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May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 2006 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, ...
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An independence referendum was held in Montenegro on 21 May 2006. [1] It was approved by 55.5% of voters, narrowly passing the 55% threshold. By 23 May preliminary referendum results were recognized by all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, suggesting widespread international recognition if Montenegro were to become formally independent.
May 2006 Java earthquake: A tectonic earthquake centred 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Yogyakarta on the island of Java, Indonesia kills more than 4300 people and injures more than 3400. The 6.2 magnitude quake strikes at 5:54 a.m. (22:54 UTC, 26 May). The epicenter is southwest of the city and near the erupting Mount Merapi.
2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
May 4 – Michael Taliferro, American actor (b. 1961) May 6 – Lillian Asplund, last American survivor of the RMS Titanic (b. 1906) May 10 – A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-American journalist (b. 1922) May 11 – Floyd Patterson, boxer (b. 1935) May 12 – Gillespie V. Montgomery, general and politician (b. 1920) May 13
21 May 2006 (Sunday) 2006 NBA Playoffs. Eastern Conference Semi-Final, Game 7. ... 1 May 2006 (Monday) 2006 NBA Playoffs. Dallas Mavericks 102, ...
Picture of the day. On January 28, 1986, a ruptured O-ring in the right solid rocket booster caused the Space Shuttle Challenger to explode soon after launch. This photograph shows the main engines and solid rocket booster exhaust plumes entwined around a ball of gas from the external tank.