2006 Calendar
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2006 Historical Event(s)
January 16, 2006
– Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.
January 25, 2006
– Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women.
January 29, 2006
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
March 21, 2006
– Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Khalifa and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport riot causing $1M in damage.
April 17, 2006
– Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
May 17, 2006
– The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
July 11, 2006
– 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
July 30, 2006
– The world’s longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
December 4, 2006
– An adult giant squid is caught on video for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km south of Tokyo.
December 26, 2006
– An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.
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