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   In the year 2006 the 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.  

Feb 23   A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway was christened by Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme at the chapel inside The Royal Palace in Oslo in the year 2006.  

Mar 04   In the year 2006 the final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response.  

Mar 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 2006.  

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   NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile on this day in history.  

Mar 11   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 15   mar 26 - The 2006 Commonwealth Games take place in Melbourne, Australia on this day in history.  

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   In the year 2006 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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 2006 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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 30   The first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, goes to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-8, at 2:29:00 CET on this day in history.  

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

Apr 05   In the year 2006 a swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland (the first case in the United Kingdom).  

Apr 08   On this day in history bloc 8406 publishes their Manifesto on Freedom and Democracy for Viet Nam in Viet Nam; their name comes from this date.  

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

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

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

Apr 09   Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is removed from office after four months in a coma in the year 2006.  

Apr 10   Romano Prodi narrowly defeats Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian parliamentary elections in the year 2006.  

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

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