2006 Calendar
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2006 Historical Event(s)
January 29, 2006
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
April 11, 2006
– Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
April 27, 2006
– Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
May 27, 2006
– The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 am local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
August 22, 2006
– Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
August 27, 2006
– Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
October 28, 2006
– The funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s – early 1940s are reburied.
November 10, 2006
– The National Museum of the Marine Corps is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush and annonces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will receive the Medal of Honor in Quantico, Virginia.
November 21, 2006
– Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
December 11, 2006
– The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
Who Were Born On 2006?
June 3, 2006
– Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, Member of the Dutch royal family
June 18, 2006
– Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, Dutch royal
September 6, 2006
– Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japanese imperial family member
October 25, 2006
– Krista and Tatiana Hogan, Canadian craniopagus conjoined twins