Date | Event |
2006 |
Dieter Acker Died |
2006 |
Vasif Adigozalov Died |
2006 |
Malcolm Arnold Died |
2006 |
Erik Bergman Died |
April
06
2006 |
Augustyn Bloch Died |
February
08
2006 |
Akira Ifukube Died |
2006 |
Marcelo Koc Died |
2006 |
Jan Koetsier Died |
2006 |
György Ligeti Died |
2006 |
Daniel Pinkham Died |
2006 |
James Tenney Died |
2006 |
Galina Ustvolskaya Died |
2006 |
Warren Barker Died |
2006 |
Andrew Jennings Publishes Foul |
January
02
2006 |
Coal Mine Explosion In West Virginia Kills 12 |
January
04
2006 |
Sharon Suffers Serious Stroke |
January
12
2006 |
Saudi Arabia Stampede Kills 362 Muslim Pilgrims |
January
12
2006 |
Greenpeace Activists Storm French Warship In Egypt |
January
16
2006 |
Ellen Johnson Served As Liberia's President |
January
19
2006 |
NASA Launches Probes First Time To Pluto |
January
20
2006 |
A Bottlenose Whale In The River Thames |
January
22
2006 |
Morales Inaugurated As Bolivia's President |
January
22
2006 |
Kobe Scores 81, Second Highest Total |
January
25
2006 |
First Rocky/icy Extrasolar Planet Discovered |
January
25
2006 |
Jauna Barraza Arrested, Connected To Killings |
January
27
2006 |
Western Union Terminates Certain Services |
January
28
2006 |
Deaf Befalls Polish As Snowy Roof Collapses |
January
29
2006 |
Pathan Takes Opening Over Test Cricket Hat-trick |
February
04
2006 |
Manila Arena Stampede Kills 71 |
February
16
2006 |
Last MASH Decommissioned By Army |
February
17
2006 |
A Massive Mudslide In Philippines |
February
19
2006 |
Mexican Coal Miners Die In Methane Explosion |
February
20
2006 |
South Korean Parties Merged Into Grand National Party |
February
22
2006 |
Six Men Steal 53m From A Depot In Kent |
February
24
2006 |
Philippines Emergency Announced To Thwart Coup |
March
01
2006 |
Wikipedia Publishes 1 Million Articles |
March
07
2006 |
Varanasi, India Bombings: Organized By Lashkar-e-Taiba |
March
10
2006 |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Arrives At Mars |
March
11
2006 |
Michelle Bachelet Inaugurated As President |
March
14
2006 |
Chadian Military Coup D'etat Fails |
March
20
2006 |
Chadian Rebels Killed In Attempted Coup |
March
21
2006 |
The Social Media Site Twitter Is Founded |
March
22
2006 |
British Free Peacemaker Group In Baghdad |
March
25
2006 |
Seattle: Gunman Kills 6 In Capitol Hill |
March
25
2006 |
Protestors Demand New Election |
March
28
2006 |
French Union Members Protest Proposed Law |
March
30
2006 |
United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 Becomes Law |
April
01
2006 |
United Kingdom Creates Serious Organised Crime Agency |
April
02
2006 |
Over 60 Tornadoes Break In US |
April
08
2006 |
Bandidos Massacre 8 Men In Ontaria |
April
11
2006 |
Iran Announces Uranium Enrichment |
April
17
2006 |
Suicide Bombing In Tel Aviv Kills 11 |
April
27
2006 |
Construction Begins On Freedom Tower |
May
01
2006 |
Puerto Rico Closes Doors Due To Shortages |
May
05
2006 |
Sudan Reaches Agreement With Sudan Liberation Army |
May
12
2006 |
Unrest Leaves 150 Dead In Brazil |
May
12
2006 |
Iranian Azeris Riot Following Controversial Cartoon |
May
13
2006 |
2006 São Paulo Violence: Rebellion In Prisons |
May
15
2006 |
Cloud Gate Dedicated In Millenium Park |
May
17
2006 |
USS Oriskany Is Sunk In The Gulf Of Mexico |
May
18
2006 |
Nepal Becomes A Secular Country |
May
20
2006 |
Nearly 1.8 Million Involved In Dkaha Strike |
May
21
2006 |
Montenegrin Vote Chooses Independence |
May
23
2006 |
Alaskan Stratovolcano Mount Cleveland Erupts |
May
27
2006 |
6,000 Dead In Yogyakarta During 2006 Java Earthquake |
June
03
2006 |
Montenegro Declares Independence From Serbian Union |
June
05
2006 |
Serbia Declares Independence |
June
09
2006 |
60th Anniversary Celebration Of Adulyadej's Accession |
June
18
2006 |
Launch Of Space Satellite KazSat |
June
21
2006 |
Pluto's New Moons Are Named Nix Hydra |
June
26
2006 |
East Timor PM Resigns After Unrest |
June
29
2006 |
Supreme Court Denies Bush's Plan To Hold Tribunals At Guantanomo |
July
01
2006 |
First Qinghai-Tibet Railway |
July
05
2006 |
North Korea Tests 6 Missiles |
July
06
2006 |
Nathula Pass Re-openes After 44 Years |
July
11
2006 |
209 Killed In Train Bombings, Mumbai India |
July
12
2006 |
Hezbollah Initiates Operation True Promise |
July
15
2006 |
Largest Social Media Platform, Twitter, Launched |
July
27
2006 |
Germany Guilty Of Outsourcing Flight Surveillance |
July
30
2006 |
Top Of The Pops Final Broadcast On BBC2 |
July
31
2006 |
Fidel Castro Hands Power To Brother |
August
04
2006 |
Massacre Carried Out By Sri Lankan Government |
August
09
2006 |
21 Suspected Terrorists Arrested For 2006 Aircraft Plot |
August
11
2006 |
Guimaras Hosted The Worst Philippine Oil Spill |
August
14
2006 |
61 Tamils Killed In Chencholai Bombing |
August
22
2006 |
170 Die In Russia-Ukraine Border Plane Crash |
August
23
2006 |
Natascha Kampusch Escaped From Captivity After Eight Years |
August
24
2006 |
IAU Reclassifies Pluto As Dwarf Planet |
August
27
2006 |
50 Atlanta Bound Passengers Killed In Crash |
August
31
2006 |
Norwegian Police Raid Recovers The Scream |
September
13
2006 |
Gill Shoots 20 At Dawson College |
September
17
2006 |
Fourpeak Erupts After 10,000 Years |
September
17
2006 |
Prime Minister Of Hungary Admits To Lie |
September
19
2006 |
Military Coup In Bangkok Suspends Thai Constitution |
September
28
2006 |
Suvarnabhumi Airport Opens In Amphoe Bang Phil |
September
29
2006 |
154 Dead In Brazilian Mid-air Collision |
October
02
2006 |
Five Girls Murdered In Amish School Shooting |
October
09
2006 |
North Korea Tests A Nuclear Device |
October
14
2006 |
Suspension Of Players In College Football Brawl |
October
16
2006 |
Earthquake Cause Airport Closure, Injuries And Destruction |
October
22
2006 |
Panama Canal Expansion Approved By 77.8% Of Voters |
October
28
2006 |
Funeral Service For 817 Outside Kiev, Ukraine |
October
28
2006 |
Awami League Kills Rival Activists In Dhaka |
November
05
2006 |
Saddam Gets Death Penalty For Massacre |
November
10
2006 |
Sri Lankan Parliamentarian Raviraj Assassinated |
November
10
2006 |
Opening Of National Museum Of Marine Corps |
November
11
2006 |
Queen Elizabeth Unveils The Loss Of Soldiers |
November
15
2006 |
Al Jazeera English Launches Worldwide |
November
21
2006 |
Lebanese Minister And Pierre Gemayel Assassinated |
November
23
2006 |
Sadr City Bombing In Iraq War Kills 215 And Injures 257 |
November
27
2006 |
Motion Approved To Recognize Quebecois As Nation |
December
04
2006 |
Louisiana: 6 Black Youths Assault White Teen |
December
05
2006 |
Commodore Bainimarama Overthrows Fiji Government |
December
06
2006 |
Liquid Water Is Present On Mars |
December
07
2006 |
150 Properties Damaged By Tornado In London |
December
11
2006 |
Conference To Review Holocaust Opens In Tehran |
December
11
2006 |
Calderon Launches Military-led Offensive |
December
13
2006 |
Convention On Rights Of Disabled Adopted |
December
15
2006 |
F-35 Lightning II Maiden Flight |
December
18
2006 |
Floods Kill And Displace In Malaysia |
December
18
2006 |
UAE Holds Its First-ever Elections |
December
26
2006 |
Lagos Nigeria Pipeline Explosion Kills 260 |
December
28
2006 |
Militaries Of Somalia Capture Mogadishu Unopposed |
December
29
2006 |
UK Settles Post-WWII Debt |
December
30
2006 |
Madrid–Barajas Airport Is Bombed |
December
30
2006 |
Indonesian Ferry Sinks Killing 400 |
December
30
2006 |
Saddam Hussein Executed In Iraq |