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September 2006 Timeline

September 3
Spain won the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan

September 3
Andre Agassi retired from professional tennis

September 4
Steve Irwin, “Crocodile Hunter” was killed by a stingray barb that pierced his chest

September 4
A Jordanian gunman opened fire at tourists in the Jordanian capital Amman killed 1 and injured 6 people

September 5
Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect by the Federal Electoral Tribunal

September 6
Japan's Princess Kiko has given birth to a baby boy

September 8
At least 33 people died and 100 were wounded in dual explosions near a mosque in the western Indian city of Malegaon

September 8
A suicide car bombing killed 11 civilians and two US service members near the US. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan

September 9
Maria Sharapova won the 2006 US Open

September 10
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher announced his retirement at the end of season

September 10
Roger Federer won the 2006 US Open

September 11
Tongan King Tupou IV died in age of 88

September 12
More than 42 people were killed and dozens more were injured in a stampede at an election campaign rally for the Yemeni president at a stadium in the southern province of Ibb

September 12
11 people were killed and at least a dozen more people were injured in an explosion in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir

September 13
Egyptian dredger sunk in the Suez canal, killing 2 people and briefly closed the Suez canal

September 13
A gunmen opened fire in Montreal college, killing one student and wounding at least 19 others

September 13
George Soros donated $50m to the United Nations to help tackle poverty and Aids in Africa

September 14
Pope's speech at a German university angered the Muslims around the world

September 17
Moderate party won the Swedish general elections

September 18
An agreement aimed at improving living conditions for the people of Gibraltar was signed by the ministers from Britain, Spain and Gibraltar in Cordoba

September 18
Violent anti-government protests in Budapest erupted after Prime Minister Gyurcsany revealed his government had lied during elections

September 19
Military coup in Thailand

September 22
23 died and 10 were injured when an elevated magnetic train crashed near Lathen in north-western Germany

September 23
Toomas Hendrik Ilves was elected Estonia's new president

September 25
At least 47 people, among them 17 children, were killed in a bus crash near the Ecuadorean capital, Quito

September 26
Shinzo Abe became the Prime minister of Japan

September 29
Gol flight 1907 crashed in the Amazon rainforest, Brasil, killing all 155 people on board

September 29
Republican congressman Mark Foley resigned over an explicit e-mail scandal

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