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July 15, 2006

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Headlines from July 15, 2006

What Women Want

By Michael Barbaro

Several national retailers are leaping into the intimate apparel business for the first time or significantly expanding their presence in it.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 12, 2006, covering July 15, 2006.

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    Album cover for Testimony: Vol. 1; Life & Relationship (Bonus Track Edition) by India.Arie

    Testimony: Vol. 1; Life & Relationship (Bonus Track Edition)

    India.Arie

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    1
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    Album cover for Dusk And Summer by Dashboard Confessional

    Dusk And Summer

    Dashboard Confessional

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    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Loose by Nelly Furtado

    Loose

    Nelly Furtado

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    Peak
    1
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    2
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    Album cover for Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks

    Taking The Long Way

    Dixie Chicks

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    Peak
    1
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    6
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    Album cover for A Girl Like Me by Rihanna

    A Girl Like Me

    Rihanna

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    Peak
    5
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    10

Notable Deaths

Robert H. Brooks

2006Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (born 1937)[†]

Robert Howell Brooks was founder of Naturally Fresh, Inc. in 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia. He helped create the Hooters of America, Inc. restaurant chain that would eventually drive that company's rapid expansion in the mid–late 1990s.

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

2006Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and academic (born 1942)[†]

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a prominent Persian archaeologist, Iranologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology. Shahbazi got a BA degree in and an MA degree in East Asian archaeology from SOAS. Shahbazi had a doctorate degree in Achaemenid archaeology from University of London. Alireza Shapour Shahbazi was a lecturer in Achaemenid archaeology and Iranology at Harvard University. He was also a full professor of archaeology at Shiraz University and founded at Persepolis the Institute of Achaemenid Research in 1974. After the Islamic revolution, he moved to the US, firstly teaching at Columbia University and then later becoming a full professor of history in Eastern Oregon University.

Historical Events

Twitter

2006Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.[†]

Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" and like other users' content. The platform also includes direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists, communities, a chatbot (Grok), job search, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature.

Historical Context for July 15, 2006

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