Historical Events In 2006

Jan 01   Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute   

Jan 02   The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps, killing 15.   

Jan 03   Twelve dead coal miners and one survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S.   

Jan 04   Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke   

Jan 04   The Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas beat the University of Southern California Trojans, 41-38 in a last minute touchdown by Texas quarterback Vince Young in the 2006 Rose Bowl   

Jan 05   A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj.   

Jan 06   The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.   

Jan 07   Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announces he will not seek to reassume his former post.   

Jan 07   UK Liberal Democratic leader Charles Kennedy steps down after revelations that he has a drinking problem.   

Jan 08   A powerful, magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.   

Jan 09   The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11000 for the inaugural time since jun 7, 2001, closing at 11011.90.   

Jan 11   The augine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its inaugural major eruption since 1986   

Jan 12   A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, results in the deaths of 362 pilgrims.   

Jan 14   A natural gas explosion in a coal mine results in the deaths of eight in Romania   

Jan 15   NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the inaugural to return dust from a comet   

Jan 22   Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in regulation and is second only to the legendary 1960s center Wilt Chamberlain, who had 100 points.   

Jan 23   In this year, Stephen Harper claims the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government.   

Jan 25   Deus Caritas Est, the inaugural encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated.   

Jan 25   In this year, Hamas claims the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections   

Jan 27   Celebrations are held in Salzburg and around the world for the 250th anniversary of Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.   

Jan 28   A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people   

Jan 31   Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.   

Feb 01   UAL Corporation, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since dec 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.   

Feb 04   The Wowowee stampede occurred at the PhilSports Arena. 61 killed.   

Feb 05   The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.   

Feb 07   An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast   

Feb 08   2006 East Timor crisis: 404 soldiers desert their barracks in East Timor.   

Feb 10   The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin, Italy. The closing ceremony occurred on feb 26   

Feb 11   U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his friend and lawyer, Harry Whittington, in the face with a shotgun on a south Texas ranch   

Feb 16   Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service   

Feb 17   As many as 1800 people die when a mudslide occurs on Leyte Island in the Philippines   

Feb 19   Pasta de Conchos mine disaster: Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in Nueva Rosita, Mexico; all 65 die.   

Feb 22   A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque, a Shiite holy site in Samarra, Iraq   

Feb 22   The 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store   

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Jan 01   On this day in history death of harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913)   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913)   

Jan 03   In the year 2006 death of bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)   

Jan 04   Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 05   Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933) died on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943) died on this day in history.