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Events on Sunday 10 December 2006 1
1915 – 2006Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006)Died 10 December 2006, aged 91Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator who ruled from 1973 to 1990, died while facing numerous charges for human rights abuses and corruption. His seventeen-year rule was marked by the killing and disappearance of thousands of opponents. He never stood trial for the crimes committed under his regime.