December 2006 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 2006 For $60 million, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles settled 45 cases alleging sexual abuse of priests.
• 02 Dec 2006 Protestors begin the second day of demonstrations to pressure the Lebanese government to step down.
• 03 Dec 2006 Hezbollah's protests in Lebanon last for a third consecutive day.
• 04 Dec 2006 Tsunemi Kubodera, a Tsunemi Kubodera photographer near the Ogasawara Islands (1,000 km (620 mi) south of Tokyo, captures an adult giant squid on video.
• 05 Dec 2006 Fiji's government is overthrown by Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
• 06 Dec 2006 NASA releases photos taken by Mars Global Surveyor that suggest liquid water may be present on Mars.
• 07 Dec 2006 A tornado struck Kensal Green in North West London and caused serious damage to around 150 properties.
• 08 Dec 2006 A gunman opens fire on a Chicago skyscraper, resulting in three deaths and one injury. A Chicago Police Department SWAT sniper shot the gunman to death.
• 09 Dec 2006 William J. Jefferson wins a second term as Louisiana's 2nd congressional District member, defeating Karen Carter in a runoff election. This despite the fact that Jefferson was still under investigation for bribery.
• 10 Dec 2006 NASA's space shuttle Discovery launches from Kennedy Space Center for its first night launch since 2003.
• 11 Dec 2006 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opens the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust in Tehran, Iran. Nations like Israel and the United States express concern.
• 12 Dec 2006 A court in Ethiopia finds Mengistu Hailemarim, an exiled president, guilty of genocide.
• 13 Dec 2006 The Chinese River Dolphin, also known as the Baiji, has been declared extinct.
• 14 Dec 2006 Launch of the American spy satellite USA-193.
• 15 Dec 2006 Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter flew for the first time.
• 16 Dec 2006 "Time" names ampquotYouampquot, a contributor of user-generated material to websites like YouTube and Wikipedia, as its "Person of Year". (MSNBC).
• 17 Dec 2006 Seven people are killed and seven others were injured in an attack by an armed militia in Peru.
• 18 Dec 2006 Malaysia is hit by the first in a series floods. All flooding has resulted in at least 118 deaths, and more than 400,000 people being displaced.
• 19 Dec 2006 Somali Civil War: Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union, (ICU), says they are finalising plans for fighting Ethiopian forces in Somalia as a seven-day deadline for Ethiopia to withdraw its troops from the country.
• 20 Dec 2006 The Home Office department announces plans to require foreign nationals who live in Britain to obtain biometric ID cards.
• 21 Dec 2006 Supreme Court of Indonesia cleared Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir of any involvement in 2002 Bali bombings.
• 22 Dec 2006 The Kennedy Space Center welcomes the NASA space shuttle Discovery, which has completed a two-week mission towards the International Space Station.
• 23 Dec 2006 Resolution 1737 of the UN Security Council, unanimously adopted by all members, sanctions Iran for its nuclear program.
• 24 Dec 2006 Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations warns about troubling developments in Burundi which could lead to violence.
• 25 Dec 2006 Iraqi insurgency. British Army soldiers stormed a Basra police headquarters, Iraq. They arrested allegedly corrupt officers and transferred prisoners believed to have been tortured.
• 26 Dec 2006 Two people were killed and severe communications disruptions occurred in southeast Asia after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Hengchun, Pingtung (Taiwan).
• 27 Dec 2006 After days of torrential rains in Indonesia, more than 105 people died. Hundreds more are still missing.
• 28 Dec 2006 The Majilis of Kazakhstan approves the bill, pledging to not engage in nuclear proliferation while Kazakhstan launches its nuclear program.
• 29 Dec 2006 Police in India discover skulls and bodies of 15 children missing from Noida.
• 30 Dec 2006 Saddam Hussein is hanged after he was convicted of the executions 148 Iraqi Shiites.
• 31 Dec 2006 The death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq has reached 3,000.

Famous Birthday

• Mattias Ferrell

  American child of noted parent, actor and comedian Will Ferrell and his wife Viveca Paulin.

• Cameron Mullinder

  British noted family member, first son of the world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown.

• William O'Hurley

  American noted family, the first child for actor John O'Hurley and his wife Lisa.

• Combs Twins

  American identical twins and noted family members, daughters of rapster P. Diddy (Sean Combs) and his girlfriend Kim Porter.

• Ava Kolker

  TV Actress.

• Taylor Dior

  TV Actress.

• Talin Galloway

  Cheerleader.

• Adalia Rose
• Rihanna Quinn

  Dancer.

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Famous Deaths

• Saddam Hussein

  Iraqi politician, President of Iraq 7/16/1979.

• Gerald Ford

  American politician, a lawyer, congressman and Vice-President under Richard Nixon in 1969 and the 38th President of the United States.

• Mariska Veres

  Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (Born 1947).

• Claude Jade

  One of the major actresses of the French new wave, widely known for her roles in Truffaut's trilogy: "Baisers volés", "Domicile conjugal"...

• Clay Regazzoni

  Swiss race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2006).

• Joseph Barbera

  American cartoonist (Born 1911).

• Larry Sherry

  American baseball player, the first pitcher to ever appear in all four winning games of the World Series, 1960.

• David Bronstein

  Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster (Born 1924).

• Ruth Bernhard

  American photographer (Born 1905).

• Charlie Drake

  British comic (Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash).

• Martha Tilton

  American singer and actress (d. 2006).

• Johnny Vincent

  English footballer (Born 1947).

• Timothy J Tobias

  American composer and musician (Born 1952).

• ''Braguinha''

  Brazilian songwriter (Born 1907).

• Hiroaki Hidaka

  Japanese serial killer (Born 1962).

• Ivar Formo

  Norwegian skier (Born 1951).

• Jamal Karimi-Rad

  Iranian Minister of Justice (Born 1956).

• George Sisler

  Jr.

• Kenny Davern

  American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006).

• Anton Balasingham

  Sri Lankan political strategist (Born 1938).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Akon - I Wanna Love You
2. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
3. Akon - Smack That
4. Fergie - Fergalicious
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. Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite