Year 2006

11 April 2006

In defiance of the U.N. Security Council, Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium

5 November 2006

Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court, and hanged in Baghdad

9 July 2006

India test-launches a missile with a range of 1,800 miles

9 October 2006

North Korea test fires missiles over the Sea of Japan (July 4) and explodes a nuclear device in the North Korean mountains

2006

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Roger Kornberg, per le ricerche sulle basi molecolari della trascrizione eucariotica

2006

Nobel Prizes Physics: John C. Mather, George F. Smoot

2006

Nobel Prizes Literature: Orhan Pamuk

2006

Nobel Prizes Peace: Muhammad Yunus e la Grameen Bank

2006

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Andrew Fire, Craig Mello

2006

Nobel Prizes Economy: Edmund S. Phelps

2006

Academy Award Best Picture: The Departed

2006

Academy Award Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

2006

Academy Award Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen

2006

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

2006

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

2006

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

2006

Academy Award Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed

2006

UEFA_Champions_League, Soccer World Cup: Italy d. France (1-1 [5-3 after shootout]) in Germany

2006

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: FC Barcelona (Spain)

2006

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Amelie Mauresmo d. Justine Henin-Hardenne (2-6, 6-3, 6-4)

2006

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Roger Federer d. Rafael Nadal (6-0, 7-6 [7-5], 6-7 [2-7], 6-3)

2006

Football XL Super Bowl: Pittsburgh Steelers d. Seattle Seahawks (21-10)

2006

WINTER OLYMPICS, Winter Olympics XX: Turin, Italy

2006

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Miami Heat d. Dallas (4-2)

2006

Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) 4-1 Detroit Tigers (AL)

2006

2006 Playboy cover

2006 September 06

Hisahito di Akishino , principe Virgo

2006 December 09

Alberto D Aguanno , journalist (dead at Monza(Milano), Italy) (born 1964 June 12) Gemini

2006 April 22

Alida Valli , actress(Alida Maria von Altenburger von Markenstein und Frauenberg) (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1921 May 31) Gemini

2006 October 17

Andrea Parodi , singer (dead at Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy) (born 1955 July 18) Cancer

2006

Ann Richards , PROF

2006 January 20

Anthony Franciosa George Papaleo Jr. , actor (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1928 October 25) Scorpio

2006 December 10

Augusto Pinochet , dictator (born 1915 November 25) Sagittarius

2006 June 15

Betty Curtis , singer (Roberta Corti) (dead at Lecco,Italy) (born 1934 March 22) Aries

2006 February 24

Billy Dennis Weaver , actor (born (1924))

2006 October 24

Bruno Lauzi , singer (dead at Peschiera Borromeo) (born 1937 August 08) Leo

2006 December 15

Clay Ragazzoni , Formula1 driver (dead at Fontevivo) (born 1939 September 05) Virgo

2006 May 11

Floyd Patterson , boxer (dead at New Jersey) (born 1935 January 04) Capricorn

2006

Gerald R. Ford , PROF

2006 September 04

Giacinto Facchetti , soccer player, dirigente sporitivo (dead at Milano,Italy) (born 1942 July 18) Cancer

2006 August 30

Glenn Ford , actor (Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford) (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1916 May 01) Taurus

2006 July 19

Jack Warden , actor (born 1920 September 18) Virgo

2006 December 25

James Brown , singer (born 1933 May 03) Taurus

2006

Joseph Barbera , PROF

2006 August 11

Mike Douglas , actor (Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.) (born 1925 August 11) Leo

2006 November 16

Milton Friedman , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

2006 January 09

Mimmo Rotella , Artista (born 1918 October 07) Libra

2006 September 15

Oriana Fallaci , writer (born 1929 June 29) Cancer

2006 December 12

Peter Boyle , actor (dead at New York,USA) (born 1935 October 18) Libra

2006 February 11

Peter Bradford Benchley , writer, journalist (dead at Princeton) (born 1940 May 08) Taurus

2006 October 28

Red Auerbach , American basketball coach

2006

Robert Altman , PROF

2006 November 20

Robert Bernard Altman , movie director (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1925 February 20) Pisces

2006 December 30

Saddam Hussein , Deposed Iraqi dictator (dead at Al-Kazimiyya, Iraq) (born 1937 April 28) Taurus

2006 14

Shelley Winters , actress

2006

Slobodan Milosevic , PROF

2006 March 11

Slobodan Miloševic , politician (dead at L'Aia) (born 1941 August 20) Leo

2006 March 27

Stanislav Lem , writer (born 1921 September 12) Virgo

2006 07

Syd Barrett , guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (dead at Cambridge, Regno Unito) (born 1946 06)