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'''2006''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

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It was the ''Year of the [[dog (zodiac)|Dog]]'' in the [[Chinese calendar]] (the next ''Year of the [[dog (zodiac)|Dog]]'' will begin in the year [[2018]]).

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'''LabVIEW''' (short for '''Lab'''oratory '''V'''irtual '''I'''nstrumentation '''E'''ngineering '''W'''orkbench) is a platform and development environment for a [[visual programming language]] from [[National Instruments]].

It has been designated:

The graphical language is named "G". Originally released for the [[Apple Macintosh]] in [[1986]], LabVIEW is commonly used for [[data acquisition]], [[instrument control]], and [[Automation|industrial automation]] on a variety of platforms including [[Microsoft Windows]], various flavors of [[Unix|UNIX]], [[Linux]], and [[Mac OS]]. The latest version of LabVIEW is version 8.20, released in honor of LabVIEW's 20th anniversary.

*''International Year of [[Desert]]s and [[Desertification]]'' by the [[United Nations General Assembly]], <ref>http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html]</ref>

*''International Asperger's Year'', (commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr [[Hans Asperger]], discoverer of [[Asperger's Syndrome]],)<ref>http://www.aspires-relationships.com/Committee_for_International_Asperger's_Year.htm</ref><ref>http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/iay/</ref>

*''Year of Mozart'', marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].

*''Brunel 200'', marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]].

== Dataflow programming ==

[[UNESCO]] has formally recognized sixty-three anniversaries for 2006. <ref>http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001457/145755M.pdf</ref>

The programming language used in LabVIEW, called "G", is a [[dataflow language]]. Execution is determined by the structure of a graphical block diagram (the LV-source code) on which the programmer connects different function-nodes by drawing wires. These wires propagate variables and any node can execute as soon as all its input data become available. Since this might be the case for multiple nodes simultaneously, G is inherently capable of parallel execution. [[Multi-processing]] and [[multi-threading]] hardware is automatically exploited by the built-in scheduler, which [[multiplexing|multiplexes]] multiple [[Operating System|OS]] threads over the nodes ready for execution.

''See also: [[Current events#Past events by month|Wikipedia's almanac]] of events for the current year.''

Programmers with a background in conventional programming often show a certain reluctance to adopt the LabVIEW dataflow scheme, claiming that LabVIEW is prone to [[race conditions]]. In reality, this stems from a misunderstanding of the data-flow paradigm. The aforementioned data-flow (which can be "forced", typically by linking inputs and outputs of nodes) completely defines the execution sequence, and that can be fully controlled by the programmer. Thus, the execution sequence of the LabVIEW graphical syntax is as well-defined as with any textually coded language such as [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Visual Basic|Visual BASIC]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] etc. Furthermore, LabVIEW does not require type definition of the variables; the wire type is defined by the data-supplying node. LabVIEW supports [[Polymorphism (computer science)|polymorphism]] in that wires automatically adjust to various types of data.

==Events==

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===January===

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* [[January 1]] - [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] has its hottest day on record, when the city swelters in 45°C heat.

* [[January 1]] - [[Russia]] cuts [[natural gas]] to [[Ukraine]] over a [[Russia-Ukraine gas dispute|price dispute]].

* [[January 2]] - The [[Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof collapse|Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof]] in [[Germany]] collapses after heavy [[snowfall]] in the [[Bavarian Alps]], killing 15.

* [[January 3]] - Twelve deceased coal miners and 1 survivor are discovered in the [[2006 Sago Mine disaster|Sago Mine Disaster]] near [[Buckhannon, West Virginia]] in the [[United States]].

* [[January 4]] - Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]], after Sharon suffers a massive [[hemorrhagic stroke]].

* [[January 5]] - A hotel in [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]] collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform [[hajj]].

* [[January 6]] - The record-breaking [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] officially draws to a close as [[Tropical Storm Zeta]] dissipates.

* [[January 7]] - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. [[House Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]] announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.

* [[January 7]] - [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|UK Liberal Democrat]] leader [[Charles Kennedy]] resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.

* [[January 8]] - A powerful, magnitude 6.9 [[earthquake]] epicentered off the coast of the [[Greek island]] of [[Kythera]] shakes much of [[Greece]] and is felt throughout the eastern [[Mediterranean]] basin. Only a few minor injuries and no significant damage are reported.

* [[January 9]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above 11,000 for the first time since [[June 7]], [[2001]], closing at 11,011.90.

* [[January 11]] - The [[Augustine Volcano]] in [[Alaska]] erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since [[1986]].

* [[January 12]] - A stampede during the [[Stoning of the devil]] ritual on the last day at the [[Hajj]] in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia]], kills 362 [[pilgrim]]s.

[[image:New_Horizons_Jan19_06.jpg|thumb|right|205px|''[[New Horizons]]'', the world's first probe to [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]], is launched on [[January 19]].]]

* [[January 14]] - A [[natural gas]] explosion in a coal mine kills 8 in [[Romania]].

* [[January 15]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust]] mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a [[comet]].

* [[January 16]] - On [[Martin Luther King Day]], [[Hillary Clinton]] makes the controversial remark, "When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation".

* [[January 22]] - [[Kobe Bryant]] of the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] scores 81 points in a regulation [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] game, second only to [[Wilt Chamberlain]] who scored 100 points on [[December 8]], [[1961]].

* [[January 23]] - [[Stephen Harper]] wins the [[Canadian federal election, 2006|federal election]] in [[Canada]], forming a minority government.

* [[January 25]] - [[Hamas]] wins the majority of seats in the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]] elections.

* [[January 25]] - ''[[Deus Caritas Est]]'', the first [[encyclical]] of [[Pope Benedict XVI]], is promulgated.

* [[January 27]] - Celebrations are held in [[Salzburg]] and around the world for the 250th anniversary of the birth of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].

* [[January 28]] - A [[Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse|trade hall roof collapses]] in [[Katowice]], [[Poland]], killing 65 people.

* [[January 31]] - [[Samuel Alito]] is sworn in as an associate justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].

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[[Image:LabVIEWCode.png|thumb|right|400px|Screenshot of a simple LabVIEW program that generates, synthesizes, analyzes and displays waveforms, showing the block diagram and front panel. Each symbol on the block diagram represents a LabVIEW subroutine (subVI) which can be another LabVIEW program or a LV library function.]]

===February===

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* [[February 1]] - [[UAL Corporation|UAL Corp.]], [[United Airlines]]' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history..

* [[February 5]] - The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] win [[Super Bowl XL]], defeating the [[Seattle Seahawks]] 21-10.

* [[February 7]] - An aging [[Egypt]]ian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the [[Red Sea]] off the Saudi coast.

* [[February 8]] - [[2006 East Timor crisis]]: 404 soldiers desert their barracks in [[East Timor]].

* [[February 8]] - The 48th Annual [[Grammy Awards]] are held at the [[Staples Center]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[CA]]. The big winners of the night are [[U2]] who sweep all 5 nominations, beating [[Mariah Carey]] for Album and Song of the Year Awards. [[Mariah Carey]], [[Kanye West]], [[John Legend]], [[Alison Krauss]] and her band Union Station each win 3; [[Kelly Clarkson]] wins 2.

* [[February 10]] - The [[2006 Winter Olympics]] open in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]. The closing ceremony occurs on [[February 26]].

* [[February 11]] - [[U.S. Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|accidentally shoots]] his friend and lawyer, [[Harry Whittington]], in the face with a shotgun on a south [[Texas]] ranch.

* [[February 16]] - [[Kobe Airport]], a controversial offshore airport in [[Kobe, Hyogo|Kobe]], [[Japan]], opens for airline service.

* [[February 17]] - As many as 1,800 people die when a mudslide occurs on [[Leyte Island]] in the [[Philippines]].

* [[February 19]] - [[Pasta de Conchos mine disaster]]: Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in [[Nueva Rosita]], [[Mexico]]; all 65 die.

* [[February 22]] - A [[Al Askari Mosque bombing|bomb]] heavily damages the [[Al Askari Mosque]], a [[Shiite]] holy site in [[Samarra]], [[Iraq]], causing a wave of protests and counterattacks across Iraq.

* [[February 22]] - Over £53.1 million is stolen during the [[Securitas depot robbery]], the largest ever cash robbery in the [[United Kingdom]].

* [[February 22]] - The 1 billionth song is purchased from the [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iTunes Store]].

* [[February 23]] - A roof collapses on a [[Moscow]] market, killing 56 people.

* [[February 24]] - A [[Philippines under state of emergency, 2006|state of emergency]] is declared in the [[Philippines]], after an alleged [[coup d'etat]] against President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] is foiled.

* [[February 25]] - Six police officers, 7 protesters, and a journalist receive head wounds when a protest prior to the [[Love Ulster]] parade turns into a [[2006 Dublin Republican riots|major riot]].

* [[February 25]] - [[Uganda]]'s President [[Yoweri Museveni]] wins his second re-election, sparking riots in [[Kampala]] by opposition supporters.

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== Graphical programming ==

===March===

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* [[March 3]] - The first [[World Baseball Classic]] opens in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].

* [[March 4]] - A previously unknown species of [[shark]], ''[[Mustelus hacat]]'', is discovered in [[Mexico]]'s [[Sea of Cortez]], bringing the number of ''[[Mustelus]]'' species found in the eastern [[North Pacific]] to 5.

* [[March 4]] - The final contact attempt with [[Pioneer 10]] receives no response.

* [[March 4]] - [[Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway]] was christened by Bishop [[Ole Christian Kvarme]] at the chapel inside The Royal Palace in [[Oslo]].

* [[March 5]] - ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'' wins [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Ang Lee]] (''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'') wins [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Reese Witherspoon]] (''[[Walk the Line]]'') wins [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] (''[[Capote]]'') wins [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] during the [[78th Academy Awards]]. [[Three 6 Mafia]] makes history as they become the first African-American hip-hop group to win an [[Academy Award for Best Song]] and also become the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony.

* [[March 7]] - Fifteen people die and many others are injured in [[2006 Varanasi bombings|three blasts]] throughout [[Varanasi]], [[India]].

* [[March 9]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Cassini-Huygens]] spacecraft discovers [[geysers]] of a liquid substance shooting from [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]], signaling a possible presence of water.

[[Image:Cyclone Larry 2006.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Tropical Cyclone Larry]], considered the worst tropical cyclone to hit [[Queensland]], off the [[Australia]]n coast on [[March 18]]]]

* [[March 10]] - NASA's [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] enters [[Mars]] orbit.

* [[March 11]] - [[Michelle Bachelet]] is sworn in as the first female [[President of Chile]].

* [[March 11]] - [[Slobodan Milošević]] was found dead in his cell in the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|UN war crimes tribunal]]'s detention centre, located in the [[Scheveningen]] section of The [[Hague]].

* [[March 15]]-[[March 26]] - The [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] take place in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].

* [[March 17]] - The [[United States]], the last nation in the world to have battleships in a reserve fleet, strikes its 2 remaining [[Iowa class battleship|''Iowa''-class]] [[battleship]]s from the [[Naval Vessel Register]], ending the age of the battleship.

* [[March 20]] - [[Tropical Cyclone Larry]] makes landfall in [[Queensland, Australia]] as what is considered to be the worst cyclone to hit the region since [[1931]].

* [[March 21]] - Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs [[Laila Freivalds]] resigns after over a year of criticism for her acting in the tsunami disaster and a web-site scandal.

* [[March 22]] - [[ETA]] declares a permanent [[ceasefire]] in their campaign for [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] independence from [[Spain]].

* [[March 25]] - An estimated 500,000 people take to the streets in downtown [[Los Angeles]] to protest a proposed federal crackdown on [[illegal immigration]].

* [[March 25]] - A revolutionary [[scramjet]] [[jet engine]], [[Hyshot III]], designed to fly at 7 times the speed of sound, is successfully tested at [[Woomera, South Australia]].

* [[March 26]] - The [[Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005|ban on smoking in public places]] such as [[bars]] and [[restaurants]] comes into effect in [[Scotland]].

* [[March 30]] - The first [[Brazil]]ian [[astronaut]], [[Marcos Pontes]], goes to space in a [[Russia]]n [[Soyuz]], ''[[Soyuz TMA-8]]'', at 2:29:00 CET.

* [[March 30]] - The [[2006 Bahrain ferry disaster|''al-Dana'' capsizes]] off the coast of [[Bahrain]], killing at least 48 people.

* [[March 30]] - The first [[World Baseball Classic]] ends in [[San Diego]], [[California]] with [[Japan]] beating [[Cuba]] in the Championship.

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LabVIEW ties the creation of user interfaces (called front panels) into the development cycle. LabVIEW programs/subroutines are called virtual instruments (VIs). Each VI has three components: a block diagram, a front panel and a connector pane. The latter may represent the VI as a subVI in block diagrams of calling VIs. Controls and indicators on the front panel allow an operator to input data into or extract data from a running virtual instrument. However, the front panel can also serve as a programmatic interface. Thus a virtual instrument can either be run as a program, with the front panel serving as a user interface, or, when dropped as a node onto the block diagram, the front panel defines the inputs and outputs for the given node through the connector pane. This implies each VI can be easily tested before being embedded as a subroutine into a larger program.

===April===

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[[Image:Tambo vallery races 2006 edit.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[April 8]]: [[Grand National]]]]

The graphical approach also allows non-programmers to build programs by simply dragging and dropping virtual representations of the lab equipment with which they are already familiar. The LabVIEW programming environment, with the included examples and the documentation, makes it simpler to create small applications. This is a benefit on one side but there is also a certain danger of underestimating the expertise needed for good quality "G" programming. For complex algorithms or large-scale code it is important that the programmer possess an extensive knowledge of the special LabVIEW syntax and the topology of its memory management. The most advanced LabVIEW development systems offer the possibility of building stand-alone applications. Furthermore, it is possible to create distributed applications which communicate by a client/server scheme, and thus is easier to implement due to the inherently parallel nature of ''G''-code.

[[Image:VenusExpress seq9 H.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[April 11]]: [[Venus Express]] in orbit]]

== Benefits ==

[[Image:Zacarias Moussaoui2.jpg| [[May 3]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui|Moussaoui]]|thumb|80px]]

One benefit of LabVIEW over other development environments is the extensive support for accessing instrumentation hardware. Drivers and abstraction layers for many different types of instruments and buses are included or are available for inclusion. These present themselves as graphical nodes. The abstraction layers offer standard software interfaces to communicate with hardware devices. The provided driver interfaces save program development time. The sales pitch of National Instruments is, therefore, that even people with limited coding experience can write programs and deploy test solutions in a reduced time frame when compared to more conventional or competing systems. A new hardware driver topology (DAQmxBase), which consists mainly of ''G''-coded components with only a few register calls through NI Measurement Hardware DDK (Driver Development Kit) functions, provides platform independent hardware access to numerous data acquisition and instrumentation devices. The DAQmxBase driver is available for LabVIEW on Windows, MacOSX and Linux platforms.

* [[April 5]] - A swan with [[Avian Flu]] is discovered in [[Cellardyke]] in [[Fife]], [[Scotland]] (the first cases in the [[United Kingdom]]).

* [[April 8]] - [[Shedden massacre]]: The bodies of 8 murdered men are found in [[Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario]].

* [[April 8]] - [[Bristol]], [[United Kingdom]] celebrates the 200th birthday of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] (actually [[April 9]]) by relighting the [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]].

* [[April 8]] - [[Numbersixvalverde]], ridden by Niall Madden, wins the [[Grand National]] at [[Aintree]].

* [[April 9]] - [[Israeli]] Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] is removed from office after 4 months in a [[coma]].

* [[April 10]] - [[Romano Prodi]] narrowly defeats [[Silvio Berlusconi]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] parliamentary elections.

* [[April 11]] - The [[European Space Agency|ESA]]'s [[Venus Express]] spaceprobe enters [[Venus]]' orbit.

* [[April 11]] - [[President of Iran]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of 3.5% low-grade [[enriched uranium]].

* [[April 16]]- [[Puebla]],[[Mexico]] celebrates its 475 anniversary since its foundation

* [[April 16]] - [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]], reaches the [[North Pole]], becoming the first reigning monarch ever to do so.

* [[April 17]] - A [[suicide bombing]] by [[Islamic Jihad]] in [[Tel Aviv]] kills 9 people and injures dozens.

* [[April 18]] - The [[Centennial]] of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] is observed.

* [[April 19]] - [[Han Myung-sook]] becomes the first female [[Prime Minister of South Korea]].

* [[April 20]] - [[Iran]] announces a uranium enrichment deal with [[Russia]], involving a joint [[uranium enrichment]] firm on Russian soil; 9 days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a de-facto termination of the deal.

* [[April 22]] - [[War on Terror]]: Four [[Canadian]] soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants (the worst 1-day combat loss for the Canadian army since the [[Korean War]]).

* [[April 24]] - Three explosions in a tourist section of [[Dahab]], [[Egypt]] kill 30 and injure over 115.

* [[April 29]] - Massive anti-war demonstrations and a march down [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]] mark the third year of [[Iraq War|war in Iraq]].

* [[April 29]] - The [[Global Night Commute]] takes place in over 130 cities around the world to promote the visibility of the [[Invisible Children]] in [[Uganda]].

* [[April 30]] - An Australian rules match between [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] and [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] [[AFL siren controversy, 2006|ends in controversial circumstances]] with St. Kilda defender [[Steven Baker]] scoring a point after the final siren. An investigation the following Wednesday stripped St. Kilda of the two competition points they temporarily gained and handed the full win to Fremantle.

* [[April]] - A jury deliberates over the sentence of convicted terrorist [[Zacarias Moussaoui]], finally sentenced to [[life in prison]] [[May 3]].

In terms of performance, LabVIEW includes a [[compiler]] that produces native code for the CPU platform. The graphical code is translated into executable machine code by interpreting the syntax and by compilation. The LabVIEW syntax is strictly enforced during the editing process and compiled into the executable machine code when requested to run or upon saving. In the latter case, the executable and the source code are merged into a single file. The executable runs with the help of the LabVIEW run-time engine, which contains some precompiled code to perform common tasks that are defined by the G language. The run-time engine reduces compile time and also provides a consistent interface to various operating systems, graphic systems, hardware components, etc. The run-time environment makes the code portable across platforms. Generally, LV code can be slower than equivalent compiled C code, although the differences often lie more with program optimization than inherent execution speed.

===May===

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* [[May 1]] - [[Bolivia]]n [[President of Bolivia|President]] [[Evo Morales]] nationalizes his nation's gas fields.

* [[May 1]] - The [[Great American Boycott]] takes place across the [[United States]] as marchers protest for immigration rights.

* [[May 4]] - A new [[coalition government]] takes office in [[Israel]]; its 4 political parties hold 67 of the 120 seats in the [[Knesset]].

[[Image:2006 Java earthquake map.gif|The ___location of the [[epicenter]] of the [[May 2006 Java earthquake|earthquake]] that struck [[Indonesia]] on [[May 27]]|right|thumb|250px]]

* [[May 5]] - [[NASA]] [[astronomer]]s announce the discovery of a storm system in the [[Jovian (astronomy)|Jovian]] [[atmosphere]], dubbed the [[Red Spot Junior]] on the planet [[Jupiter]], which has a striking similar appearance to the famous [[Great Red Spot]].

* [[May 5]] - [[Fiat]] chairman [[Sergio Marchionne]] announces that the [[Alfa Romeo]] automobile brand will return to the United States in [[2008]], after a 13-year hiatus. Alfa Romeo sales were to be initially handled by [[Maserati]] dealerships.

* [[May 9]] - [[Beaconsfield mine collapse]]: After 14 days trapped underground, miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in [[Beaconsfield]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]].

* [[May 18]] - [[FC Barcelona]] beat [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the final of the [[UEFA Champions League]] played in Paris

* [[May 20]] - [[Finland]]'s [[Lordi]] wins the [[2006 Eurovision Song Contest]] held in [[Athens]]. The band earns the most points ever given in the 51-year-old contest.

* [[May 24]] - [[East Timor]]'s Foreign Minister [[José Ramos Horta|Horta]] officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal.

* [[May 27]] - A [[May 2006 Java earthquake|6.3 magnitude earthquake]] strikes central [[Java (island)|Java]] in [[Indonesia]], killing more than 6,000, injuring at least 36,000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless.

* [[May 27]] - The first demonstration for [[homosexual rights]] in [[Moscow]] is broken up by the police.

* [[May 28]] - President [[Alvaro Uribe Velez]] is re-elected in [[Colombia]] for a second term. He becomes the first president in over a century to serve consecutive terms.

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Many libraries with a large number of functions for data acquisition, signal generation, mathematics, statistics, signal conditioning, analysis, etc., along with numerous graphical interface elements are provided in several LabVIEW package options.

===June===

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* [[June 3]] - [[Montenegro]] declares independence after a [[May 21]] [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|referendum]]. The state union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]] is dissolved on [[June 5]] leaving [[Serbia]] as the successor state.

* [[June 3]] - Seventeen men are arrested in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] for alleged ties to a terrorist plot to blow up targets in the region. (see also: [[2006 Toronto terrorism case]])

* [[June 6]] - The [[Union of Islamic Courts]] gains control of [[Somalia]]'s capital [[Mogadishu]], ending warlord rule of the city.

* [[June 7]] - [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] leader [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] and 7 of his aides are killed in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of [[Baqouba]], [[Iraq]].

* [[June 9]] - An explosion kills 8 Palestinian civilians on a [[Gaza]] beach. After an investigation, [[Israel]] denies responsibility for the blast.

* [[June 9]] - [[Thailand]] begins celebrations of the [[60th anniversary of the accession of Bhumibol Adulyadej]] to the throne.

* [[June 9]] - The [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] begins in [[Germany]].

* [[June 10]] - President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] sets [[July 26]] as the date for a national [[referendum]] in [[Palestine]].

* [[June 18]] - The first [[kazakhs|Kazakh]] space [[satellite]] "[[KazSat]]" is launched.

* [[June 19]] - The [[Carolina Hurricanes]] defeat the [[Edmonton Oilers]] 4 games-3 games to win the [[Stanley Cup]].

* [[June 20]] - The [[Miami Heat]] win the [[NBA Finals]] 4-2. [[Dwyane Wade]] is named [[MVP]]

* [[June 22]] - The [[Magen David Adom]] and [[Palestine Red Crescent Society]] are officially recognized by the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]].

* [[June 23]] - In [[Miami]], the [[FBI]] arrests 7 men, accusing them of planning to bomb the [[Sears Tower]] and other attacks in Miami.

* [[June 25]] - [[Warren Buffett]] donates over $30 billion to the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].

* [[June 28]] - [[Israel]] launches [[Operation Summer Rains]], an offensive against militants in [[Gaza]].

* [[June 29]] - The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[cabinet]] [[Second Balkenende cabinet|Balkenende II]] resigns after the political party of [[Democrats 66|D'66]] drops its support.

* [[June 29]] - ''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]'': The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules that the military commissions to be used to try some detainees in the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]] are illegal.

* [[June 29]] - Women vote for the first time in elections for the [[National Assembly of Kuwait]].

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The LabVIEW Professional Development System allows creating stand-alone executables and the resultant executable can be distributed an unlimited number of times. The run-time engine and its libraries can be provided freely along with the executable.

===July===

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[[Image:ShuttleDiscovery landing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Space Shuttle Discovery]] lands safely after the [[STS-121]] mission.]]

* [[July 1]] - The [[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]] launches a trial operation, connecting [[China proper]] and [[Tibet]] for the first time.

* [[July 2]] - A [[Mexican general election, 2006|presidential election]] is held in [[Mexico]]. [[Felipe Calderón]] is confirmed as the winner on [[September 5]].

* [[July 4]] - ''[[STS-121]]'': Space Shuttle ''[[Discovery]]'' is launched to the [[International Space Station]]. It returns safely on [[July 17]].

* [[July 5]] - [[North Korea]] [[North Korean missile test, 2006|test fires]] at least 7 missiles including a long-range [[Taepodong-2]]<!--date changed from July 4 due to Local time in Korean Peninsula-->.

* [[July 6]] - The [[Nathula Pass]] between [[India]] and [[PRC|China]], sealed during the [[Sino-Indian War]], re-opens for trade after 44 years.

* [[July 9]] - [[S7 Airlines Flight 778]] crashes into a concrete barrier shortly after landing, killing at least 122 people and leaving many injured.

* [[July 9]] - [[Italy national football team|Italy]] wins the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] by beating [[France national football team|France]] 5-3 on [[Penalty shootout (football)|penalties]]. The score after [[extra time]] is 1-1.

* [[July 10]] - [[Pakistan International Airlines]] [[PIA Flight 688|Flight 688]] crashes in [[Multan]], [[Pakistan]] shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.

* [[July 11]] - A [[11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings|series of coordinated bomb attacks]] strikes several [[Mumbai Suburban Railway|commuter trains]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] during the evening rush hour.

* [[July 12]] - [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]: [[Israel]]i troops invade [[Lebanon]] in response to [[Hezbollah]] kidnapping 2 Israeli soldiers and killing 3. Hezbollah declares open war against [[Israel]] 2 days later.

* [[July 18]] - The [[SS Nomadic]], the last floating link to Titanic, returns home to a great reception in Belfast.

* [[July 21]] - [[St Louis]] is hit by two major [[derecho]]s (violent windstorms) in a span of three days.

* [[July 23]] - American [[Floyd Landis]] wins the [[Tour de France]]; however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a [[doping (sport)|doping]] test.

* [[July 23]] - [[Zuleyka Rivera]] becomes [[Puerto Rico]]'s 5th [[Miss Universe 2006|Miss Universe]], beating 85 other contestants from around the globe to claim the title.

* [[July 28]] - [[Alejandro Toledo]] concludes his term as [[President of Peru]]. [[Alan Garcia]] becomes president.

* [[July 30]] - The world's longest running music show, ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', broadcasts for the last time on [[BBC Two]], after 42 years.

* [[July 31]] - [[Fidel Castro]], President of [[Cuba]], temporarily [[2006 Cuban transfer of presidential duties|relinquishes power]] to his brother [[Raúl Castro|Raúl]] before surgery.

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A benefit of the LabVIEW environment is the platform independent nature of the ''G''-code, which is (with the exception of a few platform-specific functions) portable between the different LabVIEW systems for different operating systems (Windows, MacOSX and Linux). National Instruments is increasingly focusing on the capability of deploying LabVIEW code onto an increasing number of targets including devices like [[Phar Lap (company)|Phar Lap]] OS based LabVIEW real-time controllers, PocketPCs, PDAs, [[FieldPoint]] modules and into [[FPGA]]s on special boards.

===August===

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* [[August 10]] - [[London Metropolitan Police]] make 21 arrests in connection to an apparent [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot|terrorist plot]] that involved aircraft traveling from the [[United Kingdom]] to the [[United States]]. New TSA regulations are put into effect, permanently banning all liquids and gels, including but not limited to deodorants, colognes, toothpaste, and gel implants, in both checked and carryon baggage.

* [[August 11]] - A resolution to end the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]] is unanimously accepted by the [[United Nations Security Council]].

* [[August 14]] - A UN cease fire takes effect in the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]].

* [[August 20]] - Miss New York's Outstanding Teen Maria DeSantis wins the title of the second Miss America's Outstanding Teen in the Linda Chapin Theatre at the Orange County Convention Center in [[Orlando, Florida]].

* [[August 22]] - [[Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612]] crashes near the Russian border in [[Ukraine]], killing 171 people, including 45 children.

* [[August 22]] - The [[International Congress of Mathematicians|ICM]] awards [[Grigori Perelman]] the [[Fields Medal]] for proving the [[Poincare conjecture]], one of seven [[Millennium Prize Problems]]. Perelman refuses the medal.

* [[August 23]] - In [[Austria]] [[Natascha Kampusch]] manages to escape after being kidnapped eight years ago by [[Wolfgang Priklopil]] who locked her up in his cellar. Priklopil commits suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.

* [[August 24]] - The [[International Astronomical Union]] [[2006 redefinition of planet|defines]] '[[planet]]' at its 26th [[General Assembly]], demoting [[Pluto]] to the status of '[[dwarf planet]]' more than 70 years after its discovery.

* [[August 27]] - [[Comair Flight 5191]], carrying 50 people, crashes shortly after take off from [[Blue Grass Airport]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. Only the [[first officer]] survives.

* [[August 31]] - [[Edvard Munch]] paintings ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Edvard Munch)|Madonna]]'' are recovered in a police raid in [[Oslo, Norway]].

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There is a low cost LabVIEW Student Edition aimed at educational institutions for learning purposes. There is also an active community of LabVIEW users who communicate through several e-mail groups and Internet forums.

===September===

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* [[September 1]] - A fire kills 29 of 148 people aboard an [[Iran Air Tours]] [[Tu-154|Tu-154M]] aircraft after the plane lands in [[Mashhad]], [[Iran]].

* [[September 2]] - A [[Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod|Nimrod]] MR4 based at [[RAF Kinloss]], [[Scotland]], crashes in the [[Kandahar Province|Southern Province of Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]], due to a technical fault. All 14 crew on board were killed.

* [[September 3]] - [[Andre Agassi]] retires after his final match (against [[Benjamin Becker]] in the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]]).

* [[September 4]] - Renowned conservationist [[Steve Irwin]] dies in a diving accident, stung in the chest by a [[stingray]] off the East coast of [[Australia]].

* [[September 7]] - Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in [[Taipei]] is renamed to [[Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport]].

* [[September 9]] - ''[[STS-115]]'': Space Shuttle ''[[Atlantis]]'' is launched on a mission to build up the [[International Space Station]]. It returns safe and successful on [[September 21]].

[[Image:ShuttleAtlantis launch.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' at the launch of STS-115.]]

* [[September 10]] - Seven-time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Champion]] [[Michael Schumacher]] announces his retirement from the sport of [[Formula 1]] for the end of the year.

*[[September 11]] - [[Walt Disney Pictures]]'s ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' becomes the third and fastest film in [[Hollywood]] history to reach the [[billion]] [[USD|dollar]] worldwide [[box office]] mark with $1,004,100,000.

* [[September 12]] - A stampede at a rally in [[Yemen]] leaves 41 dead.

* [[September 12]] - Pope [[Benedict XVI]] gives a lecture in [[Germany]]; he quotes a criticism of the [[Islam]] faith, sparking [[Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy|mass protest]].

* [[September 13]] - The [[Dawson College Shooting]] occurs in [[Montreal, Quebec, Canada]], leaving 1 student dead and 19 others injured.

* [[September 13]] - The [[solar system]]'s largest [[dwarf planet]], designated until now as 2003 UB313, is officially named "[[136199 Eris|Eris]]"; its satellite is now known as "[[Dysnomia (moon)|Dysnomia]]".

* [[September 15]] - [[2006 United States E. coli outbreak|Spinach contaminated with E. coli]] kills 1 person and poisons over 100 others in 20 states of the United States.

* [[September 16]] - Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's comments on Islam.

* [[September 17]] - The [[Alliance for Sweden]] claims victory in the [[Swedish general election, 2006]].

* [[September 19]] - [[List of Prime Ministers of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] of [[Thailand]] declares a [[state of emergency]] in [[Bangkok]] as members of the Royal Thai Army stage a [[September 2006 Thailand coup|coup d'état]]. The army announces the removal of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power.

* [[September 22]] - A [[Transrapid]] [[Maglev train]] [[2006 Lathen maglev train accident|crashes]] into a maintenance vehicle on a test track in [[Germany]], killing 23 and injuring 10, the first recorded fatal accident involving a Maglev.

* [[September 24]] - [[Communist Party of China|CPC]] Central Political Bureau committee member, [[Shanghai]] Municipal Party Committee Secretay [[Chen Liangyu]] was dismissed for alleged corruption charges.

* [[September 25]] - The Louisiana [[Superdome]] in New Orleans re-opens 13 months after [[Hurricane Katrina]] with extensive repairs, including the largest re-roofing project in the United States.

* [[September 26]] - [[Diet of Japan]] elects [[Shinzo Abe]] as new [[Prime Minister of Japan]] succeeding [[Junichiro Koizumi]].

* [[September 27]] - An armed suspect [[Platte Canyon High School shooting|holds 6 female students as hostages]] in Platte Canyon High School located in Baily, [[Colorado]]. One hostage is fatally wounded as the gunman kills himself. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/27/school.shooting/index.html]

* [[September 28]] - After 40 years of development, [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]], opens in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] replacing [[Don Mueang International Airport]] as Bangkok's primary airport for commercial flights.

* [[September 29]] - [[Gol Flight 1907]], a [[Boeing 737-800]], collides with a business jet over the [[Amazon Rainforest]] killing all 154 onboard.

* [[September 29]] - U.S. Representative [[Mark Foley]] (R-FL) resigns after it is revealed that he sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages.

* [[September 30]] - [[West Coast Eagles]] win the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] Grand Final at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Fox Footy Channel]] in [[Australia]] ceases transmission.

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* [[October 1]] - Australian [[National Rugby League]] Grand Final at [[Telstra Stadium]]. ([[Brisbane Broncos]] versus [[Melbourne Storm]].) This is the first time in the 98 year history of the ARL/NRL that a [[New South Wales]] team has not made the Final. Brisbane Broncos win 15-8, their 6th NRL Grand Final Victory.

* [[October 1]] - [[Vodafone Japan]], which was already purchased from [[Vodafone]] by [[SoftBank]], officially changes its name to Softbank Mobile Corporation.

* [[October 2]] - The [[Amish school shooting]] takes place, when [[Charles Carl Roberts IV]], a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, kills 5 female students at an [[Amish]] schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting himself. Several others are wounded. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/02/amish.shooting/index.html]

* [[October 2]] - [[Per Westerberg]] takes office as [[Speaker of the Riksdag]] (Speaker of the Parliament) in [[Sweden]].

* [[October 3]] - The Dow Jones Industrial Average ([[DJIA]]) Index reaches its all-time high (as of 2006) of 11,727.34 and an all-time intra-day high of 11,758.95.

* [[October 4]] - The Dow Industrial Average closes above 11,800 [[Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average#The 2000s dot-com bust (2000-Present)|for the first time]] rising 123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11,850.61.

* [[October 6]] - Hazardous waste plant near [[Apex, North Carolina]] explodes releasing chlorine gas, resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 100 residents.

[[Image:2006 North Korean nuclear test.png|thumb|right|Position of earthquake caused by North Korea's nuclear test.]]

* [[October 9]] - [[North Korea]] claims to have conducted its first ever [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]].

* [[October 10]] - [[Google]] buys [[YouTube]] for [[USD]] $1.65 billion

* [[October 11]] - Pitcher [[Cory Lidle]] is killed, along with his flight instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's [[Upper East Side]]

* [[October 13]] - Ban Ki-moon (from South Korea) is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.

* [[October 15]] - The UN agrees to sanction [[North Korea]] over nuclear testing issue.

* [[October 15]] - [[Chief Justice of Japan]] [[Akira Machida]] retires upon reaching the age of 70.

* [[October 17]] - The [[United States]] population reaches 300 million based on a [[United States Census Bureau]] projection.

* [[October 18]] - [[Microsoft]] publicly releases Windows [[Internet Explorer 7]].

* [[October 19]] - On the 19th anniversary of the [[Black Monday (1987)|1987 stock market crash]], the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closed above 12,000 [[Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average|for the first time]] gaining 19.05 points, or 0.16%, to 12,011.73.

* [[October 22]] - [[Michael Schumacher]], the most successful driver in the history of [[Formula One]], retires from the sport.

* [[October 23]] - [[Jeffrey Skilling]] is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison on charges relating to the financial collapse of [[Enron]].

* [[October 25]] - The [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] unanimously rules in favor of marriage equality; 4-3 say decision whether to rewrite marriage law or write civil union law for gays ([[separate but equal]] debate) is left to the legislature in the next six months. The three dissenting justices dissented because they believed same-sex couples should have the full right to marry [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/26/MNGO5M02DV1.DTL].

* [[October 27]] - Restorative Justice pioneer [[Howard Zehr]] receives the [[Community of Christ International Peace Award]].

* [[October 27]] - The [[St. Louis Cardinals]] win the [[2006 World Series]]; [[David Eckstein]] is named MVP. It is the 10th World Series Championship in franchise history.

* [[October 29]] - [[Aviation Development Company Flight 53]] crashes shortly after take off in [[Nigeria]].

* [[October 29]] - [[Luis Inácio Lula da Silva]] is re-elected [[President of Brazil]].

* [[October 30]] - Former Chilean Dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre where thousands were tortured between 1974 and 1977.

* [[October 30]] - An [[Bajaur airstrike|airstrike]] on a [[madrasah]] in [[Bajaur]] kills dozens of suspected [[al-Qaeda]] and [[Taliban]] militants.

* [[October 30]] - The [[Esperanza Fire]] burns over 61 square miles of [[Cabazon, California]] mountain territory.

* [[October 31]] - Veteran Game Show host [[Bob Barker]] announces his retirement from ''[[The Price is Right]]'' in [[June]] [[2007]] after 35 years as host and after 50 years on television.

* [[October 31]] - A comment by US senator [[John Kerry]] causes a stir after he made a comment which both Republicans and Democrats considered insulting to the intelligence of American troops serving in Iraq. He explained that he botched a joke meant to insult the intelligence of president [[George W. Bush]], and later apologized to anyone offended by his comment.

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LabVIEW is a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] product of [[National Instruments]]. Unlike common programming languages such as [[C Programming Language|C]] or [[FORTRAN]], LabVIEW is not managed or specified by a third party standards committee such as [[ANSI]].

===November===

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[[Image:LabVIEW 8dot20 Splash Screen.jpg|right|300px|LabVIEW Splash Screen.]]In addition, as of version 8, all LabVIEW installs require customers to contact National Instruments by Internet or phone to "activate" the product.<ref name="Activation FAQ">{{cite news |url=http://www.ni.com/support/licensing/licensefaq.htm

[[Image:Bush, Pelosi, and Hoyer meeting at White House, Nov 9, 2006.jpg|thumb|200px|Representatives [[Nancy Pelosi]] and [[Steny Hoyer]] meeting with President [[George W. Bush]] on November 9, 2006.]]

|publisher=National Instruments |title=Product Activation FAQ}}</ref> The increasing dependence on the vendor suggests possible privacy and data security concerns. For example, although National Instruments claims the process is "secure and anonymous" the immediate implication is that a legal but privately installed instance of LabVIEW seems no longer possible.

Building a stand-alone application with LabVIEW requires the Application Builder component which is included with the Professional Development System but requires a separate purchase if using the Base Package or Full Development System.<ref name="Building a Stand-Alone Application">{{cite news |url= http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361B-01/lvhowto/building_a_stand_alone_app/ | publisher=National Instruments |title= Building a Stand-Alone Application }}</ref> Compiled [[executable]]s produced by the Application Builder are not truly standalone in that they also require that the LabVIEW run-time engine be installed on any target computer on which users run the application.<ref name="Using the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine">{{cite news |url= http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361B-01/lvhowto/using_the_lv_run_time_eng/ | publisher=National Instruments |title= Using the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine }}</ref> Although this run-time engine can be freely downloaded from National Instruments' website, this added requirement is in contrast to other compiled languages, such as [[C Programming Language|C]], where a stand-alone executable file can be created, run and distributed without the need for additional files or installation procedures. These requirements can cause problems if an application is distributed to a user who may be prepared to run the application but does not have the inclination or permission to install additional files on the host system prior to running the executable. The need for a separately-installed LabVIEW run-time engine makes the development and distribution of truly [[portable application]]s using LabVIEW difficult.

* [[November 1]] - The famous [[Stardust Resort & Casino]] closed after 55 years of business in [[Las Vegas]].

* [[November 2]] - Competing software manufacturers [[Microsoft]] and [[Novell]] [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx announce a collaboration] on technologies for inter-operation between [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[SUSE Linux]] [[operating systems]].

* [[November 3]] - [[Iran]] successfully test-fires 3 new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf.

* [[November 3]] - ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' predicts 90% of maritime life forms will be extinct by [[2048]].

* [[November 3]] - [[Ted Haggard]] resigns as president of the [[National Association of Evangelicals]], after allegations of methamphetamine use and sexual relations with a male prostitute.

* [[November 5]] - Former [[Iraq|Iraqi]] [[President of Iraq|President]] [[Saddam Hussein]] and 2 of his senior allies are sentenced to death by hanging after an Iraqi court finds them guilty of crimes against humanity.

* [[November 7]] - [[United States midterm elections, 2006|U.S. Midterm elections]]: [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] win control of both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]] for the first time since 1994.

* [[November 7]] - In the U.S. congressional elections, Minnesota Democrat [[Keith Ellison (politician)|Keith Ellison]] becomes the first Muslim elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].

* [[November 7]] - The [[Japan]]ese town of [[Saroma, Hokkaido]] is struck by a [[2006 Saroma tornado|tornado]], killing nine. It is the deadliest tornado in Japan since 1941.

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* [[November 8]] - U.S. Defense Secretary [[Donald Rumsfeld]] resigns; [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush|Bush]] nominates [[Robert Gates]], a former [[CIA]] director, as his replacement. Gates is then confirmed by the [[U.S. Senate]] and sworn in on December 18.

* [[November 8]] - [[Margaret Chan]] is elected as the Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]].

* [[November 8]] - A [[transit of Mercury]] occurs.

* [[November 11]] - [[Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier]], [[Hong Kong]] completed the last journey of its 49-year operation.

* [[November 12]] - [[Gerald Ford]] surpasses [[Ronald Reagan]] as the longest lived [[President of the United States]].

* [[November 12]] - The former Soviet republic of [[South Ossetia]] holds a [[South Ossetian independence referendum, 2006|referendum]] on independence from [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].

* [[November 15]] - [[Al Jazeera]] launches its new English language news channel, [[Al Jazeera English]].

* [[November 15]] - Start of the ''Sales and Use Tax'' in [[Puerto Rico]]; a response to the [[2006 Puerto Rico budget crisis|Puerto Rico budget crisis]] of May 2006.

* [[November 16]] - Rioting in the capital of [[Tonga]], [[Nuku'alofa]] destroys approx. 80% of the CBD, 8 bodies found. Foreign forces requested.

* [[November 17]] - U.S. comedian and actor [[Michael Richards]] launches a racial tirade during a performance at the Laugh Factory in [[Los Angeles]], after losing his temper with some [[African American]] hecklers.

* [[November 17]] - [[PlayStation 3]] released in US

* [[November 19]] - Jimmie Johnson and the Lowe's #48 Monte Carlo SS team wins the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship.

* [[November 19]] - The [[94th Grey Cup]] is held in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. The [[B.C. Lions]] beat the [[Montreal Alouettes]] 25-14.

* [[November 19]] - [[Wii]] released in US

* [[November 20]] - [[Iran]] and [[Syria]] recognize the government of [[Iraq]], restore [[diplomatic relations]], and call for a [[peace conference]].

* [[November 21]] - [[Pierre Amine Gemayel]], [[Lebanon]]'s Minister of Industry, is assassinated in [[Beirut]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6169606.stm]

* [[November 21]] - [[Israel]]'s Supreme Court finds that Israel must recognize and register [[same-gender marriage]]s celebrated in other countries.

* [[November 21]] - A gas explosion in the coal mine ''Halemba'' in [[Ruda Slaska]], [[Poland]], kills 23 miners approximately 1,000 meters below ground.

* [[November 22]] - [[Dutch general election, 2006]]: The [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] wins a plurality of seats in [[The Netherlands]].

* [[November 22]] - A [[General Election]] is held for the [[House of Keys]] in the [[Isle of Man]].

* [[November 22]] - Ten people are trapped and killed in the [[Kolkata leather factory fire]] in [[India]].

* [[November 23]] - [[Alexander Litvinenko]], a former [[Russia]]n [[KGB]] agent, is assassinated in a [[London]] [[sushi]] bar, possibly by the Russian Security Service, the [[FSB]].

* [[November 23]] - A series of [[Sadr City bombings|car bombs and mortar attacks]] in [[Sadr City]], [[Baghdad]], kill at least 215 people and injure 257 others.

* [[November 24]] - [[Michael Stone (loyalist paramilitary)|Michael Stone]] is arrested for breaking into the parliament buildings at [[Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)|Stormont]] while armed. [[Bertie Ahern]] and [[Tony Blair]]'s deadline on [[Northern Ireland]] power-sharing.

* [[November 25]] - Steve Bracks wins the [[Victoria legislative election, 2006|Victorian state election]].

* [[November 26]] - US Judge [[James Robertson (judge)|James Robertson]] orders the US Treasury to [[United States dollar#US Dollar court order|change the dollar bill]].

* [[November 28]]-[[November 29]] - The [[NATO Summit 2006]] takes place in [[Latvia]].

* [[November 30]] - [[South Africa]] becomes the fifth nation to legalize [[gay marriage]].

* [[November 30]] - [[2006 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Durian (Reming)|Typhoon Durian]] triggers a massive mudslide and kills hundreds of people in the [[Philippines]].

* [[November 30]] - The [[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]] and the [[2006 Pacific hurricane season]] officially end.

* [[November 30]] - [[Windows Vista]], the newest version of operating system from [[Microsoft]], released for volume license customers.

There is some debate as to whether LabVIEW is really a general purpose programming language (or in some cases whether it is really a programming language at all) as opposed to an application-specific development environment for measurement and automation.<ref>[http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5313 Is LabVIEW a general purpose programming language?]</ref> Critics point to a lack of features, common in most other programming languages, such as native recursion and, until version 8.20, object oriented features. While it is possible to write complex applications in LabVIEW that involve no measurement or automation, it is not best suited to the task.

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==Articles on LabVIEW==

* [[December 1]] - [[Felipe Calderón]] is sworn in as the [[President of Mexico]] by the [[Congress]] in [[Mexico]].

===Articles about specific applications of LabVIEW===

* [[December 1]] - The [[2006 Asian Games|15th Asian Games]] start in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]; the closing ceremony takes place on [[December 15]].

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* [[December 1]] - [[Typhoon Durian]] kills at least 388 people in [[Albay]] province on the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]].

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* [[December 1]] - U.S. billionaire [[Kirk Kerkorian]] sells the last of his shares in [[General Motors]].

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* [[December 2]] - In [[Rome]], about 2 million people, led by opposition leader [[Silvio Berlusconi]], demonstrate against [[Romano Prodi]]'s government.

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* [[December 2]] - [[Stephane Dion]] is elected the new Leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], on the [[Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 2006|fourth ballot]].

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* [[December 3]] - [[Ed Stelmach]] is elected the new Leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta]], after the second ballot results, and second choice votes for Ted Morton have been added up. Ed becomes the [[Premier of Alberta|Preimier Desginate of Alberta]].

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* [[December 3]] - [[Hugo Chavez]] is [[Venezuelan presidential election, 2006|re-elected]] [[President of Venezuela]].

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* [[December 3]] - Explosive demolition of [[Germany]]'s tallest chimney at former [[Power Station Westerholt|Westerholt Power Station]].

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* [[December 5]] - The military seizes power in [[Fiji]] by means of a [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Frank Bainimarama|Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama]].

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* [[December 9]] - A [[Moscow hospital fire|fire at a hospital]] in [[Moscow]] kills 45 people.

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* [[December 9]]- [[Christer Fuglesang]] becomes the first [[Sweden|Swede]] in space since 2003.

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* [[December 10]] - ''[[STS-116]]'': Space Shuttle ''[[Discovery]]'' lifts off from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] on the first night launch.

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* [[December 10]] - The [[Nobel Prize]] ceremonies take place in [[Stockholm]] and [[Oslo]].

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* [[December 11]] - The [[Holocaust conference]] is opened in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] by [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].

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* [[December 13]] - The [[Chinese River Dolphin]] or Baiji becomes extinct.

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* [[December 13]] - U.S. Senator [[Tim Johnson]] (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview, and undergoes emergency surgery at [[George Washington University Hospital]] for bleeding in the brain.

* [[December 15]] - [[Lockheed Martin]]'s [[F-35 Lightning II]] Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.

* [[December 15]] - An alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister [[Ismail Haniyeh]] sparks [[2006 Palestinian civil skirmishes|inter-Palestinian clashes]].

* [[December 15]] - [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], the King of [[Bhutan]], abdicates in favour of his son [[Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck]] a year earlier than expected.

* [[December 15]] - The [[Japan]]ese government passes a bill to upgrade the [[Japan Defense Agency]] to a Ministry [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6182087.stm].

* [[December 19]] - A [[Libya]]n court [[HIV trial in Libya|sentences]] five [[Bulgaria]]n nurses and a [[Palestinian]] doctor to death for allegedly knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with [[HIV]].

* [[December 20]] - [[Somalia]]: [[Islamic Courts Union]] fighters begin [[Battle of Baidoa|attacking]] the government-held town of [[Baidoa]].

* [[December 21]] - [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], the dictator of [[Turkmenistan]] dies unexpectedly, sparking world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in this energy-rich country.

* [[December 21]] - Australian cricketer [[Shane Warne]] announces his retirement from the sport.

* [[December 22]] - The [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a [[STS-116|two week mission]] to the [[International Space Station]].

* [[December 24]] - [[Ethiopia]] admits its troops have [[War in Somalia (2006-present)|intervened in Somalia]].

* [[December 26]] - An [[2006 Lagos pipeline explosion|oil pipeline explodes]] in [[Nigeria]]'s commercial capital, [[Lagos]] killing at least 200 people.

* [[December 26]] - Former US President [[Gerald Ford]] dies at the age of 93 years and 165 days at 6:45 p.m Pacific Standard Time at his home in [[Rancho Mirage, California]].

* [[December 26]] - The [[2006 Hengchun earthquake|Hengchun earthquake]] in Taiwan kills 2 poeple, damaged about 15 historial buildings and several [[undersea cable]], disrupting Internet and IDD telecommunication services in Asia.

* [[December 29]] - [[War in Somalia (2006-present)|War in Somalia]]: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops [[Fall of Mogadishu|capture Mogadishu]] without resistance.

* [[December 30]] - [[Saddam Hussein]], former [[Iraq]] president, is [[Execution of Saddam Hussein|executed]] in [[Baghdad]].

* [[December 30]] - The ''[[M/V Senopati Nusantara]]'' sinks in [[Indonesia]] with several hundred casualties.

* [[December 31]] - At least [[2006 Bangkok bombings|eleven bombs]] go off in [[Bangkok]] hours before the new year.

* [[December 31]] - The U. S. death toll in [[Iraq]] reaches 3,000.

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* [[January 6]] - Feast of [[Epiphany (Christian)|Epiphany]] or Día de los Reyes Magos (Day of the [[Magi]] Kings).

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* [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in the [[Russian Orthodox]], [[Serbian Orthodox]], [[Coptic Orthodox]], [[Ukrainian Catholic]] and other Eastern Christian church calendars.

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* [[January 10]] - [[Islam]]ic festival of [[Eid ul-Adha]] begins (ends on [[January 12]]).

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* [[January 11]] - Vaikunta [[Ekadashi]] is observed by [[Hindu]]s. This is the day when the Gates of Heaven open and remain open for the next ten days.

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* [[January 14]] - [[Mahayana]] Buddhist New Year.

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* [[January 14]] - [[Pongal]] Harvest Festival in [[Tamil Nadu]].

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* [[January 15]] - Maatu Pongal, Festival of [[Cows]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].

| issue = 6

* [[January 16]] - Uzhavar Tirunaal, [[Farmer]]'s Day in [[Tamil Nadu]].

| pages = 2007

* [[January 29]] - [[Year of the Dog]], 4703, begins. Chinese/Asian New Year.

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* [[January 31]] - [[Muslim New Year]].

| date = Jun 2006

* [[February 1]] - [[Imbolc]] [[Cross-quarter day]] (Celebrated on [[February 2]] in some places).

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* [[February 9]] - Day of [[Ashurah]].

| doi = 10.1118/1.2240285

* [[February 13]] - [[Tu Bishvat]].

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* [[February 28]] - [[Mardi Gras]].

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* [[March 13]] - Jewish holiday of [[Purim]] begins at sunset.

* [[March 14]] - [[Sikh]] New Year.

* [[March 21]] - Iranian New Year's Day ([[Norouz]]).

* [[March 30]] - [[Hindu]] New Year.

* [[April 5]] - [[Qingming Festival]].

* [[April 11]] - Birth anniversary of [[Muhammad]].

* [[April 12]] - [[Pesach]] or [[Passover]] begins at sunset, continues for a week.

* [[April 13]] - Theravada Buddhist New Year.

* [[April 13]] - [[Punjabi]] New Year.

* [[April 14]] - [[Good Friday]] in the Western Church Calendar, [[Sikh]] Holiday of [[Vaisakhi]].

* [[April 14]] - Puththaandu [[Tamil people|Tamil]] New Year in the Tamil Calendar, observed by people in [[Tamil Nadu]].

* [[April 16]] - [[Easter]] in the Western Church Calendar.

* [[April 21]] - [[Good Friday]] in the Eastern Church Calendar.

* [[April 23]] - [[Easter]] in the Eastern Church Calendar.

* [[May 1]] - [[Beltane]] [[Cross-quarter day]].

* [[June 1]] - Jewish holiday of [[Shavuot]] begins at sunset.

* [[August 1]] - [[Lammas]] [[Cross-quarter day]].

* [[August 2]] - Jewish fast of [[Tisha B'Av]] begins at sundown; it extends until the night of [[August 3]]

* [[September 22]] - Jewish holiday of [[Rosh Hashanah]] begins at sundown. Continues until nightfall of the 24th.

* [[September 23]] - First day of [[Ramadan]].

* [[October 1]] - Jewish holiday of [[Yom Kippur]] begins at sundown. Ends at nightfall of the [[October 2|2nd]].

* [[October 21]] - Hindu festival of [[Diwali]].

* [[October 24]] - Islamic festival of [[Eid ul-Fitr]].

* [[October 31]] - [[Samhain]] [[Cross-quarter day]].

* [[December 15]] - [[Hannukah]].

* [[December 21]] - [[Wiccans]] celebrate the festival of [[Yule]]

* [[December 25]] - [[Christmas Day]] in the Western Church Calendar.

* [[December 31]] - Islamic festival of [[Eid ul-Adha]] begins (ends on [[January 2]], [[2007]]).

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* [[June 3]] - [[Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg]]

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* [[June 18]] - [[Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg]]

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* [[August 16]] - [[Princess Luisa of Savoy]]

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* [[September 6]] - [[Prince Hisahito of Akishino]], third in line to the throne of [[Japan]]

| title = Automation of the Franck-Hertz experiment and the Tel-X-Ometer x-ray machine using LABVIEW

| journal = American Journal of Physics

| volume = 71

| issue = 5

| pages = 501-506

| publisher = AAPT

| date = May 2003

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| doi = 10.1119/1.1527949

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===Articles about using LabVIEW in education===

==Deaths==

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===January===

| title = Teaching physical chemistry experiments with a computer simulation by LabVIEW

* [[January 3]] - [[Steve Rogers (rugby league footballer)|Steve Rogers]], Australian rugby player (b. [[1954]])

| journal = Journal of Chemical Education

* [[January 3]] - [[Bill Skate]], [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea]] (b. [[1954]])

| volume = 83

* [[January 4]] - Sheikh [[Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], [[Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]] (b. [[1946]])

| issue = 9

* [[January 6]] - [[Lou Rawls]], American singer (b. [[1933]])

| pages = 1353-1355

* [[January 8]] - [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford]], British politician (b. [[1943]])

| publisher = ACS

* [[January 14]] - [[Jim Gary]], American sculptor (b. [[1939]])

| date = Sep 2006

* [[January 14]] - [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (b. [[1920]])

| url = http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2006/Sep/abs1353.html

* [[January 15]] - [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], [[Emir of Kuwait]] (b. [[1926]])

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* [[January 19]] - [[Wilson Pickett]], American singer (b. [[1941]])

| id =

* [[January 21]] - [[Ibrahim Rugova]], first [[President of Kosovo]] (b. [[1944]])

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* [[January 27]] - [[Johannes Rau]], [[President of Germany]] (b. [[1931]])

* [[January 28]] - [[Yitzchak Kadouri]], Iraqi-born rabbi

* [[January 30]] - [[Coretta Scott King]], American civil rights activist and wife of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (b. [[1927]])

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===February===

| last = Moriarty PJ, Gallagher BL, Mellor CJ, Baines RR

* [[February 3]] - [[Al Lewis]], American actor (b. [[1923]])

| first =

* [[February 4]] - [[Betty Friedan]], American feminist, activist, and writer (b.[[1921]])

| authorlink =

* [[February 8]] - [[Ron Greenwood]], English football manager [[West Ham United F.C.]] and [[England National Football Team]] (b. [[1921]])

| coauthors =

* [[February 9]] - Sir [[Freddie Laker]], British airline entrepreneur (b. [[1922]])

| title = Graphical computing in the undergraduate laboratory: Teaching and interfacing with LabVIEW

* [[February 10]] - [[J Dilla]], American music producer (b. [[1974]])

| journal = American Journal of Physics

* [[February 12]] - [[Ken Hart]], American composer, journalist, and playwright (b. [[1917]])

| volume = 71

* [[February 13]] - [[P. F. Strawson]], English philosopher (b. [[1919]])

| issue = 10

* [[February 14]] - [[Shoshana Damari]], Israeli singer and actress (b. [[1923]])

| pages = 1062-1074

* [[February 15]] - [[Sun Yun-suan]], [[Premier of the Republic of China]] (b. [[1913]])

| publisher = AAPT

* [[February 16]] - [[Ernie Stautner]], German-born American football player (b. [[1925]])

| date = Oct 2003

* [[February 20]] - [[Lucjan Wolanowski]], Polish journalist, writer and traveler (b. [[1920]])

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* [[February 22]] - [[Sinnathamby Rajaratnam]], Singapore politician (b. [[1925]])

| doi = 10.1119/1.1582189

* [[February 23]] - [[Mauri Favén]], Finnish painter (b. [[1920]])

| id =

* [[February 23]] - [[Zarra]], Spanish footballer (b. [[1921]])

| accessdate = }}

* [[February 24]] - [[Don Knotts]], American actor (b. [[1924]])

* [[February 24]] - [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor (b. [[1924]])

* [[February 25]] - [[Darren McGavin]], American actor (b. [[1922]])

* [[February 27]] - [[Linda Smith (comedian)|Linda Smith]], English comedian (b. [[1958]])

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===March===

| last = Lauterburg

* [[March 1]] - [[Peter Osgood]], English footballer (b. [[1947]])

| first = Urs

* [[March 2]] - [[Jack Wild]], English actor (b. [[1952]])

| authorlink =

* [[March 3]] - [[William Herskovic]], Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. [[1914]])

| coauthors =

* [[March 4]] - [[Dave Rose]], American artist (b. [[1910]])

| title = LabVIEW in Physics Education

* [[March 4]] - [[Edgar Valter]], Estonian illustrator and cartoonist (b. [[1929]])

| journal = A white paper about using LabVIEW in physics demonstration and laboratory experiments and simulations.

* [[March 4]] - [[John Reynolds Gardiner]], American author and engineer (b. [[1944]])

| volume =

* [[March 6]] - [[Dana Reeve]], American actress, wife of [[Christopher Reeve]] (b. [[1961]])

| issue =

* [[March 6]] - [[Kirby Puckett]], U.S. baseball player (b. [[1960]])

| pages =

* [[March 6]] - [[King Floyd]], American singer (b. [[1945]])

| publisher =

* [[March 9]] - [[Hanka Bielicka]], Polish actress (b. [[1915]])

| date = June 2001

* [[March 9]] - [[John Profumo]], British politician (b. [[1915]])

| url = http://www.clab.unibe.ch/labview/whitepaper/LV-PhysicsWPScreen.pdf

* [[March 11]] - [[Bernie Geoffrion]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1931]])

| doi =

* [[March 11]] - [[Slobodan Milošević]], [[President of Serbia]] (b. [[1941]])

| id =

* [[March 13]] - [[Maureen Stapleton]], American actress (b. [[1925]])

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* [[March 13]] - [[Peter Tomarken]], American game show host (b. [[1942]])

* [[March 14]] - [[Lennart Meri]], [[President of Estonia]] (b. [[1929]])

* [[March 15]] - [[George Mackey]], American mathematician (b. [[1916]])

* [[March 23]] - [[Cindy Walker]], American songwriter (b. [[1918]])

* [[March 24]] - [[Lynne Perrie]], English actress (b. [[1931]])

* [[March 25]] - [[Rocio Durcal]], Spanish singer and actress (b. [[1944]])

* [[March 25]] - [[Buck Owens]], American musician (b. [[1929]])

* [[March 26]] - [[Paul Dana]], American race car driver (b. [[1975]])

* [[March 27]] - [[Stanislaw Lem]], Polish writer (b. [[1921]])

* [[March 28]] - [[Caspar Weinberger]], [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. [[1917]])

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===April===

| last = Drew SM

* [[April 2]] - [[Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg|Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg]], German wife of soldier [[Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg]] (b. [[1913]])

| first =

* [[April 4]] - [[Denis Donaldson]], Irish Republican informer (b. [[1950]])

| authorlink =

* [[April 5]] - [[Gene Pitney]], American singer (b. [[1941]])

| coauthors =

* [[April 8]] - [[Gerard Reve]], Dutch author (b. [[1923]])

| title = Integration of national instruments' LabVIEW software into the chemistry curriculum

* [[April 11]] - [[Proof (rapper)|Proof]], American rapper ([[D12]]) (b. [[1975]])

| journal = Journal of Chemical Education

* [[April 11]] - [[Les Foote]], Australian footballer (b. [[1924]])

| volume = 73

* [[April 11]] - [[June Pointer]], American singer (b. [[1953]])

| issue = 12

* [[April 12]] - [[Rajkumar]], Indian actor (b. [[1929]])

| pages = 1107-1111

* [[April 12]] - [[William Sloane Coffin]], American university chaplain and activist (b. [[1924]])

| publisher = ACS

* [[April 13]] - [[Muriel Spark]], Scottish novelist (b. [[1918]])

| date = Dec 1996

* [[April 15]] - [[Louise Smith]], American race car driver (b. [[1916]])

| url = http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/Dec/abs1107.html

* [[April 17]] - [[Calum Kennedy]], Scottish singer (b. [[1928]])

| doi =

* [[April 18]] - [[John Lyall]], British football player and manager (b. [[1940]])

| id =

* [[April 19]] - [[Scott Crossfield]], American pilot (b. [[1921]])

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* [[April 21]] - [[Telê Santana]], Brazilian footballer and coach (b. [[1931]])

* [[April 23]] - [[Alida Valli]], Italian actress (b. [[1921]])

* [[April 24]] - [[Nasreen Huq]], Bangladeshi social worker and human rights activist (b. [[1958]])

* [[April 24]] - [[Brian Labone]], English footballer (b. [[1940]])

* [[April 24]] - [[Steve Stavro]], Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. [[1927]])

* [[April 24]] - [[Moshe Teitelbaum]], Hungarian-born Hassidic rabbi (b. [[1914]])

* [[April 25]] - [[Jane Jacobs]], American-born writer and activist (b. [[1916]])

* [[April 25]] - [[Peter Law]], British politician (b. [[1948]])

* [[April 29]] - [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], Canadian economist (b. [[1908]])

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===May===

| last = Muyskens MA, Glass SV, Wietsma TW, Gray TM

* [[May 2]] - [[Louis Rukeyser]], American television host (b. [[1933]])

| first =

* [[May 3]] - [[Karel Appel]], Dutch painter (b. [[1921]])

| authorlink =

* [[May 3]] - [[Pramod Mahajan]], [[BJP]] politician and strategist (b. [[1949]])

| coauthors =

* [[May 3]] - [[Earl Woods]], American athlete and father of [[Tiger Woods]] (b. [[1932]])

| title = Data acquisition in the chemistry laboratory using LabVIEW software

* [[May 6]] - [[Lillian Asplund]], last American survivor of the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] disaster (b. [[1906]])

| journal = Journal of Chemical Education

* [[May 6]] - [[Shigeru Kayano]], Japanese activist (b. [[1926]])

| volume = 73

* [[May 7]] - [[Richard Carleton]], Australian journalist (b. [[1943]])

| issue = 12

* [[May 7]] - [[Steve Bender]], German musician ([[Dschinghis Khan]]) (b. [[1946]])

| pages = 1112-1114

* [[May 8]] - [[Iain MacMillan]], British photographer (b. [[1938]])

| publisher = ACS

* [[May 10]] - [[Val Guest]], British film director (b. [[1911]])

| date = Dec 1996

* [[May 10]] - [[Soraya (musician)|Soraya]], Colombian-born singer and musician (b. [[1969]])

| url = http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/Dec/abs1112.html

* [[May 11]] - [[Yossi Banai]], Israeli singer and actor (b. [[1932]])

| doi =

* [[May 11]] - [[Floyd Patterson]], American boxer (b. [[1935]])

| id =

* [[May 13]] - [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], American historian (b. [[1923]])

| accessdate = }}

* [[May 16]] - [[Jorge Porcel]], Argentine actor (b. [[1936]])

* [[May 19]] - [[Freddie Garrity]], English singer ([[Freddie and the Dreamers]]) (b. [[1940]])

* [[May 21]] - [[Katherine Dunham]], American dancer, choreographer, and songwriter (b. [[1909]])

* [[May 22]] - [[Lee Jong-wook]], Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. [[1945]])

* [[May 23]] - [[Lloyd Bentsen]], American politician (b. [[1921]])

* [[May 24]] - [[Anderson Mazoka]], Zambian politician (b. [[1943]])

* [[May 25]] - [[Desmond Dekker]], Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. [[1941]])

* [[May 25]] - [[Tobías Lasser]], Venezuelan botanist (b. [[1911]])

* [[May 25]] - [[Kari S. Tikka]], Finnish professor (b. [[1944]])

* [[May 26]] - [[Édouard Michelin (born 1963)|Édouard Michelin]], French businessman (b. [[1963]])

* [[May 27]] - [[Alex Toth]], American comic book artist and cartoonist (b. [[1928]])

* [[May 29]] - [[Masumi Okada]], Japanese actor (b. [[1935]])

* [[May 30]] - [[Shohei Imamura]], Japanese film director (b. [[1926]])

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===June===

| last = Ogren PJ, Jones TP

* [[June 1]] - [[Rocio Jurado]], Spanish singer and actress (b. [[1944]])

| first =

* [[June 6]] - [[Arnold Newman]], American photographer (b. [[1918]])

| authorlink =

* [[June 6]] - [[Billy Preston]], American artist and musician (b. [[1946]])

| coauthors =

* [[June 6]] - [[Hilton Ruiz]], Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. [[1952]])

| title = Laboratory interfacing using the LabVIEW software package

* [[June 7]] - [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], Jordanian militant (b. [[1966]])

| journal = Journal of Chemical Education

* [[June 7]] - [[John Tenta]], Canadian Professional wrestler, formerly a [[Sumo wrestler]](b. [[1963]])

| volume = 73

* [[June 12]] - [[Chakufwa Chihana]], Malawi politician (b. [[1939]])

| issue = 12

* [[June 12]] - [[György Ligeti]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1923]])

| pages = 1115-1116

* [[June 12]] - [[Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian businessman and art collector (b. [[1923]])

| publisher = ACS

* [[June 13]] - [[Charles Haughey]], [[Prime Minister of Ireland]] (b. [[1925]])

| date = Dec 1996

* [[June 13]] - [[Hiroyuki Iwaki]], Japanese conductor and percussionist (b. [[1932]])

| url = http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/Dec/abs1115.html

* [[June 14]] - [[Jean Roba]], Belgian comics author (b. [[1930]])

| doi =

* [[June 15]] - [[Raymond Devos]], French humorist (b. [[1922]])

| id =

* [[June 17]] - [[Bussunda]], Brazilian comedian (b. [[1962]])

| accessdate = }}

* [[June 18]] - [[Gica Petrescu]], Romanian musician (b. [[1915]])

* [[June 23]] - [[Aaron Spelling]], American television producer (b. [[1923]])

* [[June 24]] - [[Patsy Ramsey]], Mother of slain 6-year-old JonBenet,(b. [[1956]])

* [[June 25]] - [[Arif Mardin]], Turkish-born music producer (b. [[1932]])

* [[June 25]] - [[Jaap Penraat]], Dutch architect and resistance fighter (b. [[1918]])

* [[June 30]] - [[Robert Gernhardt]], German satirist (b. [[1937]])

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===July= Alternatives ==

National Instruments also offers a product called [http://www.ni.com/mstudio/ Measurement Studio], which offers many of the test, measurement and control capabilities of LabVIEW, as a set of classes for use with [[Microsoft]] [[Visual Studio]]. This allows developers to harness some of LabVIEW's strengths within the text-based [[.NET framework]].

* [[July 1]] - [[Ryutaro Hashimoto]], 53rd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1937]])

* [[July 1]] - [[Fred Trueman]], English cricketer (b. [[1931]])

* [[July 5]] - [[Gert Fredriksson]], Swedish kayaker (b. [[1919]])

* [[July 5]] - [[Kenneth Lay]], American businessman (b. [[1942]])

* [[July 6]] - [[Kasey Rogers]], American actress, author, and biker (b. [[1925]])

* [[July 7]] - [[Tom Weir]], Scottish climber, author, and broadcaster (b. [[1914]])

* [[July 7]] - [[Rudi Carrell]], Dutch entertainer (b. [[1934]])

* [[July 7]] - [[Syd Barrett]], English singer, songwriter, and guitarist ([[Pink Floyd]]) (b. [[1946]])

* [[July 8]] - [[June Allyson]], American actress (b. [[1917]])

* [[July 8]] - [[Catherine Leroy]], French photographer (b. [[1945]])

* [[July 10]] - [[Shamil Basayev]], Chechen rebel (b. [[1965]])

* [[July 11]] - [[Ross M. Lence]], American political scientist (b. [[1943]])

* [[July 11]] - [[John Spencer]], British snooker player (b. [[1935]])

* [[July 13]] - [[Red Buttons]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1919]])

* [[July 16]] - [[Bob Orton]], American wrestler (b. [[1929]])

* [[July 17]] - [[Mickey Spillane]], American writer (b. [[1918]])

* [[July 18]] - [[Raul Cortez]], Brazilian actor (b. [[1931]])

* [[July 19]] - [[Jack Warden]], American actor (b. [[1920]])

* [[July 20]] - [[Lim Kim San]], Singapore politician (b. [[1916]])

* [[July 20]] - [[Ted Grant]], British politician (b. [[1913]])

* [[July 21]] - [[Ta Mok]], Cambodian military leader (b. [[1926]])

* [[July 21]] - [[Mako (actor)|Mako Iwamatsu]], Japanese-born actor (b. [[1933]])

* [[July 22]] - [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountain climber (b. [[1965]])

* [[July 22]] - [[Gianfrancesco Guarnieri]], Italian-born Brazilian actor and playwright (b.[[1934]])

* [[July 25]] - [[Hani Mohsin]], Malaysian actor (b. [[1965]])

* [[July 28]] - [[David Gemmell]], British author (b. [[1948]])

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National Instruments also offers [http://www.ni.com/lwcvi/ LabWindows/CVI] as an alternative for ANSI C programmers.

===August===

* [[August 3]] - [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], German-born soprano (b. [[1915]])

* [[August 4]] - [[John Dorian]], American physician (b. [[1992]])

* [[August 9]] - [[James van Allen]], American physicist (b. [[1914]])

* [[August 11]] - [[Mike Douglas]], American entertainer (b. [[1925]])

* [[August 13]] - [[Tony Jay]], English-born actor (b. [[1933]])

* [[August 13]] - [[Payao Poontarat]], Thai boxer (b. [[1957]])

* [[August 15]] - [[Te Atairangi Kaahu]], Maori queen (b. [[1931]])

* [[August 15]] - [[Faas Wilkes]], former Dutch football player(b. [[1923]])

* [[August 16]] - [[Alfredo Stroessner]], [[President of Paraguay]] (b. [[1912]])

* [[August 20]] - [[Joe Rosenthal]], American photographer (b. [[1911]])

* [[August 21]] - [[Bismillah Khan]], Indian musician (b. [[1916]])

* [[August 21]] - [[S. Yizhar]], Israeli writer (b. [[1916]])

* [[August 23]] - [[Maynard Ferguson]], Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. [[1928]])

* [[August 23]] - [[Wolfgang Priklopil]], Austrian kidnapper of Natascha Kampusch (b. [[1962]])

* [[August 26]] - [[Rainer Barzel]], German politician (b. [[1924]])

* [[August 26]] - [[Clyde Walcott]], Barbadian cricketer (b. [[1926]])

* [[August 27]] - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], Indian filmmaker (b. [[1922]])

* [[August 30]] - [[Glenn Ford]], Canadian actor (b. [[1916]])

* [[August 30]] - [[Naguib Mahfouz]], Egyptian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]])

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[[Agilent Technologies]] positions their [[Agilent VEE|VEE]] product as a similar alternative to LabVIEW.

===September===

[[Image:Steve Irwin.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Crocodile Hunter]] [[Steve Irwin]]]]

* [[September 2]] - [[Charlie Williams (comedian)|Charlie Williams]], British comedian (b. [[1927]])

* [[September 2]] - [[Bob Mathias]], American athlete (b. [[1930]])

* [[September 2]] - [[Willi Ninja]], American dancer and choreographer (b. [[1961]])

* [[September 4]] - [[Steve Irwin]], Australian environmentalist and television personality (b. [[1962]])

* [[September 4]] - [[Giacinto Facchetti]], Italian footballer (b. [[1942]])

* [[September 4]] - [[Colin Thiele]], Australian author and educator (b. [[1920]])

* [[September 8]] - [[Hilda Bernstein]], English-born author, artist, and activist (b. [[1915]])

* [[September 8]] - [[Peter Brock]], Australian race car driver (b. [[1945]])

* [[September 9]] - [[Richard Burmer]], American composer, sound designer, and electronic musician (b. [[1955]])

* [[September 9]] - [[William B. Ziff, Jr.]], American publishing executive (b. [[1930]])

* [[September 10]] - [[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]], [[King of Tonga]] (b. [[1918]])

* [[September 11]] - [[Joachim Fest]], German historian and journalist (b. [[1926]])

* [[September 11]] - [[Johannes Bob van Benthem]], Dutch lawyer (b. [[1921]])

* [[September 13]] - [[Ann Richards]], Governor of Texas, USA (b. [[1933]])

* [[September 14]] - [[Elizabeth Choy]], Singapore World War II hero (b. [[1910]])

* [[September 15]] - [[Oriana Fallaci]], Italian journalist (b. [[1929]])

* [[September 15]] - [[Abe Saffron]], Australian nightclub owner and property developer (b. [[1920]])

* [[September 16]] - [[Rob Levin]], American computer programmer, head of [[FreeNode]] and [[PDPC]] (b. [[1955]])

* [[September 17]] - [[Patricia Kennedy Lawford]], American socialite, sister of [[John F. Kennedy]], wife of entertainer [[Peter Lawford]] (b. [[1924]])

* [[September 17]] - [[Dorothy C. Stratton]], Director of the [[United States Coast Guard]] Women's Reserve, [[SPARS]] (b. [[1899]])

* [[September 19]] - [[Roy Schuiten]], Dutch cyclist (b. [[1950]])

* [[September 20]] - [[Armin Jordan]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1932]])

* [[September 20]] - [[John W. Peterson]], American composer (b. [[1921]])

* [[September 23]] - [[Malcolm Arnold]], English composer (b. [[1921]])

* [[September 23]] - [[Aladár Pege]], Hungarian musician(b. [[1939]])

* [[September 24]] - [[Tetsuro Tamba]], Japanese actor (b. [[1922]])

* [[September 26]] - [[Byron Nelson]], American golfer (b. [[1912]])

* [[September 26]] - [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], American propagandist for Japan in World War II (b. [[1916]])

* [[September 29]] - [[Walter Hadlee]], New Zealand cricketer (b. [[1915]])

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===October= See also ==

* [[Data acquisition]]

* [[October 6]] - [[Buck O'Neil]], American Negro League baseball player (b. [[1911]])

* [[Graphical programming]]

* [[October 6]] - [[Wilson Tucker]], American writer (b. [[1914]])

* [[National Instruments]]

* [[October 7]] - [[Anna Politkovskaya]], American-born Russian journalist (b. [[1958]])

* [[Virtual instrumentation]]

* [[October 8]] - [[Mark Porter]], New Zealand race car driver (racing accident) (b. [[1975]])

* [[Agilent VEE]]

* [[October 9]] - [[Paul Hunter]], British snooker player (b. [[1978]])

* [[ATEasy]]

* [[October 11]] - [[Cory Lidle]], U.S. baseball player (b. [[1972]])

* [[October 14]] - [[Freddy Fender]], American singer (b. [[1937]])

* [[October 16]] - [[Lister Sinclair]], Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. [[1921]])

* [[October 16]] - [[Valentín Paniagua]], [[President of Peru]] (b. [[1936]])

* [[October 18]] - [[Anna Russell]], British-born comedian and music satirist (b. [[1911]])

* [[October 28]] - [[Red Auerbach]], American basketball coach and official (b. [[1917]])

* [[October 28]] - [[Trevor Berbick]], Jamaican boxer (b. [[1955]])

* [[October 31]] - [[Pieter Willem Botha]], [[State President of South Africa]] (b. [[1916]])

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== External links ==

===November===

* [http://www.ni.com/labview/ Official Home Page] - The National Instruments web site for the LabVIEW product line.

* [[November 1]] - [[William Styron]], American writer (b. [[1925]])

* [http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361B-01/ LabVIEW Help] - NI's entire set of online help documentation for LabVIEW 8.2.

* [[November 2]] - [[Adrien Douady]], French mathematician (b. [[1935]])

* [http://www.ni.com/labviewzone Official LabVIEW Community Home Page] - NI's "LabVIEW Zone" web site.

* [[November 2]] - [[Wally Foreman]], Australian sports commentator (b. [[1948]])

* [[November 3]] - [[Paul Mauriat]], French musician (b. [[1925]])

* [[November 5]] - [[Mustafa Bülent Ecevit]], Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist (b. [[1925]])

* [[November 5]] - [[Samuel Bowers]], American Ku Klux Klansman and convicted killer (b. [[1924]])

* [[November 7]] - [[Bryan Pata]], American college football player (b. [[1984]])

* [[November 8]] - [[Basil Poledouris]], American composer (b. [[1945]])

* [[November 9]] - [[Ed Bradley]], American journalist (b. [[1941]])

* [[November 10]] - [[Gerald Levert]], American singer (b. [[1966]])

* [[November 10]] - [[Jack Palance]], American actor (b. [[1919]])

* [[November 11]] - [[Belinda Emmett]], Australian actress and singer (b. [[1974]])

* [[November 16]] - [[Milton Friedman]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1912]])

* [[November 17]] - [[Ferenc Puskás]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1927]])

* [[November 17]] - [[Bo Schembechler]], American football coach (b. [[1929]])

* [[November 17]] - [[Ruth Brown]], American singer (b. [[1928]])

* [[November 20]] - [[Robert Altman]], American film director (b. [[1925]])

* [[November 20]] - [[Andre Waters]], American football player (b. [[1962]])

* [[November 21]] - [[Pierre Amine Gemayel]], Lebanese politician (b. [[1972]])

* [[November 22]] - [[John Allan Cameron]], Canadian musician (b. [[1938]])

* [[November 23]] - [[Alexander Litvinenko]], Russian-born spy (b. [[1962]])

* [[November 23]] - [[Philippe Noiret]], French actor (b. [[1930]])

* [[November 23]] - [[Anita O'Day]], American singer (b. [[1919]])

* [[November 23]] - [[Willie Pep]], American boxer (b. [[1922]])

* [[November 24]] - [[Walter Booker]], American jazz bassist (b. [[1933]])

* [[November 24]] - [[Juice Leskinen]], Finnish singer and songwriter (b. [[1950]])

* [[November 25]] - [[Leo Chiosso]], Italian poet (b. [[1920]])

* [[November 25]] - [[Valentin Elizalde]], Mexican singer (b. [[1979]])

* [[November 25]] - [[Phyllis Fraser|Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner]] American actress, journalist and children's book publisher (b. [[1916]])

* [[November 26]] - [[Dave Cockrum]], American comic book artist (b. [[1943]])

* [[November 27]] - [[Alan Freeman]], Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey (b. [[1927]])

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* [[December 3]] - [[Logan Whitehurst]], American comedy singer (b. [[1977]])

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* [[December 3]] - [[Craig Hinton]], British novelist (b. [[1964]])

* [[December 5]] - [[David Bronstein]], Ukrainian chess grandmaster (b. [[1924]])

* [[December 7]] - [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], American political theorist and U.N. ambassador (b. [[1926]])

* [[December 7]] - [[J. B. Hunt]], American trucking magnate (b. [[1927]])

* [[December 8]] - [[Jose Uribe]], Dominican [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1959]])

* [[December 10]] - [[Augusto Pinochet]], self-appointed [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1915]])

* [[December 12]] - [[Paul Arizin]], American basketball player (b. [[1928]])

* [[December 12]] - [[Peter Boyle]], American actor (b. [[1935]])

* [[December 12]] - [[Raymond P. Shafer]], 38th [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (b. [[1917]])

* [[December 13]] - [[Lamar Hunt]], American sports executive (b. [[1932]])

* [[December 14]] - [[Ahmet Ertegün]], Turkish record executive (b. [[1923]])

* [[December 14]] - [[Michael Jonas Evans|Mike Evans]], American actor (b. [[1949]])

* [[December 15]] - [[Clay Regazzoni]], Swiss race car driver (b. [[1939]])

* [[December 16]] - [[Don Jardine]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. [[1940]])

* [[December 18]] - [[Joseph Barbera]], American animator (b. [[1911]])

* [[December 20]] - [[Ma Ji]], Chinese actor (b. [[1934]])

* [[December 21]] - [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], [[President of Turkmenistan]] (b. [[1940]])

* [[December 22]] - [[Elena Mukhina]], Russian gymnast (b. [[1960]])

* [[December 23]] - [[Robert Stafford]], American politician (b. [[1913]])

* [[December 23]] - [[Dutch Mason]], Canadian blues musician (b. [[1938]])

* [[December 24]] - [[Braguinha (composer)|Braguinha]], Brazilian songwriter (b. [[1907]])

* [[December 24]] - [[Charlie Drake]], English comedian (b. [[1925]])

* [[December 24]] - [[Frank Stanton]], American television executive (b. [[1908]])

* [[December 25]] - [[James Brown]], American singer (b. [[1933]])

* [[December 26]] - [[Gerald R. Ford]], 38th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1913]])

* [[December 26]] - [[Chris Brown (baseball player)|Chris Brown]], U.S. baseball player (b. [[1961]])

* [[December 30]] - [[Saddam Hussein]], 5th [[President of Iraq]], executed in Baghdad (b. [[1937]])

* [[December 30]] - [[Antony Lambton|Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton]], British politician (b. [[1922]])

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==Nobel Prizes==

[[Category:Numerical software]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Roger D. Kornberg]]

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* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Edmund Phelps]]

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* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Orhan Pamuk]]

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* [[Nobel Prize for Peace|Peace]] - [[Muhammad Yunus]] and the [[Grameen Bank]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[John C. Mather]], [[George F. Smoot]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Andrew Z. Fire]], [[Craig C. Mello]]

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==2006 in fiction and popular culture==

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* ''[[The Bible Code (book)|The Bible Code]]'' (1997): According to purported codes hidden in the [[Torah]], the apocalypse was to have occurred in 2006. Nuclear wars, major destructive earthquakes, etc., were predicted for 2006 based on Bible Codes.

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* ''[[Kid Gravity]]'': According to [[Penny Galactica's]] robot UNI, the first year we build cities on [[Mars]].

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** ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]'' (2006): The first half of the game is set in 1978; the second half is set in 2006.

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** ''[[BattleTanx: Global Assault]]'' (1999)

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** ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent]]''

** The popular Nintendo 64 game, "Perfect Dark" had the "Carrington Institute" created in 2006. (2000.)

** ''[[Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''(1999)

** ''[[Dead Rising]]''(2006)

===Literature===

* ''[[Seven Ancient Wonders]]'' by [[Matthew Reilly]] (2005): [[March 20]] is the day of the coming of [[Tartarus]].

===Music===

* ''[[Briefcase Full of Blues]]'' by the [[Blues Brothers]] (1978): On the opening track "[[I Can't Turn You Loose]]," [[Elwood Blues]] laments that the [[blues]] will exist only in the [[classical music]] records department of your local [[public library]] by 2006.

* "[[When I'm Sixty-Four]]" was written by [[Paul McCartney]] when he was a teenager in the 1950s, but wasn't recorded until late 1966 when his own father turned 64; it was released in 1967 on the ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album; McCartney turned 64 on [[June 18]], 2006.

===Television===

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':

** "[[Aliens of London]]" and "[[World War Three (Doctor Who)|World War Three]]" (both 2005): Set in March

** "[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]" (2005): Set in September

** "[[The Christmas Invasion]]" (2005): Set on [[December 24]]-[[December 25]]

* ''[[Jeremiah (TV series)|Jeremiah]]'' (2002-2004): A viral plague kills every human being that has entered puberty, leaving only children alive.

* ''[[Life on Mars (TV series)|Life on Mars]]'' (2006-2007): Central character Sam Tyler travels in time from 2006 to 1973.

* ''[[South Park]]'' ("[[My Future Self n' Me]]," 2002): An actor portraying a future version of [[Stan Marsh]] tells his younger counterpart that he'll be sent to [[juvenile hall]] sometime during the course of the year.

* ''[[The West Wing]]'': on [[November 8]], [[Congressman]] [[Matt Santos]] of [[Texas]] defeats [[Senator]] [[Arnold Vinick]] of [[California]] in the [[The West Wing presidential election, 2006|2006 US presidential election]].

*''[[General Hospital]]'': on [[November 16]], [[Luke and Laura]] celebrate their 25th anniversary by remarrying.

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