Page 8: Historical Events In 2006

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected.   

Dec 15   Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history the Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.   

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

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

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

Dec 21   In the year 2006 saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan dies unexpectedly, sparking world concern over a possible power vacuum and instability in this energy-rich country.   

Dec 22   In the year 2006 the Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding a two week mission to the International Space Station.   

Dec 24   Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia in the year 2006.   

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

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

Dec 30   In the year 2006 the Free State Project completes its "First 1,000" pledge.   

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

Dec 31   According to the Met Office, England experienced its warmest year since records began in 1659 with an average temperature of 10.82°C on this day in history.   

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   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   Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 06   Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933) died in the year 2006.   

Jan 07   In the year 2006 death of heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)