Events
January January 1 – Sydney, Australia, has its warmest day on record, when the city reaches 45 °C (113 °F). January 1 – Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute. January 2 – The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps , killing 15. 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 . January 5 – A hotel in Mecca , Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj . January 6 – The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates. January 7 – Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post. January 7 – UK Liberal Democratic leader Charles Kennedy resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem. 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. January 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 (11,011.90) for the first time since June 7 , 2001 . 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 . January 14 – A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills seven and injures five in Romania . January 15 – NASA 's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet . January 19 – A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv , Israel injures 20, seriously injuring one. January 23 – Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada , forming a minority government. January 25 – Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections. January 25 – Pope Benedict XVI issues his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est . January 27 – Celebrations are held in Salzburg and around the world, for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . January 27 – Manuel Zelaya becomes President of Honduras . January 28 – Trade hall roof collapses in Katowice , Poland , killing 66 people. January 31 – Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States .February 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. February 3 – An Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people, sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast. February 4 – The Wowowee stampede at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, Philippines kills 74 people and leaves 600 injured. February 5 – Super Bowl XL : The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21–10 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 . 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. February 19 – Pasta de Conchos mine disaster: Sixty-five miners die after becoming trapped underground, following an explosion in Nueva Rosita, Mexico . February 22 – A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque , a Shiite holy site in Samarra , Iraq . February 22 – Over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery , the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom . February 23 – A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people. February 24 – A state of emergency is declared in the Philippines , after an alleged coup d'état against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is foiled. 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. February 25 – Uganda 's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters.March March 4 – The final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response. 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 . 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. March 10 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit. 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 -class battleships from the Naval Vessel Register, ending the age of the battleship. March 22 – ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain . March 22 – The Federal Reserve stops the publishing of M3 money supply data. 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. March 25 – Seven die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle , Washington . March 29 – Total solar eclipse March 30 – The first Brazilian astronaut , Marcos Pontes, goes into space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft , Soyuz TMA-8 , at 2:29:00 CET. March 30 – The al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain , killing at least 56 people.April April 5 – A swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife , Scotland (the first case in the United Kingdom ). 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 . April 10 – The Brand India Fair Victoria Park fire at Meerut , Uttar Pradesh , India , kills at least 100. April 11 – The European Space Agency 's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus ' orbit. April 11 – President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium. April 16 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco , reaches the North Pole , becoming the first reigning monarch ever to do so. April 16 – Ireland commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising , for the first time since 1971 . April 17 – An Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Tel Aviv kills 9 people and injures dozens. April 20 – Iran announces a 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 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. 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 . 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 .May May 1 – Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes his nation's gas fields. May 1 – The Great American Boycott takes place across the United States as marchers protest for immigration rights. 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. May 9 – Beaconsfield mine collapse: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in Beaconsfield , Tasmania , Australia . 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. 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. May 27 – The first demonstration for gay rights in Moscow is broken up by the police.June July July 1 – The Qinghai-Tibet Railway launches a trial operation, connecting China proper and Tibet for the first time. July 4 – STS-121 : Space Shuttle Discovery is launched to the International Space Station . It returns safely on July 17 . It is the second return to flight mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . 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. July 6 – The Nathula Pass between India and China , sealed during the Sino-Indian War , re-opens for trade after 44 years. July 9 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes into a concrete barrier shortly after landing, killing at least 122 people and leaving many injured. July 10 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 crashes in Multan , Pakistan shortly after takeoff. July 11 – A series of coordinated bomb attacks strikes several commuter trains in Mumbai , India during the evening rush hour. 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. July 18 – The SS Nomadic , the last floating link to Titanic , returns home to a large reception in Belfast. July 31 – Cuban president Fidel Castro temporarily relinquishes power to his brother Raúl before surgery.August 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. August 11 – A resolution to end the 2006 Lebanon War is unanimously accepted by the United Nations Security Council . August 14 – A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War . August 22 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine , killing 171 people, including 45 children. August 22 – The ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincaré conjecture , one of 7 Millennium Prize Problems ; Perelman refuses the medal. 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. 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. August 27 – Comair Flight 5191, carrying 50 people, crashes shortly after takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky . 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. August 31 – Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna are recovered in a police raid in Oslo, Norway .September September 1 – A fire kills 29 of 148 aboard an Iran Air Tours Tu-154M aircraft after the plane lands in Mashhad , Iran . 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. September 7 – Partial lunar eclipse September 12 – A stampede at a rally in Yemen leaves 41 dead and injures 50. September 12 – Pope Benedict XVI gives a lecture in Germany ; he quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith, sparking mass protests. 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 ". September 15 – Spinach contaminated with E. coli kills 2 and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States. September 16 – Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's comments on Islam. September 17 – Protests start near the Hungarian Parliament. 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. 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. 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.October October 2 – Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, kills 5 girls at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting himself. October 6 – A hazardous waste plant near Apex, North Carolina explodes, releasing chlorine gas, and resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 100 residents. North Korean nuclear testOctober 9 - Actor Tommy Kirk becomes a Disney Legend October 9 – North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test. October 10 – Google buys YouTube for USD $1.65 billion. October 12 – A freak snowstorm blows into Buffalo, New York, leaving over 400,000 without power and killing 13. October 13 – South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. October 15 – The UN agrees to sanction North Korea over nuclear testing claims. 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. October 16 – CBeebies 2006-2009 show of Numberjacks. October 24 – NASA 's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its first flyby of Venus (it will be captured into Mercury's orbit on March 18 , 2011 ). October 29 – Aviation Development Company Flight 53 crashes shortly after takeoff in Nigeria killing 96 people. October 30 – Former President of Chile Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre. October 30 – An airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur, Pakistan kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.November 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. November 8 – A transit of Mercury occurs. November 9 – Margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health Organization . November 12 – The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia . November 15 – Al Jazeera launches its English language news channel, Al Jazeera English . November 16 – Rioting in Nukuʻ alofa , the capital of Tonga , destroys approx. 80% of the CBD; 8 bodies found and foreign forces requested. November 17 – The PlayStation 3 is released in North America . November 19 – The Wii is released in North America. November 20 – Iran and Syria recognize the government of Iraq , restore diplomatic relations , and call for a peace conference. November 21 – Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanon 's Minister of Industry, is assassinated in Beirut . November 21 – A gas explosion in the coal mine Halemba in Ruda Slaska, Poland , kills 23 miners approximately 1,000 meters below ground. November 22 – The Kolkata leather factory fire traps and kills 9 in India . November 23 – A series of car bombs and mortar attacks in SCity, Baghdad , kill at least 215 people and injure 257 other people. 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 .December December 1 – Felipe Calderón takes office as President of Mexico . December 1 – The 15th Asian Games start in Doha , Qatar ; the closing ceremony takes place on December 15 . December 2 – In Rome , about 2 million people, led by opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi , demonstrate against Romano Prodi 's government. December 2 – Stéphane Dion is elected the new Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada , on the fourth ballot. December 2 –19 – 2006 Ipswich murder investigation: The bodies of 5 murdered prostitutes are discovered at different locations near Ipswich in Suffolk, England. 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 . December 3 – Hugo Chávez is re-elected President of Venezuela . December 3 – Germany 's tallest chimney is demolished by explosion at the former Westerholt Power Station. December 5 – The military seizes power in Fiji , in a coup d'état led by Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama . December 7 – Smoking is banned in all Ohio bars, restaurants, workplaces, and other public places. December 9 – The Moscow hospital fire kills 45 people. 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 . December 10 – Christer Fuglesang becomes the first Swede in space. December 11 – The Holocaust conference is opened in Tehran , Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . 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 . December 13 – The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct. December 13 – U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview. 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. December 15 – Lockheed Martin 's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time. December 15 – An alleged assassination attempt on Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes. December 15 – King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck , a year earlier than expected. December 15 – The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry. December 19 – A Libyan court sentences 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death, for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV . December 20 – Somalia : Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa. December 21 – The death of Saparmurat Niyazov sparks world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in energy-rich Turkmenistan . December 22 – The Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a 2-week mission to the International Space Station . December 24 – Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia. December 26 – An oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria 's commercial capital, Lagos , killing at least 200 people. 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. December 29 – War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance. December 30 – Saddam Hussein , former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad . December 30 – The M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia , causing several hundred casualties. 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 . December 31 – At least 11 bombs go off in Bangkok hours before the new year, leaving at least 30 injured. 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). Major religious holidays
Births
for more information, see Category:2006 births.
2 February - Preston Oliver III, American child actor from Las Vegas . 27 February - Josephina Evie, English musician (d. 2021 ) 1 March - Sawyer Sharbino, American child vlogger, from Metropolitan Dallas . 8 March - Dylan Hockley, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut April 5 - Remus Covaci, Romanian bass player (Timpuri Grele) April 10 - Sofia Pablo, Philippine actress May 3 - Mutya Orqulia, Philippine actress 6 May - Jack Pinto Jr., American child student and footballer, from Danbury, Connecticut 30 June - Jesse Lewis, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut 6 September - Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japanese prince 9 September - Andra Maria Leon, Romanian drummer (Timpuri Grele) 12 September - Benjamin Wheeler, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut 5 October - Jacob Tremblay, Canadian child actor, from Vancouver , Canada 20 November - Noah Pozner, American child student, from Newton, Connecticut
Jesse Lewis †
Noah Pozner †
Deaths
January Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Shelley Winters Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Johannes Rau Coretta Scott King 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 politician January 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 Betty Friedan 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 18 – Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, 5th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1919 ) 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 ) February 28 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (b. 1921 )March Slobodan Milošević 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 – Rocío Dúrcal, 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 John Kenneth Galbraith 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 Karel Appel 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 – Konstantin Beskov, Russian footballer (b. 1920 ) 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 Billy Preston Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Charles Haughey 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 Ryutaro Hashimoto June Allyson 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 Glenn Ford 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 Steve Irwin 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 Jane Wyatt Red Auerbach P. W. Botha 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 – P. 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Botha , former State President of South Africa (b. 1916 )November Bülent Ecevit Jack Palance Ferenc Puskás 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 – 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 Augusto Pinochet Joseph Barbera Saparmurat Niyazov James Brown Gerald R. Ford Saddam Hussein 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. 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