2006
January 2 - A roof collapses at an ice rink in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
January 4 - Ariel Sharon's political career ends after a massive stroke.
January 16 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf becomes President of Liberia.
January 22 - Evo Morales becomes President of Bolivia.
January 28 - A roof collapses at an exhibition centre in Poland.
February 3 - An Egyptian ferry sinks in the Red Sea, killing all on board.
February 10 - Egypt wins football's African Cup of Nations.
February 10 - 26 - Winter Olympics take place in Turin, Italy.
February 17 - Severe flooding devastates parts of the Philippines.
February 20 - DR Congo changes its National Flag.
March 11 - Michelle Bachelet becomes President of Chile.
March 11 - Slobodan Milosevic is found dead.
March 26 - The Burmese Military moves its capital city from Rangoon to Nay-Pyi-Taw.
March 28 - Millions of workers strike in France and the UK.
March 29 - A solar eclipse occurs over the Atlantic, Africa and Central Asia.
April 21 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom celebrates her 80th birthday.
April 23 - Protests in Nepal erupt into violence.
May 20 - Finnish monster-rock group Lordi wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
June 3 - Montenegro becomes independent after after a referendum on May 21.
June 5 - Republic of Serbia becomes the legal successor to the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
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June 9 - FIFA World Cup opens in Germany.
June 15 - Geir Haarde becomes Prime Minister of Iceland.
July 8 - Amelie Mauresmo wins the women's singles title at Wimbledon.
July 9 - A devastating plane crash occurs in Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia.
July 9 - Roger Federer wins men's singles title at Wimbledon.
July 9 - Italy wins the FIFA World Cup.
July 11 - A series of bombings devastates Mumbai.
July 12 - August 14 - Israel-Lebanon war occurs.
August 10 - A major terrorist plot to blow up transatlantic airliners is foiled in the UK.
September 4 - Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is killed by a stingray off the Queensland coast.
September 10 - King Taufa'ahau of Tonga dies aged 87.
October 2 - A shooting occurs at an Amish school in Pennsylvania.
October 6 - Fredrik Reinfeldt takes office as Prime Minister of Sweden.
October 7 - Russian journalist and activist Anna Politkovskaia is shot dead.
October 7 - Palau moves its capital from Koror to Melekeok.
October 9 - North Korea carries out an underground nuclear test.
October 17 - The US population officially reaches 300,000,000.
November 5 - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death.
November 23 - Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko dies in London of Polonium 210 poisoning. This leads to a polonium trail across Europe.
Early December - Five young women are murdered in a killing spree in Ipswich, UK.
December 10 - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet dies aged 91.
December 26 - Gerald Ford dies aged 93.
December 30 - Saddam Hussein's death sentence is carried out.