Stephen Harper Becomes Prime Minister of Canada, February 6, 2006

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…

A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police. Date: October 28, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006North Korea Missile Tests and Taepodong-2…

A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis. Date: September 29, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-115 to…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. Date: January 16, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006KazSat-1 Launches as Kazakhstan’s First Space…

Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo. Date: November 10, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2006UFDC Kills 150+ Chadian Soldiers in Eastern Chad March 20, 2006Cumbres Case Double Murder in…