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July 6, 2006

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Headlines from July 6, 2006

The Bulb Hunter

By Ginia Bellafante

Chris Wiesinger is a 25-year-old adventurer in hot pursuit of historic plants that can endure a Texas summer.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 5, 2006, covering July 6, 2006.

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    Album cover for Loose by Nelly Furtado

    Loose

    Nelly Furtado

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    Album cover for Define The Great Line by Underoath

    Define The Great Line

    Underoath

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    Album cover for Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks

    Taking The Long Way

    Dixie Chicks

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    Album cover for Under The Iron Sea by Keane

    Under The Iron Sea

    Keane

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    Album cover for The Big Bang by Busta Rhymes

    The Big Bang

    Busta Rhymes

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Notable Deaths

Kasey Rogers

2006Kasey Rogers, American actress (born 1925)[†]

Kasey Rogers was an American actress and writer, best known for playing the second Louise Tate in the sitcom Bewitched.

Historical Events

Nathu La

2006The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.[†]

Nathu La(Tibetan: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་, Wylie: Rna thos la, THL: Na tö la, Sikkimese: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་) is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim. But minor touch of Bengal in South Asia. The pass, at 4,310 m (14,140 ft), connects the towns of Kalimpong and Gangtok to the villages and towns of the lower Chumbi Valley.

Historical Context for July 6, 2006

In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]