Historical Events In 2006

Feb 22   On this day in history over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery, the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom.   

Feb 22   The 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store in the year 2006.   

Feb 23   A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people in the year 2006.   

Feb 24   In the year 2006 a state of emergency is declared in the Philippines, after an alleged coup d'état against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is foiled.   

Feb 25   In the year 2006 police officers, and protesters injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.   

Feb 25   Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 2006 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 in the year 2006.   

Mar 05   In the year 2006 the 2006 Academy Awards are held, with Crash winning Best Picture.   

Mar 07   In the year 2006 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 in the year 2006.   

Mar 10   On this day in history nASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit.   

Mar 11   Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile in the year 2006.   

Mar 11   On this day in history slobodan Miloševic is found dead in his cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague.   

Mar 15   In the year 2006 mar 26 - The 2006 Commonwealth Games take place in Melbourne, Australia.   

Mar 17   On this day in history the United States strikes its two remaining Iowa-class battleships from the Naval Vessel Register, ending the age of the battleship.   

Mar 20   In the year 2006 tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia.   

Mar 21   In the year 2006 swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds resigns after over a year of criticism.   

Mar 22   ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain on this day in history.   

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 in the year 2006.   

Mar 25   An estimated 500,000 people take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest a proposed federal crackdown on illegal immigration in the year 2006.   

Mar 25   Seven people die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle, Washington in the year 2006.   

Mar 26   On this day in history the ban on smoking in public places such as bars and restaurants comes into effect in Scotland.   

Mar 30   On this day in history the al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 48 people.   

Mar 30   In the year 2006 the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, goes to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-8, at 2:29:00 CET.   

Mar 30   In the year 2006 the first World Baseball Classic ends in San Diego, California with Japan beating Cuba in the Championship.   

Apr 05   On this day in history a swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland (the first case in the United Kingdom).   

Apr 08   In the year 2006 bloc 8406 publishes their Manifesto on Freedom and Democracy for Viet Nam in Viet Nam; their name comes from this date.   

Apr 08   Bristol, United Kingdom celebrates the 200th birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (actually apr 9) by relighting the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the year 2006.   

Apr 08   In the year 2006 numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden, wins the Grand National at Aintree.   

Apr 08   Shedden massacre: The bodies of 8 murdered men are found in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario on this day in history.   

Apr 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 2006.   

Apr 11   On this day in history president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.   

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Jan 01   Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913) died on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 03   Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) died in the year 2006.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history death of lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)   

Jan 06   Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)   

Jan 08   In the year 2006 death of tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)