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Three members of the Tongan royal family are killed in a car accident in Menlo Park, California. (Palo Alto Online) China and Russia resist efforts by the United States and Japan to move a motion in the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on North Korea over its missile tests.
The UK hit a record-breaking July temperature of 36.5°C (97.7°F) at Wisley. (BBC) Ben Bernanke , Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve warns the United States Senate Banking Committee of the possible impact of rising energy prices on inflation .
July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) ... 2006 – North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2.
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.
July 5 – First Qassam rocket of increased strength is fired into the schoolyard in the Southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon. This is the first time that rockets capable of reaching a significantly large Israeli city are fired by Palestinian Arabs into Israel and, accordingly, the first instance that such a city is attacked.
28 July: The mutilated body of Dr. Danny Yaakovi, an Israeli physician, is found in the West Bank. [35] 30 July: The United Nations compound in Gaza City is stormed and ransacked by Palestinians protesting the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis. Members of the Islamic Jihad militant group threw stones and fired assault rifles. Eight vehicles were ...
On July 15, South Dakota has tied its record high temperature of 120 °F (49 °C) near Fort Pierre with the previous state record set on July 5, 1936. [38] From July 23 to July 29 the abnormal heat was concentrated in the West coast and South West deserts. 164 fatalities were reported in California during this period. From July 29 to August 4 ...
2 July – Lee Troop wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:14:13 in Brisbane, while Jennifer Gillard claims the women's title in 2:41:06. 5 July - The 2006 State of Origin series is won by Queensland who defeated New South Wales 16–14 in the third and deciding game at Melbourne's Telstra Dome before a crowd of