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Month April 2006 Calendar

About Month of April Calendar

  • April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

    April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).

Historical Events for April, 2006

  • Day of Week 1st » The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", is created in the United Kingdom.
  • Day of Week 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.
  • Day of Week 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.
  • Day of Week 11th » Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
  • Day of Week 17th » Sami Hammad, a Palestinian people known as Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
  • Day of Week 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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