Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years. Date: September 28, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany. Date: September 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. Date: September 19, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
The CW Television Network debuts in the US, following the merger of UPN and The WB. Date: September 18, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country. Date: September 17, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17…
Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years. Date: September 17, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003. Date: September 9, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On…
Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. Date: August 31, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. Date: August 27, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events…
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion. Date: August 25, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)