26 events found for 2006
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 11 people and injuring 70
Cyclone Mala made landfall near Thandwe, Myanmar, causing 37 deaths
The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers
An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate c
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven…
A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires,…
Italy won their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time…
Italy won their fourth FIFA World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time…
Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall in South Korea, causing damages across the country amounting to 2.06 trillion won…
Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and…
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least…
Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother…
Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred…
British police arrested 24 people for conspiring to detonate liquid explosives carried on board airliners travelling…
Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to…
Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in…
The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf…
Comair Flight 5191 crashed while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in…