WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 2006
Find out what all happened February to May 2006

English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station. (1. March 2006)

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

Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed (2. April 2006)

At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. (22. February 2006)

ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire. (22. March 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)

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

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

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup. (24. February 2006)

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

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

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

The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. (18. May 2006)

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

A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners. (19. February 2006)

At least one million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law. (28. March 2006)

In South Korea the United Liberal Democrats, the three top political parties was merged into Grand National Party. (20. February 2006)

A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. (17. February 2006)

Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby. (20. March 2006)