WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO APRIL 2006
Find out what all happened March to April 2006

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

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

Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile. (11. March 2006)

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

ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire. (22. March 2006)

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

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)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium. (11. April 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)

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

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

Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested. (25. March 2006)

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

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

Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang. (8. April 2006)

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