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September 4, 2006

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Historical Context for September 4, 2006

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

Notable Deaths

Giacinto Facchetti

2006Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (born 1942)[†]

Giacinto Facchetti was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death in 2006. He played 634 official games for the club, scoring 75 goals, and was a member of "Grande Inter" team under manager Helenio Herrera which won four Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups. He placed second for the Ballon d'Or in 1965.

Steve Irwin

2006Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (born 1962)[†]

Stephen Robert Irwin, known as "the Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist.

Colin Thiele

2006Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (born 1920)[†]

Colin Milton Thiele was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon. As Vice Principal and Principal of Wattle Park Teachers College and Principal of Murray Park CAE for much of the 1960s and 1970s he had a significant impact on teacher education in South Australia.

2006Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (born 1918)[†]

Ibolyka Astrid Maria Varnay was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano of Hungarian descent. She spent most of her career in the United States and Germany. She was one of the leading Wagnerian heroic sopranos of her generation.

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A Portrait of China Running Amok

By David Barboza

The most talked about novel in China this year is “Brothers,” by Yu Hua, a surreal tale of two stepbrothers coming of age during the economic boom in the 1990’s.

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