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21st century
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Yp1 |
2003
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Yp2 |
2004
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Yp3 |
2005
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2006
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Ya1 |
2007
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Ya2 |
2008
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Ya3 |
2009
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Dp3 |
1970s
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Dp2 |
1980s
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Dp1 |
1990s
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D |
2000s
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Dn1 |
2010s
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Dn2 |
2020s
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Dn3 |
2030s
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Gregorian |
2006
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Auc |
2759
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Chinese |
乙酉-丙戌 <br>(4702&ndash4703)
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Japanese |
Heisei 18
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Hebrew |
5766&ndash5767
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Shaka |
1928&ndash1929
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Vikram |
2061&ndash2062
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Hindu |
5107&ndash5108
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Iranian |
1384&ndash1385
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Islamic |
1426&ndash1427
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2256
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2006 (''' MMVI ''') is a Common Year Starting On Sunday of the Gregorian Calendar . It is also the current year.
It has been designated:
January
February
- February 6 - Stephen Harper is sworn in as Prime Minister Of Canada .
- February 16 - Kobe Airport , a controversial offshore airport in Kobe , Japan , opens for airline service.
- February 17 - As many as eighteen hundred people die when a Mudslide occurs on the island of Leyte in the Philippines .
- February 19 - Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in Nueva Rosita , Mexico during the Pasta De Conchos Mine Disaster . There are no survivors.
- February 20 - February 21 - Solidarity conference in Bil'in in the Palestinian West Bank .
- February 22 - A Blast heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque , a Shiite holy site in Samarra , Iraq , causing a wave of protests and counterattacks across Iraq.
- February 22 - Over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas Depot Robbery , the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom .
- February 22 - The one billionth song is purchased from Apple ITunes .
- February 23 - A roof collapses on a Moscow Market, killing 56 people.
- February 24 - A State Of Emergency is declared in the Philippines after an alleged Coup D'etat against President Gloria Arroyo is foiled.
- February 25 - Six police officers, seven protesters, and a journalist receive head wounds when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a Major Riot .
- February 25 - Uganda 's President Yoweri Museveni wins 2nd re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters.
- February 26 - The World Population reaches 6.5 billion at 0016 UTC according to the U.S. Census Bureau .
March
- March 7 - Fifteen people die and many others are injured in Three Blasts throughout Varanasi , India .
- March 9 - Microsoft unveils the Ultra-Mobile PC , formerly code-named "Origami Project".
- March 9 - NASA 's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers Geysers of Water shooting from Saturn 's moon Enceladus , signaling a possible presence of water.
- March 10 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit.
- March 11 - Slobodan Milošević , former Yugoslav president, dies of a Heart Attack in his prison cell in The Hague , Netherlands .
- March 11 - Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President Of Chile .
- March 12 - Springfield, Illinois is hit with its biggest storm in over fifty years as a Tornado Outbreak Sequence causes dozens of tornadoes to occur in Missouri , Kansas , and Illinois over a five-day period.
- March 15 - March 26 - The 2006 Commonwealth Games take place in Melbourne , Australia .
- March 16 - The New Kitakyushu Airport opens in Japan.
- March 18 - South Australia re-elects Mike Rann and the Labor Party . Tasmania also re-elects Labor with Paul Lennon as Leader.
- March 20 - Tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia as what is considered to be the worst cyclone to hit the region since 1931 .
- March 22 - Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) declares a permanent Ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain .
- March 23 - The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ceases publication of the M3 Monetary Aggregate .
- March 25 - An estimated 500,000 people take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles in protest of a proposed federal crackdown on Illegal Immigration .
- March 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 .
- March 26 - The ban on Smoking in public places such as Bars and Restaurants comes into effect in Scotland .
- March 28 - Andrew Card , chief of staff to President George W. Bush resigns; President Bush nominates Josh Bolten as his replacement.
- March 29 - Total Solar Eclipse ( Brazil , Greece , Mid Atlantic ocean, Sahara , Turkey , Georgia , Russia , Kazakhstan , Mongolia ).
- March 30 - The first Brazil ian Astronaut , Marcos Pontes , goes to space in a Russia n spaceship, '' Soyuz TMA-8 '', at 2:29:00 CET.
- March 30 - The ''al-Dana'' Capsizes off the coast of Bahrain killing at least forty-eight people.
April
- April 5 - A swan with Avian Flu is discovered in Cellardyke in Fife , Scotland the first case in the United Kingdom .
- April 8 - The bodies of eight murdered men are found in Shedden, Ontario (see Shedden Massacre ).
- April 8 - Bristol , United Kingdom celebrates the 200th birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (actually April 9 ) by relighting the Clifton Suspension Bridge .
- April 9 - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is taken out of office after four months in a Coma .
- April 10 - Romano Prodi narrowly defeats Silvio Berlusconi in Italian parlimentary elections.
- April 11 - ESA 's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus 's orbit.
- April 11 - President Of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran had successfully produced low-grade Enriched Uranium .
- April 11 - Rapper DeShaun Holton a.k.a Proof of the band D12 dies from a gunshot to the head.
- April 12 - Jurors in the trial of Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui hear cockpit recordings of Flight 93 , which crashed in a Pennsylvania during the September 11, 2001 Attacks .
- April 16 - HSH Albert II, Prince Of Monaco , reaches the North Pole , becoming the first reigning monarch ever to do so.
- April 17 - Suicide Bombing by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv kills nine people, injures dozens.
- April 17 - Former Illinois Governor George Ryan is convicted for twenty-two counts of Corruption .
- April 17 - Raloxifene is found to be as effective as Tamoxifen in preventing Breast Cancer , but with fewer side effects.
- April 19 - Han Myung-sook became South Korea 's first female Prime Minister .
- April 20 - Russia and Iran reach a uranium enrichment deal, setting up a joint Uranium Enrichment firm on Russian soil.
- April 24 - Three explosions in a touristy section of Dahab , Egypt kill 30 and injure over 115.
- April 24 - Co-founder Scott McNealy steps down as chairman of Sun Microsystems .
- April 29 - Massive anti-war demonstrations and a march down Broadway in New York City mark the third year of War In Iraq .
May
Predicted and scheduled events
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Major religious holidays
Deaths
''Main article: Deaths In 2006 ''
January
- January 3 - Bill Skate , Prime Minister Of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954 )
- January 4 - Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Prime Minister Of The United Arab Emirates (b. 1946 )
- January 6 - Lou Rawls , American singer (b. 1933 )
- January 8 - Tony Banks , British politician (b. 1943 )
- January 14 - Shelley Winters , American actress (b. 1920 )
- January 15 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , Emir Of Kuwait (b. 1926 )
- January 21 - Ibrahim Rugova , first President Of Kosovo (b. 1944 )
- January 24 - Chris Penn , American actor (b. 1965 )
- January 27 - Johannes Rau , President Of Germany (b. 1931 )
- January 30 - Coretta Scott King , American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927 )
February
March
April
- April 2 - Nina Schenk Von Stauffenberg , German wife of freedom fighter Claus Schenk Von Stauffenberg (b. 1913 )
- April 4 - Denis Donaldson , Irish Republican informer (b. 1950 )
- April 5 - Gene Pitney , American singer (b. 1941 )
- April 8 - Gerard Reve , Dutch author (b. 1923 )
- April 11 - DeShaun "Proof" Holton , American rapper (b. 1975 )
- April 11 - Les Foote , Australian footballer (b. 1924 )
- April 11 - June Pointer , American vocalist (b. 1953 )
- April 12 - Dr. Rajkumar , Indian film actor (b. 1929 )
- April 12 - William Sloane Coffin , American university chaplain and activist (b. 1924 )
- April 13 - Muriel Spark , Scottish novelist (b. 1918 )
- April 15 - Louise Smith , American race car driver (b. 1916 )
- April 17 - Calum Kennedy , Scottish singer (b. 1928 )
- April 19 - Scott Crossfield , American test pilot (b. 1921 )
- April 21 - Telê Santana , Brazilian soccer player and coach (b. 1931 )
- April 23 - Alida Valli , Italian actress (b. 1921 )
- April 24 - Bonnie Owens , American singer (b. 1929 )
- April 24 - Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927 )
- April 24 - Moshe Teitelbaum , Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914 )
- April 25 - Peter Law , British politician (b. 1948 )
- April 25 - Jane Jacobs , American-born writer and activist (b. 1916 )
- April 27 - Julia Thorne , American author and ex-wife of Senator John Kerry (b. 1944 )
- April 28 - Steve Howe , baseball player (truck accident) (b. 1958 )
- April 29 - John Kenneth Galbraith , Canadian economist (b. 1908 )
Fictional references
Unknown/undecided dates
- Brazil will officially adopt the Digital TV System (Probably Japanese, or a new system, the Brazilian Digital TV System)
- Al Jazeera will launch its new satellite service, Al Jazeera International, in Europe, Asia, and North America sometime during the spring.
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