WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 2006
Find out what all happened January to July 2006

Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro. (31. July 2006)

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

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

The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance. (27. July 2006)

Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. (5. June 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)

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 world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years. (30. July 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)

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

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. (29. June 2006)

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

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

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

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

Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead. (12. May 2006)

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

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