Historical figures in 2006
The atlas holds 62 people and 108 moments here, in 2006. The most recorded lives are Kofi Annan, Shinzo Abe and Silvio Berlusconi. Among them Performers, Musicians and Composers and Writers.
Notable people
Hugo Chávez
in 2006
2 moments here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Idriss Déby
in 2006
2 moments here
Chadian military officer and politician who led the Patriotic Salvation Movement to power in December 1990 and served as Chad's president from 1991…
Jacques Chirac
in 2006
2 moments here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Khaleda Zia
in 2006
3 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Kim Dae-jung
in 2006
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kobe Bryant
in 2006
1 moment here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Kofi Annan
in 2006
9 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Manmohan Singh
in 2006
3 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 2006
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Mathieu Kérékou
in 2006
1 moment here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Mercedes Sosa
in 2006
4 moments here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Michael Jackson
in 2006
1 moment here
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist whose career began with the Jackson 5 and developed into global solo stardom.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2006
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Mwai Kibaki
in 2006
1 moment here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Nadine Gordimer
in 2006
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Naguib Mahfouz
in 2006
1 moment here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Néstor Kirchner
in 2006
3 moments here
Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician. Kirchner was mayor of Río Gallegos, governor of Santa Cruz Province, president of Argentina from 2003 to…
Oscar Niemeyer
in 2006
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist architect whose career ranged from early work in Rio de Janeiro and New York to Brasília, Paris exile, and later international…
Paul Walker
in 2006
2 moments here
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor best known for playing Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.…
Pelé
in 2006
1 moment here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Pervez Musharraf
in 2006
1 moment here
Pakistani military officer and politician who served as Pakistan’s chief executive after the 1999 coup and as president from 2001 to 2008.…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2006
2 moments here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Prince
in 2006
3 moments here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Robin Williams
in 2006
1 moment here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Moments
- 2006 Corazón libre presentation at Gran Rex Mercedes Sosa
- 2006 May Revolution commemoration performance Mercedes Sosa
- 2006 Auschwitz-Birkenau prayer Pope Benedict XVI
- 2006 Resignation after 2006 election Silvio Berlusconi
- 2006 Connecticut College commencement Wangarĩ Maathai
- 2006 60th anniversary balcony appearance Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 2006 Golden Plate Award presentation Carlos Fuentes
- 2006 National Reunification Grand Ceremony Kim Dae-jung
- 2006 African Union summit in Banjul Muammar Gaddafi
- 2006 BET Awards performance Prince
- 2006 Press conference at Tel Aviv Hilton Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 2006 Visit to his father's grave in Holon Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 2006 Second presidential inauguration Alan García
- 2006 Mercosur summit Fidel Castro
- 2006 G8 outreach summit Manmohan Singh
- 2006 Summer Sonic performance in Chiba Chester Bennington
- 2006 Summer Sonic performance in Osaka Chester Bennington
- 2006 First official visit to Haiti Kofi Annan
- 2006 Official visit to Santo Domingo Kofi Annan
- 2006 Post-war Lebanon visit Kofi Annan
- 2006 Death in Agouza Naguib Mahfouz
- 2006 WWDC keynote in San Francisco Steve Jobs
- 2006 Tree planting with Barack Obama Wangarĩ Maathai
- 2006 Fourteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2006 Meeting with President Bush at UN General Assembly Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2006 Launch of Decisive Moments B. J. Habibie
- 2006 Speech at Kent State Stark F. W. de Klerk
- 2006 25 Live opening concert George Michael
- 2006 United Nations General Assembly debate Hugo Chávez
- 2006 Eastern-front command visit Idriss Déby
- 2006 Farewell address at UN Headquarters Kofi Annan
- 2006 Talks with President Mubarak Kofi Annan
- 2006 First IBSA Summit Manmohan Singh
- 2006 Satyagraha centenary visit Manmohan Singh
- 2006 Addresses the UN General Assembly again Néstor Kirchner
- 2006 Appointment as prime minister Shinzo Abe
- 2006 Death while filming at Batt Reef Steve Irwin
- 2006 Meeting George W. Bush at the White House Alan García
- 2006 State visit to Riyadh Khaleda Zia
- 2006 Japan-China summit Shinzo Abe
- 2006 Japan-South Korea summit Shinzo Abe
- 2006 Wishful Drinking at Geffen Playhouse Carrie Fisher
- 2006 Moscow book-fair news conference Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 2006 EAC Heads of State summit Mwai Kibaki
- 2006 Visit to Istanbul Pope Benedict XVI
- 2006 3121 nightclub residency Prince
- 2006 APEC meeting in Hanoi Roh Moo-hyun
- 2006 APEC summit in Hanoi Shinzo Abe
- 2006 Founded anti-feminist organization Sung Jae-gi
- 2006 Louvre Grand Invité Toni Morrison