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September 18 – The CW network debuts as the sixth broadcast network, merging with UPN (owned by CBS which split in the original Viacom, three days after UPN ceased operations) and The WB (owned by Warner Bros., a day after The WB ceased operations).
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.
2 November – Volunteers from the Royal British Legion's Lloyd's of London Branch organise the first London Poppy Day to raise funds for the Poppy Appeal. 5 November – 53-year-old Ronald Castree is arrested in connection with the murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1975.
July 27 – President Bush signs the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 in the South Lawn during the morning. [196] President Bush signs the Returned Americans Protection Act of 2006, a temporary increase in funding for American citizens who traveled and have returned to the United States from foreign countries. [197]
2006 Winter Olympics: The Olympic flag is passed to the mayor of Vancouver, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics, during the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Al Askari Mosque bombing: The International Crisis Group releases a report cautioning the international community to plan for the contingency of a civil war in Iraq.
25 December – After 21 years on the show, the character Pauline Fowler, played by Wendy Richard dies of a brain tumour in Albert Square on Christmas Day. Her best friend Dot Branning (played by June Brown), Pauline's son Martin Fowler and her nephew Ian Beale find her dead in the square. Almost 12 million viewers watch her exit and made it ...
May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) ... 2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969) [217]
George W. Bush signs into law The Secure Fence Act of 2006 to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.; In Australia, Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly apologizes after a public uproar over his statement comparing women who did not wear the hijab to "uncovered meat".