October 2006 in History

Events in History

Oct 1 Indra Nooyi becomes the new CEO of PepsiCo
Oct 2 Charles Carl Roberts murders five schoolgirls in a shooting incident at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; he then commits suicide.

Oct 4 WikiLeaks is launched, created by internet activist Julian Assange

Oct 9 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test, with an estimated yield of between 0.4-2 kilotons

Oct 13 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to banker Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for microlending to the poor

Oct 17 The United States population reaches 300 million
Oct 22 Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama
Oct 24 Justice Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down the "motive clause", an important part of the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act
Oct 24 MESSENGER spacecraft performs a Venus flyby
Oct 28 Funeral service for the peace of the executed at Bykivnia forest, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, with reburial of 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s - early 1940s.

Oct 29 Lula da Silva is elected President of Brazil defeating Geraldo Alckmin in the second round

Oct 20 "Liberty X" member Michelle Heaton (27) weds Pop Idol's Andy Scott-Lee (26) in Hertfordshire, England

Oct 1 Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
Oct 2 Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
Oct 2 Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
Oct 3 Alberto Ramento, Filipina bishop (b. 1937)
Oct 3 John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913)
Oct 3 Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)
Oct 4 Oskar Pastior, Romanian-born German writer, dies at 78
Oct 5 Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)
Oct 6 Alex Shigo, American Biologist and plant pathologist known for his study of tree decay and contributions to modern arboricultural practices, dies at 76
Oct 6 Wilson Tucker, American sci-fi writer, dies at 91
Oct 7 Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and human rights activist, dies at 48
Oct 9 Raymond Noorda, American co-founder and long time CEO of Novell (b. 1924)
Oct 10 Francis Berry, British poet and academic (Shakespearean scholar), dies at 91
Oct 10 Ian Scott, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
Oct 10 Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)
Oct 11 Benito Martínez, Haitan born Cuban who claimed to be the oldest living person at 126 (b. 1880)

Oct 11 Howard Kerzner, Chief Executive Officer of Kerzner International (b. 1964)
Oct 13 Bob Lassiter 'Mad Dog', American radio personality, dies at 61
Oct 13 Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
Oct 14 Gerry Studds, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1973-97), first openly gay member of US Congress, dies at 69
Oct 14 Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
Oct 14 Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)
Oct 16 Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Ex President of Peru (b. 1936)
Oct 18 Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda (b. 1929)
Oct 22 Choi Kyu-hah, President of South Korea, dies at 87
Oct 23 Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977)
Oct 24 Enolia McMillan, American civil rights activist (b. 1904)
Oct 24 William Montgomery Watt, Islamic studies scholar, orientalist and historian (b. 1909)
Oct 26 Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
Oct 27 Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
Oct 29 Muhammadu Maccido, 19th Sultan of Sokoto (1996-2006) in Nigeria, dies at 78 in the plane crash of ADC Airlines Flight 53
Oct 30 Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (symbolic anthropology), dies at 80
Oct 30 Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914)