Commodore Frank Bainimarama Overthrows Fiji Government – December 5, 2006

An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children. Date: July 30, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Primeiro Comando da Capital Mass Unrest in São Paulo, 2006 May 12, 2006Sri Lankan Civil…

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet. Date: August 24, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Jena, Louisiana Assault on White Teenager by…

The 2006 Lebanon War begins. Date: July 12, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Edvard Munch’s The Scream Recovered by Norwegian Police, August 31, 2006Goleta Postal Facility Shootings Kill Seven, January 30, 20062006 Chadian…

At approximately 6:44 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 → 📅 Other events on February…

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike. Date: August 14, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Dahab Bombings Kill 23, Injure 80 – April…

Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia. Date: March 30, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006ADC Airlines Flight 053 Crashes in Abuja,…