What Events Happened in 2006

• Twelve coal miners die in the Sago Mine Disaster near Buckhannon, West Virginia in the United States.
• A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 Muslim pilgrims.
• Several European newspapers reprint controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, sparking outrage and rioting in the following weeks
• Iran Tests Missiles which are capable of reaching Israel
• The Iranian Leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust ever existed.
• Saddam Hussein is charged and found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging
• Zacarias Moussaoui convicted of conspiring to kill Americans as part of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,
• Sixty-five miners become trapped underground after an explosion in a mine Nueva Rosita, Mexico There were no survivors.
• Tropical Cyclone Larry makes landfall in Queensland, Australia
• Over 160 people are killed by seven bombs on the train network in Mumbai India
• Tsunami strikes the Indonesian island of Java killing 300
• Capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas Israel Bombs Lebenon and escalation of violence in Middle East
• North Korea declares it has carried out its first test of a nuclear weapon, becoming the worlds 9th Nuclear Power
• North Korea Test Medium Range Missiles
• Heatwave affects US and Europe in July
• The Easter Week Midwest Tornado Outbreak affecting Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and other US states . Iowa City takes a direct hit from a tornado.
• Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's suffers a stroke and suffers from a persistent vegetative state.
• The US Energy department has released a report that there are about a trillion barrels worth of oil in the form of Oil shale reserves in the Green River basin.
• 6 U.S. seaports Sold To Middle East
• Partial power blackout in Europe including Parts of Germany, Belgium, France (including parts of Paris), Spain, and Italy
• 6.6 magnitude earthquake at sea hits the US state of Hawaii.
• Italy wins the 2006 world cup in Germany defeating France
• More than 1 million take to the streets in France in the largest nationwide protest ever over the "Contrat première embauche" (CPE - First Employment Contract or Beginning Workers Contract)
• Montenegro and Serbia Split to Gain Independence
• The Basque separatist group ETA announces Cease Fire
• Congress passes the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (Cope Act) which ends current Network Neutrality.
• The Winter Olympic Games are held in Turin, Italy
• Hamas ( Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya ) the Palestinian Islamist militant organization wins the Palestinian parliamentary elections, and formally took over the Palestinian government, with Ismail Haniyeh sworn in as the new prime minister.
• One day boycott of United States schools and businesses by One Million immigrants, both legal and illegal
• World Trade Talks break down with blame shared equally between the developing and the G8 countries of the world.
• California suffers it's worst heat wave in recent history with temperatures reaching 115 degrees and lasting for a two week period.
  

Popular Culture 2006

Popular Films

• The Pink Panther
  
• Big Momma's House 2
  
• Underworld: Evolution
  
• Nanny McPhee
  
• Final Destination 3
  
• Failure to Launch
  
• Eight Below
  
• V for Vendetta
  
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
  
• Date Movie
  
• Garfield
  
• Miami Vice
  
• Monster House
  
• Over The Hedge
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean 2
  
• Superman Returns
  
• Thank You For Smoking
  

Popular Musicians

• Mariah Carey
  
• Beyonce
  
• Ne-Yo
  
• INXS
  
• The Pussycat Dolls
  
• Nine Inch Nails
  
• Coldplay
  
• System of a Down
  
• Gwen Stefani
  
• Madonna
  
• P!nk
  
• Bon Jovi
  
• Morrissey

Popular Television

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  
• Malcolm in the Middle
  
• Survivor
  
• The Weakest Link
  
• Yes, Dear
  
• The Simpson's
  
• 24
  
• Fear Factor
  
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  
• Pop Idol
  
• Smallville
  
• The Amazing Race
  
• The Bernie Mac Show
  
• American Idol
  
• CSI: Miami
  
• The Bachelor
  
• The George Lopez Show
  
• Without a Trace
  
• Arrested Development
  
• Cold Case
  
• Hope and Faith
  
• Las Vegas
  
• NCIS
  
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
  
• The O.C.
  
• Two and a Half Men
  
• Boston Legal
  
• CSI: New York
  
• Desperate Housewives
  
• House
  
• Lost
  
• The Apprentice
  
• American Dad!
  
• Everybody Hates Chris
  
• Family Guy
  
• Grey's Anatomy
  
• My Name Is Earl
  
• The Office
  

Technology 2006

• The one billionth song is purchased from Apple iTunes.