Page 2: Historical Events In 2006

Feb 23   A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people   

Feb 25   In this year, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni claims his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters   

Feb 25   Police officers, and protesters injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.   

Mar 04   Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway was christened by Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme at the chapel inside The Royal Palace in Oslo   

Mar 04   The final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response   

Mar 05   The 2006 Academy Awards are held, with Crash winning Best Picture   

Mar 07   Fifteen people die and many others are injured in three blasts throughout Varanasi, India   

Mar 09   NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water.   

Mar 10   NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit   

Mar 11   Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the inaugural female President of Chile   

Mar 11   Slobodan Miloševic is are discovered dead in his cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague   

Mar 15   mar 26 - The 2006 Commonwealth Games take place in Melbourne, Australia   

Mar 17   The United States strikes its two remaining Iowa-class battleships from the Naval Vessel Register, ending the age of the battleship.   

Mar 20   Tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia   

Mar 21   Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds steps down after over a year of criticism.   

Mar 22   ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain   

Mar 25   A revolutionary scramjet jet engine, Hyshot III, designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound, is successfully tested at Woomera, South Australia   

Mar 25   An estimated 500000 people take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest a proposed federal crackdown on illegal immigration   

Mar 25   Seven people die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle, Washington.   

Mar 26   The ban on smoking in public places such as bars and restaurants comes into effect in Scotland.   

Mar 30   The al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 48 people   

Mar 30   The inaugural Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, goes to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-8, at 2:29:00 CET   

Mar 30   The inaugural World Baseball Classic ends in San Diego, California with Japan beating Cuba in the Championship.   

Apr 05   A swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland (the inaugural case in the United Kingdom).   

Apr 08   Bristol, United Kingdom celebrates the 200th birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (actually apr 9) by relighting the Clifton Suspension Bridge.   

Apr 08   In this year, Bloc 8406 publishes their Manifesto on Freedom and Democracy for Viet Nam in Viet Nam; their name comes from this date.   

Apr 08   In this year, Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden, claims the Grand National at Aintree   

Apr 08   Shedden massacre: The bodies of 8 murdered men are are discovered in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario   

Apr 09   Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is removed from office after four months in a coma   

Apr 10   Romano Prodi narrowly defeats Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian parliamentary elections.   

Apr 11   President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.   

Apr 11   The European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit   

Apr 16   Albert II, Prince of Monaco, reaches the North Pole, becoming the inaugural reigning monarch ever to do so   

Apr 16   Ireland commemorates the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising for the inaugural time since 1971.   

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Jan 01   Harry magdoff: American magazine editor (b. 1913)   

Jan 02   Cecilia muñoz-palma: First female philippine supreme court justice (b. 1913)   

Jan 03   Bill skate: Prime minister of papua new guinea (b. 1954)   

Jan 04   Irving layton: Canadian poet (b. 1912)   

Jan 05   Lord merlyn-rees: British politician (b. 1920)   

Jan 06   Lou rawls: American singer (b. 1933)   

Jan 07   Heinrich harrer: Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)   

Jan 08   Tony banks: British politician (b. 1943)