2006 EVENTS!
Newsmakers of the year!
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Entertainers Don Knotts, Jack Palance and James BROWN passed away
The "Crocodile Hunter" Steve IRWIN died filming an underwater feature
The 2006 World Cup was won by ITALY
North KOREA tested a nuclear bomb and fired long-range missiles
This "dwarf" planet was demoted from planet status by astronomers PLUTO
AIRBUS introduced the huge A380 super-jumbo jet to the airliner market
Katie COURIC became the anchor of the CBS Evening News
Tom CRUISE and Katie Holmes had a baby girl named Suri on April 18
Former U.S. President GERALD Ford died on December 26
Vice President Dick Cheney made news by shooting a LAWYER
Former Iraqi President SADDAM Hussein was tried and executed
CORETTA Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King passed away
Renewed Israeli-Hezbollah fighting in LEBANON claimed many lives
MADONNA made news by adopting a child from Malawi
The U.S. population reached 300 MILLION people in October
Former RUSSIAN spy Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning
In November, the Democrats won enough seats to control CONGRESS
The 2006 Winter OLYMPICS were held in Turin, Italy
In September, the military of THAILAND took over in a bloodless coup
The St. Louis CARDINALS won the 2006 World Series
Slobodan MILOSEVIC died during his trial for war crimes in Kosovo
Robert Gates replaced Donald Rumsfeld as SECRETARY of Defense
The PITTSBURGH Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl
Border protection and IMMIGRATION issues gained political attention
New York City banned the use of trans-fats by RESTAURANTS
In October, ten Amish girls were tragically shot in a school in PENNSYLVANIA
Controversial American cyclist Floyd Landis won the TOUR DE FRANCE
The Sago mine disaster in WEST VIRGINIA claimed 12 lives with one survivor
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