Historical Events In 2006

Dec 10   The Nobel Prize ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 2006 an alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes.   

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   The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry on this day in history.   

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   In the year 2006 somalia: Islamic Courts Union fighters begin attacking the government-held town of Baidoa.   

Dec 21   In the year 2006 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   The Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station in the year 2006.   

Dec 24   Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia on this day in history.   

Dec 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 29   War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance in the year 2006.   

Dec 30   Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad in the year 2006.   

Dec 30   On this day in history saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad.   

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

Dec 30   The M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties on this day in history.   

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

Dec 31   On this day in history the U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000.   

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Jan 01   Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 02   Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913) died on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 2006 death of irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912)   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)   

Jan 07   Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

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