2006

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2006 was a common year starting on Sunday. It preceded 2007 and followed on 2005. In comparison with 2007 and 2008, iIt was not a such an important year for Lovia.

Designations

The year 2006 was designated:

• The Year of the Dog In the Chinese calendar, beginning on January 29, 2006.
• International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly.
• International Asperger's Year.
• Year of Mozart, marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

In the world

• January
  • 1 - Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute.
  • 2 - The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps, killing 15.
  • 3 - Twelve dead coal miners and one survivor are discovered in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S.
  • 4 - Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
  • 5 - A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj.
  • 8 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.
  • 9 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 (11,011.90) for the first time since June 7, 2001.
  • 11 - The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since 1986.
  • 12 - A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 pilgrims.
  • 14 - A natural gas explosion in a coal mine kills eight in Romania.
  • 15 - NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.
  • 19 - A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv, Israel injures 20, one of them seriously.
  • 23 - Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government.
  • 25 - Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.
  • 28 - A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people.
  • 31 - Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

• February
  • 1 - UAL Corporation, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
  • 3 - An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast.
  • 4 - The Wowowee stampede at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, Philippines kills 71.
  • 5 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.
  • 8 - 2006 East Timor crisis: 404 soldiers desert their barracks in East Timor.
  • 10 - The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin, Italy. The closing ceremony occurred on February 26.
  • 16 - Kobe Airport, a controversial offshore airport in Kobe, Japan, opens for airline service.
  • 17 - A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
  • 19 - Pasta de Conchos mine disaster: Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in Nueva Rosita, Mexico; all 65 die.
  • 22 - A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque, a Shiite holy site in Samarra, Iraq.
  • 22 - Over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery, the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom.
  • 23 - A roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people.
  • 24 - A state of emergency is declared in the Philippines, after an alleged coup d'état against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is foiled.
  • 25 - Police officers and protesters in Dublin, Ireland are injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.
  • 25 - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters.

In Lovia

Events

• August
  • 17 - Lovian child actor Horace Bush marries his girlfriend in a private atmosphere.
• September
  • 1 - The construction on the Sylvania State Capitol began.

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See also

• 2007
• 2008

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