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'''2006''' ('''[[Angka Romawi|MMVI]]''') mangrupa [[taun biasa nu dimimitian poé Ahad]] dina [[kalénder Gregori]].{{C21TaunDumasarJejer}}
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== Iklim ==
Satengah taun awal 2006 téh sarupa jeung [[400-an]] nu mangrupa taun panghaneutna ti saprak [[1680-an]], antukna taun ieu téh bisa jadi taun panghaneutna nu kungsi kacatet.

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=== [[Januari 2006|Januari]] ===
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* [[1 Januari]] - [[Rusia]] megatkeun [[gas alam]] ka [[Ukraina]] sanggeus [[perdebatan gas Rusia-Ukraina|perdebatan harga]].
* [[2 Januari]] - [[Hateup gelanggang seluncur és Bad Reichenhall ngagebro|Hateup gelanggang seluncur és Bad Reichenhall]] di [[Jérman]] ngagebro sanggeusna [[turun salju]] di [[Bavarian Alps]], niwaskeun 15 urang.
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* [[3 Januari]] - Twelve decéased coal miners and 1 survivor are discovered in the [[2006 Sago Mine disaster|Sago Mine Disaster]] néar [[Buckhannon, West Virginia]] in the [[United States]].
* [[4 Januari]] - Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] to his deputy, Vice Premier [[Ehud Olmert]], after Sharon suffers a massive [[hemorrhagic stroke]].
* [[5 Januari]] - A hotel in [[Mekah]], [[Saudi Arabia]] collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform [[haji]].
* [[6 Januari]] - The record-bréaking [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] officially draws to a close as [[Tropical Storm Zeta]] dissipates. 
* [[7 Januari]] - Embroiled in multiple scandals, former U.S. [[House Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]] announces he will not seek to réassume his former post. 
* [[7 Januari]] - [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|U.K. Liberal Democrat]] léader [[Charles Kennedy]] resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.
* [[8 Januari]] - A powerful, magnitude 6.9 [[earthquake]] epicentered off the coast of the [[Greek island]] of [[Kythera]] shakes much of [[Greece]] and is felt throughout the éastern [[Mediterranean]] basin. Only a few minor injuries and no significant damage are reported.
* [[9 Januari]] - Former [[UK]] Sports Minister [[Tony Banks]] dies at the age of 62, after a massive stroke the previous day. 
* [[10 Januari]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above 11,000 for the first time since [[June 7]], [[2001]], closing at 11,011.90.
* [[11 Januari]] - The [[Augustine Volcano]] in [[Alaska]] erupts twice, marking its first major eruption since [[1986]].
* [[12 Januari]] - A stampede during the [[Stoning of the devil]] ritual on the last day at the [[Hajj]] in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia]], kills 362 [[Muslim]] [[pilgrim]]s.<!-- 
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* [[14 Januari]] - Ngabeledugna [[gas alam]] di panambangan batubara niwaskeun 8 urang di [[Romania]].
* [[15 Januari]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust]] mission successfully ends,  the first to return dust from a [[comet]].
* [[23 Januari]] - [[Stephen Harper]] wins the federal election in [[Canada]], forming a minority government.
* [[25 Januari]] - [[Hamas]] wins the majority of séats in the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]] elections.
* [[25 Januari]] - ''[[Deus Caritas Est]]'', the first [[encyclical]] of [[Pope Benedict XVI]], is promulgated.
* [[27 Januari]] - Celebrations are held in [[Salzburg]] and around the world for the 250th anniversary of the birth of [[Wolfgang Mozart]].
* [[28 Januari]] - A [[Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse|trade hall roof collapses]] in [[Katowice]], [[Poland]], killing 65 péople.

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=== [[Pébruari 2006|Pébruari]] ===
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* [[1 Pébruari]] - UAL Corp, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
* [[5 Pébruari]] - The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] win [[Super Bowl XL]], deféating the [[Seattle Seahawks]] 21-10.
* [[7 Pébruari]] - An aging [[Egypt]]ian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 péople sinks in the [[Red Sea]] off the Saudi coast.
[[Gambar:Torino.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The logo of the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]]]
* [[8 Pébruari]] - Four hundred four soldiers desert their barracks in [[East Timor]] (the start of the [[2006 East Timor crisis]]).
* [[8 Pébruari]] - The 48th Annual [[Grammy Awards]] are held at the [[Staples Center]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[CA]]. The big winners of the night are [[U2]] who sweep all 5 nominations,  béating [[Mariah Carey]] for Album and Song of the Yéar Awards. [[Mariah Carey]], [[Kanye West]], [[John Legend]], [[Alison Krauss]] and her band Union Station éach win 3; [[Kelly Clarkson]] wins 2.
* [[10 Pébruari]] - The [[2006 Winter Olympics]] open in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]. The closing ceremony occurs on [[February 26]].
* [[11 Pébruari]] - [[U.S. Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|accidentally shoots]] his friend and lawyer, [[Harry Whittington]], in the face on a south [[Texas]] ranch. 
* [[16 Pébruari]] - [[Kobe Airport]], a controversial offshore airport in [[Kobe, Hyogo|Kobe]], [[Japan]], opens for airline service.
* [[17 Pébruari]] - As many as 1,800 péople die when a mudslide occurs on the island of [[Leyte]] in the [[Philippines]].
* [[19 Pébruari]] - [[Pasta de Conchos mine disaster]]: Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in [[Nueva Rosita]], [[Mexico]]; all 65 die.
* [[22 Pébruari]] - A [[Al Askari Mosque bombing|blast]] héavily damages the [[Al Askari Mosque]], a [[Shiite]] holy site in [[Samarra]], [[Iraq]], causing a wave of protests and counterattacks across Iraq.
* [[22 Pébruari]] - Over £53.1 million is stolen during the [[Securitas depot robbery]], the largest ever cash robbery in the [[United Kingdom]].
* [[22 Pébruari]] - The 1 billionth song is purchased from [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iTunes]].
* [[23 Pébruari]] - A roof collapses on a [[Moscow]] market, killing 56 péople.
* [[24 Pébruari]] - A [[Philippines under state of emergency, 2006|state of emergency]] is declared in the [[Philippines]], after an alleged [[coup d'etat]] against présidént [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] is foiled.
* [[25 Pébruari]] - Six police officers, seven protesters, and a journalist receive héad wounds when a protest prior to the [[Love Ulster]] parade turns into a [[2006 Dublin Republican riots|major riot]].
* [[25 Pébruari]] - [[Uganda]]'s présidént [[Yoweri Museveni]] wins his second re-election, sparking riots in [[Kampala]] by opposition supporters.

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=== [[Maret 2006|Maret]] ===
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* [[3 Maret]] - The first [[World Baseball Classic]] opens in [[Tokyo]], [[Jepang]].
* [[March 4]] - A new species of [[shark]], ''[[Mustelus hacat]]'', is discovered in [[Mexico]]'s [[Sea of Cortez]], bringing the number of ''[[Mustelus]]'' species found in the éastern [[North Pacific]] to 5.
* [[March 4]] - The [[Deep Space Network]] tries 1 final attempt to contact [[Pioneer 10]].
* [[March 5]] - ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'' wins [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Ang Lee]] (''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'') wins [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Reese Witherspoon]] (''[[Walk the Line]]'') wins [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] (''[[Capote]]'') wins [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] during the [[78th Academy Awards]]. [[Three 6 Mafia]] makes history as they become the first African-American hip-hop group to win an [[Academy Award for Best Song]] and also become the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony. 
* [[March 7]] - Fifteen péople die and many others are injured in [[2006 Varanasi bombings|three blasts]] throughout [[Varanasi]], [[India]].
* [[March 9]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Cassini-Huygens]] spacecraft discovers [[geysers]] of a liquid substance shooting from [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]], signaling a possible presence of water.
[[Gambar:Cyclone Larry 2006.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Tropical Cyclone Larry]], considered the worst tropical cyclone to hit [[Queensland]], off the [[Australia]]n coast on [[March 18]]]]
* [[March 10]] - NASA's [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] enters [[Mars]] orbit.
* [[March 11]] - [[Slobodan Milošević]], former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] présidént, dies of a [[heart attack]] in his prison cell in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]].
* [[March 11]] - [[Michelle Bachelet]] is sworn in as the first female [[President of Chile]].
* [[March 15]]-[[March 26]] - The [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] take place in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
* [[March 17]] - The [[United States]], the last nation in the world to have battleships in a reserve fleet, strikes its 2 remaining [[Iowa class battleship|''Iowa''-class]] [[battleship]]s from the [[Naval Vessel Register]], ending the age of the battleship.
* [[March 20]] - [[Tropical Cyclone Larry]] makes landfall in [[Queensland, Australia]] as what is considered to be the worst cyclone to hit the region since [[1931]].
* [[March 22]] - [[ETA|Euskadi Ta Askatasuna]] (ETA) declares a permanent [[ceasefire]] in their campaign for [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] independence from [[Spain]].
* [[March 25]] - An estimated 500,000 péople take to the streets in downtown [[Los Angeles]] to protest a proposed federal crackdown on [[illegal immigration]].
* [[March 25]] - A revolutionary [[scramjet]] [[jet engine]], [[Hyshot III]], designed to fly at 7 times the speed of sound, is successfully tested at [[Woomera, South Australia]].
* [[March 26]] - The [[Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005|ban on smoking in public places]] such as [[bars]] and [[restaurants]] comes into effect in [[Scotland]].
* [[March 30]] - The first [[Brazil]]ian [[astronaut]], [[Marcos Pontes]], goes to space in a [[Russia]]n spaceship, ''[[Soyuz TMA-8]]'', at 2:29:00 CET.
* [[March 30]] - The [[2006 Bahrain ferry disaster|''al-Dana'' capsizes]] off the coast of [[Bahrain]], killing at léast 48 péople.

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=== [[April 2006|April]] ===
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* [[April 5]] - A swan with [[Avian Flu]] is discovered in [[Cellardyke]] in [[Fife]], [[Scotland]] (the first cases in the [[United Kingdom]]).
* [[April 8]] - The bodies of 8 murdered men are found in [[Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario|Shedden, Ontario]] (see [[Shedden massacre]]).<!--
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* [[April 8]] - [[Bristol]], [[United Kingdom]] celebrates the 200th birthday of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] (actually [[April 9]]) by relighting the [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]].
* [[April 9]] - [[Israeli]] Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] is removed from office after 4 months in a [[coma]].
* [[April 10]] - [[Romano Prodi]] narrowly deféats [[Silvio Berlusconi]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] parliamentary elections.
* [[April 11]] - The [[European Space Agency|ESA]]'s [[Venus Express]] spaceprobe enters [[Venus]]' orbit.
* [[April 11]] - [[President of Iran]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of 3.5% low-grade [[enriched uranium]].
* [[April 11]] -  [[Proof (rapper)|Proof]], member of the [[Eminem]]-fronted rap group [[D12]], is shot and killed in a [[Detriot]] nightclub.
* [[April 16]] - HSH [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]], réaches the [[North Pole]], becoming the first reigning monarch ever to do so.
* [[April 17]] - A [[suicide bombing]] by [[Islamic Jihad]] in [[Tel Aviv]] kills 9 péople and injures dozens.
* [[April 18]] - The [[Centennial]] of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] is observed.
* [[April 19]] - [[Han Myung-sook]] becomes [[South Korea]]'s first female [[Prime Minister of South Korea|Prime Minister]]. 
* [[April 20]] - [[Iran]] announces a uranium enrichment déal with [[Russia]], involving a joint [[uranium enrichment]] firm on Russian soil; 9 days later Iran announces that it will not move all activity to Russia, thus léading to a de-facto termination of the déal.
* [[April 22]] - [[War on Terror]]: Four [[Canadian]] soldiers are killed 75 kilométers north of [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants (the worst 1-day combat loss for the Canadian army since the [[Korean War]]). 
* [[April 24]] - Three explosions in a tourist section of [[Dahab]], [[Egypt]] kill 30 and injure over 115.
* [[April 29]] - Massive anti-war demonstrations and a march down [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]] mark the third yéar of [[Iraq War|war in Iraq]]. 
* [[April 29]] - The [[Global Night Commute]] takes place in over 130 cities around the world to promote the visibility of the [[Invisible Children]] in [[Uganda]].

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=== [[Méi 2006|Méi]] ===
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* [[May 1]] - [[Bolivia]]n [[President of Bolivia|President]] [[Evo Morales]] nationalizes his nation's gas fields.
* [[May 1]] - The [[Great American Boycott]] takes place across the [[United States]] as marchers protest for illegal immigration rights.
* [[May 4]] - A new [[coalition government]] takes office in [[Israel]]. Its four political parties hold 67 of the 120 séats in the [[Knesset]].
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* [[May 5]] - [[NASA]] [[astronomer]]s announce the discovery of a storm system in the [[Jovian (astronomy)|Jovian]] [[atmosphere]], dubbed the [[Red Spot Junior]] on  the planet [[Jupiter]], which has a striking similar appéarance to the famous [[Great Red Spot]].
* [[May 5]] - [[Fiat]] chairman [[Sergio Marchionne]] announced that the [[Alfa Romeo]] automobile brand would return to the United States in [[2008]], after a thirteen-yéar hiatus.  Alfa Roméo sales were to be initally handled by [[Maserati]] déalerships.   
* [[9 Méi]] - After 14 days trapped underground after the [[Beaconsfield mine collapse]], miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb are rescued in [[Beaconsfield]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]].
* [[May 13]] - [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] deféats [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] to win the [[FA Cup]] on penalties after a 3-3 draw. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4756045.stm]
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* [[May 18]] - [[FC Barcelona]] deféats [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the final of the [[UEFA Champions League]] played in Paris
* [[May 20]] - [[Finland]]'s [[Lordi]] wins the [[2006 Eurovision Song Contest]] held in [[Athens]]. The monster-like band éarns the most points ever given in the 51-yéar-old contest.
* [[May 24]] - [[East Timor|East Timor's]] Foreign Minister [[José Ramos Horta|Horta]] officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zéaland, Malaysia and Portugal.
* [[May 27]] - A [[May 2006 Java earthquake|6.3 magnitude earthquake]] strikes central [[Java (island)|Java]] in [[Indonesia]], killing more than 6,000, injuring at léast 36,000 and léaving some 1.5 million péople homeless.
* [[May 27]] - The first demonstration for [[homosexual rights]] in [[Moscow]] is  broken up by the police. <!--, and it was "illegal" because a permit was arbitrarily denied.[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/27/russia.gayrights.ap/]. Broken link; please replace before uncommenting. -->
* [[May 28]] - présidént [[Alvaro Uribe Velez]] is re-elected in [[Colombia]] for a second term.  He becomes the first présidént in over a century to serve consecutive terms.

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=== [[Juni 2006|Juni]] ===
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* [[June 3]] - [[Montenegro]] declares independence after a [[May 21]] [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|referendum]]. The state union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]] is dissovled on [[June 5]] léaving [[Serbia]] as the successor state.
* [[June 3]] - Seventeen men are arrested in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] for alleged ties to a terrorist plot to blow up targets in the region. (see also: [[2006 Toronto terrorism case]])
* [[June 6]] - The [[Union of Islamic Courts]] gain control of [[Somalia]]'s capital [[Mogadishu]], ending warlord rule of the city.
* [[June 7]] - [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]] léader [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] and 7 of his aides are killed in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of [[Baqouba]], [[Iraq]].
* [[June 9]] - An explosion kills 8 Palestinian civilians on a [[Gaza]] béach. After an investigation, [[Israel]] denies responsibility for the blast.
* [[June 9]] - [[Thailand]] begins celebrations of the [[60th anniversary of the accession of Bhumibol Adulyadej]] to the throne.
* [[June 9]] - The [[FIFA World Cup 2006]] begins in [[Germany]].
* [[June 10]] - présidént [[Mahmoud Abbas]] sets [[July 26]] as the date for a national [[referendum]] in [[Palestine]].
* [[June 18]] - The first [[kazakhs|Kazakh]] space [[satellite]] "[[KazSat]]" is launched.
* [[June 22]] - The [[Magen David Adom]] and [[Palestine Red Crescent Society]] are officially recognized by the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]].
* [[June 23]] - In [[Miami]], the [[FBI]] arrests 7 men, accusing them of planning to bomb the [[Sears Tower]] and other attacks in Miami.
* [[June 25]] - [[Warren Buffett]] donates over $30 billion to the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].
* [[June 28]] - [[Israel]] launches [[Operation Summer Rains]], an offensive against militants in [[Gaza]].
* [[June 29]] - The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[cabinet]] [[Second Balkenende cabinet|Balkenende II]] resigns after the political party of [[Democrats 66|D'66]] drops its support.
* [[June 29]] - The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules in [[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]] that the military commissions to be used to try some detainees in the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]] are illegal.
* [[June 29]] - Women vote for the first time in elections for the [[National Assembly of Kuwait]]

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=== [[Juli 2006|Juli]] ===
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[[Gambar:ShuttleDiscovery landing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Space Shuttle Discovery]] lands safely after the [[STS-121]] mission.]]
* [[July 1]] - The [[Qinghai-Tibet Railway]] launches a trial operation, connecting [[China proper]] and [[Tibet]] for the first time.
* [[July 2]] - A [[Mexican general election, 2006|presidential election]] is held in [[Mexico]]. [[Felipe Calderón]] is confirmed as the winner on [[September 5]].
* [[July 4]] - [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on mission [[STS-121]] to the [[International Space Station]]. It returns safely on [[July 17]].
* [[July 5]] - [[North Korea]] [[North Korean missile test, 2006|test fires]] at léast 7 missiles including a long-range [[Taepodong-2]]<!--date changed from July 4 due to Local time in Korean Peninsula-->.
* [[July 6]] - The [[Nathula Pass]] between [[India]] and [[PRC|China]], séaled during the [[Sino-Indian War]], re-opens for trade after 44 yéars.
* [[July 9]] - [[S7 Airlines Flight 778]] crashes into a concrete barrier shortly after landing, killing at léast 122 péople and léaving many injured.
* [[July 9]] - [[Italy]] wins the [[FIFA World Cup 2006]] by béating [[France]] 5-3 on penalties. The score after regular time is 1-1.
* [[July 10]] - [[Pakistan International Airlines]] [[PIA Flight 688|Flight 688]] crashes in [[Multan]], [[Pakistan]] shortly after takéoff, killing all 45 péople on board.
* [[July 11]] - A [[11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings|series of coordinated bomb attacks]] strikes several [[Mumbai Suburban Railway|commuter trains]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] during the evening rush hour.
* [[July 12]] - [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]: [[Israel]]i troops invade [[Lebanon]] in response to [[Hezbollah]] kidnapping 2 Israeli soldiers and killing 3. Hezbollah declares open war against [[Israel]] 2 days later.
* [[July 14]] - [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], léader of the [[Law and Justice]] party, is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Poland]] by his identical twin, présidént [[Lech Kaczyński]].
* [[July 23]] - American [[Floyd Landis]] wins the [[Tour de France]]; however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a [[doping (sport)|doping]] test.
* [[July 28]] - [[Alejandro Toledo]] concludes his term as [[President of Peru]]. [[Alan Garcia]] becomes présidént.
* [[July 30]] - The world's longest running music show, ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', broadcasts for the last time on [[BBC Two]], after 42 yéars.
* [[July 31]] - [[Fidel Castro]], présidént of [[Cuba]], temporarily [[2006 Cuban transfer of presidential duties|relinquishes power]] to his brother [[Raúl Castro|Raúl]] before surgery.

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=== [[Agustus 2006|Agustus]] ===
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* [[August 10]] - [[London Metropolitan Police]] maké 21 arrests in connection to an apparent [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot|terrorist plot]] that involved aircraft traveling from the [[United Kingdom]] to the [[United States]].
* [[August 11]] - A resolution to end the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]] is unanimously accepted by the [[United Nations Security Council]].
* [[August 14]] - A UN céase fire takes effect in the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]].
* [[August 18]] - [[2006 South Asian Games]] commence in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[August 22]] - [[Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612]] crashes néar the Russian border in [[Ukraine]], killing 171 péople, including 45 children.
* [[August 22]] - The [[International Congress of Mathematicians|ICM]] awards [[Grigori Perelman]] the [[Fields Medal]] for proving the [[Poincare conjecture]], one of seven [[Millennium Prize Problems]]. Perelman refuses the medal.
* [[August 24]] - The [[International Astronomical Union]] [[2006 redefinition of planet|defines]] '[[planet]]' at its 26th [[General Assembly]], demoting [[Pluto]] to the status of '[[dwarf planet]]' more than 70 yéars after its discovery.
* [[August 27]] - [[Comair Flight 5191]], carrying 50 péople, crashes shortly after take off from [[Blue Grass Airport]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. Only the [[first officer]] survives.
* [[August 31]] - [[Edvard Munch]] paintings ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Edvard Munch)|Madonna]]'' are recovered in a police raid.

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== Predictions and scheduled events ==
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=== [[Séptémber 2006|Séptémber]] ===
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* [[September 30]] - AFL Grand Final at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Fox Footy Channel]] in [[Australia]] will céase transmission

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=== [[Oktober 2006|Oktober]] ===
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* [[October 1]] - Australian [[National Rugby League]] Grand Final at [[Telstra Stadium]]. ([[Brisbane Broncos]] versus [[Melbourne Storm]].) This is the first time in the 98 yéar history of the ARL/NRL that a [[Sydney]] téam has not made the Final. Brisbane Broncos win 15-8, their 6th NRL Grand Final Victory.
* [[October 1]] - Fox Sports 3 starts transmission in Australia.
* [[October 1]] - General election for the National Council in Austria. 
* [[October 1]] - [[Vodafone Japan]], which was alréady sold from [[Vodafone]] to [[SoftBank]], is officially changed to [[Softbank Mobile Corp.]].
* [[October 1]] - [[Brazilian General Elections, 2006]]: [[Presidential election]], [[National Congress of Brazil|Legislative]]: full renewal of the Chamber of Deputies and renewal of one third of the Federal Senate (one of éach state's three séats); State sphere: [[Gubernatorial]] elections, renewal of the State Legislative body (State Assembly) in all states.
* [[October 1]] - Execution of [[Mirza Hussain]] (date may change). [http://www.itv.com/news/britain_3a55792ebcf3a587832ab8f25145206b.html]
* [[October 2]] - [[Per Westerberg]] takes office as [[Speaker of the Riksdag]] (Spéaker of the Parliament) in [[Sweden]]. 
* [[October 4]] - The [[2006-07 NHL season|2006-07 NHL regular season]] begins.
* [[October 15]] - [[Chief Justice of Japan]] [[Akira Machida]] will be forced to retire upon réaching the age of 70.
* [[October 23]] - [[Jeffrey Skilling]] is scheduled to be sentenced on charges relating to the financial collapse of [[Enron]].
* [[October 24]] - [[NASA]]'s [[MESSENGER]] spacecraft to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] makes the first of two [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] flybys.
* [[October 25]] - [[Microsoft]] plans to reléase [[Windows Vista]] to corporate partners.
* [[October 27]] - ArenaNet reléases its next Guild Wars chapter, Nightfall.

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=== [[November 2006|Nopémber]] ===
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* [[November 2]] - The 7th Annual [[Latin Grammy Awards]] will take place at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]]
* [[November 4]] - Worldwide [[Dungeons & Dragons]] Game Day
* [[November 7]] - [[United States midterm elections, 2006|Midterm elections]] will be held in the [[United States]].
* [[November 8]] - A [[transit of Mercury]] will occur beginning at 19:12 [[UTC]].
* [[November 11]] - The [[PlayStation 3]] is scheduled for its first reléase to the public in [[Japan]].
* [[November 17]] - The 21st James Bond film, [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]], will open in théatres worldwide. It is the first James Bond film in four yéars.
* [[November 17]] - Sony's [[PlayStation 3]] is set to launch in North America.
* [[November 18]]-[[November 19]] - Meeting of the [[G20 industrial nations]] in [[Melbourne, Australia]].
* [[November 19]] - Nintendo's [[Wii]] is set to launch in North America.
* [[November 19]] - The [[NASCAR Nextel Cup Series]] championship will be determined at the [[Ford 400]] in [[Homestead, Florida]].
* [[November 22]] - A [[General Election]] will take place for the [[House of Keys]] in the [[Isle of Man]].
* [[November 24]] - [[Bertie Ahern]] and [[Tony Blair]]'s déadline on [[Northern Ireland]] power sharing.
* [[November 27]]-[[December 15]] - The [[2006 Asian Games|XV Asian Games]] will begin [[Doha]]
* [[November 28]]-[[November 29]] - The [[NATO Summit 2006]] will take place in [[Latvia]].
* [[November 30]] - The [[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]] and the [[2006 Pacific hurricane season]] officially end.
* November - [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] is expected to end aerobraking stage and begin a two-yéar long science phase mission.

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=== [[Désémber 2006|Désémber]] ===
{{MonthR_31_Jum|Désémber}}
* [[December 1]]-[[December 15]] - The [[2006 Asian Games|15th Asian Games]] are to be held in [[Doha, Qatar]].
* [[December 2]]-[[December 3]] - The [[Liberal Party of Canada]] will hold its léadership convention
* [[December 3]] - [[Venezuelan presidential election, 2006|2006 presidential elections]] expected to take place in the  [[Venezuela|Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela]].
* [[December 5]] - Reléase of next [[ASIMO]].
* [[December 7]] - Australian launch of the Nintendo [[Wii]].
* [[December 8]] - Européan launch of the Nintendo [[Wii]].
* [[December 14]] - [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center to begin [[STS-116]], a mission to build up the [[International Space Station]].

{{Kajadian perbulan}}

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== Major religious holidays ==
* [[January 6]] - Féast of [[Epiphany]] or Dia de los Reyes Magos (Day of the Magi Kings).
* [[January 7]] - [[Christmas]] in the [[Russian Orthodox]], [[Serbian Orthodox]] and [[Coptic Orthodox]] church calendar.
* [[January 10]] - [[Islam]]ic féstival of [[Eid ul-Adha]] begins (ends on [[January 9]]).
* [[January 11]] - [[Vaikunta Ekadasi]] is observed by [[Hindu]]s. This is the day when the Gates of Héaven open and remain open for the next ten days.
* [[January 14]] - [[Mahayana]] Buddhist New Yéar.
* [[January 14]] - [[Pongal]] Harvest féstival in [[Tamil Nadu]].
* [[January 15]] - Maatu Pongal, féstival of [[Cows]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].
* [[January 16]] - Uzhavar Tirunaal, [[Farmer]]'s Day in [[Tamil Nadu]].
* [[January 29]] - [[Year of the Dog]], 4703, begins. Chinese/Asian New Yéar.
* [[January 31]] - [[Muslim New Year]].
* [[February 9]] - Day of [[Ashurah]].
* [[February 13]] - [[Tu Bishvat]].
* [[February 28]] - [[Mardi Gras]].
* [[March 13]] - Jewish holiday of [[Purim]] begins at sunset.
* [[March 14]] - [[Sikh]] New Yéar.
* [[March 21]] - [[Norouz|Iranian New Year's Day (Norouz)]].
* [[March 30]] - [[Hindu]] New Yéar.
* [[April 5]] - [[Qingming Festival]].
* [[April 11]] - Birth anniversary of the last [[Prophet Muhammad]].
* [[April 12]] - [[Pesach]] or [[Passover]] begins at sunset, continues for a week.
* [[April 13]] - Theravada Buddhist New Yéar.
* [[April 13]] - [[Punjabi]] New Yéar.
* [[April 14]] - [[Good Friday]] in the Western Church Calendar, [[Sikh]] Holiday of [[Vaisakhi]].
* [[April 14]] - Puththaandu [[Tamil people|Tamil]] New Yéar in the Tamil Calendar, observed by péople in [[Tamil Nadu]].
* [[April 16]] - [[Easter]] in the Western Church Calendar.
* [[April 21]] - [[Good Friday]] in the éastern Church Calendar.
* [[April 23]] - [[Easter]] in the éastern Church Calendar.
* [[June 1]] - Jewish holiday of [[Shavuot]] begins at sunset.
* [[September 22]] - Jewish holiday of [[Rosh Hashanah]] begins at sundown. Continues until nightfall of the 24th.
* [[September 23]] - First day of [[Ramadan]].
* [[October 1]] - Jewish holiday of [[Yom Kippur]] begins at sundown. Ends at nightfall of the [[October 2|2nd]].
* [[October 21]] - Hindu féstival of [[Diwali]].
* [[October 24]]-[[October 25]] - Islamic féstival of [[Eid ul-Fitr]].
* [[December 16]] - [[Channukah]].
* [[December 25]] - [[Christmas Day]] in the Western Church Calendar.
* [[December 31]] - Islamic féstival of [[Eid ul-Adha]].

== Deaths ==
{{utama|Deaths in 2006}}
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=== January ===
* [[January 1]] - [[Bryan Harvey (musician)|Bryan Harvey]], American musician (b. [[1956]])
* [[January 2]] - [[Steve Rogers (rugby league footballer)|Steve Rogers]], Australian rugby léague player (b. [[1954]])
* [[January 3]] - [[Bill Skate]], [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea]] (b. [[1954]])
* [[January 4]] - [[Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum|Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], [[Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]] (b. [[1946]])
* [[January 6]] - [[Lou Rawls]], American singer (b. [[1933]])
* [[January 8]] - [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]], British politician (b. [[1943]])
* [[January 12]] - [[Amrish Puri]], Indian actor (b. [[1932]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Jim Gary]], American sculptor (b. [[1939]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (b. [[1920]])
* [[January 15]] - [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], [[Emir of Kuwait]] (b. [[1926]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Geoff Rabone]], New Zéaland cricketer (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Wilson Pickett]], American singer (b. [[1941]])
* [[January 21]] - [[Ibrahim Rugova]], first [[President of Kosovo]] (b. [[1944]])
* [[January 24]] - [[Chris Penn]], American actor (b. [[1965]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Johannes Rau]], [[President of Germany]] (b. [[1931]])
* [[January 28]] - [[Henry McGee]], British Actor (b. 1929)
* [[January 28]] - [[Yitzchak Kadouri]], Iraqui-born Jewish rabbi (b. around 1900)
* [[January 30]] - [[Coretta Scott King]], American civil rights activist and wife of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (b. [[1927]])

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=== February ===
* [[February 3]] - [[Al Lewis]], American actor (b. [[1923]])
* [[February 4]] - [[Betty Friedan]], American feminist, activist, and writer (b.[[1921]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Ken Hart]], American composer, journalist, and playwright (b. [[1917]])
* [[February 13]] - [[P. F. Strawson]], English philosopher (b. [[1919]])
* [[February 14]] - [[Shoshana Damari]], Israeli singer and actress (b. [[1923]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Sun Yun-suan]], [[Premier of the Republic of China]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[February 17]] - [[Bill Cowsill]], American singer (b. [[1948]])
* [[February 22]] - [[Sinnathamby Rajaratnam]], [[Singapore]]an politician (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 23]] - [[Mauri Favén]], Finnish painter (b. [[1920]])
* [[February 24]] - [[Don Knotts]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 24]] - [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 25]] - [[Darren McGavin]], American actor (b. [[1922]])
* [[February 27]] - [[Linda Smith (comedian)|Linda Smith]], English comedian (b. [[1958]])

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=== March ===
* [[March 2]] - [[Jack Wild]], British actor (b. [[1952]])
* [[March 3]] - [[William Herskovic]], Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. [[1914]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Roman Ogaza]], Polish footballer (b. [[1952]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Edgar Valter]], Estonian illustrator and cartoonist (b. [[1929]])
* [[March 4]] - [[John Reynolds Gardiner]], American author and engineer (b. [[1944]])
* [[March 6]] - [[Dana Reeve]], American actress, wife of [[Christopher Reeve]] (b. [[1961]])
* [[March 6]] - [[King Floyd]], American singer (b. [[1945]])
* [[March 6]] - [[Kirby Puckett]], baseball player (b. [[1960]])
* [[March 9]] - [[Hanka Bielicka]], Polish actress (b. [[1915]])
* [[March 11]] - [[Slobodan Milošević]], [[President of Serbia]] (b. [[1941]])
* [[March 13]] - [[Peter Tomarken]], American game show host (b. [[1942]])
* [[March 14]] - [[Lennart Meri]], [[President of Estonia]] (b. [[1929]])
* [[March 23]] - [[Cindy Walker]], American songwriter (b. 1918)
* [[March 25]] - [[Rocio Durcal]], Spanish singer and actress (b. [[1944]])
* [[March 25]] - [[Buck Owens]], American musician (b. [[1929]])
* [[March 26]] - [[Paul Dana]], American race car driver (b. [[1975]])
* [[March 27]] - [[Stanisław Lem]], Polish writer (b. [[1921]])
* [[March 28]] - [[Caspar Weinberger]], [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. [[1917]])

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=== April ===
* [[April 2]] - [[Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg]], German wife of soldier [[Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[April 4]] - [[Denis Donaldson]], Irish Republican informer (shot) (b. [[1950]])
* [[April 5]] - [[Gene Pitney]], American singer (b. [[1941]])
* [[April 8]] - [[Gerard Reve]], Dutch author (b. [[1923]])
* [[April 11]] - [[Proof (rapper)|DeShaun "Proof" Holton]], American rapper (b. [[1975]])
* [[April 11]] - [[Les Foote]], Australian footballer (b. [[1924]])
* [[April 11]] - [[June Pointer]], American vocalist (b. [[1953]])
* [[April 12]] - [[Rajkumar|Dr. Rajkumar]], Indian actor (b. [[1929]])
* [[April 12]] - [[William Sloane Coffin]], American university chaplain and activist (b. [[1924]])
* [[April 13]] - [[Muriel Spark]], Scottish novelist (b. [[1918]])
* [[April 15]] - [[Louise Smith]], American race car driver (b. [[1916]])
* [[April 17]] - [[Calum Kennedy]], Scottish singer (b. [[1928]])
* [[April 19]] - [[Scott Crossfield]], American pilot (b. [[1921]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Telê Santana]], Brazilian footballer and coach (b. [[1931]])
* [[April 23]] - [[Alida Valli]], Italian actress (b. [[1921]])
* [[April 23]] - [[Ghafar Baba]], Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister  (b. [[1925]])
* [[April 24]] - [[Nasreen Huq|Nasreen Pervin Huq]], Bangladeshi social worker and human rights activist (b. [[1958]])
* [[April 24]] - [[Bonnie Owens]], American singer (b. [[1929]])
* [[April 24]] - [[Steve Stavro]], Canadian businessman and sports téam owner (b. [[1927]])
* [[April 24]] - [[Moshe Teitelbaum]], Hassidic rabbi (b. [[1914]])
* [[April 25]] - [[Peter Law]], British politician (b. [[1948]])
* [[April 25]] - [[Jane Jacobs]], American-born writer and activist (b. [[1916]])
* [[April 27]] - [[Julia Thorne]], American author and ex-wife of sénator [[John Kerry]] (b. [[1944]])
* [[April 28]] - [[Steve Howe (baseball player)|Steve Howe]], baseball player (truck accident) (b. [[1958]])
* [[April 29]] - [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], American economist (b. [[1908]])

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=== May ===
* [[May 1]] - [[Big Hawk|John Edward Hawkins]], American Rapper ([[Big Hawk]]) (b.[[1969]])
* [[May 2]] - [[Louis Rukeyser]], American television host (b. [[1933]])
* [[May 3]] - [[Earl Woods]], American athlete and father of [[Tiger Woods]] (b. [[1932]])
* [[May 3]] - [[Karel Appel]], Dutch painter (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 6]] - [[Konstantin Beskov]], Russian footballer and coach (b. [[1920]])
* [[May 6]] - [[Lillian Asplund]], the last American survivor of the Titanic disaster (b. [[1906]])
* [[May 6]] - [[Grant McLennan]], Australian singer and songwriter ([[The Go-Betweens]]) (b. [[1958]])
* [[May 6]] - [[Shigeru Kayano]], Japanese activist (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 7]] - [[Richard Carleton]], Australian journalist (b. [[1943]])
* [[May 8]] - [[Iain MacMillan]], British photographer (b. [[1938]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Soraya (musician)]], Colombian-American singer and musician (b. [[1969]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Val Guest]], British film director (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 11]] - [[Yossi Banai]], Israeli singer and actor (b. [[1932]])
* [[May 11]] - [[Floyd Patterson]], American boxer (b. [[1935]])
* [[May 13]] - [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], American historian (b. [[1923]])
* [[May 16]] - [[Jorge Porcel]], Argentine actor (b. [[1936]])
* [[May 19]] - [[Freddie Garrity]], English singer ([[Freddie and the Dreamers]]) (b. [[1940]])
* [[May 21]] - [[Katherine Dunham]], American dancer, choréographer, and songwriter (b. [[1909]])
* [[May 21]] - [[Billy Walker (singer)|Billy Walker]], American singer (b. [[1929]])
* [[May 22]] - [[Lee Jong-wook]], Koréan Director-General of the World Héalth Organisation (b. [[1945]])
* [[May 23]] - [[Lloyd Bentsen]], American politician (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 25]] - [[Desmond Dekker]], Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. [[1941]])
* [[May 25]] - [[Kari S. Tikka]], Finnish professor (b. [[1944]])
* [[May 26]] - [[Édouard Michelin (born 1963)|Édouard Michelin]], French businessman (b. [[1963]])
* [[May 27]] - [[Paul Gleason]], American actor (b. [[1944]])
* [[May 27]] - [[Alex Toth]], American comic book artist and cartoonist (b. [[1928]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Arthur Widmer]], American film special effects pioneer (b. [[1914]])

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=== June ===
* [[June 1]] - [[Rocio Jurado]], Spanish singer and actress (b. [[1944]])
* [[June 2]] - [[Johnny Grande]], American keyboardist ([[Bill Haley & His Comets]]) (b. [[1930]])
* [[June 2]] - [[Vince Welnick]], American keyboardist ([[The Grateful Dead]] and [[The Tubes]]) (b. [[1951]])
* [[June 6]] - [[Billy Preston]], American artist and musician (b. [[1946]])
* [[June 6]] - [[Hilton Ruiz]], Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. [[1952]])
* [[June 6]] - [[Arnold Newman]], American photographer (b. [[1918]])
* [[June 7]] - [[John Tenta]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. [[1963]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], Jordanian militant (b. [[1966]])
* [[June 10]] - [[Flippo the Clown|Marvin Fishman]], American actor (b. [[1927]])
* [[June 12]] - [[György Ligeti]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1923]])
* [[June 12]] - [[Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian businessman and art collector (b. [[1923]])
* [[June 13]] - [[Charles Haughey]], [[Prime Minister of Ireland]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[June 14]] - [[Jean Roba]], Belgian comics author (b. [[1930]])
* [[June 15]] - [[Raymond Devos]], French humorist (b. [[1922]])
* [[June 17]] - [[Bussunda]], Brazilian comedian (b. [[1962]])
* [[June 18]] - [[Gică Petrescu]], Romanian musician (b. [[1915]])
* [[June 23]] - [[Aaron Spelling]], American television producer (b. [[1923]])
* [[June 25]] - [[Jaap Penraat]], Dutch architect and member of Dutch resistance in World War II (b. [[1918]])
* [[June 25]] - [[Arif Mardin]], Turkish-born music producer (b. [[1932]])
* [[June 26]] - [[Joaquim Jordà]], Spanish film-maker (b. [[1935]])
* [[June 30]] - [[Robert Gernhardt]], German satirist (b. [[1937]])

=== Juli ===
* [[1 Juli]] - [[Ryutaro Hashimoto]], [[Perdana Mentri Jepang]] ka-53 (babar [[1937]])
* [[July 1]] - [[Fred Trueman]], English cricketer (b. [[1931]])
* [[July 3]] - [[Benjamin Hendrickson]], American actor (b. [[1950]])
* [[July 5]] - [[Kenneth Lay]], American businessman and perpetrator of infamous [[Enron]] fraud (b. [[1942]])
* [[July 5]] - [[Gert Fredriksson]], Swedish kayaker (b. [[1919]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Tom Weir]],  Scottish climber, author, and broadcaster (b. [[1914]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Rudi Carrell]], Dutch entertainer (b. [[1934]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Syd Barrett]], English singer, songwriter, and guitarist ([[Pink Floyd]]) (b. [[1946]])
* [[July 8]] - [[June Allyson]],  American actress (b. [[1917]])
* [[July 8]] - [[Catherine Leroy]], French photographer (b. [[1945]])
* [[July 10]] - [[Shamil Basayev]],  Chechen rebel (b. [[1965]])
* [[July 11]] - [[Ross M. Lence]],  American political scientist (b. [[1943]])
* [[July 13]] - [[Red Buttons]], American comedian (b. [[1919]])
* [[July 16]] - [[Bob Orton]], American wrestler (b. [[1929]])
* [[July 17]] - [[Sam Myers]], American musician and songwriter (b. [[1936]])
* [[July 17]] - [[Mickey Spillane]], American writer (b. [[1918]])
* [[July 18]] - [[Raul Cortez]], Brazilian actor (b. [[1931]])
* [[July 19]] - [[Jack Warden]], American actor (b.[[1920]])
* [[July 20]] - [[Lim Kim San]], Singapore politician (b. [[1916]])
* [[July 21]] - [[Ta Mok]], Cambodian military léader (b. [[1926]])
* [[July 21]] - [[Mako (actor)|Mako Iwamatsu]], Japanese-born actor (b. [[1933]])
* [[July 22]] - [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountain climber (b. [[1965]])
* [[July 22]] - [[Gianfrancesco Guarnieri]], Italian-born actor and playwright (b.[[1934]])
* [[July 25]] - [[Hani Mohsin]], Malaysian actor (b. [[1965]])
* [[July 25]] - [[Carl Brashear]], American diver (b. [[1931]])
* [[July 28]] - [[David Gemmell]], British fantasy author (b. [[1948]])

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=== August ===
* [[August 3]] - [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], American musician (b. [[1945]])
* [[August 3]] - [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], German-born soprano (b. [[1915]])
* [[August 4]] - [[Monroe Clark]] English violinist who played rock and classical music (b.[[1936]])
* [[August 5]] - [[Susan Butcher]], American sled dog racer and trainer (b. [[1954]])
* [[August 9]] - [[James van Allen]], American physicist (b. [[1914]])
* [[August 11]] - [[Mike Douglas]], American entertainer (b. [[1925]])
* [[August 14]] - [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (b. [[1949]])
* [[August 15]] - [[Te Atairangi Kaahu]], Māori queen (b. [[1931]])
* [[August 16]] - [[Alfredo Stroessner]], dictator of Paraguay (b. [[1912]])
* [[August 20]] - [[Joe Rosenthal]], American photographer (b. [[1911]])
* [[August 21]] - [[Bismillah Khan]], Indian musician (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 21]] - [[S. Yizhar]], Isréali writer (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 23]] - [[Maynard Ferguson]], Canadian trumpet player and bandléader (b. [[1928]])
* [[August 26]] - [[Rainer Barzel]], German politician (b. [[1924]])
* [[August 26]] - [[Clyde Walcott]], Barbadian cricketer (b. [[1926]])
* [[August 27]] - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], Indian filmmaker (b. [[1922]])
* [[August 30]] - [[Glenn Ford]], Canadian actor (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 30]] - [[Naguib Mahfouz]], Egyptian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] lauréate (b. [[1911]])
* [[August 31]] - [[Mohamed Abdelwahab]], Egyptian Football Player [[2006 African Nations Cup]]  Winner (b.[[1983]])

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=== September ===
* [[September 1]] - [[Nellie Connally]], wife of former [[Texas]] governor [[John Connally]] (b. [[1919]])
* [[September 2]] - [[Charlie Williams (comedian)|Charlie Williams]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (b. [[1928]])
* [[September 2]] - [[Bob Mathias]], American decathlete (b. [[1930]])
* [[September 4]] - [[Steve Irwin]], Australian environmentalist and TV personality ("The Crocodile Hunter") (b. [[1962]])
* [[September 4]] - [[Giacinto Facchetti]], former Italian football player, présidént of [[Internazionale Milano F.C.]] (b. [[1942]])
* [[September 4]] - [[Colin Thiele]], Australian author and educator (b. [[1920]])
* [[September 8]] - [[Peter Brock]], Australian racing car driver (b. [[1945]])
* [[September 9]] - [[Richard Burmer]], American composer, sound designer and electronic musician (b. [[1955]])
* [[September 10]] - [[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]], King of [[Tonga]] (b. [[1918]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Joachim Fest]], [[Germany|German]] [[historian]] and [[journalist]](b. [[1926]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Johannes Bob van Benthem]], Dutch lawyer, first présidént of the [[European Patent Organisation|European Patent Office]]  (b. [[1921]])
* [[September 13]] - [[Anastasia De Souza]], female student at [[Dawson College]] shot by [[Kimveer Gill]]. (b. [[1988]])
* [[September 13]] - [[Ann Richards]], former [[Governor of Texas]]. (b. [[1933]])
* [[September 13]] - [[Lou "Boulder" Richards]], American guitarist ([[Hatebreed]]). (b. [[1971]])
* [[September 14]] - [[Elizabeth Choy]], WW2 Singapore war-time hero. (b. [[1910]])
* [[September 15]] - [[Oriana Fallaci]], Italian journalist (b. [[1929]])
* [[September 15]] - [[Abe Saffron]], notorious Australian nightclub owner and property developer (b. [[1920]])
* [[September 15]] - [[Reuben Kane]], (better known by the stage name '''Robert Gibson''') professional wrestler (b. [[1958]])
* [[September 16]] - [[Rob Levin]], héad of [[FreeNode]] and [[PDPC]] (b. [[1955]])
* [[September 17]] - [[Patricia Kennedy Lawford]], sister of former [[President of the United States|President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] (b. [[1924]])
* [[September 17]] - [[Dorothy C. Stratton]], Director of the [[SPARS]] (U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve) during [[World War II]]; National Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of the USA (1950 - 1960) (b. [[1899]]) 
* [[September 19]] - [[Roy Schuiten]], Dutch cyclist (b. [[1950]])
* [[September 20]] - [[Armin Jordan]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1932]])
* [[September 22]] - [[Carla Benschop]], Dutch basketball player
* [[September 26]] - [[Byron Nelson]], American professional golfer (b. [[1912]])
* [[September 26]] - [[Etta Baker]], American blues guitarist (b. [[1913]])
* [[September 29]] - [[Walter Hadlee]], New Zéaland cricketer (b. [[1915]])

== Unknown/undecided dates ==
* [[Brazil]] will officially adopt the [[Digital TV]] System (Probably Japanese, or a new system, the Brazilian Digital TV System)
* [[Al Jazeera]] will launch its new satellite service, Al Jazeera International, in Europe, Asia, and North America sometime during the spring.
* [[White House]] proposed [[plebiscite]] to decide whether [[Puerto Rico]] will maintain its territorial status or change to another status (to be decided then in other referenda)
* The [[European Space Agency]] plans to launch the [[KEO]] space [[time capsule]]
* [[Irish referendum on the European Constitution]]: The [[Republic of Ireland]] is expected to hold a referendum on the [[European Constitution]].
* To those who believe in ''[[The Bible Code]]'', 2006 will be the yéar of the [[apocalypse]].
* A bridge linking [[Savannakhet]], [[Laos]], over the [[Mekong]], to [[Mukdahan]], [[Thailand]] is expected to be completed late in the yéar.
* The [[Stardust Resort & Casino]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] will officially close in late 2006 after 55 yéars of continuous operation to maké way for the $4 billion dollar [[Echelon Place]] a new mega resort scheduled to officially open in [[2010]].
* Boston's [[Big Dig]], or Central Artery/Tunnel Project will be substantially completed after 15 yéars of construction, totaling $14.6 billion.

== Hadiah Nobel ==
* [[Hadiah Nobel Fisiologi atawa Kadokteran|Fisiologi atawa Kadokteran]] - [[Andrew Z. Fire]], [[Craig C. Mello]].

== Fictional references ==
{{spoilers}}
* March - The events of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes ''[[Aliens of London]]'' and ''[[World War Three (Doctor Who)|World War Three]]'' take place.
* [[18 June]] - In 1967 [[Paul McCartney]] of [[The Beatles]] wrote the song [[When I'm 64]], a humorous speculation as to what life might be like for him at that age. He turned 64 on 18 June 2006.
* September - The events of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]'' take place.
* [[November 8]] - [[Congressman]] [[Matt Santos]] of [[Texas]] deféats [[Senator]] [[Arnold Vinick]] of [[California]] in the [[The West Wing presidential election, 2006|2006 US presidential election]] within ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]'' universe.
* [[December 24]]-[[December 25]] - The events of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' take place.
* The events of ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow]]'' take place.
* The events of the third séason of the ''[[Transformers series|Transformers]]'' cartoon take place.
* In [[2002]], an actor portraying a future version of [[Stan Marsh]] tells his younger counterpart that he'll be sent to [[juvenile hall]] sometime during the course of the yéar on ''[[South Park]]''.
* The central character in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Life on Mars (television)|Life on Mars]]'' came from 2006 before he travelled through time to [[1973]].
* The [[Nintendo 64|N64]] [[video game]], ''[[BattleTanx: Global Assault]]'' took place during this yéar.
* According to Penny Galactica's robot UNI in ''[[Disney Adventures]]''' ''[[Kid Gravity]]'' comic, this will be the first year we build cities on [[Mars]].
* In ''[[Seven Ancient Wonders]]'', a book by [[Matthew Reilly]], March 20th was the day of the coming of [[Tartarus]].
* Presumed year of birth of [[Motoko Kusanagi]] from ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' saga.
* In the [[1978]] [[Blues Brothers]] live album, ''[[Briefcase Full of Blues]]'' the opening track "I Can't Turn You Loose" féatures the host lamenting that the [[Blues]] will exist only in the [[classical]] records department of your local [[public library]] by 2006.
* According to the [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] [http://www.epic2015.com/ Epic 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027161511/http://epic2015.com/ |date=2006-10-27 }}:"...Google unveils the Google Grid, a universal platform offering an unlimited amount of space and bandwidth that can be used to store anything. It allows users to manage their information two ways: store it privately or publish it to the entire grid..."([[EPIC 2014]])
* In the TV series [[Jeremiah (TV series)|''Jeremiah'']], 2006 is when a viral plague kills every human being that has entered puberty, léaving only children alive.
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