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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.
October 2 – Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk-truck driver, kills five girls at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before shooting himself. October 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 56.99 points, or 0.49 percent, with a close of 11,727.34, its first all-time high in more than 6 years after it last hit ...
The next year, Bush won reelection over Democratic nominee Senator John Kerry with less than 51% of the popular vote and 286 electoral votes (only 16 votes ahead of the 270 votes needed), marking the smallest winning margin for an incumbent president since Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 election. However, it was the first time since 1988 that a ...
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.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seats of the House were up for election.
2006: America Online drops its old name to officially become AOL and no longer charges for email services. The company moves its headquarters from Dulles, Va. to Manhattan. The company moves its ...
He is named as Tom Stephens, a 37-year-old Tesco supermarket worker. [31] 19 December – A second man, 48-year-old forklift truck driver Steve Wright, is arrested in connection with the Ipswich serial murders, while police are given more time to question the first suspect. [32]
The deep connection was perhaps most notable in 2006, ... This year, Shaquille O'Neal presided over the event. Rex receiving key, City Hall, New Orleans/eBay. One King Gets a Special Honor.