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October 1, 2006

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Headlines from October 1, 2006

Hope, at $4,200 a Dose

By Alex Berenson

With patients often facing grim prognoses, and insurers relatively powerless to negotiate prices or deny coverage, the cost of treatments have little impact on demand.

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In the Picture

By Interview by Deborah Solomon

The filmmaker talks about his long breaks between movies, his friendship with Ronald Regan, why he would never run for office and life as a family man.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 27, 2006, covering October 1, 2006.

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    Album cover for FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake

    FutureSex/LoveSounds

    Justin Timberlake

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    Album cover for Continuum by John Mayer

    Continuum

    John Mayer

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    Album cover for B'Day by Beyonce

    B'Day

    Beyonce

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    Album cover for Face The Promise by Bob Seger

    Face The Promise

    Bob Seger

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    Album cover for Modern Times by Bob Dylan

    Modern Times

    Bob Dylan

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Notable Births

2006Priah Ferguson, American actress[†]

Priah Nicole Ferguson is an American actress from Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her role as Erica Sinclair on the Netflix's series Stranger Things. Ferguson began acting at a young age and her career spans TV and film.

Notable Deaths

Fawaz al-Rabeiee

2006Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (born 1979)[†]

Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee was a Yemeni Islamist militant who was a cell ringleader for al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY). Rabeiee and his cell were responsible for several attacks and plots on behalf of AQY, most prominently the MV Limburg bombing.

2006Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (born 1938)[†]

Jerald Dee Tanner and Sandra McGee Tanner are American writers and researchers who publish archival and evidential materials about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Tanners founded the Utah Lighthouse Ministry (UTLM), whose stated mission is "to document problems with the claims of Mormonism and compare LDS doctrines with Christianity". As of 2025 Sandra Tanner continues to operate the ministry after Jerald's death in 2006. The physical Lighthouse Ministry bookstore closed in 2023.

Historical Context for October 1, 2006

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