WHAT HAPPENED IN 2006.
Look what happened the 2006.

NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. (6. December 2006)

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

The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern. (11. December 2006)

Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War. (11. December 2006)

First flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. (15. December 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)

United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. (18. December 2006)

An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260. (26. December 2006)

UK settles its Anglo-American loan - post WWII loan debt. (29. December 2006)

Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. (30. December 2006)

The Indonesian passenger ferry MV Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths. (30. December 2006)

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