What Happened In April 2006 In History

Historical Events for April, 2006

• 1st » The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", is created in the United Kingdom.
• 2nd » Over 60 tornadoes April 2, 2006 Central United States tornado outbreak called break out in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed.
• 8th » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
• 11th » Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
• 17th » Sami Hammad, a Palestinian people known as Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
• 27th » Construction begins on the One World Trade Center known as Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.

Famous Deaths for April 2006

• 1st » In Tam, Cambodian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1916)
• 2nd » Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Bernard Seigal, American guitarist (The Beat Farmers) (b. 1957)
• 2nd » Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
• 3rd » Royce Lint, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 5th » Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 6th » Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)
• 6th » Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (b. 1917)
• 6th » Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor (b. 1926)
• 8th » Gerard Reve, Dutch author (b. 1923)
• 9th » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)
• 9th » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 11th » Proof (rapper) named Proof, American rapper and actor (D12) (b. 1973)
• 11th » June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
• 12th » Rajkumar (actor) named Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 12th » William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (b. 1924)
• 12th » Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
• 13th » Bill Baker (baseball) known as Bill Baker, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1911)
• 13th » Muriel Spark, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1918)
• 14th » Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
• 16th » Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor (b. 1983)
• 17th » Jean Bernard (physician) known as Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (b. 1907)
• 17th » Scott Brazil, American director and producer (b. 1955)
• 19th » Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1921)
• 21st » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)
• 21st » T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
• 21st » Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 22nd » Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 23rd » Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founded Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
• 24th » Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
• 24th » Steve Stavro, Macedonian-Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
• 24th » Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar) named Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi (b. 1914)
• 25th » Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916)
• 27th » Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944)
• 29th » John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)
• 30th » Lawrence Patrick, American mechanic and educator (b. 1920)
• 30th » Jean-François Revel, French journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 30th » Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934)
• 30th » Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (b. 1925)

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