Page 8: Historical Events In 2006

Dec 10   In the year 2006 the Nobel Prize ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo.   

Dec 11   The Holocaust conference is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history peugeot produce their last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in a city that was once a major centre of the British motor industry; Coventry.   

Dec 13   The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct in the year 2006.   

Dec 13   U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview on this day in history.   

Dec 15   In the year 2006 an alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes.   

Dec 15   Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.   

Dec 15   The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry in the year 2006.   

Dec 19   A Libyan court sentences five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV in the year 2006.   

Dec 20   On this day in history somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa.   

Dec 21   Australian cricketer Shane Warne announces his retirement from the sport in the year 2006.   

Dec 21   Saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan dies unexpectedly, sparking world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in this energy-rich country in the year 2006.   

Dec 22   On this day in history the Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station.   

Dec 24   In the year 2006 ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia.   

Dec 26   In the year 2006 an oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos killing at least 200 people.   

Dec 26   On this day in history the Hengchun earthquake in Taiwan kills two people, damaged about 15 historical buildings and several undersea cable, disrupting Internet and IDD telecommunication services in Asia.   

Dec 29   War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance in the year 2006.   

Dec 30   Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad on this day in history.   

Dec 30   In the year 2006 saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.   

Dec 30   The Free State Project completes its "First 1,000" pledge in the year 2006.   

Dec 30   On this day in history the M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties.   

Dec 31   According to the Met Office, England experienced its warmest year since records began in 1659 with an average temperature of 10.82°C on this day in history.   

Dec 31   At least eleven bombs go off in Bangkok hours before the new year on this day in history.   

Dec 31   On this day in history the U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000.   

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

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

Jan 03   Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

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.