Wednesday July 05, 2006

Historical Events

• North Korea has launched at least two Nodong-2 short-range missiles, one SCU missile and one Taepodong-2 long-range missile.
• Three members of the Tongan royal household are killed in an accident in Menlo Park in California.
• China and Russia resist the United States' and Japan's attempts to bring sanctions to North Korea for its missile testing.
• Futures on Light Sweet Crude closed at an all time high of $75.19/barrel. In New York, the intraday high was $75.40/barrel. Analysts have downplayed North Korea's missile launch.
• Kenneth Lay, a former executive at Enron, has died from a heart attack. He was 64 years old.
• North Korea's state-run broadcaster says that the United States can provoke his country.
• New Jersey casinos have been shut down for the first-ever time in their history. The state's budget was still undecided, so the closure of all state offices including regulators for casinos, began at 8 AM local time, 1200 GMT.
• Conflict between Israel and Palestine (Operation Summer Rains).
• Israel's Prime Minister gave permission to the IDF to increase its offensive in Gaza Strip against Hamas-controlled Palestinian authorities, in order to liberate Gilad Shalit, the kidnapped soldier.
• According to reports, Corporal Gilad Shalit is living off food he had saved in advance so that they wouldn't be caught out again, as well as seven militants.
• North Korea launches its 7th missile despite condemnation for earlier tests. One of the missiles was seen landing "near Russian territory". Japan has warned of economic sanctions against Russia and the U.N. Security Council has called for an emergency meeting on Wednesday. (Washington Post),
• On his way to central Israel, a suicide bomber from Palestine is taken into custody in the West Bank
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See also

What happened on July 05 in history? Find out the list of July 5th major events

What was 2006 famous for? Discover everything about 2006

Who died on July 05, 2006?

• Kenneth Lay
• Thirunalloor Karunakaran

  Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006).

• Gabrielle Gourdeau
• Juan Pablo Rebella
• Hugh Stubbins
• Gert Fredriksson

Other July 5th famous deaths

• Porfirio Rubirosa

  Dominican race car driver polo player and diplomat (d. 1965).

• Salvatore Giuliano

  Italian bandit chief, one of the most romantic figures of the 20th century, a strikingly handsome mixture of Robin Hood and Pancho Villa,...

• Kerwin Mathews

  American actor (Born 1926).

• Harry James

  swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada.

See all famous people who died on July 5th

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Cancer

Cancer personality

Who should a Cancer marry?

Babies born in July are either Cancer or Leo. People born before July 22nd are Cancer, while people born from July 23rd have the sign of Leo

Personality of July born

Chinese Zodiac

Dog

The day of the week was Wednesday.

July 5th marks the 185th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2006.

There are 179 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

July 2006 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
2. Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
3. Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud
4. Yung Joc - It's Goin' Down
5. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
2. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
3. Lily Allen - Smile
4. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
5. The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - Buttons

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Yung Joc - It's Goin' Down
2. LeToya - Torn
3. Lil Jon Featuring E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ - Snap Yo Fingers
4. Field Mob Featuring Ciara - So What
5. Mary J. Blige Featuring Brook-Lyn - Enough Cryin

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
2. Don Omar - Angelito
3. RKM & Ken-Y - Down
4. Tito "El Bambino" El Patron - Caile
5. Daddy Yankee - Machucando

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $61.90
• Apple AAPL: opens at $57.15
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $23.48
• General Electric GE: opens at $33.23
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $78.00

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 115.69 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.113 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2322 CHF
• 1 USD = 7.9955 CNY
• 1 EUR = 147.13 JPY