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Aug 30, 2011 · Historical events from year 2006. Learn about 280 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 2006 or search by date or keyword.
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Events. January 1 – 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. [2] January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 pilgrims. [3][4]
- Nintendo Releases Wii Gaming Console
- United Kingdom - Apple Computer Lawsuit
- Google Buys YouTube
- New Horizons Probe
- Oil Shale Reserves
- Venus Express
Nintendo releases the Wii gaming console in the United States during November. The console was originally priced at $249.99 and was the smallest and most lightweight of Nintendo’s home consoles at the time of its release. Despite not having HD graphics, the Wii was incredibly popular when it was released and over time it outperformed its direct com...
1. A British court rules in favor of the Apple Computer Company during May, concluding nearly 30 years of trademark disputes between the computer giant and Apple Corps. 2. Apple Corps was created in 1968by the members of the Beatles as a multimedia and record company. 3. Apple Computers was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. 4. Tradem...
Google purchases YouTube for US$1.65 billion in stock. More Information for YouTube Purchase Internet giant Google bought the popular video-sharing website YouTube during October of 2006. Google bought the website for $1.65 billion through a stock purchase which was approved during the following month. At the time of the deal YouTube had about 65 e...
NASA launches the New Horizons probe. NASA launches the New Horizons space probe mission to Pluto during January of 2006. The New Horizons probe was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission made a visit to Jupiter in 2007 while traveling towards Pluto where it gathered some information about Jupiter and its moons before rec...
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. More Information and Timeline for Oil Shale Report The U.S. Energy department releases a report saying that the state of Colorado is sitting on about a trillion barrels worth of oil in the f...
The ESA's Venus Express arrives at Venus. More Information for the Venus Express The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express orbiter arrived at Venus in April of 2006. The Venus Express had been launched during the previous year with the mission objectives to study the atmospheric activities, plasma environment, surface activities, greenhouse g...
February 5 – Super Bowl XL: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 21–10. It is a homecoming for Detroit native Jerome Bettis, who was playing the final game of his 12-year career. February 6 – Feeding Frenzy 2 is released by PopCap Games on PC.
- A whale takes a dip in the River Thames in London. On 20th January 2006, people in London thought they were hallucinating when they could've sworn they'd seen a whale swimming in the River Thames.
- Mumbai train bombings leave 209 dead. On the 11 July 2006 Mumbai suffered a series of terrorist attacks via train bombings. There were seven bomb blasts that occurred over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai.
- Pluto is downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet. It seems every kid's way of remembering all the planets of our solar system ('My very easy method just shows us nine planets') is now redundant thanks to the IAU's decision to declassify Pluto as a planet.
- Austrian girl escapes from kidnapper's house after 8 years. On 23rd August 2006, after disappearing eight years ago, 18-year-old Natasha Kampusch escaped from her kidnapper's clutches.
The headlines in 2006 were marked by death, scandal and politics: 12 die in Sago Mine disaster. Former Enron executives guilty. Death sentence for Saddam Hussein. Iraq insurgent al-Zarqawi...
Jul 15, 2016 · At the end of 2006, 12 million people had an account, with that number increasing to 50 million by October 2007;. 1.59 billion users now access the site each month, cementing Facebook’s place as...
