Friday December 22, 2006

Historical Events

• The Kennedy Space Center welcomes the NASA space shuttle Discovery, which has completed a two-week mission towards the International Space Station.
• The 2006 floods in Malaysia caused displacement of approximately 60,000 people in Johor. (CNN),
• The charges against three Duke University lacrosse players convicted of raping a woman in 2006's Duke University lacrosse scandal have been dropped.
• Andrew Wallis, a journalist for ''The Times", accuses France of aiding and abiding genocidaries in Rwanda's 1994 Genocide. Paul Kagame, the current Rwandan president, has expressed his belief in complicity of the French and Belgian governments.
• Omar Bongo's party, the Gabonese Democratic Party (the Gabonese Democratic Party), won an overwhelming majority of the legislative elections held on 17/12 2006.
• Ethiopian war in Somalia
• After a night of mortar fire and artillery, thousands of Somali civilians fled their homes to flee the trucks and troops that moved towards the frontlines.
• According to the Islamic Courts Union, they will send ground troops on Saturday to attack. Instead of fighting at a distance using heavy weapons like they have been doing up until now.
• The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), calls for the protection of Somali Civil War victims. This is the latest of many diplomatic and humanitarian appeals to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis.
• The fifth round of six-party talks about North Korea's nuclear weapons program ended without an agreement or a date being established.
• Space Shuttle Discovery safely lands at Kennedy Space Center at 5 :32 p.m. EST (22 :32 UTC), ending mission STS-116. They spent 13 days in space, and visited the International Space Station.
• Australian archaeologist Sue O'Connor discovers the first evidence of modern humans at Jerimalai cave near Lene Hara Cave in East Timor.
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See also

What happened on December 22 in history? Find out the list of December 22nd major events

What was 2006 famous for? Discover everything about 2006

Who died on December 22, 2006?

• Galina Ustvolskaya

  Russian composer (Born 1919).

• Dennis Linde

  American singer-songwriter (d. 2006).

• Dietrich Schwanitz
• Tom Wesselmann
• Galina Oustvolskaïa (Галина Ивановна Уствольская)

Other December 22nd famous deaths

• Samuel Beckett

  Irish author of prose, fiction and avant-garde plays, who established the contemporary theater of the absurd with his surrealistic "Waiting...

• Darryl F Zanuck

  American film producer and executive (d. 1979).

• Richard Dimbleby

  English journalist and broadcaster (Born 1913).

• Godfried Bomans

  Dutch writer and journalist, a popular humorist for the ironic twist that he added to his stories.

See all famous people who died on December 22nd

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Capricorn

Capricorn personality

Who should a Capricorn marry?

Babies born in December are either Sagittarius or Capricorn. People born before December 21st are Sagittarius, while people born from December 22nd have the sign of Capricorn

Personality of December born

Chinese Zodiac

Dog

The day of the week was Friday.

December 22nd marks the 355th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2006.

There are 9 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

December 2006 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
2. Akon - I Wanna Love You
3. Fergie - Fergalicious
4. Akon - Smack That
5. Justin Timberlake - My Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Take That - Patience
2. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal
3. Akon - Smack That
4. Nizlopi - JCB Song
5. Madonna - Hung Up

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
2. Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I. - My Love
3. Ciara - Promise
4. Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
5. Bow Wow Featuring Chris Brown & Johnta Austin - Shortie Like Mine

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Ricky Martin Featuring La Mari De Chambao Y Tommy Torres - Tu Recuerdo
2. Mana - Bendita Tu Luz
3. RBD - Ser O Parecer
4. Paulina Rubio - Ni Una Sola Palabra
5. Pitbull Featuring Frankie J & Ken-Y - Dime (Tell Me)

Division 2

• Ajaccio - Guingamp : 0 - 0
• Caen - Dijon : 3 - 2
• Creteil - Tours : 4 - 3
• Grenoble - Niort : 4 - 1
• Gueugnon - Montpellier : 3 - 0

Le Championnat

• Marseille - St Etienne : 2 - 1

Championship

• Crystal Palace - Sunderland : 1 - 0

League 1

• Millwall - Scunthorpe : 0 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $75.88
• Apple AAPL: opens at $83.46
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $29.83
• General Electric GE: opens at $37.89
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $95.75

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 118.84 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.1583 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2199 CHF
• 1 USD = 7.8165 CNY
• 1 EUR = 156.01 JPY