Timeline February 2006

Events in February 2006 7

• 1921 – 2006 Betty Friedan (1921-2006) Died 4 February 2006, aged 85 Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique" and co-founder of the National Organization for Women, died on her 85th birthday. Her 1963 book is widely credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism. She remained an influential feminist voice until her death.
• 1924 – 2006 Don Knotts (1924-2006) Died 24 February 2006, aged 81 Don Knotts, the American actor and comedian best known as Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," died of pulmonary and respiratory complications. He won five Emmy Awards for the role. His comic timing made him one of television's most recognizable character actors.
• 2005 – 2006 Cartoons Crisis Jyllands-Posten Controversy International crisis sparked by the publication of drawings of Muhammad, raising debates on free speech.
• 2006 Muhammad cartoons controversy escalates Global protests over Danish newspaper drawings Reprinting of Jyllands-Posten's cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad by other European papers triggered mass protests across the Muslim world. Danish embassies were attacked and boycotts of Danish goods spread widely. The episode became a flashpoint in debates over free speech and religious sensitivity.
• 2006 Youngest All-Star Game MVP LeBron wins the All-Star Game MVP award, becoming the youngest player to receive that honour.
• 2006 2006 Winter Olympics XX Winter Games - Turin Italy hosted for the second time; winner: Germany.
• 2006 Al-Askari Mosque bombing Attack on Samarra's Shia shrine Bombers destroyed the golden dome of the al-Askari Shrine, one of Shia Islam's holiest sites, in Samarra, Iraq. The attack unleashed a wave of sectarian reprisal killings between Sunni and Shia militias. It marked a sharp escalation of Iraq's sectarian civil conflict.