Mumbai Train Bombings Kill 209 in Mumbai, India July 11, 2006
Date: July 11, 2006
Date: July 11, 2006
At approximately 6:44Β a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war. Date: February 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February…
United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. Date: December 18, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 18 π Events on this day in 2006 π On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Israeli Airstrike Kills 28 Lebanese Civilians, 16 Children, July 30, 2006Over 60 Tornadoes Strike U.S., Tennessee Deadliest, April…
Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president. Date: January 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 22 π Events on this day in 2006 π On This Day (Today) More events from 2006QinghaiβTibet Railway First Operation in China July 1, 2006English Wikipedia Reaches…
Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. Date: January 4, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 4 π Events on this day in 2006 π On This Day (Today) More events from 20062006 Transatlantic Aircraft Plot Arrests…
The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt. Date: December 29, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 29 π Events on this day in 2006 π On This Day (Today) More events from 20062006 Transatlantic Aircraft Plot Arrests in UK, August 9, 2006Serbia Declares Independence from Serbia and Montenegro,…
A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. Date: January 12, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 12 π Events on this day in 2006 π On This Day (Today) More events…