2006 in History – What happened in year 2006

In history, year 2006 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 2006.

Top Historical Events of the Year 2006:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
04 january	Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke, leaving Ehud Olmert as Acting Prime Minister.
19 january	In the deadliest aviation accident in Slovak history, an Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, killing 42 of the 43 people on board.
22 january	Aymaran Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia,the country's first democratically elected, fully Amerindian leader.
23 january	Stephen Harper wins the election in Canada. He is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years.
25 january	Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth extrasolar planet 21, 500 ±3, 300 light years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.
29 january	India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Testcricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.
01 february	The United Airlines 250 Muslim pilgrims were crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan Rituals in the Mena Valley at Saudi Arabia.
04 february	A stampede at the Phil Sports Stadium in Pasig City, Metro Manila, in the Philippines, killed 78 people and injured about 400.
05 february	In the super bowl XL, the Steelers defeated the Seahawks by 21-10 runs.
07 february	AL Salam Boccaccio, an Egyptian ferry sank after killing over 1200 people in the Red sea.
11 february	In a hunting visit Dick Chancy accidently shot his own friend in a hunting accident.
12 february	Dick Cheney accidentally shoots friend in a hunting accident.
17 february	A massive landslide in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte killed over 1, 000 people.
19 february	A methane explosion in a coal mine in Nueva Rosita, Mexico, trapped and killed 65 miners.
22 february	1 billionth song was sold by Apple’s iTunes Store.
22 february	At least six men staged Britain's biggest cash robbery ever, stealing £53,116,760 in bank notes from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
24 february	Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a stateof emergency in an attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
10 march	NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter attained orbit around Mars.
11 march	Michelle Bachelet was inaugurated as the first female Presidentof Chile.
16 march	The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly toestablish the UN Human Rights Council.
20 march	Dhaka wildcat strikes took place on May 20, 2006 and lasted for 18 days in and around the capital of Bangladesh. More than 1.8 million workers from 4000 garment factories demonstrated and were engaged in a series of massive strikes.
21 march	A man using a hammer smashed the statue of Phra Phrom in the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, and was subsequently beaten to death by bystanders.
22 march	The ETA terrorist group declares ceasefire in Spain.
22 march	The remaining three Christian Peacemaker Teams hostages were rescued from their Iraq captured by a multinational force.
25 march	A gunman in Seattle, Washington, US, entered a rave after party and opened fire, killing six and wounding two, before committing suicide.
26 march	Smoking is banned in bars and restaurants of Scotland.
01 april	As mandated by a 2005 Act of the British Parliament, several British policing agencies joined together to become very serious and organised.
01 april	Several British policing agencies joined together to become very serious and organised.
02 april	Over 60 tornadoes touched down in the central United States, killing 27 people and causing about US$1.1 billion in damages.
06 april	Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas became the first European Head of state to be removed from office by impeachment.