WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2006
Find out what all happened January to December 2006

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

India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match. (29. January 2006)

A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71. (4. February 2006)

The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will receive the Medal of Honor. (10. November 2006)

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

The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army. (16. February 2006)

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet. (24. August 2006)

Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70. (17. April 2006)

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

Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. (11. July 2006)

Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City. (27. April 2006)

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

The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. (19. September 2006)

Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (25. March 2006)

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil, after eight years of captivity. (23. August 2006)

A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. (12. January 2006)

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. (7. March 2006)

Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo. (10. November 2006)

United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. (18. December 2006)