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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Climate
The first half of 2006 has been tied with 1998 as the warmest for any year since the 1890s, indicating it may top 2005 as the warmest year on record.
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Events
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January 2006|January
January 8 - Former UK Sports Minister Tony Banks dies at the age of 62, after a massive stroke the previous day.
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February 2006|February
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February 1 - UAL Corp, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
February 25 - Six police officers, seven protesters, and a journalist receive head wounds when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.
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March 2006|March
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April 2006|April
April 20 - Iran announces a uranium enrichment deal 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 leading to a de-facto termination of the deal.
April 24 - Three explosions in a tourist section of Dahab, Egypt kill 30 and injure over 115.
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May 2006|May
May 24 - East Timor's Foreign Minister Horta officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal.
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June 2006|June
June 9 - An explosion kills 8 Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach. After an investigation, Israel denies responsibility for the blast.
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July
July 9 - S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes into a concrete barrier shortly after landing, killing at least 122 people and leaving many injured.
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August 2006|August
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September 2006|September
September 16 - Five churches are attacked in Palestinian areas following the Pope's comments on Islam.
September 29 - U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) resigns after it is revealed that he sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages.
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October 2006|October
October 3 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index reaches its all-time high (as of 2006) of 11,727.34 and an all-time intra-day high of 11,758.95.
October 6 - Hazardous waste plant near Apex, North Carolina explodes releasing chlorine gas, resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 100 residents.
October 25 - New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of marriage equality; 4-3 say decision whether to rewrite marriage law or write civil union law for gays (separate but equal debate) is left to the legislature in the next six months. The three dissenting justices dissented because they believed same-sex couples should have the full right to marry*.
October 30 - Former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre where thousands were tortured between 1974 and 1977.
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November 2006|November
November 3 - Iran successfully test-fires three new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf.
November 5 - Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of back legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land.
November 5 - Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and two of his senior allies were sentenced to death by hanging after an Iraqi court found them guilty of crimes against humanity.
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Predictions and scheduled events
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November 2006|November
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December 2006|December
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Major religious holidays
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Births
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Deaths
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January
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