What Happened In August 2006 In History

Historical Events for August, 2006

• 4th » A 2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers named massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French International nongovernmental organization named INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contr
• 9th » At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
• 14th » Chencholai bombing: Sixty-one Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Air force bombing.
• 22nd » Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• 23rd » Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil, after eight years of captivity.
• 24th » The International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2006 definition of planet e.g redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
• 27th » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.

Famous Deaths for August 2006

• 1st » Jason Rhoades, American sculptor (b. 1965)
• 1st » Ferenc Szusza, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 1st » Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)
• 1st » Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
• 3rd » Arthur Lee (musician) known as Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love (band) called Love) (b. 1945)
• 3rd » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)
• 5th » Susan Butcher, American dog sled racer (b. 1954)
• 7th » Mary Anderson Bain, American politician (b. 1911)
• 7th » Lois January, American actress (b. 1913)
• 9th » Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914)
• 9th » James Van Allen, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
• 11th » Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
• 13th » Tony Jay, English-American voice actor and singer (b. 1933)
• 13th » Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dissection (band) known as Dissection and Ophthalamia) (b. 1975)
• 13th » Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957)
• 14th » Adriaan de Groot, Dutch psychologist and chess player (b. 1914)
• 14th » Bruno Kirby, American actor and singer (b. 1949)
• 15th » Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
• 15th » Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
• 15th » Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
• 15th » Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
• 16th » Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)
• 16th » Herschel Green, American soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 16th » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 17th » Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
• 18th » George Astaphan, Caribbean physician (b. 1946)
• 18th » Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
• 20th » Claude Blanchard, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1932)
• 20th » Bryan Budd, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
• 20th » Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (b. 1911)
• 22nd » Bruce Gary, American drummer and producer (The Knack) (b. 1951)
• 23rd » Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (Big Bop Nouveau) (b. 1928)
• 24th » Leonard Levy, Canadian-American author and academic (b. 1923)
• 24th » Cristian Nemescu, Romanian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1979)
• 24th » Rocco Petrone, American engineer (b. 1926)
• 24th » Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
• 25th » Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
• 26th » Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1924)
• 26th » Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1926)
• 27th » María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (b. 1889)
• 27th » Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 27th » Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Brujeria (band) called Brujeria, and Lock Up (UK band) or Lock Up) (b. 1969)
• 28th » Heino Lipp, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1922)
• 28th » Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963)
• 28th » Melvin Schwartz, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 31st » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
• 31st » Tom Delaney, English race car driver (b. 1911)
• 31st » Derrick Wayne Frazier, American murderer (b. 1977)

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