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From top left, clockwise: the 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; train bombings in Mumbai kill 209 people; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; the 2006 FIFA World Cup is held in Germany and is won by Italy; Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 crashes in the Amazon rainforest after a mid-air collision with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet; an earthquake in Yogyakarta kills over 5,700 people; the IAU votes on the definition of "planet", which demotes Pluto and other Kuiper belt objects and redefines them as "dwarf planets".

Millennium: 3rd millennium
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2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium, the 6th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.

2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.[1]

Events[]

January[]

  • January 1 – Russia cuts the shipment of natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute.[2]
  • January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 pilgrims.[3][4]
  • January 15 – NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.[5]
  • January 19 – NASA launches the first space mission to Pluto as a rocket hurls the New Horizons spacecraft on a nine-year journey.[6]
  • January 25 – The Walt Disney Company buys Pixar Animation Studios from Lucasfilm Ltd. for $7.4 billion and now Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Pictures.

February[]

  • February 3 – Egyptian passenger ferry, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, sinks in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, killing over 1,000 people.[7]
  • February 10–26 – The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy.[8]
  • February 17 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines killing an estimated 1,126 people.[9]

March[]

  • March 9 – NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water.[10]
  • March 10 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters orbit around Mars.[11][12]
  • March 15 – The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council.[13]
  • March 28 – A scramjet jet engine, HyShot III, designed to fly at seven times the speed of sound, is successfully tested at Woomera, South Australia.[14][15]

April[]

  • April 11
  • April 20 – Iran announces a deal with Russia, involving a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil;[19] nine days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus leading to a de facto termination of the deal.

May[]

  • May 17 – The Human Genome Project publishes the last chromosome sequence, in Nature.[20]
  • May 27 – The 6.4 w Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.[21][22]

June[]

  • June 3 – Montenegro declares independence after a May 21 referendum. Two days later, the republic of Serbia and Montenegro formed in 2003 collapses, leaving Serbia as the successor country.[23][24]
  • June 9 – July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup takes place in Germany;[25] which is won by Italy.[26]
  • June 28
    • Israel launches an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to rocketfire by Hamas into Israeli territory.[27]
    • The United States Armed Forces withdraws its forces in Iceland, thereby disbanding the Iceland Defense Force.[28]

July[]

  • July 1 – The Qinghai–Tibet railway launches a trial operation, making Tibet the last province-level entity of China to have a conventional railway.[29]
  • July 6 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.[30]
  • July 11 – A series of seven bomb blasts hits the city of Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.[31]
  • July 12 – Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel two days later.[32]

August[]

  • August 22 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.[33]
  • August 24 – The International Astronomical Union defines 'planet' at its 26th General Assembly, demoting Pluto to the status of dwarf planet more than 70 years after its discovery.[34]

September[]

  • September 19 – The Royal Thai Army overthrows the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup d'état.[35]
  • September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides with a business jet over the Amazon rainforest, killing all 154 on board the former.[36]

October[]

  • October 6 – Fredrik Reinfeldt replaces Göran Persson as Prime Minister of Sweden.
  • October 9 – North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test.[37]
  • October 13 – South Korean Ban Ki-moon is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, succeeding Kofi Annan.[38]

November[]

  • November 2 – No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock becomes the most expensive painting after it is sold privately for $140 million.[39]
  • November 5 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by hanging by the Iraqi Special Tribunal. He is later executed by hanging for crimes against humanity on December 30.[40]
  • November 12 – The breakaway state of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.[41]
  • November 23 – A series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad, kills at least 215 people and injure 257 other people.[42]

December[]

  • December 5 – The military seizes power in Fiji, in a coup d'état led by Commodore Frank Bainimarama.[43]
  • December 11 – Felipe Calderón sends the Mexican military to combat the drug cartels and put down the violence in the state of Michoacán, initiating the Mexican Drug War.[44]
  • December 24 – Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia.[45]
  • December 26 – An oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, killing at least 200 people.[46]
  • December 29 – UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

Births and Deaths[]

Main pages: Category:2006 births and Deaths in 2006

Nobel Prizes[]

Nobel medal
  • Chemistry – Roger D. Kornberg.
  • Economics – Edmund Phelps.
  • Literature – Orhan Pamuk.
  • Peace – Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank.
  • Physics – John C. Mather, and George F. Smoot.
  • Physiology or Medicine – Andrew Z. Fire, and Craig C. Mello.

New English words and terms[]

  • agender
  • bucket list
  • crowdfunding
  • crowdsourcing
  • Eris
  • hypermiling
  • mumblecore
  • sizzle reel
  • ski cross[47]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ "International Years proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly". UNESCO. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2008. {{cite web}}:
  2. ↑ Dejevsky, Mary (2009-01-03). "Mary Dejevsky: Russia has good reason for what it is doing. Why do we have to keep demonizing it?". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-dejevsky/mary-dejevsky-russia-has-good-reason-for-what-it-is-doing-why-do-we-have-to-keep-demonising-it-521462.html. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  3. ↑ Huggler, Justin (2006-01-13). "Hundreds killed as Haj pilgrims rush to stone the devil". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hundreds-killed-as-haj-pilgrims-rush-to-stone-the-devil-522749.html. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  4. ↑ "What is the Islamic hajj?". CBC News. 2006-01-12. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/islam/hajj.html. Retrieved 2009-07-06. "It's the same place where 362 people died in a stampede on Jan. 12, 2006" 
  5. ↑ "Stardust Container in Almost Perfect Condition". Fox News. Associated Press. 2006-01-17. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181763,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  6. ↑ "New Horizons". jhuapl.edu. Retrieved November 25, 2015. {{cite web}}:
  7. ↑ "Relatives Trash Company Offices After Red Sea Disaster". Fox News. Associated Press. 2006-02-06. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183906,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  8. ↑ Associated Press (2006-02-10). "Winter Games open in Turin" (in en-GB). Winter Games open in Turin. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/10/winterolympicsturin2006.sport. 
  9. ↑ "Philippine Landslide and Flood Operations Update #7" (PDF). Red Cross. August 31, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  10. ↑ Svoboda, Elizabeth (March 10, 2006). "Saturn Moon Has Water Geysers and, Just Maybe, Life". National Geographic Society. Retrieved July 6, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  11. ↑ Mihelich, Peggy (2006-03-10). "Payoff high in risky Mars mission". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/03/09/mars.orbiter.preview/index.html. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  12. ↑ Roach, John (March 10, 2006). "Mars's Gravity Captures NASA Spacecraft". National Geographic Society. Retrieved October 8, 2010. {{cite web}}:
  13. ↑ "OHCHR | Welcome to the Human Rights Council". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved January 28, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  14. ↑ "Scramjet team 'happy' after Woomera flight". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. March 25, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2009. {{cite web}}: [dead link]
  15. ↑ "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: Guinness Recognizes NASA Scramjet". NASA. June 20, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  16. ↑ "European Space Probe Goes Into Orbit Around Venus". Fox News. Associated Press. 2006-04-12. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080414070147/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191293,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
  17. ↑ Sterngold, James (2006-04-12). "Iran celebrates uranium enrichment Experts say nuclear step means Tehran is serious, but weapon is years off". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070105204526/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F04%2F12%2FMNGIVI7RTH1.DTL. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
  18. ↑ "Iran says it joins 'countries with nuclear technology'". CNN. 2006-04-12. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/11/iran.nuclear/index.html. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
  19. ↑ Booth, Jenny (2006-04-21). "Russia backs Iran's nuclear programme". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article707817.ece. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
  20. ↑ Pearson, Helen (2006-05-17). "Human genome completed (again)" (in en). Nature News. doi:10.1038/news060515-12. https://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/news060515-12.html. 
  21. ↑ "M 6.3 - Java, Indonesia". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved January 28, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  22. ↑ "U.S. Military Joins Indonesia Quake Relief". CBS News. May 31, 2006. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/31/ap/world/mainD8HUGLJO0.shtml. 
  23. ↑ "Montenegro declares independence from Serbia". USA Today. 2006-06-03. https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-03-montenegro_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-25. 
  24. ↑ Xuequan, Mu (June 4, 2006). "EU reiterates respect for independence of Montenegro". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on December 9, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  25. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | World Cup 2006 | for World Cup". BBC News. June 9, 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2017. {{cite web}}:
  26. ↑ "Zidane off as Italy win World Cup". BBC News. July 9, 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2017. {{cite web}}:
  27. ↑ Butcher, Tim (2006-06-29). "Israel launches warning air strikes on Gaza". The Daily Telegraph (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/1522647/Israel-launches-warning-air-strikes-on-Gaza.html. Retrieved 2009-07-25. 
  28. ↑ White, Josh (2006-03-17). "U.S. to Remove Military Forces And Aircraft From Iceland Base" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601846.html. 
  29. ↑ Olesen, Alexa (2006-07-02). "China's first train to Tibet conquers high-altitude hurdles". USA Today. Associated Press. https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-07-02-china-railway_x.htm?POE=TECISVA. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
  30. ↑ Baodong, Li; Shuangqi, Fu (July 7, 2006). ""Silk Road" rejoins at Nathu La Pass after 44 years". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on December 9, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  31. ↑ "CNN.com - India police: Pakistan spy agency behind Mumbai bombings - Oct 1, 2006". www.cnn.com. Retrieved January 29, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  32. ↑ "Hezbollah vows 'open war' as violence escalates". CTV Television Network. July 14, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  33. ↑ Chance, Matthew (2006-08-23). "Russian jet crash kills all 170 on board". CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/22/russia.crash/. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  34. ↑ Battersby, Stephen (August 24, 2006). "Pluto gets the boot as the planet count drops". New Scientist. Retrieved October 10, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  35. ↑ Luying, Sun (September 20, 2006). "Coup d´etat launched in Thailand". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved October 10, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  36. ↑ "Passports of Legacy jet pilots seized pending investigation in Brazil crash.". Europe Intelligence Wire. 2006-10-04. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19078146_ITM. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  37. ↑ "North Korea claims first nuclear test". The Guardian (London). 2006-10-09. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/09/northkorea. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  38. ↑ "Profile: Ban Ki-moon". BBC. 2006-10-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5401856.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  39. ↑ "Art Market Watch". Artnet. November 3, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2006. {{cite web}}:
  40. ↑ "Saddam buried in village of his birth". Associated Press. 2006-12-31. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1107AP_Saddam.html. Retrieved 2006-12-31. [dead link]
  41. ↑ Danilova, Maria (2006-11-11). "Georgia: Separatist Vote Illegitimate". The Washington Post. Associated Press. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111101247.html. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
  42. ↑ "Iraqi militias take fiery revenge for slaughter". Associated Press. 2006-11-25. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15873863/. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
  43. ↑ Xiaodan, Du (December 5, 2006). "Fiji´s troops seize police weapons". China Central Television. Retrieved October 12, 2009. {{cite web}}:
  44. ↑ CNN Wire Staff (December 4, 2011). "Mexico's president pledges to continue fighting cartels". CNN. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127111118/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-04/americas/world_americas_mexico-president-speech_1_drug-war-strategy-cartels-human-rights?_s=PM%3AAMERICAS. Retrieved January 27, 2012. 
  45. ↑ "Ethiopia dismisses Somali threat". BBC. 2006-12-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6207333.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  46. ↑ Fouquet, Helene (2006-12-26). "Nigerian Pipeline Explosion Kills at Least 200 (Update1)". https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aknYME.Q75II. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  47. ↑ "Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 2006". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018. {{cite web}}:
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