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August 2006
Events
2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
Atlantic hurricane season
Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak
Black sites scandal
Cole Inquiry
East Timor military and political crisis
Horn of Africa food crisis
Immigration law debates in the US
Iran's nuclear program
Israel–Lebanon crisis
North Indian cyclone season
NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
Operación Puerto doping case
Pacific hurricane season
Pacific typhoon season
Southern Hemisphere cyclone season
Deaths
1
:
Bob Thaves
1
:
Johannes Willebrands
2
:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
3
:
Arthur Lee
5
:
Susan Butcher
8
:
Gustavo Arcos
9
:
James Van Allen
11
:
Mike Douglas
12
:
Raska Lukwiya
13
:
Tony Jay
13
:
Victoria Gray Adams
14
:
Bruno Kirby
15
:
Te Atairangi Kaahu
16
:
Alfredo Stroessner
17
:
Shamsur Rahman
20
:
Joe Rosenthal
23
:
Wasim Raja
23
:
Maynard Ferguson
25
:
Joseph Stefano
21
:
Ustad Bismillah Khan
26
:
Nawab Akbar Bugti
27
:
María Capovilla
28
:
Benoît Sauvageau
28
:
Don Chipp
29
:
Jumpin' Gene Simmons
30
:
Glenn Ford
30
:
Naguib Mahfouz
31
:
Bakul Tripathi
Armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency
Arab–Israeli conflict
(
al-Aqsa Intifada
)
2006 Israel–Gaza conflict
2006 Lebanon War
Darfur conflict
in
Sudan
Iraq War
Ituri conflict
in the
DR Congo
Ivorian Civil War
Nepal Civil War
Second Chechen War
South Thailand insurgency
Elections
3
:
Tuvalu
, Parliament
8
:
USA
:
CT
, CO,
MO
,
MI
,
GA
primaries
28
:
Guyana
, President and Parliament
Trials
Chile:
Alberto Fujimori
(extradition)
Chile:
Augusto Pinochet
Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the
CUD
and journalists, on charges related to the
2005 elections
.
Iraq:
Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein
, among others
Netherlands:
ICC
Thomas Lubanga
Netherlands:
ICTY
Sierra Leone:
SCfSL
Charles Taylor
UK:
Leo O'Connor & David Keogh
U.S.:
Brian Nichols
U.S.:
Jeffrey Skilling
(sentencing)
U.S.:
Tom DeLay
Holidays and observances
1
:
Emancipation Day
(
Trinidad and Tobago
),(
Bahamas
)
1
:
National Day
(
Switzerland
)
3
:
Tisha B'Av
(
Jewish fasting day
)
5
:
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
(
Croatia
)
7
:
Civic Holiday
(
Canada
)
8
:
Father's Day
(
Taiwan
)
8
:
Ghost Festival
(
traditional Chinese festival
)
9
:
National Women's Day
(
South Africa
)
9
:
National Day
(
Singapore
)
9
:
Raksha Bandhan
(
Hinduism
)
12
:
International Youth Day
12
:
Mother's Day
(
Thailand
)
14
:
Independence Day
(
Pakistan
)
15
:
Independence Day
(
India
,
Republic of Congo
,
N.
&
S.Korea
)
15
:
Victory over Japan Day
15
:
Flooding of the Nile
(
Egypt
)
15
/
16
:
Krishna Janmaashtami
(
Hinduism
)
16
:
Children's Day
(
Paraguay
)
16
:
Bennington Battle Day
(
Vermont
,
United States
)
18
:
Buhe
(
Ethiopia
)
19
:
Afghan Independence Day
(
Afghanistan
)
19
:
National Aviation Day
(
United States
)
20
:
St. Stephen's Day
(
Hungary
)
21
:
Ninoy Aquino Day
(
Philippines
)
27
:
Ganesh Chaturthi
(
Hinduism
)
27
:
Heroes' Day
(
Philippines
)
30
:
St. Rose of Lima's Day
(
Peru
)
30
:
Victory Day
(
Turkey
)
31
:
Hari Merdeka
(
Malaysia
)