14 January 2006Death of Shelley WintersShelley Winters
Death of Shelley Winters
Historical records for United States in 2006, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Death of Shelley Winters
Mission controllers receive New Horizons' first post-launch radio signals, confirming the Pluto-bound spacecraft is healthy.
New Horizons launches aboard an Atlas V rocket, beginning the first spacecraft journey to Pluto.
Hubble observations reveal a small moon orbiting Quaoar, later named Weywot.
Is inducted with the Sex Pistols, though the band refuses to attend the ceremony.
US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes
US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes
Weaver helps lead Hubble observations showing the detailed fragmentation of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 as it approaches the Sun.
Releases We Shall Overcome The Seeger Sessions, interpreting songs associated with Pete Seeger.
Death of Gene Pitney, found dead in his hotel room in Cardiff
Infrared measurements from Spitzer are used to estimate the mass of Andromeda's stars and to characterize the distribution of its old stellar population.
The major surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston & David Marks re-unite 40 yrs after the release of "Pet Sounds"
The major surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston & David Marks re-unite 40 yrs after the release of "Pet Sounds"
The major surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston & David Marks re-unite 40 yrs after the release of "Pet Sounds"
The major surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston & David Marks re-unite 40 yrs after the release of "Pet Sounds"
The major surviving Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston & David Marks re-unite 40 yrs after the release of "Pet Sounds"
United States Senator Rick Santorum claimes that "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons"
United States Senator Rick Santorum claims that "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons"
United States Senator Rick Santorum claims that "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons"
The International Astronomical Union approves the names Nix and Hydra for Pluto's two small moons discovered with Hubble.
Voyager 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach one hundred astronomical units from the Sun.
Clowe combines Hubble lensing observations with other data to map dark matter separately from hot gas in the Bullet Cluster.
The International Astronomical Union adopts a planet definition that places Pluto in the new dwarf-planet category.
Releases Modern Times.
Lerner acquires control of Aston Villa from the shareholder group led by Doug Ellis.
The Minor Planet Center assigns Pluto the permanent minor-planet number 134340 following its dwarf-planet reclassification.
A combined ultraviolet and infrared view separates hot young stellar populations from cool dusty star-forming regions across M31.
The US announces the creation of a task force made up of officials from several US agencies that will pursue more aggressively violators of the US trade embargo against Cuba, with severe penalties
MESSENGER completes its first Venus gravity assist, reducing orbital energy on the long route toward Mercury.
Griffin reinstates Hubble Servicing Mission 4 after NASA develops additional shuttle safety and risk-mitigation measures.
Bush dismisses Rumsfeld after losing the Senate & House of Representives elections
Bush dismisses Rumsfeld after losing the Senate & House of Representives elections
Death of Jack Palance
Obama calls for a "phased redeployment of US troops from Iraq" and an opening of diplomatic dialogue with Syria and Iran
Obama calls for a "phased redeployment of US troops from Iraq" and an opening of diplomatic dialogue with Syria and Iran
Mather receives the Nobel Prize for COBE measurements of the microwave background spectrum
Smoot receives the Nobel Prize for COBE discovery of microwave background anisotropies
Publication of "Against the Day"
With collaborators, develops stable numerical evolutions of orbiting black holes through merger and ringdown using moving punctures.
Riess uses distant Hubble supernovae to trace acceleration farther back in time and strengthen evidence that dark energy behaves approximately like a cosmological constant.
Directs, The Departed
Directs Flags of Our Fathers, one of two companion films about the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Directs Inside Man, a bank-heist thriller starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.
Directs Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima as companion war films.
Bush signs into law the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act, marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.
Directs Letters from Iwo Jima, presenting the battle from the Japanese perspective.
Appears in Man of the Year. Appears in Hairspray
Directs Marie Antoinette, presenting the French queen through a deliberately contemporary visual and musical style.
Stars in Mission: Impossible III
Long-term Hubble observations continue tracking changes in Neptune's clouds and large-scale atmospheric features.
Publication of "Next"
Wtites, "Scoop"
Publication of "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III"
Publication of "The Road"
Winner of the Tour de France
Stars as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta, shaving her head on screen for the role.
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