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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 2006, covering April 1, 2006.
Soundtrack
James Blunt
E-40
Ne-Yo
Juvenile
Carrie Underwood
Matisyahu
Johnny Cash
Fall Out Boy
Jack Johnson
2006In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1916)[†]
In Tam was a Cambodian politician who once served as the prime minister of the Khmer Republic. He served in that position from 6 May 1973 to 9 December 1973, and had a long career in Cambodian politics.
2006Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.[†]
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom which existed from 1 April 2006 until 7 October 2013. SOCA was a national law enforcement agency with Home Office sponsorship, established as a body corporate under Section 1 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. It operated within the United Kingdom and collaborated with many foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
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Art collector Shelby White's $200 million gift to New York University for founding of ancient studies institute is stirring intense debate among archaeologists across country, and even at NYU; White describes gift as dream project of lifetime for her and her husband, financier Leon Levy, who died in 2003; some archeologists argue that by accepting money, university is tacitly approving White's practice of buying Greek and Roman antiquities, including some that experts believe were looted from archaeological sites; some scholars point to policies adopted by their own institutions to discourage or ban acceptance of Levy-White money; photo (M)
Joe Nocera column defends short sellers in light of Lesley Stahl's expose on CBS program 60 Minutes expose on seeming conspiracy involving SAC Capital Advisors, Gradient Analytics and other companies accused of stock manipulation by Canadian pharmaceutical Biovail; photo (M)
Emergency operators who took calls from World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2001, were thrust into situations for which no training could have prepared them; they had no time to do anything but give advice and improvise answers even when they were in dark about evacuation orders that had been issued by fire and police commanders; helplessness increasingly defined their predicament and it showed in some of their conversations; calls from inside tower totaled about 130; over 3,000 calls flooded antiquated system in first 18 minutes, and over 57,000 in first 24 hours after first plane hit north tower; graph; photos (M)
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column discusses motivation to root for George Mason University men's basketball team, which will face Florida University in improbable NCAA tournament semifinal (M)
Dan Barry About New York column on effect of New York Roman Catholic Archdiocese's plan to close number of parishes and schools; describes impact of plan on Bronx school and two nuns who work there; photos (M)
Derek E Gordon resigns as president and chief executive of Jazz at Lincoln Center; will remain as adviser to board; photos (M)
Daylight saving time resumes at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Clocks are set ahead one hour.
The career home run record, the growth of mlb.com, the lost art of stealing home and divisional predictions.
Congresswoman Cites Bias in Confrontation With Police As a larger political furor erupts, Representative Cynthia A. McKinney blames racial bias for her altercation with a Capitol policeman. PAGE A11 Concerns on Abortion Pill After the deaths of two more women who took RU-486, some doctors say they have become increasingly uneasy about prescribing it. PAGE A11 Museum's Resources at Issue Some leading documentary filmmakers have denounced an agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime. PAGE B9 THIS WEEKEND Bishop's Rough Gems ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box'' gathers Elizabeth Bishop's unpublished material. BOOK REVIEW Today: The Bishop book has split the insular world of poetry. PAGE B9 T: Design The New York Times Style Magazine examines the relationship between design and contemporary art in settings from an intimate house in California to a grand palazzo in Italy.
Longtime antagonists New York Republican Senate majority leader Joseph L Bruno and Democratic Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver have been clashing behind closed doors for more than 10 years, especially over state budget; recently, they have brought disputes into public arena in series of meetings; photo (M)
Article on latest addition to convenience stores, custom-made kiosks called Vcom's that dispense cash, sell Verizon services, handle bill payments, let customers send money to other people and cash checks; photos (M)
Accusations that Duke University lacrosse team sexually assaulted woman hired to dance at players' party are not surprising to some on Duke's campus, who say team is known for partying and sometimes-elitist attitudes (M)