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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.
January 11 – The Augustine Volcano in Alaska erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since 1986. January 13 The US Government reports that wholesale inflation in 2005 increased by highest amount since 1990. [12] Rick Wagoner, CEO of the loss-making General Motors says that results will improve in 2006 and 2007. [13]
February 2 – Representative John Boehner of Ohio becomes the U.S. House Majority Leader, beating out acting majority leader Roy Blunt in a house vote.; February 3 – Dutch D66 party chairman Boris Dittrich resigns because the Dutch Government voted 'Yes' to Dutch participation in a NATO-led ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
Hubble Space Telescope 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission.; 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq.
February 2006 – Wheel of Fortune returns and starts in 2006. Larry Emdur & Laura Csortan will definitely host WOF in a partnership instead of one. On the very first episode in 2006, the car was won! The final edition of the version was screened on 28 July. 9 February – It is announced that Eddie McGuire will become Channel Nine's new CEO.
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 ...
Pages in category "2006 natural disasters" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict: The UN Security Council adopts a resolution, 15-0, calling for a ceasefire in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Ehud Olmert accepts the emerging Middle East peace deal after earlier threatening an expansion of the ground war in Lebanon. The agreement calls for the deployment of 30,000 Lebanese and U.N. troops along ...