WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 2006
Find out what all happened February to December 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)

Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts. (23. May 2006)

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

The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced. (18. December 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 first operation of Qinghai–Tibet Railway in China. (1. July 2006)

Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed. (30. December 2006)

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

North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device. (9. October 2006)

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

A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties. (7. December 2006)

The funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s – early 1940s are reburied. (28. October 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)

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)

Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Israeli territory. (25. June 2006)

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

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