Page 8: Historical Events In 2006

Dec 10   The Nobel Prize ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo in the year 2006.   

Dec 11   On this day in history the Holocaust conference is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.   

Dec 12   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 in the year 2006.   

Dec 13   The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct in the year 2006.   

Dec 13   U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview on this day in history.   

Dec 15   An alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes on this day in history.   

Dec 15   In the year 2006 jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected.   

Dec 15   In the year 2006 lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.   

Dec 15   In the year 2006 the Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 2006 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   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 in the year 2006.   

Dec 29   On this day in history war in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance.   

Dec 30   In the year 2006 deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad   

Dec 30   In the year 2006 saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.   

Dec 30   On this day in history the Free State Project completes its "First 1,000" pledge.   

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   At least eleven bombs go off in Bangkok hours before the new year on this day in history.   

Dec 31   The U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000 in the year 2006.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history death of harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913)   

Jan 02   In the year 2006 death of cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913)   

Jan 03   Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 04   Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 05   Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 08   Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943) died on this day in history.