Portal:Current events/September 2006/Sidebar

Events

Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak Black sites scandal Cole Inquiry East Timor military and political crisis Alleged trans-Atlantic aircraft terrorist plot Immigration law debates in the US Iran's nuclear program NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Operación Puerto doping case Natural disasters Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Ernesto North American heatwave North Indian cyclone season Pacific hurricane season Hurricane John Hurricane Kristy Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Ioke Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

Deaths

1: Nellie Connally 1: György Faludy 1: Bob O'Connor 2: Bob Mathias 2: Charlie Williams 4: Steve Irwin 4: Giacinto Facchetti 4: Colin Thiele 8: Peter Brock 10: Daniel Wayne Smith 10: King Tupou IV 11: William Auld 13: Ann Richards 14: Elizabeth Choy 15: Raymond Baxter 15: Oriana Fallaci 15: Abe Saffron 16: Rob Levin 19: Sir Hugh Kawharu 23: Malcolm Arnold 23: Sir Charles Cutler 25: Tetsurō Tamba 25: Safia Ahmed-jan 26: Gerhard Behrendt 26: Iva Toguri D'Aquino 26: Byron Nelson 26: Ralph Story 29: Walter Hadlee

Armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada) 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict Darfur conflict in Sudan Sri Lankan Civil War Iraq War Ituri conflict in the DR Congo Ivorian Civil War Nepal Civil War Second Chechen War South Thailand insurgency

Elections

Trials

Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Chile: Augusto Pinochet Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, on charges related to the 2005 elections. Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Saddam Hussein & military chiefs of staff Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Jeffrey Skilling (sentencing) U.S.: Tom DeLay

Holidays and observances

1: Teachers' Day (Singapore) 1: Constitution Day (Slovakia) 2: National Day (Vietnam) 3: Father's Day (Australia, New Zealand) 3: Flag Day (Australia) 3: Armed Forces Day (Taiwan) 4: Labor Day (United States) 4: Labour Day (Canada) 5: Teachers' Day (India) 6: Defence Day (Pakistan) 6: Stillbirth Remembrance Day (United States, Canada) 7: Independence Day (Brazil) 8: International Literacy Day 9: Republic Day (North Korea) 9: Independence Day (Tajikistan) 10: National Grandparents' Day (United States) 11: Patriot Day (United States) 14: Feast of the Cross (Western Christianity) 16: Independence Day (Mexico) 18: Respect for the Aged Day (Japan) 21: International Day of Peace 22: Rosh Hashanah (Judaism, begins at sunset) 23: Ramadan (Islam, begins at sunset, est.) 24: Heritage Day (South Africa) 26: European Day of Languages 27: World Tourism Day 27: Meskel (Ethiopia) 27: French Community Holiday (Belgium) 28: St. Wenceslas Day (Czech Republic) 28: Teachers' Day (Taiwan) 29: Michaelmas