 11 – Mike Douglas , American entertainer (b. 1925 )August 13 – Tony Jay , English-born actor (b. 1933 )August 13 – Payao Poontarat , Thai boxer (b. 1957 )August 15 – Te Atairangi Kaahu , Maori queen (b. 1931 )August 15 – Faas Wilkes , former Dutch football player(b. 1923 )August 16 – Alfredo Stroessner , President of Paraguay (b. 1912 )August 20 – Joe Rosenthal , American photographer (b. 1911 )August 21 – Bismillah Khan , Indian musician (b. 1916 )August 21 – S. Yizhar , Israeli writer (b. 1916 )August 23 – Maynard Ferguson , Canadian musician and bandleader (b. 1928 )August 23 – Wolfgang Priklopil , Austrian kidnapper of Natascha Kampusch (b. 1962 )August 26 – Rainer Barzel , German politician (b. 1924 )August 26 – Clyde Walcott , Barbadian cricketer (b. 1926 )August 27 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee , Indian movie maker (b. 1922 )August 30 – Glenn Ford , Canadian actor (b. 1916 )August 30 – Naguib Mahfouz , Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )August 30 – Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon , New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (b. 1926 )
September 1 – György Faludy , Hungarian poet (b. 1910 )September 2 – Charlie Williams , British comedian (b. 1927 )September 2 – Bob Mathias , American athlete (b. 1930 )September 2 – Willi Ninja , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961 )September 4 – Steve Irwin , Australian environmentalist and television personality (b. 1962 )September 4 – Giacinto Facchetti , Italian footballer (b. 1942 )September 4 – Colin Thiele , Australian writer and educator (b. 1920 )September 8 – Hilda Bernstein , English-born writer, artist, and activist (b. 1915 )September 9 – Richard Burmer , American composer and musician (b. 1955 )September 9 – William B. Ziff, Jr. , American publishing executive (b. 1930 )September 10 – Taufa'ahau Tupou IV , King of Tonga (b. 1918 )September 11 – Joachim Fest , German historian and journalist (b. 1926 )September 11 – Johannes Bob van Benthem , Dutch lawyer (b. 1921 )September 14 – Elizabeth Choy , Singaporean World War II hero (b. 1910 )September 14 – Mickey Hargitay , Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926 )September 15 – Oriana Fallaci , Italian journalist (b. 1929 )September 15 – Abe Saffron , Australian nightclub owner and property developer (b. 1920 )September 16 – Rob Levin , American computer programmer (b. 1955 )September 17 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford , American socialite, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1924 )September 17 – Dorothy C. Stratton , Director of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (b. 1899 )September 19 – Roy Schuiten , Dutch cyclist (b. 1950 )September 19 – Hugh Kawharu , New Zealand academic and Māori chief (b. 1927 )September 20 – Armin Jordan , Swiss conductor (b. 1932 )September 20 – John W. Peterson , American composer (b. 1921 )September 23 – Malcolm Arnold , English composer (b. 1921 )September 23 – Aladár Pege , Hungarian musician (b. 1939 )September 24 – Tetsuro Tamba , Japanese actor (b. 1922 )September 26 – Byron Nelson , American golfer (b. 1912 )September 26 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino , American propagandist for Japan in World War II (b. 1916 )September 29 – Walter Hadlee , New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915 )
October 6 – Buck O'Neil , American baseball player (b. 1911 )October 6 – Wilson Tucker , American writer (b. 1914 )October 7 – Anna Politkovskaya , American-born Russian journalist (b. 1958 )October 8 – Mark Porter , New Zealand race car driver (b. 1975 )October 9 – Paul Hunter , British snooker player (b. 1978 )October 10 – Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist (b. 1932 )October 11 – Cory Lidle , American baseball player (b. 1972 )October 13 – Mason Andrews , delivered America's first test tube baby ; former mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (b. 1919 )October 14 – Freddy Fender , American singer (b. 1937 )October 16 – Lister Sinclair , Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921 )October 16 – Valentín Paniagua , President of Peru (b. 1936 )October 18 – Anna Russell , British-born comedian and music satirist (b. 1911 )October 20 – Jane Wyatt , American actress (b. 1910 )October 24 – Enolia McMillan , American first female president of the NAACP (b. 1904 )October 25 – Danny Rolling , American murderer (b. 1954 ) (executed)October 28 – Red Auerbach , American basketball coach and official (b. 1917 )October 28 – Trevor Berbick , Jamaican boxer (b. 1955 )October 30 – Clifford Geertz , American anthropologist (b. 1926 )October 31 – Pieter Willem Botha , former State President of South Africa (b. 1916 )
November 1 – Adrienne Shelly , American actress & director (b. 1966 )November 1 – William Styron , American writer (b. 1925 )November 2 – Adrien Douady , French mathematician (b. 1935 )November 2 – Wally Foreman , Australian sports commentator (b. 1948 )November 3 – Paul Mauriat , French musician (b. 1925 )November 3 – Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1937 )November 4 – Frank Arthur Calder , Canadian politician (b. 1915 )November 4 – Sergi López Segú , Spanish footballer (b. 1967 )November 5 – Mustafa Bülent Ecevit , Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist (b. 1925 )November 5 – Samuel Bowers , American Ku Klux Klansman and convicted killer (b. 1924 )November 8 – Basil Poledouris , American composer (b. 1945 )November 9 – Ed Bradley , American journalist (b. 1941 )November 10 – Gerald Levert , American singer (b. 1966 )November 10 – Jack Palance , American actor (b. 1919 )November 15 – Ana Carolina Reston , Brazilian fashion model (b. 1985 )November 16 – Milton Friedman , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912 )November 17 – Ferenc Puskás , Hungarian footballer (b. 1927 )November 17 – Bo Schembechler , American football coach (b. 1929 )November 17 – Ruth Brown , American singer (b. 1928 )November 20 – Robert Altman , American movie director (b. 1925 )November 20 – Andre Waters , American football player (b. 1962 )November 21 – Pierre Amine Gemayel , Lebanese politician (b. 1972 )November 22 – John Allan Cameron , Canadian musician (b. 1938 )November 23 – Alexander Litvinenko , Russian-born spy (b. 1962 )November 23 – Philippe Noiret , French actor (b. 1930 )November 23 – Anita O'Day , American singer (b. 1919 )November 23 – Willie Pep , American boxer (b. 1922 )November 24 – Walter Booker , American jazz bassist (b. 1933 )November 24 – Juice Leskinen , Finnish singer and songwriter (b. 1950 )November 25 – Leo Chiosso , Italian poet (b. 1920 )November 25 – Valentin Elizalde , Mexican singer (b. 1979 )November 25 – Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner , American actress, journalist and publisher (b. 1916 )November 26 – Dave Cockrum , American comic book artist (b. 1943 )November 27 – Alan Freeman , Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey (b. 1927 )November 28 – Bernard Orchard , British biblical scholar (b. 1912 )
December 3 – Craig Hinton , British novelist (b. 1964 )December 4 – Ross A. McGinnis , American soldier, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1987 )December 5 – David Bronstein , Soviet Union chess grandmaster (b. 1924 )December 6 – John Feeney , New Zealand documentary movie director (b. 1922 )December 7 – Jeane Kirkpatrick , American political theorist and U.N. ambassador (b. 1926 )December 7 – J. B. Hunt , American trucking magnate (b. 1927 )December 8 – Jose Uribe , Dominican Major League Baseball player (b. 1959 )December 10 – Augusto Pinochet , Chilean dictator (b. 1915 )December 12 – Paul Arizin , American basketball player (b. 1928 )December 12 – Peter Boyle , American actor (b. 1935 )December 12 – Raymond P. Shafer , American politician (b. 1917 )December 13 – Lamar Hunt , American sports executive (b. 1932 )December 13 – "Homesick" James Williamson , American blues musician (b. 1910 )December 13 – Federico Crescentini , Sanmarinese football player (b. 1982 )December 14 – Ahmet Ertegün , Turkish record executive (b. 1923 )December 14 – Mike Evans , American actor (b. 1949 )December 15 – Clay Regazzoni , Swiss race car driver (b. 1939 )December 16 – Don Jardine , Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940 )December 18 – Joseph Barbera , American animator (b. 1911 )December 20 – Yukio Aoshima , Japanese politician, novelist and TV-actor (b. 1932 )December 20 – Ma Ji , Chinese actor (b. 1934 )December 21 – Saparmurat Niyazov , President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940 )December 22 – Elena Mukhina , Russian gymnast (b. 1960 )December 23 – Robert Stafford , American politician (b. 1913 )December 23 – Dutch Mason , Canadian blues musician (b. 1938 )December 23 – Marilyn Waltz , American actress, model, and Playboy Playmate (b. 1931 )December 24 – Braguinha , Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907 )December 24 – Charlie Drake , English comedian (b. 1925 )December 24 – Frank Stanton , American television executive (b. 1908 )December 24 – Kenneth Sivertsen , Norwegian musician, composer, poet and comedian (b. 1961 )December 25 – James Brown , American singer (b. 1933 )December 26 – Gerald R. Ford , 38th President of the United States (b. 1913 )December 29 – Charles Addo Odametey , Ghanaian football player (b. 1937 )December 30 – Saddam Hussein , 5th President of Iraq (b. 1937 )December 30 – Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton , British politician (b. 1922 )
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