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This P.O.V. documentary should be a treat for avid Tintin fans, who come to it with a thorough appreciation of the character and his adventures.
Japan’s central bank is expected to take a momentous step by raising interest rates, effectively for the first time in almost two decades.
Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., a feared and vital lawmaker, has no tolerance for illegal immigrants.
As the atmosphere shifts, it influences the earth's rotation.
Officials were investigating whether the gas explosion was a bizarre last chapter in a divorce battle over who would own the building.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 5, 2006, covering July 11, 2006.
Nelly Furtado
Underoath
Dixie Chicks
Keane
Busta Rhymes
2006Barnard Hughes, American actor (born 1915)[†]
Bernard “Barnard” Aloysius Kiernan Hughes was an American TV, theater, and film actor. Hughes became famous for a variety of roles: his most notable came after middle age, and he was often cast as a dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder.
2006Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (born 1959)[†]
Bronwyn Joy Oliver was an Australian sculptor whose work primarily consisted of metalwork. Her sculptures are admired for their tactile nature, aesthetics, and technical skills demonstrated in their production.
2006John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935)[†]
John Spencer was an English professional snooker player. One of the most dominant players of the 1970s, he won the World Snooker Championship three times, in 1969, 1971 and 1977. He worked as a snooker commentator for the BBC from 1978 to 1998 and served for 25 years on the board of the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), including a stint as chairman from 1990 until his retirement from the board in 1996.
2006Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.[†]
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains plying on the Western Line Suburban Section of the Mumbai Division of Western Railway. The blasts killed 209 people and injured over 700 more.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]