Events That Happened in Aug 2006

Aug 2006 Events

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2006 Aug John Mayer releases "Waiting on the World to Change" single
"Waiting on the World to Change" is the first single released from John Mayer's 2006 studio album, Continuum. The song enjoyed commercial success as a single and won the Grammy for Best M...
2006 Aug The Best Of Both Worlds (Single)
"The Best of Both Worlds" is a song performed by Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana, her character on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana. "The Best of Both Worlds" is also the official t...
2006 Aug 1 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-3
So if Rudy Seanez never threw over, and none of the Red Sox infielders bothered to pay any attention, do you credit the black bird with a steal in the top of the ninth or do you call it d...
2006 Aug 1 "The Fifth Element" Rifftrax is Released
Long before the exceedingly boxy, strange-looking car, there was another Element: The Fifth Element, a clown-headed young woman in orange rubber lederhosen who held the key to saving e...
2006 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 6-5
Wily Mo Peña, fresh off his near-maiming of a man in the front row of the Monster seats, sat in the Red Sox dugout, looking at the few fans leaving the park with two outs in the bottom of...
2006 Aug 3 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-6
Christina Aguilera's song ``Ain't No Other Man" blared in the visitors' clubhouse after the Indians' 7-6 victory over the Red Sox last night at Fenway Park. It seemed a fitting postgam...
2006 Aug 4 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The (old) joke making its way around the Red Sox clubhouse has something to do with ice. It has something to do with David Ortiz's back. Or, as Coco Crisp suggeste...
2006 Aug 4
to 2006 Aug 7
 Lollapalooza 2006
Day 1 Recap It's in the mid-80's, not a cloud in the sky, a backdrop of some of the world's most inspiring big-city architecture, and music in styles ranging from the gorgeous, "rainin...
2006 Aug 4 Metalocalypse Premiers on Adult Swim Video
Metalocalypse made its Adult Swim Video debut on August 4, 2006, with its television debut two days later. The first episode is entitled "The Curse of Dethklok" and features the band str...
2006 Aug 4 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby released
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 United States comedy film about NASCAR racing. The film is directed by Adam McKay, who co-wrote the film with Will Ferrell. The film ...
2006 Aug 4 Typhoon Saomai
The most powerful typhoon to hit China in a half century killed 104 people and left at least 190 missing Friday after it blacked out cities and smashed more than 50,000 houses in the sou...
2006 Aug 5 2006 Amsterdam Gay Pride Parade
This weekend marks the highlight of the gay calendar in Amsterdam, Gay Pride Amsterdam, also known as Amsterdam Pride. As one of the most popular gay pride celebrations in the world, the ...
2006 Aug 5 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- At this rate, the demand for Javy Lopez souvenir Red Sox jerseys may be slow to develop. Given a golden chance to give his new fan base a reason to celebrate hi...
2006 Aug 6 Entourage Season 3 Episode 9
Vince and the entourage head to Las Vegas for a vacation and for Vince to make a special promotional appearance for $100,000. Seth Green repeatedly harasses Eric about Sloan. Drama mislea...
2006 Aug 6 "Leeroy Jenkins" Charges Into Battle
Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes misspelled Leroy Jenkins and often elongated with numerous additional letters, is an Internet phenomenon named for a player character created by Ben Schultz in B...
2006 Aug 6 Slayer Releases "Christ Illusion"
Christ Illusion is the ninth studio album by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on August 8, 2006, the album received generally favorable critical reviews, and it entered the...
2006 Aug 6 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-6
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The bottle of Jean Paul Gaultier cologne, the French fragrance David Ortiz had found so appealing a couple of nights earlier, was delivered to the visitors' clubho...
2006 Aug 7 Apple Releases Mac Pro
An Intel-based replacement for the Power Mac G5 had long been expected prior to the release of the Mac Pro. The iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro had moved to an Intel-based archite...
2006 Aug 8 "It's About Time" Is Released
It's About Time is the debut studio album from the Jonas Brothers. It was released in August 8, 2006 from their then-label Columbia Records. The album did very well in the Christian genre...
2006 Aug 8 Jonas Brothers release their first album It's About Time
2006 Aug 8 Kansas City Royals defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- They need to beat up the Kansas Cities on the schedule before they run into the Detroits, New Yorks, Los Angeleses, Seattles, and Oaklands, which they will see on that...
2006 Aug 8 Ketamine Found to Give Almost Immediate Relief for Severe Depression
Symptoms of depression can be made to disappear in less than two hours with a common anesthetic, not the weeks or months required for onset of relief with traditional antidepressants, acc...
2006 Aug 8 Lupe Fiasco releases "I Gotcha" single
"I Gotcha" is the second single from Lupe Fiasco's debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. The song was produced by Pharrell Williams, who also provides background vocals. 1. "I G...
2006 Aug 9 Kansas City Royals defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Remember when Red Sox Nation was ready to panic in the streets? It was premature. But maybe now . . . When you can no longer rely on Jonathan Papelbon to close out ...
2006 Aug 10 Kansas City Royals defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- One thing is obvious: The Red Sox pitching staff really misses Jason Varitek. Nobody is pointing fingers at Javy Lopez and Doug Mirabelli, but the small nuances of ...
2006 Aug 11 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 9-2
Guy Spina, the longtime Sox employee now working as the press dining room attendant, had a flashback last night as he watched Mike Lowell lying face down in the dirt at home plate. ``I...
2006 Aug 12 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 8-7
Now a new twist to an old story line: the walkoff error. And another sleepless night for Dominic DiMaggio. Sometime next winter, when you crack open the Whitman's Sampler of Red Sox...
2006 Aug 12 Hannah Montana Season 1 Episode 13
Hannah Montana becomes the "poster child" for Magic Glo skin care. But when she catches a glimpse of the billboard, there's a tomato sized zit on her forehead. Lilly's dog eats her contac...
2006 Aug 13 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 11-9
Relieved and exhilarated -- but mostly relieved -- Jonathan Papelbon punctuated his postgame fist pump with a pointed finger at Mike Lowell. And then a hug. Because, even if he hadn't hit...
2006 Aug 13 Entourage Season 3 Episode 10
On the day of a record signing for Saigon, Drama and Turtle make an attempt to find him when he fails to arrive. Ari dumps an old-school producer on Eric who may have Vince's next project...
2006 Aug 14 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-4
No one should presume that the Detroit Tigers are a mere warmup act this week to the Yankees, not when the Tigers arrive in Fenway Park with the best record in baseball, even if burdened ...
2006 Aug 14 Tom Lakin loses law license
Once the most powerful lawyer in southern Illinois, Lowell Thomas Lakin has voluntarily given up his license to practice law in Illinois. According to the Attorney Registration and Dis...
2006 Aug 15 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-2
Confusion reigned. Was the ball fair or foul? Was Craig Monroe out at first? What, exactly, had just transpired? None of the answers was immediately apparent. But, as the minutes ticke...
2006 Aug 15 Snoop Dogg Releases Single "Vato"
Vato is the first single by Snoop Dogg from his album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. The song features B-Real and was produced by The Neptunes. The word "Vato" is Chicano slang for "homie". T...
2006 Aug 16 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 6-4
The Red Sox, who have been casting about for a lefthanded hitter for some time, last night came to terms on a deal with Carlos Peña, the Haverhill native and former Northeastern star who ...
2006 Aug 17 "Bas Rutten Street Defense" - Everybody Underestimates the Kick to the Groin.
Bas Rutten produced a series of self defense instructional videos. I hope I never get into a situation that will require these brutal techniques, but damn he makes it look easy.
2006 Aug 17
to 2006 Aug 20
 Tiger Woods wins his 12th major at the 88th PGA Championship
The PGA Championship returned to Medinah for the first time since 1999 when Tiger Woods captured his first PGA Championship. At the longest course in major championship history, Tiger Woo...
2006 Aug 17 UFC Fight Night 6
UFC Fight Night 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 17, 2006. The event took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas, Ne...
2006 Aug 18 Hannah Montana Season 1 Episode 14
A new kid in school makes Miley jealous so she confesses her secret (of being Hannah) to this week in Hollywood Bree Samuels at school. Now she must try to cover it up, and make it seem l...
2006 Aug 18 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-4
Manny Ramírez pulled one of his occasional disappearing acts into the left-field scoreboard during a pitching change last night. Given the exhibition of sorry pitching he was required to ...
2006 Aug 18 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 14-11
Manny Ramírez pulled one of his occasional disappearing acts into the left-field scoreboard during a pitching change last night. Given the exhibition of sorry pitching he was required to ...
2006 Aug 18 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" Rifftrax is Released
The bittersweet sequel to Star Treks I, II, III and IV was indeed the "Final Frontier", one last voyage for our heroic Captain Kirk and the brave crew of the Enterprise – except for anoth...
2006 Aug 18 The Illusionist released
The Illusionist is a 2006 period drama written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. Based loosely on Steven Millhauser's story "Eisenhe...
2006 Aug 19 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 13-5
The Red Sox brass set sail on John Henry's big boat last night. The owner held a party to celebrate the engagement of his star general manager, Theo Epstein. Nice gesture. Toasts all arou...
2006 Aug 20 DJ AM Appears in Entourage Episode "What About Bob?"
[Goldstein's] reality television appearances include Punk'd, where his former fiancée, Nicole Richie, was the subject of a practical joke, and the third season of The Simple Life. Goldste...
2006 Aug 20 Entourage Season 3 Episode 11
Eric, Ari, and Bob pitch the Ramones film project to the studios. which causes a power struggle between Ari and Bob. Turtle wants a pair of limited-edition shoes which Vince tries to buy ...
2006 Aug 20 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-5
How could it get worse? Here's how it could get worse. The Red Sox can't hold a 5-3 lead entering the eighth. Derek Jeter fists a two-out game-tying single to right in the ninth. The R...
2006 Aug 21 Keane releases "Crystal Ball" single
"Crystal Ball" is a song performed and composed by English rock band Keane, and featured on their second studio album, Under the Iron Sea. The song was released on 21 August 2006 as the t...
2006 Aug 21 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-1
On Friday, while Cory Lidle's new team drubbed the Red Sox in both games of a day-night doubleheader, the righthander was in Southern California, home for the funeral of his 97-year-old g...