Portal:Current events/August 2006/Sidebar

Events

2006 transatlantic aircraft plot Atlantic hurricane season Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak Black sites scandal Cole Inquiry East Timor military and political crisis Horn of Africa food crisis Immigration law debates in the US Iran's nuclear program Israel–Lebanon crisis North Indian cyclone season NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Operación Puerto doping case Pacific hurricane season Pacific typhoon season Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

Deaths

1: Bob Thaves 1: Johannes Willebrands 2: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 3: Arthur Lee 5: Susan Butcher 8: Gustavo Arcos 9: James Van Allen 11: Mike Douglas 12: Raska Lukwiya 13: Tony Jay 13: Victoria Gray Adams 14: Bruno Kirby 15: Te Atairangi Kaahu 16: Alfredo Stroessner 17: Shamsur Rahman 20: Joe Rosenthal 23: Wasim Raja 23: Maynard Ferguson 25: Joseph Stefano 21: Ustad Bismillah Khan 26: Nawab Akbar Bugti 27: María Capovilla 28: Benoît Sauvageau 28: Don Chipp 29: Jumpin' Gene Simmons 30: Glenn Ford 30: Naguib Mahfouz 31: Bakul Tripathi

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

Elections
3: Tuvalu, Parliament 8: USA: CT, CO, MO, MI, GA primaries 28: Guyana, President and Parliament

Trials

Chile: 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, among others 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: Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago),(Bahamas) 1: National Day (Switzerland) 3: Tisha B'Av (Jewish fasting day) 5: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatia) 7: Civic Holiday (Canada) 8: Father's Day (Taiwan) 8: Ghost Festival (traditional Chinese festival) 9: National Women's Day (South Africa) 9: National Day (Singapore) 9: Raksha Bandhan (Hinduism) 12: International Youth Day 12: Mother's Day (Thailand) 14: Independence Day (Pakistan) 15: Independence Day (India, Republic of Congo, N. & S.Korea) 15: Victory over Japan Day 15: Flooding of the Nile (Egypt) 15/16: Krishna Janmaashtami (Hinduism) 16: Children's Day (Paraguay) 16: Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States) 18: Buhe (Ethiopia) 19: Afghan Independence Day (Afghanistan) 19: National Aviation Day (United States) 20: St. Stephen's Day (Hungary) 21: Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) 27: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism) 27: Heroes' Day (Philippines) 30: St. Rose of Lima's Day (Peru) 30: Victory Day (Turkey) 31: Hari Merdeka (Malaysia)