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2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
United States housing bubble: A total of 1,259,118 foreclosures are filed during 2006, up 42 percent from 2005. [63] Subprime mortgage crisis: This summer, the housing bubble bursts, starting a chain of events that would eventually develop into a full-blown market meltdown. Mangroomer shaving product is introduced. [64]
The BBC shows a video about a new alleged massacre by U.S. troops in Ishaqi, Iraq, on March 15, 2006. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., writing in Rolling Stone magazine, accuses George W. Bush and his Republican Party of widespread voting fraud during the 2004 Presidential Election. (Rolling Stone) Archived 2006-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (Editor and ...
Sydney, Australia swelters through its second hottest day in its history and its hottest new years day on record. The mercury was pushed up to 44.2°C (111.56°F) on Observatory Hill, Sydney and 45.2°C (113.36°F) on Sydney Airport. This heatwave caused 40 bushfires to emerge in Australia's east coast along with power blackouts.
Lebanese Environment Minister Yaacoub Sarraf, a Christian allied with Hezbollah, joins the rank of five other cabinet members who resigned on November 11, 2006. The cabinet later unanmously approved a UN-proposed international tribunal to try suspects over the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005 .
2006 events in the United States by month (13 C) 2006 in American music (17 P) N. 2006 American novels (361 P) P. 2006 in American politics (5 C, 16 P) S.
2006 Lusophony Games held in Macau, People's Republic of China. 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia [4] 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar; 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. 2006 Gay Games held in Chicago, United States from July 15 to July 22, 2006.
December 2006 events in North America (5 C, 2 P) C. 2006 events in Canada by month (11 C) 2006 crimes in North America by month (11 C) M. 2006 events in Mexico by ...