WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 2006
Find out what all happened March to May 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)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium. (11. April 2006)

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

2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil. (13. May 2006)

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

The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people. (27. May 2006)

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

The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%. (21. 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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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