WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2006
Find out what all happened January to October 2006

The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow. (1. May 2006)

Dhaka wildcat strikes: A series of massive strikes begin, involving nearly 1.8 million garment workers in Bangladesh. (20. May 2006)

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. (4. January 2006)

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. (10. March 2006)

The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law. (30. March 2006)

Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing, the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star. (25. January 2006)

Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague, American Tom Fox. (22. March 2006)

Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president. (22. January 2006)

A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF). (4. August 2006)

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women. (25. January 2006)

The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", is created in the United Kingdom. (1. April 2006)

Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country. (12. May 2006)

An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country. (17. September 2006)

Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing. (14. August 2006)

Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. (27. August 2006)

A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama. (22. October 2006)

The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army. (5. May 2006)

Members of the Chadian military fail in an attempted coup d'état. (14. March 2006)

The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. (12. January 2006)

Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. (27. January 2006)