2006 in the United States

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2006
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 2006 in the United States.

Incumbents[edit]

Federal government[edit]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

January 19: New Horizons probe launched from Cape Canaveral.
January 30: Ben Bernanke 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve

February[edit]

February 2: Euphronios Krater.
February 10 – 26: Gold medalist Apolo Ohno at the Men's 500 meters medal ceremony.

March[edit]

March 17: Iowa-class battleship

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

August 10: A United States TSA agent inspects a service monkey before a flight.
  • August 10 – London Metropolitan Police make 21 arrests in connection to an apparent terrorist plot that involved aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. Liquids and gels are banned from checked and carry-on baggage.[48][49] As of September 26, the Transportation Security Administration adjusts its ban on liquids, aerosols and gels. Travelers are permitted to carry liquids through security checkpoints in containers of 3.4 ounces (100 mL) or less that fit comfortably in one quart-size clear plastic zip-top bag. This procedure came to be known as "3–1–1 for carry-ons" (3.4 ounce containers in a 1 quart bag, 1 bag per passenger). Items purchased in the airside zone after clearing security could be brought on board without restriction. Other exemptions to this restriction include medications and breast milk.[50]
  • August 27 – Comair Flight 5191, carrying 50 people, crashes shortly after takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Forty-nine people are killed, leaving a sole survivor.[51]
  • August 28 – A Greyhound Lines bus from New York City to Montreal carrying 52 people crashes at mile 115 on Interstate 87 near Elizabethtown, killing five people, including the driver, and seriously injuring others.
  • August 29 – The United States commemorates the first anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina.

September[edit]

October[edit]

  • October – The unemployment rate drops to 4.4%, the lowest since May 2001.
  • October 2 – Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk-truck driver, kills five girls at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before shooting himself.
  • October 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 56.99 points, or 0.49 percent, with a close of 11,727.34, its first all-time high in more than 6 years after it last hit in a record high of 11,722.98 on January 20, 2000.
  • October 6 – A hazardous waste plant near Apex, North Carolina explodes, releasing chlorine gas, and resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 200 residents.
  • October 10 – Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion.
  • October 11 – A plane crashes into a high-rise building in New York City, killing two.
  • October 12 – Lake Storm "Aphid": A freak snowstorm blows into Buffalo, New York, leaving over 400,000 without power and killing 13.[53]
  • October 16 – The last American MASH is decommissioned.[54]
  • October 19 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes 12,000 for the first time, 12,011.73.
  • October 21 – Jordan Spiz'ike: shoes are released by Michael Jordan and Spike Lee.[55]
  • October 24 – NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its first flyby of Venus (it will be captured into Mercury's orbit on March 18, 2011).[56]
  • October 27 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers to win their 10th world series.

November[edit]

December[edit]

Undated[edit]

Ongoing[edit]

Births[edit]

Mckenna Grace
Mason Ramsey

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

Shelley Winters
Anthony Franciosa
Coretta Scott King

February[edit]

Betty Friedan
Don Knotts

March[edit]

Desmond Doss
Buck Owens

April[edit]

Gene Pitney
Jane Jacobs

May[edit]

Floyd Patterson

June[edit]

Billy Preston

July[edit]

June Allyson

August[edit]

James Van Allen

September[edit]

Bob Mathias
Edward Albert

October[edit]

Buck O'Neil

November[edit]

Ed Bradley
Jack Palance
Robert Altman

December[edit]

James Brown
Gerald Ford

See also[edit]

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