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   In the year 2006 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   On this day in history the Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct.   

Dec 13   U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview in the year 2006.   

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

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   Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history the Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.   

Dec 19   On this day in history a Libyan court sentences five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.   

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

Dec 21   Australian cricketer Shane Warne announces his retirement from the sport on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 2006 the M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties.   

Dec 31   In the year 2006 according to the Met Office, England experienced its warmest year since records began in 1659 with an average temperature of 10.82°C.   

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

Dec 31   In the year 2006 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   In the year 2006 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   In the year 2006 death of irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912)   

Jan 05   Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 06   In the year 2006 death of lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)   

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.